Stefan Tasev   10:37 AM

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Hi Wayne,  Hope you doing well! May I ask you couple of questions, if /when/ you have time?

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Wayne Chan   1:29 PM

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Sure thing

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Stefan Tasev   3:30 PM

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Thank you! I ll put them all together. I am start looking for a job as a composer and prepare my portfolio at the moment. Any advise on Its content?! How long to be, etc? What are the first tasks when you start as a composer - rotoscoping, keying, or depends of the production?! What about being a generalist?! Which software’s you need to be familiar with? Thanks for your time!

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Wayne Chan   5:14 PM

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Hi, Showreel wise i think its best to keep it under 2 minutes. Put your best work at the start. If you're applying for compositing jobs best to focus your reel on that; don't focus too much on your 3D skills. A quick breakdown or before and after your comp work is a plus. Also i'd focus on original ideas of yours rather than doing stuff like Marvel/Star wars related. That stuff doesn't attract the comp supervisors (who will be screening your reel before passing on to recruiters).  Also dont be afraid to use 2D elements/footages shot from a camera. The most important thing is your comp looks integrated and convincing. It doesnt have to be big flashy 3D/FX stuff.  I'd argue you can probably do a shot just using 2D elements and a bunch of projections inside Nuke (provided you have a decent camera track to work with). Sign up to FXPHD if you can as a lot of courses will provide you with footages and even a tracked camera.  For larger studios you tend not to have to do your own roto. That usually get assigned to roto/paint artists (or even outsourced to other studios). But sometimes you're expected to do some quick roto if the roto team are too busy. Otherwise I guess keying is first thing to do before you layer in the background. Some times youre asked to do some slap comp; so a rough key would suffice. Then you can come back and finesse the key for the final comp later down the line. I'm not too informed with the generalist department (also different studios classified generalist differently). Generally if you take that route I think Maya is still the preferred software. I think Clarrise are also used to do environmental stuff (setting up the scene and rendering in Clarrise). I think a lot of studio also uses some sort of tree/terrain generating software but I can't quite remember the software name. Zbrush for modelling (some places uses mudbox too but not as common) and for rendering; different facilities uses different things - PrMan, Vray, Arnold and even Clarrise.  If you graduated recently I highly recommend apply to all the internship programme out there. They give you a proper kick start to your career. Most large facilities does them. Unfortunately a lot of jobs relies on industry experience, and doing a internship will help you get over that. Also I believe most internships are paid, not a lot but its definitely a plus. If  youre ok with relocating, Montreal are always looking for artists, even juniors. So applying for Jobs/Internship in Montreal is also a good idea.  Hope that helps, good luck

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Stefan Tasev   5:23 PM

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Thank you very much!!! Thx!!!

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Wayne Chan   5:31 PM

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No probs