#23: How To Get A Job In VFX W/ Andrew Hodgson The Andrew Price podcast

Andrew Hodgson has worked at ILM, Double Negative, MPC and more. He's worked on some of the biggest movie franchises, and in this interview we discuss the path to getting your first job, standing out, industry workflows, and the importance of being flexible with software.

Chapters:

0:00 Landing his first VFX job
15:27 The Importance of industry connections
28:23 Learning the right software for the right role.
43:03 What Blender's missing / What matters in a portfolio
50:35 Learning resources / Is Schooling worth it
1:00:13 Hollywood VFX Workflows
1:11:03 Importance of Efficiency / Outro

Links discussed in this episode:

Corridor Crew (VFX Artists React) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4WrKeoeZhk
Andrew Dyer Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/andrewdyercg
Think Tank - https://www.tttc.ca/
MPC - https://www.mpcfilm.com/
DNEG - https://www.dneg.com/
ILM - https://www.ilm.com/

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