Animation and Multimedia Courses

Animation Career, Scope Details

Animation is rapid display of the sequence of images of 2D or 3D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways. The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program, although several other forms of presenting animation also exist.

Eligibility: A candidate should be 12th pass with 50% marks for being eligible for Diploma or Degree in Animation and Multimedia Courses.
Those with a basic sketching skill and a passion for animation can enter this field. There are also several professional courses that focus on various styles and techniques. These courses, i.e. courses in traditional animation, stop-motion animation, rotoscoping, computer generated 3D and 2D animation, clay-motion, Photoshop, human anatomy, drawing etc. help one to specialise in a particular area.

Career Options: Career in Animation is set to become one of the fastest growing IT segments in the country and a strong work portfolio is essential for getting a job in computer animation and becoming an animator. Numerous job opportunities are available in India as well as abroad in this exciting field. It opens the door to film industry also. It is a booming industry with wide job openings and one can work on full length animation movies or any other related fields like television, advertising etc. An animated feature film, which offers considerable employment prospects, is a combined talented effort of a wide variety of artists. A typical animation film requires around 500 animators.
Indian animations and multimedia cater to the needs of several private and public sector companies and indigenously produced animated films constituting the bulk. Various television programs, advertisements and computer games demand a huge quantity of manpower from the Indian market. Animation course is also being used in titling films, creating special effects or in web entertainment programs. Thus the scope for students of animation and multimedia course is huge in the context of emerging Indian market.
Students of Animation course finds its place not only in the entertainment industry (Movies and TV), but also in education (classroom and web based training), advertising (print and TV commercials), engineering design and defence simulations.

Job Prospects:

• Content developer

• Modeller: Modeller is the one who makes the models for animation. He should have a solid understanding of anatomy, form and volume.

• Story Broad Artist: The one with strong drawing skills could be hired as storyboard artist. His job is to visualize a sequence of events from frame to frame.

• Character animator: He brings characters to life and has knowledge of traditional animation, stop-motion animation as well as clay-motion.

• Background artist: Background artist is the person who specialises in painting the background of the characters and sets the background for the project.

• Layout artist: Layout artist is just like a cinematographer of that animation project as he decides the lighting and camera angles and also sketches the background design for the animation.

• 2D animator: He creates high volume of separate drawings that define a sequence.

• Special effects artist: He integrates live action footage with Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) or other elements (such as model work)

• Texture artist: He applies a surface to the 3D modelled character, object or environment.

• Rigging artist: A rigging artist takes the modelled, textured 3D character or object and sets it up with a skeletal system or joints (if required). Without this step, the 3D model would not be able to animate, talk or move fluidly and correctly.

• Clean-up artist: The clean up artist checks the accuracy and consistency of the designs and drawings. To be a good clean up artist, he should have good draft-man skills with the knowledge of density, width, volume and mass.

• Digital ink and paint artist: It is the duty of a digital ink and paint artist to give colours to each frame.

• Compositor: It is the compositor who brings together all the different characters and backgrounds into a single frame.

• Key frame animator: Key frame animator draws the pictures of a movement’s beginning and end.

• Rendering artist: He takes all the data in a scene such as models, textures, animation, lighting, etc. and presents the correct combination in the form of individual frames of animation.

• 3D animator: He takes the sculpted, textured and rigged 3D model and breathes life into it. This is done by putting in order the key frames such that they appear to be in motion.

• Image Editor: He assembles various visual and audio components of the film into a coherent and effective whole

List of Institutes for Animation and Multimedia Courses in India:

1. Animaster Animation Varsity, Sadashivanagar, Karnataka
2. Animaster Animation Varsity, Pune, Maharashtra
3. Manipal University, Manipal
4. National Institute of Design (N.I.D.), Gujarat
5. M.A.E.E.R's MIT Instite of Design, Pune
6. Tekno Point Multimedia
7. Maya Academy Of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC)
8. Arena Multimedia
9. Zee Institute Of Creative Arts (ZICA)
10. National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT)
11. The Toonz-Webel Academy