Q&A: What is a typical day like as an animator?

Question by Mayygann: What is a typical day like as an animator?
okay so im doing this report on what I want to be when i grow up for my computer technology class, and I chose a career in animation. One of the questions I have to answer in this report is, “What is a typical day like?”. Please and animators out there, help me! When you answer include your day to day schedule and the steps involved in making a movie. Thanks so much!

Best answer:

Answer by Macke! <3 Anime <3
Here Read this is my Typical life stile as animator.

Walk in the front door.”Good morning.” Check for new snacks.Up three flights of stairs. *
Animation room.Three fellow pixel pushers Share the tiny space.Log in. Check mail. None.What am I supposed to be doing today? Hmmm…Interesting thing,Character animation.Bringing stuff to life.

Today’s task is to Make a fat bear do a flip.Google: Bears flipping.Plan the shot a bit,With the final goal in mind:Three seconds a day.Set the key poses.Looks pretty good so far. Wow…
Lunch time already?Gather the crew and Walk to Tony Roma’s. Mmmm…Wedge salad and soup.

Back to work we go.On to breakdown poses. Aargh! Cooperate, knees!! Three-thirty!? Curses! Must work faster…focus, man! Dailies are at five! Four-fifteen: Almost Finished…just a little more…
No!! The program crashed!!! Four-fifty: Lost work All made up, final polish done. Off to dailies.

Please approve the shot. What? He’s flipping through a tree?Where’d the tree come from?! Set changes…again? The set was locked! Okay, fine…I’ll do it over. Pack my bag, head out
To catch the six-thirty train, Look back on the day…

Interesting thing, Character animation. Bringing stuff to life. Tedious? Perhaps, But in the end, it’s a Joy would i never trade.

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