This course is designed to transform your technical talent into a real employability tool within the animation industry. The showreel is your professional calling card in the industry: a high-impact audiovisual piece that demonstrates your creative and technical skills to recruiters.
Throughout the course, you will learn how to structure your reel following industry standards, prioritizing your best work and adapting the edit to current market demands. The goal is to understand what recruiters are looking for: technical clarity, storytelling ability, and a consistent visual style reflected not only in the video, but also in your CV, LinkedIn, and portfolios on platforms such as ArtStation or The Rookies.
The core of the course is continuous feedback from the instructors. Through six "checkpoints" distributed across two semesters, you will receive direct corrections. This guidance will allow you to refine each submission until you achieve a competitive professional profile, ready for active job searching in studios or as a freelancer.
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- Create a professional showreel: Design and structure a high-impact audiovisual piece that follows industry standards.
- Optimize your digital identity: Develop a LinkedIn profile, a CV, and a web portfolio (on ArtStation or The Rookies) that project a consistent professional image.
- Master job search strategy: Acquire Job Hunting Strategy skills to identify job opportunities and understand what companies in the industry are looking for.
- Integrate professional feedback: Gradually improve your presentation materials by incorporating instructors’ corrections and analyzing real case studies in class.
- Introduction to the Showreel: First contact with the format and the initial guidelines for creation.
- Reel structure: Learning about internal organization and visual editing according to industry standards.
- Reel analysis: Critical session in class to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different audiovisual works.
- Curriculum Vitae: Preparation of the professional career document following the guidelines of the specific class.
- LinkedIn: Optimization of the professional profile on the social network to improve visibility to recruiters.
- Job Hunting Strategy: Development of active strategies for job searching and employment insertion.
- Website: Creation of a personal space or digital portfolio (ArtStation) to centralize the artist’s work.
- The Rookies: Preparation and submission of projects on the platform and for its international awards.
The methodology of this course is based on a balanced combination of theory and practice, with a strong focus on experiential learning and personalized tracking of the student’s talent. This approach is developed through the following set of strategies:
- Group training sessions: In-person classes are delivered to explain key concepts.
- Checkpoints: Periodic and progressive submissions, called checkpoints, are carried out to ensure the constant updating of professional materials.
- Professional talks: Sessions are held with alumni and industry companies to share real work experience and define what recruiters look for in a showreel.
- Individual feedback: Personalized feedback is provided on the showreel, CV, and LinkedIn to refine every detail before entering the job market.
Through this integrative approach, students are provided with the tools and criteria necessary to achieve their goals and effectively foster their professional growth.
1st SEMESTER:
Attendance (10%)
Checkpoint 1 (5%)
Checkpoint 2 (10%)
Checkpoint 3 (10%)
Checkpoint 4 (25%)
2nd SEMESTER:
Checkpoint 5 (10%)
Checkpoint 6 (30%)
- Quality of the showreel and portfolio: The ability to structure the video and digital materials (CV, LinkedIn, and website) according to industry standards is evaluated.
- Completion of critical milestones: It is mandatory to submit Checkpoints 4 and 6, as they cannot be graded as NP in order to pass the course.
- Mandatory attendance: A minimum of 80% attendance in classes is required to pass the course.
- Progress and feedback: The ability to update and improve professional materials by incorporating feedback received in previous submissions is assessed.
- Technical rigor and punctuality: It is necessary to comply with file naming conventions and formats (.mp4, .pdf, .txt), bearing in mind that late submissions have a maximum grade of 5.
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