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I chose my Senior Project on Animation. Animation for those who don't know is making drawings come to life in film and screen. As an Animator, I will use computers, pencils and paper among other beings, to create movies and TV shows .

I have chosen animation as my career because I have always loved cartoons and films such as Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks. Some of my favorite films are Disney’s “The Lion King”, Pixar's “Toy Story’ and DreamWorks ‘Sherk”. In my mind animation is more of an artform than a career

The skills you would need for this career are Time management, Artistic knowledge, and Artistic skill and independence along with good computer skills and teamwork . These skills are necessary for the job …show more content…

The health benefits of this career are good pay, long hours, and plenty of opportunities to work as well as a flexible work schedule. Another benefit of being an animator is being able to work at home, for example, if you work at home, you will have a sucnifetley lower chance of getting sick than if you were, for instance, in an office setting the percentage of sick days will decrease

For my interviews I have asked 2 of the best of animation teachers in western P.A., ( in my opinion ) John Kelly and Jared Taylor ( from the Toonsuim and Edinboro University respectively). According to both Kelly And Taylor you need about 3 to 4 years of schooling in either visual arts or animation. Kelly was an animator for Disney and now is a teacher of the subject. As stated in a previous paragraph the pay is around 30 to $63,000 in total. My second question I asked the two gentlemen, is if there is any math involved in the job, the answer is no. I asked this question because having Spina Bifida, my math skills are subpar to the rest of my peers .There may not be any math involved in my job, but there is a timing which I’l need to improve

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