What is the scope for fresher in motion graphics and how to go about it?

I have been working in online media for more than 9 yrs and need to change my field to motion graphics. I have learned 3D and Adobe after effects very long time back. I need a proper guidance in terms how to start and what are the possible starting salary will a fresher can get.What is the scope for fresher in motion graphics and how to go about it?Motion Graphics includes game development.,animation movies,special effects and the list goes on.so considering the special effects you should get yourself familiar with scripting for the Maya/3dsmax like softwares and

also try the various opportunities in the companies like ilm,dream works skg and Illuminati and so on . best source for the list of companies working on computer graphics over a big budget is wikipedia . go on . good luck .need personal assistance - raaj_bharath@yahoo.com