>>743846another reason was the miscommunications
the prof was the kinda guy who'd make vague negative remarks rather than pin-point the fault itself and tell me what changes are necessary i had to ask him twice to get any clear directions that too was assuming that he was relaying iinformation from the client (the actual decison maker) which he 75% of the time was not
he was one of the "old gaurd" types layout artist with zero experience in animation itself and felt the constant need to one-up anything anyone said
this coupled with him cting as animation directer for a client that obviously didnt know animation it was the perfect combo of the blind leading the blind
another issue was that my man sucked at english yet insisted on butchering the languege to sound smart half his feedbacks were lost in the translation he has the punjabi ESL voice which wouldnt have been a problem were he no to insist on using voicemail rather than simle concise texts
he was so stingy with his mobile internet service he wouldnt come online until given a missed call
on top of that there was without fail a 15~30 min delay for his replies
by day 6 i had to repeat in bullet points his feedback to get confirmatio on what he actually wanted changed and what was just sophistry on his part
plus the gaslighting you'd get from the average "experienced industry veterens" trying to cover their mistakes
fortunately i still have my own shortfilm to work on so i put my foot down and withdrew from the entire project
i bet getting paid by him will be a massive pain but im gonna extract that payment for 15 days of work by hook or by crook
talk about off the pan into the fire
goes to show these kinds of toxic people exist even in the animation indusry
i just need to vent it out is all
after seeing good work get flushed down the toilet and mediocre work rewarded
i now know exactly why the indian animation industry is in the stae it is
