Forum Admin
Posted:
May 8, 2003, 9:58 AM
|
So you want to work for Disney...
|
|
|
OK, so you... or your son or daughter... is a wonderful artist. All your friends and teachers tell you so. How do you get a job at Disney?
Well you should probably ask a question like this of Disney! I am sure many people do. And they have a website that addresses this very question.
If you want to know what it takes to be an animator for Disney, please see the Disney Careers page!
-------------------------
Dave Koch
Big Cartoon DataBase
(This post was edited by Dave Koch on May 8, 2003, 9:58 AM)
|
|
Apprentice
Posted:
May 25, 2003, 7:07 AM
|
I hope my school has print this anywhere too-----My whole life flash before my eyes! Work for Disney is my biggest dream---I will take a look------
|
|
Zinc Saucier
Posted:
May 26, 2003, 11:13 PM
|
eh, i dunno. i used to dream about working for Disney too. but what with the way they have handled their animation departments over the last 7 years... i'm not too sure i would take a job there unless the compensation was PHENOMENALLY good. if you ask any working animatior, it isn't.
-------------------------
AnimationHQ
|
|
Forum Admin
Posted:
May 27, 2003, 9:17 AM
|
Besides, I think they are reducing staff, not increasing it. Also, looks like you will need a BG in computers now, too...
-------------------------
Dave Koch
Big Cartoon DataBase
|
|
Cartoon Detective / Contributor
Posted:
Jul 5, 2003, 5:33 PM
|
Nuthatch,
Working for Disney is about every Writer, Illustrator and Animators dream!
I'm a writer and I know it's my Dream! 
STAR FOX! 
-------------------------
ToonRadio! Dog City-Editer:TV.Com! Superior Firepower
|
|
Member
Posted:
Aug 22, 2003, 6:22 AM
|
if the "announcement" is true then without traditional animated features i dont even want to go there.id prefer DW or some television series to do some 2D character animation.
any future background artists here?
|
|
Zinc Saucier
Posted:
Sep 1, 2003, 11:12 PM
|
DW abandoned (publicly) 2d animation long before Disney ever did (we all know it's true, but they haven't announced it officially yet, just some comments by Eisner i think, right?). I wouldn't work for DW (under Katzenberg) for anything.
-------------------------
AnimationHQ
|
|
Apprentice
Posted:
Sep 5, 2004, 7:36 PM
|
Does anybody have any idea as to the future of 2D feature animation at Warner Bros?
|
|
Cartoon Detective / Contributor
Posted:
Sep 5, 2004, 7:57 PM
|
Well you could post your questing in the right forum and maybe someone would answer you. This thread is for "so you want to work for Disney" and has nothing to do with Warner Brothers Animation! Just a friendly thought! 
-------------------------
ToonRadio! Dog City-Editer:TV.Com! Superior Firepower
|
|
Apprentice
Posted:
Sep 6, 2004, 11:42 AM
|
Well we were going off topic a bit anyway, so I figured there was nothing wrong with my questing.
|
|
Animator
Posted:
Mar 16, 2005, 11:17 PM
|
 Unfortunately it is alot hjarder to get a job at Disney than it was before thanks to Eisner and friends insisting on bringing in people that already have a college degree under their belt. My advice would be for any inspiring artist to look for indie companies that are up and coming that way they will be taken more seriously and given a chance as well as possibly help kickstart the company's growth into a contender
|
|
Member
Posted:
Apr 13, 2006, 12:05 AM
|
Not to mention, you have to have all the specification in your portfolio to be even CONSIDERED for a job at Disney. I think these include several pages of current life drawings, as well as several pages of gesture drawings of people and animals from life. There are other things that they want, but I dont happen to have the sheet of requirments beside me that my portfolio teacher gave me. I would love to work for Disney. Unfortunetly, my specialty, character and concept design, is INCREADEBLY hard to get into. Currently, I am getting an Associates of Applied Arts in Animation Art and Design, but am going to trasfer into the Bachalor of Fine Arts in Media Arts and Animation. Luckily, I have learned both 3-d and traditional animation skills. Also, like many jobs, it's a good thing if you have a contact in the company. Luckily, one of my aunt's coworkers has a brother-in-law who is a Disney animator, and he told her that I can go ahead and fax my resume me to him.
-------------------------
Corruption America's Youth One Drawing at a Time
|
|
Intern
Posted:
Sep 12, 2006, 11:04 PM
|
I was actually wondering if you knew how to work for Nick.
|
|
Intern
Posted:
Jan 30, 2007, 9:07 PM
|
I don't really like the idea of working for Disney.
1. If you plan to make a cartoon that you want to last as long as Mickey mouse, then forget disney because Disney only lets you have 60-something episodes.
2. They don't give you as much freedom of humor as Nickelodeon does.
However, Disney does have the most fantastic art tools for movie theaters.
|
|
|
|
Re: So you want to work for Disney...
[
Re: So you want to work for Disney...
[
Re: So you want to work for Disney...
[