[-empyre-] animation and gender

[ian hobbs]

Hi, 
I teach at Qantm a small media / animation and game development focused specialist college in Sydney.
We have a strong vocational program. All but one (1) of our graduates from last years degree program are now working in 
industry. They work in a variety of media, post and communications companies. Some of the companies include well known international brands such as Animal Logic and Frost Design.

In my three years at Qantm, I guess there is a gendered ratio in favour of males of 9:1 (accurate figures are available off list ) applying and graduating from our school.
Sadly, there is a strong bias toward a certain genre of imagery and strategy in gaming, animation and design. Which really is reflective of the dominant genres in game design. Our courses have a very strong commercial focus hence the high employment rate on graduation. Aesthetics of muscle, velocity and impact physics dominate in the animation showreels. 

The women in the classes tend to be more socially mature than the men. But to examine competencies based on gender pretty well ends there.
There are at least 10 sub-specialties in 3D animation. These include, character development, rigging, lighting, motion tracking, shading, skinning, applying physics etc.
The students will commonly agree on who is good at what job in the production pipeline.

Cheers Ian


With kind regards,

Ian Hobbs
Casual Lecturer

Qantm College
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