Dustin Hoffman, the 70 year old star of Kung Fu Panda shared some of his thoughts this week in Cannes France during the Cannes Film Festival…the opening venue in fact for Kung Fu Panda! “Anyone who does animation, who is involved with this extraordinarily intricate process, has to have real emotional issues and I hope you get help,” Hoffman said.

In Kung Fu Panda, Dustin Hoffman is the voice of the pint sized Shifu, a red panda who is bossy and runs a school for the best martial artists in the world.

And as we continue to see more and more computer animated feature films, we will see an every growing demand for artists skilled in the production of computer generated graphics and film. Interest in the interactive media market is gaining new ground every day and careers in the digital design and animation arenas are expanding quickly into gaming, photography, cartooning and even special effects for local and national news programs.

Success in the digital design and/or the animation technology depents largely on the skill and proficiency of the tech that guides and shapes the supporting technology. Digital Design and Animation schools may offer distance learning courses Graduates of these schools are typically ready to compete for a variety of positions in film and video houses, tv stations, multimedia companies, and ad companies.