InterBEE REVIEW2012 (EN)

6/48

10 Company growth by nurturingbrilliant artists 　Ms. Zoe, who is currently working as a CG supervisor, joined the company after graduating university and has worked her way up from a junior position. “I loved art, mathematics, science and computing. I thought that VFX would let me do all of those, but there weren't any many universities at that time offering such courses. Bournemouth University had a well established course on computer animation and visualization so it was a perfect choice.” 　It was through taking lectures at university that Ms. Zoe got to know about Double Negative. That’s because Bour-nemouth University has a close relation-ship with the movie industry and people inside the industry gave lectures there. Also, the fact that Double Negative gives opportunities to new graduates in an industry where mainly experienced work-ers are hired was a key reason behind her joining the company.　Ms. Zoe joined the company in 2005 and got involved in basic parts such as technical assistant, render assistant, and match moving, and progressed to her current post through the positions of technical director, lighting director, sequence leader, and sequence supervi-sor. She claims to have learned by constantly taking on new challenges.My first role within Dneg, which was a great experience was working with the render farm as a render assistant. Working day and night shifts was tough, but I got to know a lot about the backbone of CG with the film vfx industry. Also, by experiencing various parts working on different shows and different departments , I was able to grasp the basics and got to know from an early stage the VFX supervisors I’m currently working with.” 　A strength of Double Negative is that it values artists. It nurtures people with passion and talent and provides an envi-ronment for them to work at the com-pany for as long as possible. It holds train-ing classes and has a system whereby younger workers are supported by senior level “buddies”. This is said to be behind the non-stop creation of videos that only Double Negative could produce.　It has also led to the development of generalists, which has greatly contributed to the growth of the company. “Even if we employ a brilliant artist, if that person can only do modeling work then they will only be involved in the initial stage of the project. If that person can do texture and lighting work, then they will have a long-term involvement in the job. Of course we have specialists, but the reason the company has been able to expand steadily is because we have many generalists.”

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