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Cross-posting this question from the CA forums because I'd love to get some input from you guys as well. I've got a bit of an interesting situation, but I'll try and make it quick, since nobody cares about the gritty details. I'll be graduating next spring with a BFA from the University of Michigan, and I'd like to work in animation. Problem is Michigan does very little with animation, and what little experience I have has been from exploring myself and reading books/just watching animated films. I probably should have transferred to CalArts or something a year ago when I started thinking I'd like to focus in animation, but I ended up chickening out and sticking with the program here, even though I don't really like it. I figured I'd take out a bunch of loans and study hard for a couple years at a dedicated animation program. Now I'm starting to do a bit of research this summer in preparation, but I really don't know a whole lot about schools. Ideally I'd like to be working for Pixar or Disney or Blue Sky, but then again, what aspiring animator doesn't? I know UCLA has an Animation Workshop, but that's 3 years long, and that's a lot of money to be in debt. I've read that a lot people go to big studios from the Academy of Art in SF, too, but again, I've read mixed things about the place, and since I will be going into debt for this, I want to get the most I can out of this. My situation is a little different than most people around here, since I've been at college for 4 years now, so I've been through a lot of the foundational courses. In a nutshell, I'm looking for a program specifically geared towards animation that takes into a account the BFA I will already have, and preferably it's one that graduates a lot of students into the film industry. I'm interested in animation, not just 3d, so I want to avoid those places that just teach the technology and not the art. Thanks a lot for any advice you folks might have.
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