While writing the cover letter, I asked myself a couple of questions. I gave myself a criteria.
Why am I interested in a placement at this company?
What are the values of this company?
What sort of work would this company do?
Who are their main clients?
What position in this company would I like?
What do I have to offer this company and why would I be good at this company?
Before fully writing the cover letter, I first made a template that I could include more info into later. I did this as a way to help me with coming up with what I could write about with the animation studios. I wrote about the animation studio, Lighthouse Studios, known for their work on the Cuphead Show and the Bob’s Burgers movie. I chose this studio in particular because of their style of work focuses on a more cartoon-y style of animation, which is the style I go for in my animations.
I start off by explaining my current education situation and how I would like to apply for a job at the company. Next brought up why I would like a place at the studio by bring up one of the projects that the studio worked on, to show that I have knowledge of the company and their works. Afterwards, I specified which programs and techniques I have used to create my animations, with me starting off with doing animation using paper, then moving onto Krita and currently using Maya, going from 2d to 3d, though Lighthouse is a mostly 2d studio.