Joey Korenman is the founder of School of Motion and author of The Freelance Manifesto. During the episode, we talk about why and how he started School of Motion, a few tips from The Freelance Manifesto and his love for teaching, his kids and a short commute.
Links:
The Freelance Manifesto http://www.freelance.how/
School of Motion: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/
Toil: http://toilboston.com
Twitter: twitter.com/SchoolOfMotion
Highlights:
- Freelance.how
- Story behind his new book
- Two parts: Why you should freelance & recipe for getting clients
- How he got his start in motion
- Opened a motion design studio: Toil
- Doing awesome work, but depressed
- Didn't like going into work every day
- Felt like there was a lack of purpose
- So he created School of Motion
- Wrong Mountain Syndrome
- The Perfect Day Exercise
- Tired of trading my time for money
- The beauty of releasing products & passive income
- Started teaching at a college: Ringling College of Art and Design
- School of Motion started
- 30 days of After Effects
- Business coach helped launch it
- Ask people to buy the course before making the course
- Webinar about what is now Animation Bootcamp -100 spots filled up
- It sold out in ten minutes
- Wired to always be chasing more
- But it's not sustainable
- Design something that can be run without Joey
- Finding balance while still working hard
- The art of teaching
- Motivators : money and doing cool stuff
- Doing work you are proud of not just the work you can get
- Core of the book: it's not about money it's about time
- 93% of the work Buck does doesn't go on their website
- You should intentionally do work you don't want to do because it will pay you better
- How to go freelance
- Before you ever ask someone to hire you, they have to know you and like you
- Reliability trumps talent any day
- Identify companies who might need motion design
- LinkedIn can be your best friend - sign up for one month of "recruiter" allows for advanced feature
- Trigger words to get people to open up an email -- remember people need to open it
- First/most important tip: Never ask for work in the first email
- Freelancing myth
- Myth - Full-time jobs are secure
- In theory, people can find more security as a freelancer
- Dream Client: Learning and translating animation into new formats
- Favorite Animated Film: The Incredibles
- What does your family think you do: Teaching people how to make Disney movies
- Animalator: Octopus
On this week’s episode, we were live at Blend Fest 2017 with Andrew Kramer, Patrick Osborne and Erica Gorochow. During the panel, we talked about how originality is a byproduct of authenticity, how their is power in saying yes to something you may not be ready for and the importance of creating in new mediums.
Links:
Andrew’s website http://www.videocopilot.net
Patrick’s website http://www.bighappyaccident.com/blog/
Erica’s Website http://peprally.co
Tilt Brush - https://www.tiltbrush.com
This American Life - https://www.thisamericanlife.org
Notes:
-#blendanimalators
-Blend
-Pursuit of originality
-Creation
-Originality is a byproduct of authenticity
-Passion
-Taking risks/chances
-Safe Ideas
-Pushing boundaries
-Experimentation
-Process of elimination
-Sometimes limitations/constraints are good (ex. Creating a new idea in the world of Star Wars...it has to look like it belongs in that world, but can be a brand new idea)
-Problem solving
-Storyboards in VR
-TiltBrush
-Trying new mediums
-Community in originally (Pulling inspiration from others-copying to learn)
-Practice - Progression
- “It’s not where you take things from--it’s where you take them to.” -Jean-Luc Godard
-Balance
-Power in saying yes to something maybe you’re not ready for
Ted & Adam are the founders of the NYC-based design and animation studio Block & Tackle. During the episode, we talk about what it’s like to work with FX, the difference between being fine artists and commercial artists, and how they balance the fear and unknown in projects.
Links:
Website: http://blockandtackle.tv/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/blocktackletv
Highlights:
-Work habits
-Managing staff
-Working with people you like
-Letting employees do what they do best
-Varying work in portfolio
-Trying new trends & styles
-Helping clients communicate what they need to communicate
-Pitching ideas outside of our usual jobs
-Making connections with people in the TV industry
-How to balance marketing a business
-Working with FX
-Pitching
-Background
-Started company
-Taking on ambitious ideas
-Balancing fear and unknown in projects
-Kraken project
-What are you learning, how are you improving
-Dream Client: Film titles
-Favorite Animated Film: Wall-E
-What does your family think you do: Kids think I goof off all day.
-Animalator: Aardvark