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What does it take, to make it as a freelancer in the Danish games industry?
Join us for an afternoon workshop, prepared specifically for people working as freelancers in the Danish games industry. Through a number of talks, exercises, and panels, we are going to touch upon issues such as:
Workshop Panel:
Detailed program:
12:00 – 12:30: Get-in and registration
12:30 – 12:45: Welcome and introduction
12:45 – 13:00: Initial networking exercise
13:00 – 13:45: Palle Schmidt: Life as a Freelancer including:
Administration & accounting
Own projects and supplementary earnings channels
How to get assignments?
How do you find the right price?
Structuring the working day.
How do you find your USP?
13:45 – 14:00: Pause
14:00 – 14:20: Exercise: Find your USP and your profile (v. Palle Schmidt)
14:20 – 14:40: Bjørn Jacobsen: Life as a freelance audio designer including
Special conditions for audio freelancers
How to handle tests
Pricing in relation to project type (heart blood project, etc.) and national differences.
14:40 – 15:00: Thomas Løfgren: Life as a freelance designer and consultant
Special conditions for designers and consultants
Long-term building of specific competencies
15:00 – 15:10: Pause
15:10 – 15:30: Caroline Fangel: Life as a freelance graphic designer
Special conditions for freelance graphic designers
The difference between being a freelancer and a permanent employee
15:30 – 15:50: Morten Brunbjerg: Life as a Freelance game writer
Special conditions for freelance writers
Free work. How and when is it worth it.
Competitors
15:50 – 16:00: Thank you for today.
Note: Please enter through the door at Flæsketorvet 38B, go to the back of the corridor, and take the stairs to the 3rd floor.
Writer
Freelance illustrator, writer and comic book artist living in Copenhagen, Denmark and author of "SOLO - Survival guide for create freelancers". Besides writing his own comics and crime novels , he teaches comics on ComicsForBeginners.com and has a podcast with writer interviews (in Danish) at plotcast.dk, and blogs on palleschmidt.com.
(Thursday) 12:30 - (Thursday) 15:30