Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

well ive finished my degree and now the real fun begins...getting a job!

my portfolio is uploaded (along with my showreel) at:
http://www.waltergilbert.co.uk
where you can get a good idea of some of the work ive been doing at uni over the last year. I think i might take a couple of weeks break ...

Thats also some great advice there...much appreciated! I shall definitely be sending a showreel your way too as dneg looks like another great company to work for.

Im just at that phase with my uni work where everything is about half done, so once that all gets done I can put the showreel together ...

Thats sounds good to me...I would take any job as long as it means I have something.

The only other thing I'm not too sure about is the covering letter, in my case should I say that Im willing to do anything but these are my main skills, so a junior role in one of those areas?

Do they teach you ...

Great idea, but the key with these things is, of course, to actually finish the thing! So make sure you don't bite off more than you can chew.


This is something I definitely want to avoid, we had a lecture in the animex festival by the guy who made JoJo in the stars (Bafta winning animation ...

Very useful advice...Ive looked into doing a masters course but decided I want to just bite the bullet and look for a job.

I dont know if you know much about Teesside, but Im pretty sure they are right up there with the likes of Bournemouth, only last week we had a huge animation festival ( http ...

One thing I noticed at CH was that they mostly pumped out students doing English, Geography and Art etc. so its a rarity to find someone out there from CH who is doing something that is my dream career!

I would be very interested in getting some advice on the film / visual effects industry as that ...