Episode 10 - Is Art School Worth It?
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Are online schools better than brick & mortar schools? Is art school worth the money? in episode 10 we sit down with animators Laura han and Joe Holmark and compare all of the options.
meet the guest: laura han
A chance viewing of the Pixar film Cars, kickstarted Laura's animation career, when it became the first real moment she realized this was a job that...well adults did. Born and raised in NYC, NY she grew up believing she would become an astrophysicist and pursued that goal through college where she attended MIT in Cambridge, MA. In the years following graduation, she began exploring other career paths in business, bringing her to Seoul, SF, and back to NYC. After discovering animation via Lightning Mcqueen, she enrolled in Animation Mentor full-time and upon graduation, landed an internship at Sony Imageworks in Vancouver, Canada, working on feature films such as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse. She's since worked at DreamWorks Animation on Abominable and The Croods 2, and is now at Walt Disney Animation Studios animating on Raya and the Last Dragon.
meet the guest: joe holmark
Joseph Holmark is a character animator currently working at Walt Disney Animation Studios with 8 years of experience in commercial and feature work. He has worked at various studios around the globe including OneAnimation, BlueSky Animation, Sony Imageworks, Blizzard Cinematics, and Dreamwork Animation. Joseph was born in Uzbekistan and moved to the United States when he was 14. He took up AnimationMentor right after highschool and got his first job in Singapore upon completing the 18 months course in Character Animation Program.
EPISODE OUTLINE
1) 0:03:29 guest introductions: joe holmark & laura han
2) 0:11:26 BRICK & MORTAR PROS
0:50:01 BOX ASSASSIN TEASER
3) 0:51:40 BRICK & MORTAR CONS
0:53:30 STUDENT LOAN CALCULATOR
4) 1:11:46 ONLINE SCHOOL PROS
5) 1:58:26 ONLINE SCHOOL CONS
6) 2:21:52 SCENARIOS & LISTENER QUESTIONS
2:22:10 HOW DOES THE PANDEMIC EFFECT THE DECISION?
2:25:23 DOES ANYONE REGRET GOING TO BRICK AND MORTAR?
2:38:28 WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU’RE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT?
7) 2:43:52 INSIDE THE ANIMATOR’S STUDIO
8) 2:49:00 TIP JAR
TUITION COMPARISONS (FOR THE YEAR 2020)
RINGLING: $67K PER YEAR / $268K FOR 4 YEARS
SCAD: $57K PER YEAR / 228K FOR 4 YEARS
CALARTS: $71K PER YEAR / $284K FOR 4 YEARS
ANIMSCHOOL: $11940 (8 CLASSES)
ANIMATION MENTOR: $15K (6 CLASSES)
IANIMATE: $11,886 (7 CLASSES)
ANIMSQUAD: $1300-$1600 PER CLASS (UNDER $7000 FOR 4 CLASSES)
