Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders – presentational speaker PPP

Studied vis com at lca

Applied for jobs sept/dec 3^rd year

Didn’t get what he wanted because of the recession

Animation – vfx, green screen and paper

Figuring out how to get clients so contacted Leeds film festival, made own animations to get himself out there.

Met creative director of mtv, who set him up at a place called addiction, had interview got positive feed back, had more meetings and interviews. Meetings get tedious

Kept in contact with creative director of mtv who since left and started his own company.

First initial step from undergraduate, look at smaller festivals and competitions.

Creative Agencies come up with ideas

Production houses set up ideas, passion pictures etc do the hard labour piecing it togeterher storyboards etc

They go to post houses that edit

Got made redundant, a friend offered him an opportunity in San Fran, so went out there for a couple months

MAKE SURE YOU GET CONTRACTS FOR WORK

Be clever about your work, use clients styles if your aiming to work with them.

Travels around the country for work, looks and speaks with companies

Uses illustration for cards, magazines, videos, hotel rooms, window

Collaborate with other freelances, networking!

Always render as tiff sequences NOT on quicktime

Gets contacted mainly by networking

Study clients and don’t pester them.

FOR INSPIRATION ALWAYS REFER TO....

IRA GLASS ON STORY TELLING