Visiting Practitioner - David Bunting

David Bunting from Jellyfish Animation came into out college to give a lecture about his career and storyboarding. On a side note, he is a guy who is ruining the 90s kids childhood as he is the new producer for the new Dennis the Menage and Bob the Builder, but he still proudly announces it to the class. He used to work at Disney in France, and continues to build his career in educational animation. Even though I only attended the first half of his talk, Bunting has raised some good points that makes us feel better in terms of looking for jobs after graduation such as luck as a main factor of getting a job and don't show off too much as it will backfire.

From his talk, I also gained insight of the place of animation art in educational context. A few years back, he was involved in a talent development schema in a secondary school in which the art students made hand drawn animation managed to earn prestigious animation awards. I guess Bunting's humble personality contribute a part when it comes to directing and giving teenagers the creative freedom has made it possible. David Bunting gave a more hopeful perspective on the animation industry to encourage those who want to work for corporate clients or big studios, which is good because the definition success is subjective. He also advised those make feature quality animated film to get into working with studios.

Shaun and Bunting from http://www.buntinganimation.com/