This weekend my Dad e-mailed me about a company that had just moved to Connecticut (where I’m originally from). Connecticut has been working hard to attract the movie industry to the state – they even have what is called a “Hollywood East Task Force” in Hartford – so it’s big news when a company like Blue Sky Studios makes a move to Connecticut because they’ve been bribed by tax credits. It certainly brings a lot of jobs (and internships) to Connecticut (even though New York loses just as many.) As interesting as it is that Connecticut is trying to become “Hollywood East,” it’s not nearly as interesting as what Blue Sky Studios does. They “pioneer creatively superior photo-realistic, high-resolution, computer-generated character animation for the feature film, television and entertainment industries.” Put more simply, they’re behind feature films like Ice Age, Horton Hears a Who, and Robots, and some pretty cool shorts too.
If you want to work in Animation or Production, there are few, if any, better place to start than Blue Sky Studios. In fact, Blue Sky Country has a comprehensive FAQ on how to break into the industry. Whether you’re interested in a job with Blue Sky or at another animation house, this will tell you everything that you need to do (from high school all the way through college and beyond) to groom yourself to get a job in the Animation industry. That’s a great place to start, but if you’ve already checked off a few things on the list, then it might be time to take a look at Blue Sky Studios’ Internships (or to subscribe to their Jobs and Internships RSS feed). Blue Sky Studios has a Production Assistant Internship program that is already filled for the spring, but will need interns for the summer. Interns at Blue Sky Studios typically do “production database updates, spreadsheet generation, set-up of visual components for various meetings, scanning various forms of artwork, and taking notes during meetings and director rounds.” It’s an awesome opportunity to get hands on experience and to build relationships in the Animation industry. They offer both full and part-time internships, and full-time interns can work up to 40 hours per week in the summer (30 hours per week at other times of the year). There’s no mention of whether the internships are paid on Blue Sky’s site, but from what we’ve read elsewhere, it does seem that they pay interns. The application deadline for this summer is April 17th, so you have plenty of time to “email your resume, cover letter, and two letters of recommendation from faculty members at your institution to intern_resumes@blueskystudios.com.” Make sure that your resume includes your computer software knowledge and your cover letter does an excellent job of telling them why you wish to intern at Blue Sky and why they should award you the internship.
Links to Help You Begin Your Research
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