Responsive: Collaborations and Competitions

HOW CAN ENTERING A COMPETITION OR COMPLETING A LIVE BRIEF BENEFIT ME?

- Good practice for deadlines in the real world
- Possible learn about collaboration with other people and how well I take to it
- Practice animating in 3D more
- Exposure/Recognition
- More items for portfolio/Showreel (including pre-production items)
- Practice of creating things for a different purpose (non-narrative - advertising etc)
- Find out what sort of briefs I work best with - am I best when I am being competitive? am I best when I am being paid?
- Meet new people/Networking
- Awareness of larger animation/illustration communities
- Learning to prioritise briefs/work


GROUP DISCUSSION - BENEFITS OF COMPETITION/LIVE BRIEF
- To win - money, fame, pride
- Exposure - Recognition, publicity
- Connections
- Build a portfolio - showreel, distinct, range of things, commercial items
- Collaboration - involving disciplines, clients, experts
- Experience
- Placements/Work
- Awareness of Competition - trends, standards, experience
- Real life deadlines and time management
- Specialising/Where in the industry do I fit?

BENEFITS OF COMPETITIONS
- Freedom of choice
- Open to creative interpretation - different limits
- Stricter/more solid deadline
- Driving standards up
- Risk taking - safer?
- Confidence boosting
- Comparison to other practicioners
- Showing off
- Experience