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WHY COULDN'T THIS HAVE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS IN SCHOOL?!
10 years ago
Soo...I was doing some research and I found something I never expected to see. UH Manoa, the college I would have gone to had I stayed in Hawai'i, has a very good animation program now. It wasn't there when I had been looking and even four years ago when I actually had things planned out to actually get to school, it wasn't really worth mentioning...but now?!
Seriously, WHAT HAPPENED?! Why couldn't this have happened when I was still in school and actively searching for animation programs? Why, Hawai'i?! WHYYYY?!?! T_T
The biggest issue I have with that program is that there's no animation industry in Hawai'i though. Or rather, there is, but it's not one of real recognition. I mean, there's Pacific Film Studios (I think) out there on Oahu, but the big names that might look for animators (Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Fox, Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, Origin, EA, LuicasFilm, Crystal Dynamic, etc...) are all on the mainland and I seriously doubt they'd send employees out to UH Manoa to find potential employees. To add to that, Internships at any of the listed companies would be out of the question...After all, that would mean that it'd be restricted to summer internships only as school would be in Hawai'i, not the mainland.
However, the huge draw for me is that I have a support network there. It's where my family is and I'm pretty sure I could live with them for a few months while I get everything sorted. Then again, the issue would be finding work once I got out of school, and while Pacific Film may have what I'm looking for, it also makes it troublesome for me to really keep in touch with my friends out here. After all, it's not like you can take Greyhound over to Hawai'i from California or Boston or vice versa. Even so; at least I would have SOME experience under my belt by this point.
Ah well...I'm no longer a Hawai'i citizen so...anywhere I go now is going to be pricy, no matter what I do. Unfortunately, Minnesota's animation industry has basically fallen off the map. Tough luck, I guess.
Seriously, WHAT HAPPENED?! Why couldn't this have happened when I was still in school and actively searching for animation programs? Why, Hawai'i?! WHYYYY?!?! T_T
The biggest issue I have with that program is that there's no animation industry in Hawai'i though. Or rather, there is, but it's not one of real recognition. I mean, there's Pacific Film Studios (I think) out there on Oahu, but the big names that might look for animators (Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Fox, Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, Origin, EA, LuicasFilm, Crystal Dynamic, etc...) are all on the mainland and I seriously doubt they'd send employees out to UH Manoa to find potential employees. To add to that, Internships at any of the listed companies would be out of the question...After all, that would mean that it'd be restricted to summer internships only as school would be in Hawai'i, not the mainland.
However, the huge draw for me is that I have a support network there. It's where my family is and I'm pretty sure I could live with them for a few months while I get everything sorted. Then again, the issue would be finding work once I got out of school, and while Pacific Film may have what I'm looking for, it also makes it troublesome for me to really keep in touch with my friends out here. After all, it's not like you can take Greyhound over to Hawai'i from California or Boston or vice versa. Even so; at least I would have SOME experience under my belt by this point.
Ah well...I'm no longer a Hawai'i citizen so...anywhere I go now is going to be pricy, no matter what I do. Unfortunately, Minnesota's animation industry has basically fallen off the map. Tough luck, I guess.
