Job Description
2D, 3D, StopMotion – 137Ewes JANUARY FESTIVAL SPRINT
Inspired by winter recess sessions of many universities, 137 Ewes are welcoming WINTER INTERNS for the first time. They’ve learned from their past interns that a sense of completion is often the best feeling coming out of an internship. Hence, they are challenging you this winter to make a film with their characters that is film festival ready.
Note that this internship is very intensive, lasting the whole month of January; Think about your ability to commit before applying. Interns are expected to finish their films during this month. Absolutely no extension to the deadline.
DO NOT BLINDLY APPLY. Review this post. Understand their published stories. Applications without intention will not be reviewed.
INTERNSHIP Dates: January 1st (Thursday) – January 31st (Saturday), 2026; Can attend one hour kick off meeting on Monday, December 29th, 2025, 10am PST. Can attend finale presentations of all films on 10am Sunday February 1st, 2026.
STEPS:
- Verify that you are: Currently working on a BFA , MFA, or intensive training program in Handdrawn animation, 2D Animation, 3D Animation, Experimental Animation, and/or Stop-motion Animation.
- Ensure that you have a: Strong portfolio /reel to demonstrate your complete set of skills; contains most updated shots; and that the link to your portfolio is alive.
- Subscribe to: https://kopernicus.substack.com to learn about their characters and stories [Volume 2 is currently publishing, free to read]
- APPLY on LinkedIn by October 31st, 2025 (Yappy Halloween!)
What you will do:
- Select from their characters – then using existing stories as points of inspiration, construct a short film between TWO to SEVEN minutes (Your choice based on the way you work and the type of story you are telling and how complex the animation is).
- Attend Dailies Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- Animate by hand or through digital software
- Plan beats, scenes, storyboards
- Construct keyframes
- Work on in-betweens
- Clean up animation
- Final Coloring
- Steps to procedural 3D animation, stop motion animation etc will have different steps accordingly.
- Finish animation by deadline (January 30th)
- Submit with them to a festival that they decide on before leaving the internship
Stipend:
- Winning stipend upon acceptance to the specified festival
Nationality / Location:
- Their internships are designed for learning, working with people across cultures, you can reside ANYWHERE.
- Applications outside of the USA are welcome, as long as you have conversational English capability to understand feedback and communicate your animation intentions.
Requirements
- Great understanding of animation timing, basic principles of animation
- Strong draftsmanship
- Understanding of the life of the LINE, how to animate lines
- Understanding of SHAPE, how to animate so that shapes move to communicate
- Thorough understanding of anatomy
- Great understanding of herbivores, four-legged locomotion, animal behaviors and/or passion to want to learn these areas (we are only at the tip of the iceberg to truly understand animals)
- Great understanding of various emotions and how to express them effectively
- Time Management ability to complete assignments on time
- Wild creativity to stretch your imagination
- Unique ability to pose characters (Action Poses, Move them in space)
- Effective at taking notes on feedback and implementing verbal, written, and/or draw-over feedback
Offer includes
Salary
Based on interview results
