Jobs At Animation Industry In India Know More

Hello viewers in this blog we will discuss about the growing animation job market in India.

The growth of animation industry in India is quite amazing and surprising.

From the past few years animation production segment grew at a good speed to fulfill the demand of local animation content and characters for Indian market across TV and Over the Top providers.

Indian animation industry started with the mythological concepts compared to the West where characters like Spiderman, Batman generated from comic books.

Indian audiences have already enjoyed animated movies like Return of Hanuman, Bal Ganesh, Chhota Bheem, Mighty Raju, Motu Patlu and many more on the television as well as movie screens.

Scopes In Animation Industry

Animation Industry has a very profitable present and a bright future in India.

According to current FICCI report Indian Animation Industry is growing in excess of 20%.

Indian Animation Industry has become a full-fledged industry now and no longer depends on foreign projects only.

With the flow of huge investments

Animation which is a combination of creativity and technology has evolved in a long way.

Small Indian studios started with handful of people have grown to become large brands now.

The demand for technical skills is rapidly increasing and animation training institutesare trying their best to cope with the demand.

Entry into the field of animation requires skills in sketching, drawing and knowledge of software.

Large studios have their own training facilities to teach the aspirants.

Interested youngsters can easily learn about animation by enrolling themselves in the various Animation Institutes all over India.

Along with the local studios, International producers also look for technical skills in India.

You will be surprised to know that Indian animators created the crowd scenes for the TV series Game of Thrones.

Indian animation studios outsource their artists for the foreign projects and this helps in knowledge transfer.

Talent outsourcing enables to raise the bar with respect to animation quality and creativity.

Indian animators have worked on many Hollywood projects.

Indian government has also started taking interest in this field.

State Telangana has its own set up called Telangana VFX, Animation and Gaming Association (TVAGA) which is a non-profit association led by team of professionals and academicians.

According to KPMG professional firm in India “Investment and collaboration opportunities between animation studios and broadcasters have increased and broadcasters are paying in the range of Rs.1.5 to 4 million per 30 minutes of animation content.

With the flow of huge investments new projects on animation will hit the Indian screens in the coming years very soon.

 Animation As A Career Option

Animation is a field where one can enjoy their work, fulfill their dream, feel satisfied and get praise from the clients.

With the coming of animation industry various animation companies have emerged across India.

Cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum and Hyderabad have become major animation hubs in India.

The animation studios with their high-tech infrastructures employ high-quality skilled engineers.

These animation studios are capable to offer a full range of services from 2D animation, 3D animation, Storyboards, viral videos, logos, banners and many more.

They provide services according to the need of the customers.

There are numerous work opportunities for the quality animators in these animation studios like graphic designer, multimedia developer, game developer, character animator, 3D modelers etc.

The talented and skilled animators has the scope to get job in the field of advertising, Online and print media, Film and Television, Video Gaming, E-learning etc.

An animator earns a good salary in India and with the experience salary amount increases.

One who want to start own animation business house can search for opportunities hidden in animation industry.

Animation Industry is one of the goldmine fields to explore.

Current Scenario Of Animation In India

In India a good quality animation film cost around Rs 8-10 crore which is slightly lower than the feature film budget.

Indian market is not big enough compared to Hollywood market.

“In Hollywood companies like Disney or Pixar spend millions of dollars on every projects” said Ketan Mehta co-founder of animation company Maya Digital Studios.

India is competing with global market and Indian producers are working hard to attract International finance to make animation films that can compete globally.

The film Chaar Sahibzaade (2014) directed by Harry Baweja was the highest grossing Punjabi animated movie in India.

This 3D animated film became very successful and received positive reviews from critics for its story, animation and in-depth research.

The budget of this movie was Rs.20 crore and it earned Rs.70 crore globally.

This movie proved that a good well-crafted animated movie can win the heart of Indians.

Krayon Picture’s (Pune based 3D animation studio) Delhi Safari (2012) was also well received by the audiences and it won awards too.

Made on a budget of Rs 24 crore this film was one of the highest-grossing Indian films in China.

It collected Rs. 2 crore in India and Rs. 12.5 crore in South Korea.

This proves clearly that there is a market for Indian animated films.

With the success of Indian animation Industry global entertainment firms are choosing India for these reasons-

The cost of animation production in India is very low compared to North America, Korea and Philippines.

Indian animation studios provide low cost, high-quality software engineers

Studios are equipped with good quality of hardware and software.

Future Of Indian Animation Market

Current size of Indian Animation Industry is US$ 247 million and is expected to grow at 15-20% per annum.

Indian animation industry employs over 80,000 people.

Gaming, Television and Film Industry are in high demand for skilled animators.

Development in all the aspects of animation industry will place India as a leading country in animation production and outsourcing.

Demand for animation services from India is growing and will grow in future with the emergence of well-organized production sectors.

Hence those who aspire to join this field of animation with immense opportunities kindly Cheer Up and join our MAAC Kolkata Centre.

Kudos To Our MAAC Alumni Oyndri Dutta

Today we are going to tell you about notable contribution of our MAAC alumni Oyndri Dutta in the very recent movie The Lion King.

Directed by Jon Favreau movie The Lion King is the remake of Disney’s 1994 animated film in the same name.

It has been released in July 2019 by Walt Disney Studios and has already received lot of praises for its visual effects, musical score and vocal performances.

The Lion King is a 3D computer animated film with numerous VFX shots done by team of VFX artists from studios of Motion Picture Company or MPC.

MAAC Alumni With Powerhouse Of Talent

Meet Oyndri Dutta of MAAC Ultadanga who completed her course in VFX Plus in the year 2015.

MAAC’s VFX Plus course teaches students about highly advanced visual effects techniques that are being used in modern filmmaking scenario.

This course moulds every budding artist into full-fledged professionals required by film and animation studios.

VFX Plus course empowers a student with technological skills and sharpens their creativity power.

Oyndri selected this course because she had capability to give shape and form to her imagination.

Oyndri Dutta joined the VFX Plus course in the batch of 2013 at MAAC Ultadanga Centre and after completing this 17 months course in 2015 she got placement at a renowned VFX studio.

During her MAAC days Oyndri left heart-warming impression of her extremely creative work on the MAAC mentors and classmates.

Oyndri has shared her experience of MAAC days with us in her interview by saying that “For me the experience of being a student of MAAC went very well; I opted for VFX Course of 17 months. This course was very new to me as I didn’t know anything about various softwares. We started with Photoshop and ended with Nuke.”

VFX Plus is an attractive course for our students as it gives vast opportunity to handle different type of artistic software.

Oyndri Dutta learned about all sort of digital artistry during her VFX Plus Course period at MAAC Ultadanga.

MAAC Event For Grooming

Event like 24 Frame Per Second which held every year at MAAC moulded Oyndri to a better artist.

24FPS is a platform to showcase the talent of young artist and it has different award categories to appreciate the best work.

This event has ‘VFX Challenge’ category in which the best visual effects wins the prizes.

Oyndri mentioned in her interview that “I learned how to work on projects at MAAC itself. I have participated in 24 FPS project in MAAC which helped me a lot to learn about all the department works and how to finish it on time.”

24 FPS brings professional approaches among MAAC students as they learn to work on projects in a very competitive environment.

Under the proper guidance of MAAC faculties students learn how to work on project which are judged by professional from the industry in the 24 FPS event.

Acknowledgement Earned At MPC

Currently Oyndri Dutta is working at VFX studio of Moving Picture Company which has head office at London.

She is a 3D modeling artist at MPC.

For movie The Lion King MPC has provided the larger than life visual effects with the support of its hard working team.

As a 3D modeling artist Oyndri’s task was to create 3D animated model of Simba (The crown prince of pride land), Pumbaa (Warthog), Timon (Meerkat) and other 3D animals and objects for this film.

3D jungle environment too was created using high definition user friendly 3D animation software.

At MPC studio Oyndri knows how to work under deadlines with other VFX artists like texture artist, lighting artist etc.

Each day she is learning something new at MPC while earning.

At MPC among great team of VFX artists Oyndri Dutta worked hard day and night to make the exceptional movie The Lion King spectacular.

With all her talent and power of creativity Oyndri has secured her place in the acknowledgement list of the movie along with her co workers.

It’s a proud moment for us when we see her name with the name of other artists from other corner of the world.

Oyndri has also received an Appreciation Letter straight from the Director Jon Favreau which is another reason for celebration.

The Appreciation Letter from Jon Favreau says “Thank you for bringing the magic to the Pride Lands.”

No doubt VFX artists have brought magic into this film with their power of imaginations.

Oyndri is one of those dare dreamers who can make their dreams come true.

Disney’s President of Production Sean Bailey has called the visual effects of this movie “A new form of filmmaking”.

From Sean Bailey’s quotation we can figure out that movie The Lion King has set new milestone in the history of filmmaking.

The production team of this movie has combined VR technology with camera in order to film the remake in VR simulated environment.

Filmmaker has used Motion Capture and Virtual Reality technologies in its production stage.

VR or Virtual Reality environment is an entire work of 3D animation and visual effectsfor which credit goes to MPC.

Gratitude Towards MAAC Mentors

Behind our every successful student there are great MAAC teachers.

Oyndri has also expressed it in her interview as she said “Our teachers at MAAC taught us everything from the beginning to the end with each and every detail.”

MAAC mentors are there for the students in every even and odd situation.

Of course the journey of Oyndri does not end here more appreciations and applauses are waiting on her path and we are sure that she will give us more reasons to smile in the future.

She has thanked her teachers especially Rajib Sir, Ajay Sir, Saumen Sir and Pradip Sir and appreciated all their efforts.

Oyndri thanked her mentors for making her future bright; she is enjoying her work at MPC and looking forward to more interesting projects to work on.

We as a MAAC team wish her all the best for her upcoming projects.

Aspiring students may contact any of our prestigious MAAC Centres.

Or call @9836321595 for Free Career Counselling Session.

India Is Growing Market For VFX Jobs Know How

July 22, 2019 - by animationkolkata - Leave a Comment

Hello reader, in the modern times we are quite familiar with the fact that VFX or Visual Effects have become an integral part of filmmaking process mainly in Hollywood Industry.

Today in this blog we will cover the topic India is growing market for VFX Jobs know how.

VFX Supervisors along with other artists give their best to deliver incredible VFX visuals with in the movies.

VFX is gaining popularity and has become the part of the movie script.

VFX industry in India is not lagging behind.

In India the mindset of the audience has changed due to the globalization; they are open to accept new innovative things in the area of entertainment.

Currently visual effect in India is making its presence felt in films of all genres be it action, comedy or romance irrespective of small or big budget movies.

India Has Rich Contents For Movies

VFX industry has bright future in this land of epic mythological stories.

More and more filmmakers are looking for high end fantasies and Indian mythology has lot of fantasies to offer.

The success of 85 crore visual effect packed epic action film Baahubali has proved that visualization of fantasy is more important thing in movies and Indian audiences are enjoying the visual effects.

According to Kotha Basi Reddy who owns VFX Studio Digiquest in India and contributed in many movies including Baahubali, Magadheera, Eega etc “Indian mythology has so much of science-fiction like Ravana flying on a plane and taking Sita with him.”

Kotha Basi Reddy believes that if filmmakers make movies based on Indian mythology with visual effect; the whole world would watch them.

Indian filmmakers have the ability to make VFX rich movies as lot of international projects on VFX are already done here.

The visual effectpart of the movie Life of Pi was done in Hyderabad based Studio.

Mr. Reddy believes that with the quick and easy available digital medium young talents are working on contents which will be internationally acceptable and there will be no song and dance based movies any more.

Independent Indian filmmakers are showing their talents through visual effect rich short films which are getting million hits from all over the world.

VFX-Rich Bollywood Films

In the recent past few year Indian audiences have already experienced some high budget VFX rich expensive Bollywood movies such as Krrish 3, Ra. One, 2.0 etc.

The year 2018 was the biggest year for Indian visual effect industry as it offered huge experiential viewing for the audience with the movies like Rajnikanth’s 2.0, Shah Rukh Khan’s Zero and Aamir Khan’s Thugs of Hindustan.

In movie Zero actor Shah Rukh Khan was reduced to 1.5 feet shorter on the screen and this difference in height was made possible through the hard work of visual effect studio Red Chillies.

Over rupees 70 crore was spent on visual effects of this film which had 5,000 visual effect shots.

Various artists from the different field of expertise worked on the visual content of this film.

Director Shankar’s 2.0 film was India’s first $75 million VFX wonder movie.

South Indian Film Industry is giving tough competition with the Bollywood in terms of VFX.

Through a very recent 2019 film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi audience experienced a well crafted VFX film which had 3,000 VFX shots.

VFX rich movies create job opportunities for the local talents.

Indian filmmakers also hire foreign expects to train local artists about the technology.

Reputed VFX Studios In India

Visual effects Industry in India has created a huge job market for the skilled youngster in the past few years.

Due to the latest technology and easily available equipment at affordable rate; many VFX studios have already earned names in the market for their incredible work.

Indian filmmakers have already understood the impact of VFX and they are doing their best to make the VFX interesting and appealing.

Producers are ready to pour investments in storyline with great possibilities of VFX.

According to Danny Wilson, Creative Supervisor at Lighthouse Animation Studios; “Currently India is well positioned in the global VFX industry”.

Studios like Makuta, Prana, Red Chillies, DQ Entertainment and many others are contributing a lot in the film, advertising as well as television contents.

A talented artist with the knowledge of visual effect can work in the industry as Texture Artist, Roto Artist, Lighting Artist and on various other positions.

In the entertainment industry VFX artist can work on freelance basis or full time basis and the salary scale is also quite good enough which increases with the experiences.

Visual effect industry is growing fast in India; local talents are working not only on the oversea projects but also on the various regional filmmaking industries.

Indian visual effect studios are expanding globally to meet the international projects and markets.

Studios are working on collaborations and providing breeding ground for the aspiring visual effect artists.

Other than the private companies and organizations; Indian government is also coming up with policies in support of the visual effect industry.

Government policies would enable the Indian visual effect industry to compete with established market of developed countries like US, Canada, France etc.

Job Prospects For VFX In India

VFX has the prospective to create huge employment opportunities in India.

With the coming of Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality visual effect in India will definitely grow in the coming years.

Augmented Reality or Virtual Reality contents require good amount of visual effect works like movies and televisions.

Moreover visual effect industry is a competitive market and to stand strong in this market the professionals has to develop the co-operative work culture.

The aspirant and the professionals should have the qualities of flexibility, commitments to meet the deadlines, ability to understand the demand of clients and good communication skill.

As Indian filmmakers are gearing up for the new project storyline; there will be new scope of work for the Visual effect  artists.

Therefore there is no looking back and the future of the visual effect artist is secure in India as long as demand for stunning visual contents will grow in the entertainment market.

Know more about Indian visual effect  market through us.

Script To Screen Brainstorming MAAC Workshop

Today in our blog we will share with you about a very interesting workshop which held recently at our MAAC Chowringhee Centre on 13th July from 2pm to 4pm.

This workshop was about Story Development taken by renowned scriptwriter Dr. Krishnendu Chatterjee.

From time to time MAAC Kolkata Centres make arrangements for different workshops on various topics to benefit their students.

On 13th July 2019 at MAAC Chowringhee Centre the workshop focussed on Story Development topic which is the fundamental of any film making process.

This workshop to a great extent helped MAAC students for their up-coming annual event 24 FPS 2019 which is a 3D animation short film competition.

The Man With Profound Talent

Dr. Krishnendu Chatterjee is a popular director, actor and script writer based in Kolkata.

He is famous for his Bengali television channel Zee Bangla’s stand up comedy show Mirakkel Akkel Challenger.

As a scriptwriter Dr. Krishnendu has contributed in many Bengali serials including Dadagiri Unlimited, Dance Bangla Dance for Zee Bangla Channel, Katha O Kahini for Star Jalsha, Ranna Ghore Rockstar for Colours Bangla and many others.

Satyadar Coaching was his first short comedy film as a director and script writer.

Ka Kha Ga Gha is Dr. Krishnendu’s first full length comedy Bengali-language feature film as a director released in the year 2018.

The very talented person Dr. Krishnendu has also tried his hands in acting such as Holy Faak which is a web series for Hoichoi and Selfier Phande movie for Zee Bangla.

MAAC Workshop On ‘Story Development’

The workshop held at MAAC Chowringhee on 13th July Saturday was an immensely knowledgeable event for the aspiring students of MAAC.

In this 2 hour workshop Dr. Krishnendu Chatterjee taught our students about how to write appealing scripts for the entertainment medium.

He shared his experience as a scriptwriter within the film industry.

A story passes through many steps while moving from paper to television or film screen.

Developing a story for short film is completely different from developing a story for feature film.

Dr. Krishnendu focussed upon the technique behind creating a successful story which will retain in the memory of audience for a long time.

He discussed about methods and tricks of story development; how to give comedy touch in the story; how to emphasize the characters etc.

A good story consists of plot, climax, satisfying resolution and goal of the characters.

Within the story the characters must be crafted in depth with their personalities, back-stories and perspectives.

Dr. Krishnendu showed the effective ways to develop the scripts for short films as well as feature films.

In short films where the time is a limit the script must be compact and convincing.

Scriptwriter must know how to manipulate time within the story.

During the workshop our students were so much engrossed in the session as if they were listening to some great stories.

This two hour long workshop piqued curiosity and imagination of the students as lot of questions were asked to Dr. Krishnendu.

This workshop threw abundant lights on the scriptwriting for the 3D animation short film competition 24 FPS 2019.

24 FPS 2019 Short Film Competition

24 FPS short film competition is an annual event conducted every year in the month of December by MAAC in association with United Nations Information Centres (UNIC).

From its inception in 2003 this event has served as a platform for young artists of MAAC to showcase their creativity and potential.

This event is a prestigious effort to bridge the gap between students and industry professionals as prominent industry personalities join this event as guest members.

24FPS event is a platform where quite a good amount of 3D animation short films entries comes from various MAAC Centres.

This event is also open to national and international animation studios, professionals whoever wants to showcase their talent, so the competition is very tough.

The jury members not only judges the special effects and type of animation used in the short films but also notices the concept or the story line of the films.

24PFS welcomes entries from multiple skilled categories but it has three main award categories.

Three main award categories are

• Script to screen
• 3D Challenge
• VFX Challenge

So you can easily understand that how much challenges each and every MAAC student faces in choosing the best story for their 3D animated short films for this annual event.

Short film with exceptional concepts and story line always wins the heart of jury members.

MAAC students make use of their knowledge and experiences gathered from the workshops help throughout the year for this 24FPS events.

Each year the performance bar is raising and hence 24 FPS competition is becoming much tougher.

No doubt this workshop held at MAAC Chowringhee on ‘Story Development’ taken by Dr. Krishnendu Chatterjee will play a big role in crafting good scripts for the 24 FPS 3D animation short film event.

MAAC Director Mr. Naveen Choudhury was also present at this workshop to motivate our students.

A well-crafted story is foremost important in the event like 24FPS; so the script part should not be neglected.

Mentors at MAAC help our students to pick the best story for the 24 FPS event, the story with powerful message.

From the workshop on ‘Story Development’ our students not only learned about how to write a good script but also got valuable notes on how to convert script to screen story.

Dr. Krishnendu Chatterjee’s workshop also focussed upon how to work under pressure according to the demand of directors and producers of the film industry.

Dr. Krishnendu with vast experience as director, actor and scriptwriter inspired and encouraged our students to come up with their own unique and entertaining stories.

We thank Dr. Krishnendu Chatterjee from the bottom of our heart for his thought provoking and knowledgeable workshop.

In future we hope to watch many more entertaining stories on the silver screen from master story teller Dr. Krishnendu Chatterjee.

If you want to be a part of such brainstorming MAAC workshop contact @9836321595.

Best Video Editing Software

Selecting the best Video Editing Software to create spectacular video content during post production stage is a crucial part.

Today we will mention about the best Video Editing Software.

Video Editing Software is readily available in the market and it is within the budget.

A Video Editing Software helps to join the right clips and sequences, add titles and transitions, color correction,remove noise and many more.

To deliver the visual message effectively; medium must be well crafted and for that video editing software should be the best.

With best video editing software young and independent filmmakers can create their masterpiece easily for the audience to view.

The beginner can choose free video editing software over the paid ones.

Different Types Of Video Editing Software

Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro or FCP is the premium quality non-linear video editing software.

It is developed by Apple Inc and runs on Mac platforms.

The users can transfer the video to the hard drive for editing purpose and later can take the output to wide variety of formats.

Final Cut Pro is one of main video editing software in the market at present.

It supports 360 degree video editing with advanced color grading.

This software has excellent file format support with smart ‘trackless’ timeline.

The magnetic trackless timeline enables to trim or move the clips without affecting the rest of the video.

It is quite expensive but includes all major updates.

This high quality editing software has several built-in special effects, motion graphics and filters.

Along with editing features; it has tools to organize clips and collections.

It is capable of delivering video files directly to Apple devices or to online video sites or through Blu-ray.

Final Cut Pro also helps to integrate third-party tools, plug-ins into the software interface.

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro had raised the bar for video editing software.

It is a powerful tool which supports any platform, camera and format.

It can run both on Windows and Mac.

With its extensive tools it is capable of creating 30 second clips as well as full-length feature film.

It has gone through numerous improvements and modifications based on suggestions and needs of its users.

Every new updates of Premiere Pro carries new features and enhancements.

Its latest 2019 version has new features like Lumetri Effect, Consolidate Duplicates, Display Color Management and auto save improvement.

Adobe Premiere Pro has features and tools for basic and advanced editing.

This software helps to work on several projects at the same time, switch between scenes and transfer of footages from one video projects to another.

The best part of the Adobe Premiere Pro is the ecosystem that it supports; each tool of Adobe connects seamlessly with Premiere Pro.

Photoshop for photos, After Effects for animations or Adobe Audition for audio editing everything plays smoothly with Premiere Pro.

Adobe products are called CC or Creative Cloud which means Adobe platform is accessible online from any connected device.

Different pricing options are available for students, individuals, business users etc.

Avid Media Composer

Avid Media Composer is the software used by professionals in the entertainment field.

Hollywood movie Guardian of Galaxy has been edited using Avid.

Avid can run both on Windows and Mac platform.

In 1990s Avid was the dominant non-linear editing system in the film and television industry.

Avid NewsCutter is aimed at newsrooms to edit the news reels.

Avid has a rich set of features which helps to prepare marvelous videos or YouTube clips.

The free version of Avid targets to the non-commercial users.

It has interesting tool sets for students who want to make professional films.

It has features like color correction, multi-camera editing, preview clips before editing, edit HDR projects, audio dupe detection, visual feedback, work in any aspect ratio and resolution.

One can edit the project without being at the workstation because it provides the ability to access and edit media files through online.

Multiple editors can work on a project through Avid’s access flexibility.

The Dynamic Media Folder helps to automate specific aspects of editing workflow.

It is a time saver while dealing projects with repetitive tasks of transferring and coping.

Avid has unlimited capabilities to handle any media project with ease.

Adobe Premiere Elements

Adobe Premiere Elements 2019 is the latest version of the software released last year for Windows and Mac.

The latest version introduced redesigned Home Screen which delivers auto created photo and video slideshows and collages.

It supports high efficiency image file format and high efficiency video coding media.

It can auto-synchronize audio with video captured at Variable Frame Rate.

Adobe Premiere Elements is actually a scaled-down version of Adobe Premiere Pro and it has been designed to train novice editors.

Project files of Premiere Pro are not compatible with Premiere Elements project files.

In the year 2006 Adobe Premiere Elements was the top selling consumer video editing software.

Adobe Premiere Elements can handle unlimited video and audio tracks with multiple special effects and chroma-key.

It can create bars and tone just like Premiere Pro.

Corel Video Studio 2019

Corel Video Studio video editing software is packaged for Microsoft Windows.

This software aids in both storyboard and timeline-oriented editing.

It can support different formats and the end product can be exported to DVD, AVI and HD-DVD.

It provided 3D transition effects; Fade to black, slideshow effect.

It has tools to trim, crop and split video tracks.

It can change the video playback speed or can reverse it.

Video Studio also helps to modify hue and saturation.

In Video Studio soundtrack can be split from the video track and therefore audio could be played at different speed than the video.

It has a feature of ‘SmartRender’ which renders only the edited portions of video thus allowing the user to preview only the edited footage without creating temporary files.

‘SmartRender’ also speed ups the final rendering.

The above mentioned video editing software has huge contributions in making the remarkable videos that we come across everyday in movie theatres or television sets or online platforms.

Feel free to join us to know more about it.