502 - Amanda Holm

During the career's week, Kahenya wanted to contact more industry professionals and see if any were up for giving a talk to our class. One of the ones he managed to get was Amanda Holm, an animator at The Line in London. It was amazing that we were able to sit down and listen for several hours, and I learnt a lot. Here are the notes I took from the talk:

One of the things I found very inspiring about Amanda's own journey was the fact that after graduating from The Animation Workshop, she moved straight to London and freelanced for 2 years before getting a job at The Line. To help with actually getting work, she contacted loads of studios, just asking to look around and chat in order to make some contacts. This sounds terrifying to me but it also shows me how it's ok to do something like this, and how it actually works. She also stressed the importance of just emailing people and asking for feedback or showing your availability to work.

This talk was also really great for shedding some more insider knowledge of the London animation scene, and how everyone really does know everyone. 

Finally, similarly to Angela, Amanda talked about how moving up in the hierarchy to roles like art director isn't for her due to how less creative they are. This really made me think about what my own goals are for the future - currently I dont know yet, it's something I need to research more.