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    • I figure I would start an introductory thread.
      Thread posted May 14 by Houghton Media
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      I figure I would start an introductory thread.
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      Hi my name is Rob and i've been using AE for well over 10 years now in Post Production, Television and Ad Agency work. I've been in the industry since 1996.

        -Robert Houghton

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    • Welcome to AniMotion NM. Glad to "meet" you.

    • Welcome Robert! I'd love to see some of your work - and I'm sure other AniMotion members would as well. Feel free to post some stills, or links to some of your work.

      Welcome to AniMotion!

    • Well I'll insert a standard disclaimer as this is a really brief :60 reel of what I've done. It's on my website and is a tad out of date. Forgive the website, it was something I quickly threw together as a container for my reel. I'm working on a newer one in the meantime :)

      Here's the link: http://www.houghtonmedia.com

      A small bit of backstory on it, I was looking through reels that folks were submitting for a freelance position at my older company and I was complaining about all the 5+ minute reels I was getting. My producer friend challenged me to make a :60 reel and make it work for my freelance reel and it most certainly has. My last major freelance job landed me a job offer where I am employed today. :)

        -Rob

    • Now about that 20% discount ;). I've got to upgrade one of these days I suppose.

    • Nice reel Rob! The idea of making a :60 reel is great. It's true - most people have 05:00+ reels - but if you can capture someone's attention the first :60, they will ask for more. You can always have an 'extended' version available as well.

      Is there a fair amount of motion graphics work going on in the Portland area?

      The motion picture industry in NM is booming - but we are still working on bringing more motion graphics, and post-production work to the city.

    • Thanks, the only thing I really wish I had more time/energy to do is my own projects. I tend to run myself ragged at work not really leaving enough energy at home to persue my own things. I think the thing that was frustrating me on the long reels were that I was getting quite a few where the applicant thought it would be cool to repeat the same clip multiple times just to fill out the song. I've long been a proponant of 2-3 minute reels.

      Portland is a growing market really, the economy slowed things down a bit but we seem to always find something to do :). I would love to visit NM sometime in the future, I hope to be able to swing through for that Motion conference you guys have there.

        -Rob

      P.S. Thanks for the link