http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/2008/09/13/rock-on-or-how-to-not-get-the-gig/ Word To The Wise by Kevin Geiger Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:55:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/2008/09/13/rock-on-or-how-to-not-get-the-gig/#comment-76 Kevin Geiger Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:28:50 +0000 http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/?p=137#comment-76 Good observations. There are more, and I'll be covering them in the follow-up post, coming soon. :) Good observations. There are more, and I’ll be covering them in the follow-up post, coming soon.

]]> http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/2008/09/13/rock-on-or-how-to-not-get-the-gig/#comment-70 Gerard de Souza Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:07:39 +0000 http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/?p=137#comment-70 Awww, you could've made up a school name. Let's see.... text message-type abbreviations, spelling mistakes galore (maybe he is "gradating" after all), admits to piracy, swearing, too much personal info; don't care about his "lady's" opinion, accuses pros of stealing his rig ("their" [sic] copying his rig) which is most likely unsubstantiated B.S., doesn't include his work which is the most important thing in an animation application (show us, don't tell us), sloppy ink "correction", presumptuously includes terms for his employment. The cover letter should be short and sweet and can be the last thing the director looks at after he or she is impressed by the reel and artwork. Awww, you could’ve made up a school name.
Let’s see….
text message-type abbreviations, spelling mistakes galore (maybe he is “gradating” after all), admits to piracy, swearing, too much personal info; don’t care about his “lady’s” opinion, accuses pros of stealing his rig (”their” [sic] copying his rig) which is most likely unsubstantiated B.S., doesn’t include his work which is the most important thing in an animation application (show us, don’t tell us), sloppy ink “correction”, presumptuously includes terms for his employment.
The cover letter should be short and sweet and can be the last thing the director looks at after he or she is impressed by the reel and artwork.

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