In helping my D decide whether she should pursue film, we came across “Multimedia Artist”. This seems to be a career involving animation, film and computer art. Could this be an alternative career to film? Just wondering if anyone has more information about this. We googled careerbuilder and indeed.com and there seemed to be some jobs there but descriptions were broad There was even one requiring a science background.
FWIW - she is currently accepted and considering Emerson and Penn State with fingers crossed for NYU.
@lia_b - is your daughter good with computers? Does she have any film editing and/or animation/3D-modeling software she uses? I’ve not heard of a “multimedia artist” but my first thought would be web-based multimedia, rather than a concentration of a specific talent such as animation. Do you have some more info on that?
@Digimedia She has some film editing experience (Adobe Premiere?) as she is currently doing an internship in a small local film /public relations shop. She has also produces some videos for school projects and events where editing, while not sophisticated, is necessary. She has not worked with animation, but has shown some interest. I wouldn’t say she is a techie but she is adept at quickly learning software.
Here is a brief description I found on the web from Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“Multimedia artists and animators create animation and visual effects for television, movies, video games, and other forms of media.”
and Campus Explorer
“Specifically multi-media artists and animators use computers and other electronic media to create animation, special effects and other visual images on video and film. They typically work in advertising, computer systems design services and motion picture and video industries. Multi-media artists and animators use computers or draw by hand to create special effects or a series of pictures to form animation for use on computer games, movies and television programs. Some create storyboards from animated features, movies or television commercials to present a series of scenes in a comic strip for so that the advertising agency can evaluate the proposed ideas.”
Google Motion Design Ringling and see if their description of that major matches what your D may like… There are some videos made by motion design students on the website also. Hope this helps.Not sure if Motion Design and Multi-Media artist are exactly the same.