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Being an independent Supplier

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Its Free!!! Take one!!! Mmm, tasty. Free things are very powerful at grabbing attention and offering the gift of a tasty treat - at no expense! Does the business model of free cupcakes work? What if they taste like cardboard? Well, I have some good examples how working for free can hurt your self worth. And also i have learned about giving give gifts, that don't cost you much - and to the right people. OK, so I am working as a Filmmaker. I am self-employed, I freelance. I've kept my sanity, dignity and i love doing what i do. Below are some practical tools of where to start yourself as self employed. I want to share more information on taking care of the financial side of things too,  so for now enjoy part 1! Here's some quickfire info you may need to know starting out self employed as a creative: -You pick up work as and when, project by project - You are paid how you want: hourly, as a commission, for the day... -You have to love what you do and it's okay f
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MOTION GRAPHICS + 2D TRADITIONAL ANIMATION. A CASE STUDY

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My short “The Other Side” entwines the use of an expressive 2D style with the motion graphic, the after effects shape based animation. The latter is in heavy rotation in today’s animation industry for its effectiveness and efficiency- I set out wanting combine 2 styles, presenting hybrid techniques of animation.  Mixed media is a fascinating genre of art, to me, using and working with the materials available to you to tell your story, paint your ideas- whatever you have to hand.  The idea then, came very much as a plot. A man walks up to the camera, where a chicken in the foreground gets kicked in the butt.  I knew I wanted to combine different animation techniques, harbouring different styles to describe character.  Bringing this creation to life definitely took me a few wrong missed steps. The effect to over lay illustration over a pre animated chicken I animated in After Effects, gave the chicken more than just movement keyframe to keyframe... I could illustrate a
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