Name: ________________________

Career Cruising
Mr. Cowan Futures Forum

1) What are your top 5 careers? Provide a description for each: a) Animator Draws images to create a cartoon or short clip that is presented in movies or T.V. b) Artist Expresses themselves through various arts like painting, drawing, sculpting, etc. c) Computer Animator Animates for video games and short clips for movies. d) Video Game Developer Design, Create, and Test video games. e) Web Developer Build and create websites. 2) Click on each of your top 3 careers and record the Central Aspects of that career a) Artist Having my own ideas to create and design styles. b) Animator Having my own ideas to create and design styles, draw accurately. c) Video Game Developer Having my own ideas to create and design styles, Understand computer programming, knowing applications of computers. 3) Now record the secondary aspects for each career a) Artist Knowing and Understanding how shapes and colors are used in design, working alone for long periods of time. b) Animator Using the skills of photography/film, Knowing and Understanding how shapes and colors are used in design, Paying Attention to small details, doing small and detailed tasks. c) Video Game Developer Planning how work is to be carried out, Knowing and understanding how shapes and colors are used in design, Using Keyboard skills, Paying attention to small detail.

Name: ________________________ 4) List your top 5 skills for your top 3 careers and indicate your response (skilled, highly skilled, etc.). Do this for your core skills and desirable skills. a) Artist Using your hands in a skillful way (I am skilled) - Innovating (I am skilled) - Reading (I have some skill) - Drawing (I am highly skilled) - Designing (I am highly skilled) b) Animator Using your hands in a skillful way (I am skilled) - Doing small and detailed tasks (I am skilled) - Using a computer (I am highly skilled) - Innovating (I am skilled) - Using number skills in counting, measuring and arithmetic (I dont have this skill) c) Video Game Developer Explaining (I dont have this skill) - Listening (I have some skill) - Advanced computing (I am skilled) - Innovating (I am skilled) - Using number skills in counting, measuring and arithmetic (I dont have this skill) Career #1 __ARTIST_____________________ Core Skill: Using your hands in a skillful way Core Skill: Innovating Core Skill: Reading Core Skill: Drawing Core Skill: Designing Response: I am skilled Response: I am skilled Response: I have some skill Response: I am highly skilled Response: I am highly skilled

Desirable Skill: Using your hands in a skillful way Response: I am skilled Desirable Skill: Doing small and detailed tasks Response: I am skilled Desirable Skill: Listening Response: I have some skill Desirable Skill: Observing people Response: I do not have this skill Desirable Skill: Response: 5) Read the job description for your top 3 careers. Summarize (with details) what each career is all about: 1) Artist: An artist is someone who expresses their emotions through art and gets paid to do so. You can draw portraits for people or even make little comics and put them up for sale. Artists usually pay attention to the tiniest of detail unless they focus on abstract, where they just paint the colors and shapes that express those most.

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2) Animator: An animator is someone who creates moving images to create little clips or cartoons for shows and movies through computer programs. 3) Video Game Developer: A Video gamer developer is someone who creates, designs and tests video games that they have been told to create. The story line is usually already created but they are the one who decides on how it looks and what the actions are.

Nowpick your top career (what you want to do) and answer the following questions: 6) What are the working conditions? Animators work for advertising agencies, and film, and production companies. Animators usually work a standard 40 hour week although some work about 60 hours. Animators may suffer eye, back and wrist pain while working due to sitting and staring at a screen all day. 7) Earnings? Animators make between $25,000 - $75,000 a year. Beginners make the $25-$30 and more advanced animators make around $50-$70. 8) Education and Training? In High School, take many Visual Arts courses as possible. The art work created in class can be put into a portfolio. 9) Sample Career Path Lvl1: Clean-up artist, $25K-$30K/year, Needs Diploma or degree in animation Lvl2: Story board artists, $35K-$60K/year, 2-5 years of experience in animation Lvl3: Senior or Lead animator, $50K-$75K/year, 5-10 years of experience Lvl4: Director, $70K-$100K/year, 10-20 years of experience. 10) Related Careers Art Director Artist Cartoonist Desktop Publisher Tattoo Artist 11) Other Resources National Film Board of Canada Canada Council for the Arts Canadian Animation Resources