Thanks for the reply Zac! I have seen some animation showreels but how do you spot an amateur or junior animator showreel vs a senior more experienced animator? Like in modelling one may look at the form the fidelity the texturing, style, anatomy.
I'm not an animator, but... Mostly people just judge the quality of animation, the basic things are the 12 principals of animation: 1. Squash and stretch 2. Anticipation 3. Staging 4. Straight ahead action and pose to pose 5. Follow through and overlapping action 6. Slow in and slow out 7. Arcs 8. Secondary action 9.…
The easiest way to know what skills they are looking for is to look at job postings, and looking at senior animators portfolios online. http://www.riotgames.com/careers/senior-character-animator http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=140002P http://animatorsteve.weebly.com/