Expert: Russell Calabrese - 4/23/2009

Question
Dear Mr. Calabrese,

Hello.  My name is Emma and I am currently a high school student.  I am doing a research project and I am researching animators.  I would really appreciate it if you could answer some of my questions.

1.) Can you please explain what kinds of things you do?
2.) In general, how much pay would an animator expect to make?
3.) What kinds of benefits do you recieve?
4.) In your experience, how competitive is the job?
5.) What is the working environment like?
6.) What are the working conditions like?
7.) What education did you go through to be an animator?
8.) Did you have to take many training classes?
9.) What sort of skills should you have to be an animator?
10.) Are there any good personal qualities to have?

Thank you so much for your time,
Emma

Answer
Hi Emma,

I have answered most of these questions before in past posts. You should look at them to get  the answers you are looking for. I'm sorry I can't go through all these again but it does take a lot of time and you do have a lot of questions.


Hope this helps,

Russell
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