Factory

This opportunity was from a studio called Factory. The position requires a creative who is competent in 3D lip syncing animation. Which I thought would be a perfect opportunity to apply due to the work I did for Datomec and my own extended practice which included quite a lot of lip syncing. So I thought I would apply.

This job application made me tweak my showreel slightly to include some lip syncing tasks I did for Datomec, just to show that it is within my skill range.

I also tweaked my cover letter to become more appropriate to the application and the studio. Here is the paragraph that I adapted for my application:

I was drawn to Factory due to its wide range of visual styles, but ultimately the whole ideology of creating animation in various mediums to emphasise the bespoke nature of the studio. I particularly liked ‘Scream Street’ due to its amazing aesthetic, drawing in influences from German expressionism to create that very unique visual style in the architecture especially.

I soon came to realise after looking at their work, that the work that would be needed is placing lip sync animation onto puppets using a tracking software. This re-iterates the need to research into every possible thing that they would want from you so you won't feel in over your head if you get the position.