Kath Shackleton - Fettle Animation

Katy came in to talk to us about Fettle Animation and what she does an an Animation Producer for the company she talked a lot about the networking and business aspects of Fettle. It was interesting to get things from a different point of view and she gave us some tips to help us along the way and if we ever had our own company or go freelance these are some of the things we need to think about and do.

• Have a great team
• Have respect for art and artists 
• Selling skills
• Attend events like Creative Networks, they really help
• It's all about timing, try and find the right people at the right time
• Pitching - learn to do this well 
• Budgeting - 100% get an accountant, they will help you deal with money so much
• Make wide contacts in companies
• Lock up a storyboard as early as possible, changing things costs time and money 
• Legal support - download templates from the internet, always keep a trail of things and date things, get a lawyer or contract to protect yourself. 

Overall her visit was helpful and it refreshed our memories a little for most of the things we already knew, here are the notes i took from the lesson and here is the trailer of the remarkable eyewitness stories of six world war two holocaust survivors this was what Fettle Animation had been up to - 

http://vimeo.com/89223502

here is a link to Fettle Animation website also - 

http://fettleanimation.com/2014/04/07/our-new-animated-documentary-series/