Artistic Career in Animation
Tom & Jerry, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and Stuart Little and many more cartoons that will never get out of trend wither there is children youngsters or elders when cartoons like this starts on TV everybody enjoys it , this cartoons bring a smile on everyone’s face and try to cheer up everyone’s mood especially for the kids. But do you know how this cartoons bring smiles on everyone face how it crated the answer is by ‘Animation’. It is one of the fastest growing and most in-demand industries in the world. Multi media and Animation are among the major hunted jobs of the 21st century. Multimedia alias multiple media as the name suggests is an enormous field that uses more than one medium of communication. It is an art that merges text, images, graphics, animation, audio and video to create virtual magic. Animation is only a component of multimedia.
Animation is a field that could be pursued by those who posses excellent creativity and drawing skills. Animators are the talented artists who create characters for a variety of projects like movies, television, advertisements and so on. An animator’s task is to read the script carefully, study the storyboard and try to get into the character. In other words he needs to know and understand the character. Job opportunities are on the rise for an animator and they are in great demand, as it a growing industry and have become a popular feature in movies and advertising.
Eligibility for the animation courses-
Though the course don’t need such academic qualification those with the basic skill and passion for getting a better job prospect, one should have a degree or diploma in animation. Degree and Diploma courses in animation are abundance nowadays apart from online services. Minimum education qualification for a degree and diploma course in animation is plus two or equivalent.
Any graduate preferably arts graduate could apply for Post Graduation in animation. But some institutions such as Industrial Design Center (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Design (NID) follows eligibility criterion that only graduate of architecture, technology and engineering, fine arts can apply for the PG course in these institutes.
Apart from professional training, there are several personal skills also that one must possess to be a good animator. What makes to go a long way in making a good animation is a good sense of colour, proportion, size, design etc.
As career-
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 industry 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.
Salary-
The good salary is the most attractive part of this profession. Within years these professionals can earn six-digit salary. As a junior animator or trainee one could get between Rs.10000- 15000 per month. A three to five year experienced animator will get 25000 to 40000. And a well-experienced animator who has a good portfolio of excellent animation work could easily get 50000- 60000 per month.
Institutes offers Animation course-
-National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad – B.Des in Animation Film Design, M.Des in Animation Film Design
-Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay – M.Des in Animation
-Indian Institute of Digital Art & Animation (IIDAA), Kolkata – B. Sc. Animation, M.Sc. Animation, PG -Diploma Art & Animation, Advance Diploma of 2D Animation, Advance Diploma of 3D Animation, Advance Diploma of VFX & Cine effects
-Birla Institute of Technology, Noida – B.Sc. Animation & Multimedia, Masters in Animation Design, Ph.D (Doctoral Research Programme) in Animation, Multimedia and Communication
-Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) – 1.5 yr Certificate Course in Animation and Computer Graphics
-Arena Animation (multiple campuses)
-Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) (multiple campuses)
-Frameboxx Animation
-FX SCHOOL Mumbai
-Picasso Animation College
-Toonz Academy (multiple campuses)
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