Becoming a 3D Animator...

Becoming a 3D animator

Ø  How do we get started at 3d?

         We are all aware of many courses & streams in the college, but we never thought about our inner creativity apart from studies. We do drawings on paper or else work on computer that to at a very small scale, ending up using only Paint software which even a child can work on it. We take up many courses or degrees in college where u can use best of your creativity for example: Advertising, Arts & Craft, Interior / architectural designing, Fashion designing and much more.  Coming to 3D animation!!! The first question that arises our minds is “what is 3D animation is all about?” 3D Animation is vast and explosive creative world which not only create chaos in kids but make them curious to put hands on it.

    To know more about 3D animation is to just get started….

Ø  What are your main sources of inspiration?

We watch lot many cartoons, play lot many games and have many more hobbies. There are many things in life & at every step of your life which will keep you inspiring. For a business men say it Ambani, for an Actor say it Amitabh Bachchan , for an tennis player say Sania mirza and for the great 3d Animator say getting into the hearts of Disney/Pixar. Even, everyday surroundings can be a great source of inspiration for us. If we see something outdoors that picks our interest, it tends to translate it either on paper or through the computer.

Ø  What are your strong points / how will 3D animation benefit you?

There are many aspects where people will ask you “what’s your strength?”  Say it in terms of Personality, Interviews, Studies etc. As in 3D Animation your strength can be as a Modeling Artist, Lighting & Shading Artist, Animator and much more. For example:  You have studied MBA/BBA and as well for interest you have even done 3D Animation which is your creative side. Say it in future you could not be successful in business Inspite of doing MBA but still you are at safer side because you have done 3D Animation. Inspite of giving so much time to do MBA you still didn’t succeed but your creativity got you at the safer side & successful job.

Ø  Ending up the scenario?

In today’s world the survival required i.e. a good job with the best income is must. 3D animation is exploring in so high frequency that for each 3hr movies like AVATAR, 2012, Ramayana, Harry Potter, etc requires more than 400+ Artists to work on the project. If you would like to be the one and if you know that you have the will and inner creativity then you can even get started “ To BECOME a 3D ANIMATOR”.

Ten Things You Didn't Know About Walt Disney .... Facts

1. He is not frozen. His body was cremated, and his ashes are interred at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California, near his studio.
2. Mickey Mouse's original name allegedly was Mortimer but Disney's wife Lillian objected because she thought it too "sissified."
3. Some of the names originally considered for the dwarfs in Snow White were: Deafy, Dirty, Awful, Blabby, Burpy, Gabby, Puffy, Stuffy, Nifty, Tubby, Biggo Ego, Flabby, Jaunty, Baldy, Lazy, Dizzy, Cranky and Chesty.
4. Walt Disney suffered a nervous breakdown in 1931 and descended into depression after the war, concentrating his attention on model trains rather than on motion pictures.
5. Fantasia was the result of a chance meeting between Walt Disney and symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski at Chasen's restaurant.
6. During World War II the Disney studio became a war factory with well over 90% of its production in the service of government training, education and propaganda films.
7. The studio stopped production for six months on Pinocchio because Walt felt the title character wasn't likable enough. During this time he devised the idea of introducing Jiminy Cricket as Pinocchio's conscience.
8. Walt Disney received more Academy Awards than any other individual - 32.
9. Disney modeled Mickey Mouse on Charlie Chaplin and that Chaplin later assisted the Disneys by loaning them his financial books so they could determine what kind of proceeds they should be getting from their distributor on Snow White.
10. MGM head Louis B. Mayer once rejected the opportunity to distribute Mickey Mouse cartoons shortly after Walt had invented the character because Mayer said that pregnant women would be frightened by a giant mouse on screen.

News Telecast of 24 FPS...

24FPS Awards 2010 will get telecast on 4^th Dec at 6:30 P.M on NDTV PROFIT and the repeat telecast on 5^th Dec at 9:30 A.M. The promos will start from next week onwards. 

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Thought of the Day... Inspiration for the Great Animators... By Gr8 Animators...

You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality. 

Walt Disney

Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.Walt Disney

Pixar Feature Film & Illustration

On November 22, 1995, Pixar Animation Studios forever impacted the future of filmmaking, storytelling and the medium of animation with the release of its first feature film, Disney·Pixar's Toy Story. Released nine years after the founding of Pixar, Toy Story exhibited years of creative and technical achievements from a small group of passionate computer scientists and animators, led by present day President Ed Catmull and Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter. The film, marking the birth of the new medium of computer animation, went on to become the highest grossing film of 1995 with $362 million in worldwide box office receipts. Lasseter, director of Toy Story, was honored with a Special Achievement Academy Award® for his "inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team resulting in the first feature-length computer animated film." 

Since Toy Story's release in 1995, Pixar Animation Studios, in partnership with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, has also created and produced A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009) and most recently Toy Story 3 (2010). The 11 feature films have resulted in an unprecedented streak of both critical and box office successes, and combined to gross more than $6 billion at the worldwide box office. The first 10 feature films, through Up, have garnered 35 Academy Award® nominations, nine Oscars®, six Golden Globes® and numerous other accolades. 

From toys, bugs, monsters, fish and superheroes to cars, rats, robots and septuagenarians, Pixary's talented creative and technical teams have given audiences of all ages some of the most beloved characters in film. Pairing these unique, relatable characters with compelling stories and immersive, believable worlds, Pixar continually delivers on its promise to truly entertain audiences all over the world.

Oscar Qualifier 'Dreams of Jinsha' opens Dec' 3

No sooner was it announced as one of the 15 films eligible for this year’s animated Oscar race than a qualifying run for the Chinese film The Dreams of Jinsha was set to begin Dec. 3 at the Laemmle Music Hall in Los Angeles.

The film is heralded as the most expensive animated film ever made in China and took five years to complete. It was released in China in July and received wide acclaim in that country.

The story is described as follows:

Xiao Long is a modern day middle-school student, who, after being transported 3,000 years back in time to the ancient kingdom of Jinsha, discovers his true destiny. Jinsha is a beautiful and magical place but plagued by a mysterious evil energy which its inhabitants fear they can’t hold off, much less defeat. After the school boy witnesses the beginnings of the destruction by the forces of darkeness on this ancient land, he is overcome with sadness and pledges to help. Upon discovering a special connection with nature, Xiao Long gains the trust of the beautiful young Princess Hau’er and her loyal subjects and together they fight the wicked forces surrounding them to restore peace across the kingdom. Along the way, Xiao Long reforms himself into a courageous boy who forgoes his self-centered behavior to coexist harmoniously with others.

The film was directed by Chen Deming and written and produced by Su Xiaohong. The film was produced by Hangzhou C&L Digital Production Co. in Hangzhou, and distributed in China by China Film Co.

Only 3 days to go... for The Gr8 event of 24 FPS

This is our one of the biggest function : where in all Maacites participate & make short 3d films... This participation leads them towards their good career path with the best of opportunities ... 

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Gaturro... La Pelicula

About:

           There is a curious romantic cat purring around the big screens in Argentina in a stereoscopic 3D avatar. The pursuit of Gaturro the cat trying to impress Agatha, the girl of his dreams continues in the first Latin American 3D animation film Gaturro. Produced by Kerala based Toonz animation India & Illusion studios, Argentina.

           The production of the film was done entirely by Toonz Animation India right from layouts, character animation, 3D special effects to lighting, rendering and final compositing, executed for the stereo 3D experience.The characters in the film lent themselves creatively to the 3D medium and the story called for very dynamic camera movements which could be achieved only in 3D.

          The difficulty perse is more of handling huge number of characters in the final scenes where the marriage of the protagonist takes place. Each scene was like doing the entire process for at least 25 time. The attendee's crowd for the marriage was huge which was unprecedented.

         Maya was used for all the 3D work, Combustion for compositing and Photoshop for texturing and matte paintings. The production of this film took about 15months and around 300 artists to make it happen across studios.
        
        The Oscar winning Voltage Pictures will be releasing the film world wide and in India Toonz is targeting a January 2011.

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 Few of his work ...

Bhavesh Panchal...