One last post from San Diego
Well its a quarter to eleven and I’m the last one up. Time to write one last blog and get some rest for the long drive home tommorrow ( I hope the group isn’t too upset with me for drastically underestimating how long the drive is out here. Turns out there’s a big difference between traveling to San Diego in a fully loaded SUV as we did this time and traveling to San Diego in a two door sports car as I’ve done in the past…oops.).
I think we all agree this was a really good trip, and I believe everyone can say they achieved what they wanted out of it. Jonathan and Melissa made a ton of really good contacts, maybe even got a job lead or two, Jen got to make some contacts herself and got a first hand look at the type of work that is out there giving her a new perspective on her own work.
As for me, I really feel like I got everything I wanted out of this trip. I got take a look at the industry, see what other animators and filmmakers are working on and what new tools they are using to produce their work. Mostly I wanted to see what other people where doing and see what kind of new things are coming down the line, and I definitly got all of that.
I think all four of us are excited to get back to Colorado to begin working on our various projects again, it really feels like this trip lit a fire under us all. All day today I could hear one of the other three talking about a new idea for a short they had, or a project they want to reapproach.
When we get back I’ll try to get everyone else in the group to hop on here and do a little write up about their experience on the trip. And Jen has volunteered to edit together a short movie of the trip as well for our presentation in the fall.
It’s been a long trip…but a great one as well!
