There is huge potential market for animation films in China. But Chinese companies are struggling to make the content to fulfill that demand, said Lightchaser Animation Studios’ co-founder Yuan Ye in Shanghai.
“Although animation education in China has improved, when it comes to character effects or other technical skills, they don’t teach any of it in universities — you can only learn it on the job in a company environment,” he said at a panel on talent development Friday at the Shanghai International Film Festival. While there are many fresh graduates in the field, even those with stronger technical abilities don’t always have the artistic chops to create animated features.
His firm set up structures to fill this gap from the get-go, establishing an internal talent-development system that attempts to turn fresh-faced graduates and inexperienced individuals into professionals with the skills needed to work on Lightchaser’s feature films,...
“Although animation education in China has improved, when it comes to character effects or other technical skills, they don’t teach any of it in universities — you can only learn it on the job in a company environment,” he said at a panel on talent development Friday at the Shanghai International Film Festival. While there are many fresh graduates in the field, even those with stronger technical abilities don’t always have the artistic chops to create animated features.
His firm set up structures to fill this gap from the get-go, establishing an internal talent-development system that attempts to turn fresh-faced graduates and inexperienced individuals into professionals with the skills needed to work on Lightchaser’s feature films,...
- 6/21/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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