A FUN TALK ABOUT A CAREER IN ANIMATION

Along with the increasing public interest in the world of animation, the D-3 Animation Study Program (Prodi), Faculty of Recording Media Arts (FSMR) ISI Yogyakarta invited speakers who are active in the field of animation, namely Moh. Rif'an (Founder of Sweatbox Animation and Supervisory board of AINAKI), Ahmad Ahadi (Game artist and Animator honorable mention at Melon Game Jam 2018) and Mahendradewa, M.Sn. (Secretary of D-3 Animation Study Program ISI Yogyakarta) who shared tips and experiences about the world of animation. Online discussion event through Zoom cloud meeting on Monday (27/07) was also attended by Deddy Setyawan, M.Sn. as Assistant Dean II FSMR ISI Yogyakarta and Tanto Harthoko, M.Sn. as Kaprodi D-3 Animation ISI Yogyakarta.

Assistant Dean II of FSMR ISI Yogyakarta, Deddy Setyawan, M.Sn., advised that such activities will be held regularly, especially during the current pandemic, so as to provide insight and information about the world of animation to the wider community, animation activists, and students of the D-3 Animation Study Program, with the hope that they will remain enthusiastic about working and creating from home. This webinar carries the theme "Career Paths in the Animation Industry" as an illustration of the existence and function of animation applied to various media has experienced changes in perspective based on assumptions from the public, including

1. Production Technic

Animation production that focuses on the type of technique used, for example filmmaking with animation techniques. Then, the existence of animation is only used as a technique, because if animation is seen only as a technique, the animation is not maximized.

2. Business Entity

Animation is an entity that can stand alone, when viewed in terms of the animation business, the business entity is a derivative product of animation, namely Merchandise.

3. Animator

In print media and OnlineMany times, animation is only considered as an icon of the people who are in it and label the creators as "animators". In the world of the animation industry, this is contradictory, because "animator" itself is a small part or one of the professions of animation production in the animated film industry.

The career paths in the animation industry that we need to understand are as follows:

1. Profession

The plural of the animation profession is 2D artist, 3D Artist, CG Artist, Vfx Artist. Specifically, they are Executive Producer, Producer, Story Director, Technical Director, Animation Director, Art Director, Animator, Modeler Artist, Rigger Artist, Mocap Artist, Vfx Artist, Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, Concept Artist, Compositor, Editor Sound Engineering.

2. Diversity

The difference between movie animation and animation motion graphics differentiated by area, namely motion and area emotion. Motion graphic is in the area of motion because it only needs to move the object. Animated movies are in the area of emotion because of the movement of the animation that represents the emotions and even the acting of the characters and objects.

3. Occupation Map

Careers in animation through occupational mapping can be seen from credit a movie. The occupational map related to KKNI in Indonesia is as below:

The occupational map explains that the career path moves from bottom to top starting from Executive Clerk, Junior, Intermediate or Middle, Senior, Lead, Development or Designer, Supervisor, to Director which are divided based on their field of work ranging from Technical, Motion, Visual, Editorial, Managerial. The career path will be difficult if it moves sideways because the career will continue to be at the lower level. On the other hand, it would be better if the career could move upwards from junior to senior to director on (specialized) fields motion Let's say.

In the second session, the Secretary of the D-3 Animation Study Program FSMR ISI Yogyakarta, Mahendradewa, M.Sn. presented about the animation production process within the scope of the D-3 Animation Study Program with the title "The Motion of Moving Images in the World of Animation Education with Industry".

The presentation explained that the Animation Study Program is a vocational education in the field of animation with a KKNI-based curriculum which in the future can synergize with the animation industry so that animation graduates can be absorbed in the industry. Furthermore, in the third session, Ahmad Ahadi, who is often called Ahadi, is an alumnus of the D-3 Animation Study Program at ISI Yogyakarta who shared his experience in working on animation during his studies at ISI Yogyakarta and shared a little of his experience when studying and living abroad. In his experience working and career in animation, Ahadi has studied animation in Hungary through a student exchange program and produced works in collaboration with students at Eszterházy Károly University, Hungary.

At the end of the talk Online The event was attended by dozens of participants from various backgrounds, especially D-3 Animation Study Program students and animation practitioners as well as the general public to add insight into the world of animation during the pandemic, all organizers and speakers in the animation talk hoped that the event could spark interest and enthusiasm in creating animation.