'Studio Suncheon, Webtoon and Animation School' Enrollment Ceremony Held!
Creating a base for fostering content human resources in the southern coastal region in earnest
Promoting Suncheon-type academy with webtoon and animation specialized training led by anchor company Kennaz and tenant companies in the area
High interest in the academy with an average competition rate of 2:1
Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do, held an entrance ceremony for the \'Studio Suncheon\' webtoon and animation school at the Citizen Public Activity Support Center on the 5th, and announced that it has begun full-scale training to foster core talents for locally-based cultural contents.
Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do, held a webtoon and animation school enrollment ceremony for \'Studio Suncheon\' at the Citizen Public Activity Support Center on the 5th, and began full-scale education to cultivate core talents for community-based cultural contents.
\'Studio Suncheon\' is a specialized content academy that aims to create a sustainable talent pool, and will provide \'Webtoon School\' and \'Animation School\', which are hands-on curricula specialized for the industry, in cooperation with local content companies in the webtoon and animation fields. The program has received high interest, with an average competition rate of 2 to 1.
The Webtoon School is led by anchor company Kennaz as instructors and mentors, and the curriculum consists of seven courses, including six for pre-creators and one for professionals.
The pre-creator class is divided into classes such as webtoon contribution, webtoon PD, and webtoon writing. Proban is a course for professional writers aiming to debut on global platforms, and supports the manuscript production process by providing customized production and personal workspace.
\'Studio Suncheon, Webtoon and Animation School\' trainees present their impressions of joining the program.
The animation school is led by Suncheon\'s tenant companies, from curriculum design to lectures and mentoring. The training is divided into two classes, pre-production and production, according to the animation production process. At the end of the practical course, trainees will be matched with companies to gain production experience in real companies.
\"Unlike other lectures, the purpose of the course is to share practical know-how,\" said Park Young-joon, deputy CEO of Kenaz, who attended the enrollment ceremony as an instructor at Webtoon School. \"We know the current difficulties and concerns of the trainees through firsthand experience, so we will communicate with them as colleagues and deliver our field experience.\"
\"As many content companies are located in Suncheon, it will be an opportunity for both trainees and companies to grow,\" said Yoo Yong-guk, CEO of Alimoli Studio, who attended as an animation instructor. \"I hope that the real-life experiences of the field, which are difficult to come across in an academy, will lead to employment by learning with the directors.\"
(Mr. Park Young-joon, Deputy CEO of Kenaz, explains the direction of education to the trainees
\"I often come to Suncheon whenever I conduct various webtoon programs in the cultural city of Suncheon,\" said a webtoon school trainee, \"and I hope to fill in the gaps through this academy and become a global webtoonist beyond Korea.\"
A city official said, \"The competitiveness of the cultural content industry comes from people,\" adding, \"Through the \'Studio Suncheon\' webtoon and animation school, Suncheon will foster cultural content talents and create a foundation for a cultural city where talented people can create the future of the city.\"
The \'Studio Suncheon\' webtoon and animation school will be held for four months from January to April, and the training will be held at the Suncheon Global Webtoon Hub Center for the webtoon school and the Citizen Public Activity Support Center for the animation school.
Source : Newswalker (http://www.newsworker.co.kr)
