If you were to isolate even one solitary frame of film and sift through the layers of expertise that paint the final picture, you would unravel an endless link of creative collaboration: the writer who creates the story, the director who brings it to life, the producers who make it happen, the director of photography who captures the story. But what about the artistic subtleties of creating the right atmosphere through wardrobe, props, and set design?

Robin Hayes knows about the challenges of juggling her own creative style with a director’s vision, budgetary constraints, and time. A Film Production graduate, she has spent the last six years working in and directing art departments on countless films, music videos, and commercials.

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One day you get an email. It’s from the Guerrilla News Network and they tell you they’ve seen your short film. They like it. In fact, they like it enough that they want you to show them a couple more samples of your work because they’re producing the music video of a well known artist and they are interested in hiring you to animate for it. But they won’t tell you anything about the song and they won’t even tell you the musician. Yet.

Just a short time ago, this is exactly what happened to Classical Animation graduate Kevin Elam and it came as quite a shock when, after finally being hired for the project, he found out that the video he would be working on was Mosh and the artist, Eminem.

“It was amazing to get hired on this video and work for an artist that I admire so much,” says Elam. “I can really relate to the message.”

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