SCOPE OF ANIMATION AFTER 12TH

In the present time, Animation as a carrier option has boundless scope. There are various ongoing domestic projects as well as outsourced projects from the industry giants in animation industry.

This has fueled the growth of this industry in India in spite of global economic crises.  For an individual who loves to create magic has immense opportunity with proper education and guidance. There are courses and avenues an individual can pursue after finishing his or her 12th grade.

The major problem students find in case they are not good with maths, physics and science what will they do. Their parents also are extremely worried about their future prospect.

This happens to be quite common symptom now a days.

 

At the very beginning one has to be clear in his / her understanding about the field one is entering. Often animation is misunderstood as cartoon creation.

To end that confusion animation can be defined as a process of making the illusion of motion and the illusion of change by means of rapid display of a sequence of images.

To simplify, animation is the art of making inanimate objects alive with modern computer techniques.

As an animator an individual can use techniques like 2D hand drawing, 2D computer generated sketches, 3D computer generated  animation, stop motion or model animation techniques .

The method depends on the specialized skill acquired by the animator or individual.  Animation is done now –days with the help of computer and various software’s are used to create 2D and 3D animation.

In India, different courses are available in animation.

Diploma courses, Certificate Courses, skill based specialization courses etc.

The duration varies from 36 months to less than 6 months respectively. The eligibility for the Courses is 10+2.

Whereas institutes allow even 10+ to take up Diploma and Certificate Courses. Since it’s a skilled based course.

Sometimes the Certificate Courses help an individual to assess oneself if he or she is suitable for this field. As a student when an individual is being taught the very basic skills of the trade, he gets to know whether he is in the right carrier path.

While choosing the right course a person has to know the various courses offered by institutes and the jobs offered by the industry, with the clear understanding of the skill required for the specific job roles.

A person can approach the industry with a specific job role in mind and prepare himself with the required skill and courses.

A person who wants to concentrate on pre-production and digital film making with overall concentration on 3D animation should have an exposure to the following areas:

Pre-production
Storyboarding
Cinematography
Concepts of Film Making
Stop Motion
Digital Design
Compositing
Sound Editing
Concepts of Non-Linear Editing
Modeling & Texturing
Lighting & Rendering
Particle & Dynamics
Character Setup & Skinning
Character Animator
Moreover to cater to the requirement one should have the knowledge of the required software’s on 3D animation.

The software’s are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After effects, Adobe Audition and Autodesk 3ds Max.

The job roles on offer with the above are as follows:

3D Modeling Artist
Character Animator
Texturing Artist
Lighting Artist
Rigging Artist
Render Artist
Layout Artist
3D Generalist

Again for a person who wants to concentrate on all the aspects of 3D Animation should learn certain specific software’s like Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya and Autodesk Mudbox. The skill and knowledge required are:

Pre-production
Storyboarding
Concepts of Filmmaking
Digital Painting
Matte Painting
BG Modeling & Surfacing
3D Character Development
Texturing & Look Development
Lighting & Rendering
Particle & Dynamics
Rigging & Character Setup
Character Animator

The job roles offer for an individual with the above set of skill is as follows:

3D Modeling Artist
Character Animator
Texturing Artist
Lighting Artist
Rigging Artist
Render Artist
Layout Artist
3D Generalist

For venturing into the animation industry with complete knowledge of the process of animation film making from pre-production to post production require something extra on the knowledge and skill part. A person should have exposure to the following areas:

Pre-Production
Storyboarding
Cinematography
Stop-Motion
Video Editing
Digital Design
Sound Editing
3D Design & Modelling
Digital Sculpting
Look Development
Lighting & Rendering
Fluid, Hair & Cloth FX
Character Set-up & Skinning
Character Animation
Visual Effects
Composition
3D Tracking & Match Moving

For a person to become a job-ready professional in the industry , acceptable by animation studios , graphic design companies and gaming studios should go for specialization on any one of the following subjects as per requirement of the industry :

Modelling and Texturing
Lighting Shading
Animation

Specific software skill is required for such a professional. The software’s should be learnt are the following :

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Audition
Autodesk 3dsmax
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Mudbox
Eyeon Fusion
Autodesk MatchMover

The job roles on offer for a person with the above knowledge and skill are:

Modeling Artist
Character Animator
Motion Graphics Artist
Texture Artist
Lighting Artist
Rigging Artist
Storyboard Artist
Compositing Artist
FX Artist
Compositor
Match Moving Artist
Render Artist
Layout Artist
Digital Sculptor
Roto & Clean-up Artist
Video Editor

As per data of the animation industry pay scale of 2017, the average pay for an Animator is around Rs 3, 53,000 per year. Experience plays a key role in salary in this industry.

We at Maac Kolkata help aspirant who wants to build a career in animation, with relevant hands on practical training from best faculty team who are industry expert and experienced people in the said field.

At Maac Kolkata, we not only focus on quality teaching staff and infrastructure, but also on the placements of the students.

MAAC offers 100% Placement Assistance to all its students. The placements begin before the course ends and large number of students are already placed before their course ends.

For this reason, Maac Kolkata has been ranked as the best animation, VFX and multimedia training institute in Kolkata and eastern India by the students unanimously.

Popular Mobile Animation Games

Mobiles are everywhere and are so popular that every person got to have a smartphone. Smartphones are in trend so are the mobile animation games. In past few years with increasing popularity of mobile phones the popularity of mobile animation games has also increased.

Mobile is a device that you can use it wherever you are… thus you can play games in your mobile phone when you have time and anywhere you want…

That’s what has made these games so popular. Also the mobile animation game designer earns a lot of money by presenting mobile games in app stores.

Angry bird is such popular game of its time; even today people like to play it. A movie was also made based on the theme of this game. Isn’t that amazing!

Mobile animation games once it gains popularity among users it also let the designer earn good remuneration.

The creator of Angry birds Rovio Entertainment launched the angry birds game in 2009 and it was declared as the most downloaded mobile app the next year.

There is also a recent example …You must have known the game Pokémon Go. Pokémon Go is one of the most popular games that have made people go crazy after it. Pokémon go is one of the games that are popular among all age group of the people.

There has been incredible development in the field of mobile games from 2d snake game on Nokia basic phone to latest high end animation mobile games.

So today we will see the top most popular mobile games that use animation efficiently.

Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go became popular with its release as it is based on the most popular TV cartoon Pokémon.

Pokémon Go is freely available. There are some Poke stops that are already marked on the map on the phone and you have to walk around to find your Pokémon.

Millions of players have downloaded this game in a very short time. The design of the mobile game is done in such that it works with the maps app and the camera app in the phone and the gaming app feels like the game is occurring around us.

We have to find the Pokémon that are hidden. There was a time when everyone around was playing the game whether it be friends or people passing by.


Clash of Clans

Clash of clans is another game that has become popular with time.

It has the best animation effects.It is played with real life opponents. It is easy to play and is more popular because of its theme of medieval battle field.

You can also communicate with your chat in the app if you belong to one clan. Patience is very essential to play this game.

There are various rewards and upgrades that are to be made you can either buy it with money or wait for the great deal.

This is also a free bee game. You have to quickly react and plan strategies according to the situation.

Asphalt 8: Airborne

If you are lover of cars and are crazy for car racing, then this game is for you.

This game has the most great animation effects in it and is designed according to the racing environments. This game gives you complete feeling of car racing.

It is one of the most successful racing games. It has latest cars with sensational speed Game loft can give.

It is eighth in its series. It has different countries and cities with every version. Though racing is not quite a thing in games these days but asphalt has managed to keep up in competition.

Infection in this game has become reason of its popularity. Infected racers can get unlimited boosts. It has wide variety of racing zones and cars.

 Fruit Ninja

Fruit ninja is the game where you have to cut half the bouncing fruits. It has nothing to do with the ninjas as its name suggests.

You have to use your finger as sword and make cuts through the bouncing fruits. But beware that there are also bombs popping out. You have to escape the bombs and only need to slice the fruits.

As the speed increases it becomes difficult to maintain the speed. As far as the graphics are concerned the game doesn’t have much  mobile animation in it other than the bouncing fruits but that’s ok, the whole game is about speed and thinking power.

It is a highly reviewed game though and has nice background effects. It is easy to play and keeps you trying to make new high scores.

Achievements can unlock new backgrounds and blades. We can compare our scores with our friends and also play multiplayer game.

Temple Run

Temple run is one of its kinds in chasing games. Temple run became popular in very short period and was very easy to play.

Especially the treasure coins that you get while running makes the game more adventurous. Playing temple run is fun and good for kids as it improves the eye and hand coordination.

While playing, you will automatically feel the coordination between the eyes and hands. You can earn the game credits but if you don’t have enough patience then you can always buy it with money.

The main reason behind popularity of this game was its graphics effects. Escaping the angry monkey-creatures, this game tests the reflexes of the player.

The effects of turning left and right, jumping and sliding are nicely done. You may die many times but you will always want to play more.

So these all were the games that we think are great to play. They look good when you play them and feel good.

They all have impressive titles and your experience gets better with these games as you play.

But there is one thing to be noticed that gaming is becoming better and better day by day. Android comes up with new version every year and so does the mobile games.

This mobile animation gaming is improving with technology with big rate. In last two years the gaming is covering new heights. The coming years may bring many more things in the gaming environment.

So gamer be ready you have many more to come on your way. And Mobile  animation game animator there are huge and lots of scope for you in the gaming industry, so be ready to join the best animation gaming institute.

USE OF VFX IN LIFE OF PI

Hi there our today’s blog is about use of VFX in the film Life of Pi. You must be little astonished, because the movie has real life like scenes believe me they are all done using fine VFX.

Life of pi won 11 awards in the Oscars that year. Isn’t that great?We will see today how the movie was made and discuss the scenes that have used in them.

 

  The movie “Life of pi” is an American drama film which is based on Yann Martel’s novel “Life of pi” released in 2001.

 The film was directed by Ang Lee. This filmhit the theatres in September 2012 was proved to be a critically as well as commercially successful.

The movie seems very natural in its screening, but major part of the movie is actually filmed using VFX effects. The effects were used to picture the animals in the movie and the scenes at the ocean and aquatic animals.

 The VFX work in the film has been done so precisely that it is very though to distinguish between the scenes with real animals and animated animals.

The detailing of the animals in the movie is done very accurately. It even includes the anatomical structures of the animals also.

Every shot in the movie was explored artistically making it more interesting. All the shots at the ocean were stunning. These shots left the viewer’s awestricken.

 The special effects in the movie “Life of PI” was done by Rhythm & Hues, a visual effects and animation company.

 They won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. It took them more than a year to study and build the animated characters in the film.

 The study of behavior of animals in different environment was done in order to screen particular scenes in the film. The scenes in the movies  really were a visual feast for viewers’ eyes.

 Now let’s see some of the scenes where the VFX effects were used to screen the shot.

The scenes at the ocean were shot in the huge water tank. High powered equipment’s were used to create the waves in the ocean.

To make the reactions of the actor, Suraj Sharma more real, high strength winds and powerful water blasts were made.

The tank was so massive and at the time of shooting the intense water sequences there were no crew members near the actor and he himself used to replace the items in the scene during the retake.

Loud horns were used to address the actor whether the scene is going on a retake or has been cut.

He also had to remember where to walk on the boat as there may be an animal in the shot at the same position.

The most challenging task for the actor was to act by using his imagination of the tiger and other animals.

He had to perform the scenes with the costars that were invisible.

After the scenes were filmed, the VFX team has given its best for applying the visual effects on these shots.

The animals used in the film were the hyena, tiger, zebra, orangutan,meerkats,whale and fishes out of which only the hyena was real while the other animals was the work of animation.

The hyena was there in the film for only seven shots and it was away from the actor in every scene. The orangutan was an animated character. The design of the orangutan was its anatomical structure. It helped the artists to animate its movements in the scene.

The tiger, Richard parker, there are only few scenes where the real tiger has been used otherwise most of the scenes the computer generated tiger was used.

Mapping out the details of each and every scene of tiger, his position and posture and what he would be doing.

The toughest scene to film was where the tiger is in water, in the midst of the storm. The tiger’s eyes had to match with the boat.

For this the Visual effects team studied the real tiger and its behavior. They needed to spend hours on studying the footages of real tiger.

The tiger was designed with so much of detailing that it has created a benchmark in VFX industry.

The anatomical structure was built to design the tiger and it enabled the animators to trace its movement. This made the tiger more realistic.

Talking about the ocean, the scenes at the water were meant to be the very realistic.

So water was treated as a separate character in the movie.The time of the day whether it is sunrise, sunset or middle of the day was a deciding factor for color of water.

The color of the water needed to match with the scene. The water used in tank could not give the original effect to the shot.

So it was to be blended with the VFX effects to give it the real life effect needed. All the waves in the water tank were extended and improved with the help of computer graphics.

If you have watched the movie, you will recall the scene where a whale jumps around the Pi’s boat.

The scene is not just screening the whale but also the disruption in water that whale’s movement causes.

The shot is truly done fantastically. The whale is enormous and thus throws huge amount of water on the boat. The picturisation is done very cleanly.

Another scene where the luminescent planktons is used, it is the scene where Pi remembers his story and what happened to his ship, animals on that ship, his mother and family.

The imagination of Pi is the main motive in the scene. The sequence is completely done using the visual effects. It is the most emotional scene in the movie and VFX adds an extra edge to it.

So these were VFX effects in the film “Life of Pi”. The hard work of the VFX team of this movie paid off and it became the popular movie of 2012.

It is not to be forgotten that they won Oscar for this film. The movie “Life of Pi” has set a benchmark for other films in terms of VFX effects.

7Unbelievable Bollywood VFX Scenes: Before And After

If the movie lovers while watching his / her favourite hero’s movie get  amazed and thrilled by the beautiful landscapes and difficult to difficult stunts shown in Bollywood movies, you will be surprised to know that most of them do not actually exist in reality. They are a work of pure graphics and VFX or visual effects.

Visual effects (abbreviated VFX) help the director bring his vision to life.

They are the processes by which director’s imagery vision is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shot. Which enhance the quality of the scene and its visual appeal?

Here in our blog we will discuss 7 such remarkable VFXs from famous Bollywood movies that viewers thought were real.

1. BHAG MILKA BHAG
Remember the whopping crowd in Bhag Milka Bhag was, in fact nothing else but was a pure cinematic illusion. The crowd was created by vfx, since while shooting it’s not possible to gather so many people and retain them together for long shooting hours. So alternative to the same is here which you get to see below.

2.CHENNAI EXPRESS
The center of attraction, the long and stunning train running towards Chennai was actually a work of fiction and the train ride was indeed not that scenic. In reality to place such camera angels to capture the scenic beauty is very difficult keeping weather condition in mind.

  3. READY
Salman Khan might be a macho hero with all physical strength and super human abilities, but he is not stupid enough to risk his life and will hang himself to save the heroine from such a great height . So here is how it happened below.

4. DHOOM STUNT
Mr Perfectionist, Amir Khan has actually not ridden the bike along the rope in Dhoom 3.  Such stunts we only get to see in circus with expert stunt man doing the same.

Our hero’s cannot risk their lives for such dangerous act.  So the gorgeous stunt is a striking effect of graphical art and of course VFX.

Here you get to look into the same.

5. CHAK DE

Remember Chak De India movie of our Indian ladies hockey team winning world cup for our country.

The stadium where most of the scenes were shot was actually empty. Here you go.

6. KICK
VFX can make a simple walk look of an extremely dangerous stunt stunning being enacted by Salman Khan.

7. PK
The fascinating spaceship we wish to see in reality, it actually doesn’t exist in reality.

So with our above discussion we would like to conclude that the VFX has become a part of every Bollywood ventures.  So skilled technician and good VFX artist are in high demand in India as well as abroad.

So if you are dreaming big for yourself here is the right opportunity and right time to hit the market by acquiring the right skill from Leaders of VFX Learning Institute.

Choose the Best VFX Training institute to sharpen your skill and become industry ready VFX artist.

5 Most Popular Cartoon Characters of 2017

Cartoon word comes from “cartone” which is an Italian word which means “Big Paper”.

Cartoons are very popular among children as well as in adults, they love cartoon characters and like to watch the cartoon the most famous cartoon character in todays time are  Pokemon, Doraemon, Shin-Chan, Scooby Doo, Popeye – Popeye the Sailor Man.

It is the cartoon that make people laugh and teach how to enjoy the every moment of life, how to communicate effectively with others , these are in pictorial forms which is more easier to understand than in written form, these plays a very important role in the development of the children in their growing years.

People like to watch cartoons for entertainment and to show their strong love feelings, and to make their lives full of joy and fun.

Cartoon Characters are so much significant to make the cartoons a big hit for children and are then general among the kids and in markets as well.

POKE'MON

Pokémon is a form of the Japanese cartoon which had  title as Pocket Monsters  which transformed its name in advertised in English as Pokémon.

It is the Pokémon: The Series, most popular Japanese Anime television series, which has been adapted for the international television markets.

Pokémon is based on the popular  video game series of Pokémon and is a part of the Pokémon franchise.

The Pokémon animated series has been divided into six chronologically sequential series in Japan.

The split up version of the video game series the gets its inspiration from: the original series, the Advanced Generation series, the Diamond & Pearl series, the Best Wishes! Series, the XY series, and the Sun & Moon series.

In the international broadcasts media, these six series has been divided into 20 separate seasons of Pokémon series.

These anime series are accompanied by spin-off programming, consisting of Pokémon Chronicles, a series of side stories featuring characters in the anime that are not its current cast of main characters.

It has gained lot of popularity worldwide among all age group of people starting from children to old people.

SHIN-CHAN

Shinnosuke “Shin-Chan” Nohara is a little boy who seems to do everything he can to annoy his parents and teachers (and succeeds wildly), but only means the best.

He just tries to have a good time and in doing so does things which will create the maximum vexation in others.

Shin-chan – aka Shinnosuke Nohara – who lives in the Tokyo commuter belt with his parents, younger sister and their dog, has challenged cultural sensibilities outside Japan, where he appears in manga, on TV and in cinemas.

SCOOBY DOO

Scooby Doo is a Dog in cartoon character and well known in his action, it is a very funny Dog which makes the people laugh.

Scooby Doo is an animated American cartoon character, “Scooby “Created by Hanna-Barbera production and the writer are Joe Ruby Kens spears in 1969.

Scooby Doo is a brown colored Dog which is not very brave who tries to skip work or things. Their team is interesting in solving the mystery of many types.

The characters that are associated with Scooby Doo are: Velma who is a girl always wearing yellow t-shirt.

Shaggy is also not so brave and the partner of Scooby who is a boy,

On the other hand they have Daphne is a beautiful girl character to team up with Fred  who happens to be the leader of their team and also happens to be  a very brave boy.

DORAEMON

Doraemon another popular Japanese cartoon character. Which was introduced by Fujiko Fujio.

This cartoon character is very famous among the children and adults in all over the world even crossing the boundaries of Japan.

It is the best-selling- cartoon. Where it got sold over 100 million copies after its release.

Gradually Doraemon cartoon character gained its popularity all around the world.

Doraemon the character is basically a robot and the helper of the Nobita who is very lazy never does his work.

His whole and soul intention is to play and enjoy with the gadgets that Doraemon had.

Doraemon have every type of gadget which is not physically seen in the real world.

POPEYE – Popeye the Sailor Man

Popeye is an animated cartoon character.

Popeye a normal guy, who tries to win his love Olive Oyl.

But the villain Bluto always stops him from doing so. Bluto always smoke a pipe and in trouble, he eats Spinach which makes him the stronger person.

So you want to become the creator of your own cartoon character? Come and join our course .

Use of Animation In Advertisement

Animation has already established its footprint in advertisement industry.

It is quite common these days that animation is getting recognized in every industry.

Animation is widely being used as substitute for costly film stars and it also provides as option for generating imaginative scenarios related with theme.

For example the Zoozoo in Vodafone advertisement got famous because of its unique advertise theme.

It was so popular that Vodafone Telecom Company was getting recognized by its representative mascot ZooZoo.

It is also to be noted that even giant companies such as Google, Apple and Facebook are also using animation to describe new updates.

It is good to notice how Google maps use the animation to explain the latest updates and trends in its technology.

Facebook also advertised its reactions update through the animation.

It explains different emotions such as happiness, sadness, aww, humor, love, etc through it.

Advertisement is the one feature of the product that attracts the audiences to itself.

It describes the products information in an entertaining way.

That is how the audiences get attracted towards it. For promoting any product it is very important for the company to popularize the product among the viewers so that they can buy them.

The customer will remember the advertise when buying the product from shop. The more unique the ad is, it easy for the customers to remember it.

Animation provides this feature of making an ad creative unique.

Animation creates the world and environment that could not be regenerated within real world or it might be very costly to make it.

Animation in advertisement is getting popular as the cost is less and outcome it more.

In today’s blog we will  discuss about such ads. These ads have made their mark in the advertisement industry.

Fanta

Fanta is a popular drink.

Fanta advertisement of animated characters that was shown on tv in 2011 was very popular.

That features a girl, and a boy, and a dog’s animated character. It was very much famous at that time and helped to increase the fanta sales.

Advertisements make a huge difference. Although we all know that this is not a best available orange drink product but the ad makes drinking fanta more fun and customers tends to buy this products.

Frooti

We all remember the ad “Mongo frooti fresh and juicy”.

The latest frooti advertisement that stars Shahrukh Khan and some humans is a famous ad and has new lyrics to it “suck it, and lick it”.

In this ad Shahrukh Khan is shown tracking the frooti that makes us feel like frooti is so good that even Shahrukh Khan loves to drink it and the minute he tastes it everything becomes colorful.

The frootie done the rebranding by using the animation in commercials.

Amul

We all are familiar with the Amul girl saying utterly butterly delicious.

Amul is one of the leading companies in dairy industry.

By four decades amul has kept the amul girl as its brand ambassador.

The amul girl was previously in 2d format but they decided to make it 3d format.

Amul has not changed the advertisement theme and has kept the amul butter girl in the ad but she is seen taking the kids to colourful world of dream and fantasy.

Which indeed make the advertisement attractive and interesting?

Duracell

Everyone knows the duracell bunny.

Because of the bunny that is the fluffy soft rabbit shown in the ad as toy that runs on duracell battery.

The ad comments that the duracell battery has long life as compared to other batteries.

This has been picturised as different bunny using different battery is racing and at the end the bunny with duracell wins.

Duracell bunny advertisement has made a mark in the advertisement industry. It became so popular that even the latest duracell advertises features the bunny itself.

Cadbury Dairymilk

You must have seen the latest cadbury ad of aliens.

These aliens are dancing on the song “intersteller party”. The concept is pretty cute and cool.

The music of song is good and the aliens dancing on the song makes it more entertaining.

The commercial has very nice concept, Cadbury is too good that when the aliens taste it, they become fan of it and dance in joy.

So we have seen some examples of advertises that has used animation in it.

Animation is used in every field of entertainment so how advertisements can can escape from it.

Using animation in commercials has given an additional plus point to it.

It not too far that animation will be ruling the entertainment industry. The best part is it is attractive fun filled to watch and of course cost effective too.

We can see good scope for aspirant animator in every field whether it is movies, television, and advertisement animation is showing its prominent presence in the entire field.

So guys still thinking whether to choose animation as a career? There are ample animation jobs available in the market. Need to grab the opportunity with right skill and right guidance.

Just feel free to take a free counselling session with our expert career adviser team of the best animation training institute in Kolkata @9836321595.