Every now and then, I invite one of our alumni to share their post-grad experience with the CGAA community. Kris Savona graduated in 2008 and this is his story so far...
"Being from Malta, my experience at UCA was, let’s say, interesting, - mainly because of the lack of sun, the cold, and the rabid foxes…*
Living in Chatham was definitely an experience!
Most of my time was spent behind my reliable laptop HP - which I could always rely on overheating and shutting down. The rest of my time was spent hunting down Phil and Alan to discuss the direction my project was taking. I'm quite sure they stayed up at night thinking about how they could add new twists to the project and piling on more work.** Every time I thought I’d finished the project and met all their demands they would change something.
In that respect things haven’t changed; clients are still changing stuff at the last minute, but unlike Phil and Alan's changes, the client’s are usually for the worst! It was one of my first lessons in the workplace: don't get too attached to your work!
After graduation, I moved back to sunny, hot Malta, where I started working at Blaze doing adverts. I handled all the 3D work from beginning to end, which was fun at times but when combined with a tight deadline, you’re quite limited on what you can deliver.
Having worked for the "Man" for the past two years, I am finally at a stage where I can leave my full time job and start working freelance and on a start-up audio/visual company – FKAC - I’ve been working on for the past 6 months: www.fkacmalta.com***
This move will give me more creative freedom and time to do the things I love. Balance and variety are a priority as they help with all aspects in life and work; to be creative you need to be inspired, and inspiration comes from experience and taking on diverse projects... (an example of which will soon see me searching for and filming great whites sharks!).
It is important to take the attitude that we work to live and not live to work."
* !?
** not true!
*** WIP
For previous post-grad stories:
http://ucarochester-cgartsandanimation.blogspot.com/2010/05/rob-class-of-2007-shears-speaks.html
http://ucarochester-cgartsandanimation.blogspot.com/2010/05/sebastian-class-of-2009-schauman-at.html
http://ucarochester-cgartsandanimation.blogspot.com/2010/03/congratulations.html
http://ucarochester-cgartsandanimation.blogspot.com/2010/09/alumnus-tom-goes-to-edinburgh.html
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