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Animation Mentor
Founded in 2005 AnimationMentor.com is the only animation school built by professional animators specifically for people who want to become animators. The program teaches students the skills needed to succeed as a professional animator in the studio environment. By graduation, every student has worked in a production-style environment where mentors, who are working studio animators, stand in for directors, and assignments stand in for film or game shots. Students learn how to accept guidance and criticism, to meet deadlines and to budget and schedule their time to succeed in the working world. At the end of the 18-month program, students leave with a professional demo reel they can use as their résumé to land jobs. Upon graduation, Animation Mentor coaches graduates and connects them to job opportunities with major recruiters, video game companies, and film studios.
Animation Mentor delivers a much more personal and interactive learning experience than other online education programs by pairing students up with professional animators and giving them access to highly interactive communication tools. Some primary features are:
• Focus on character animation
• Online mentor/apprentice teaching model
• High level of interactivity with mentors and other students
• Networking opportunities through the online community
• Innovative use of production-style tools and technology
• Web 2.0 proprietary tools such as eCritiques®, and live Question & Answer sessions
• Personal support
• Caring environment
Founders: Bobby Beck, CEO/President/cofounder; Shawn Kelly, cofounder; Carlos Baena, cofounder
Mission: To provide the most personal and fulfilling learning experience on the planet!
