Cartoon Network Channel

In our today’s blog we will be discussing on a channel on television which wholly and solely runs on telecasting cartoon shows and animation programmes. Cartoon Network is an American satellite television channel owned by Time Warner. The speciality of this channel is its main focus is to entertain children’s by showing different animation programmes aiming the age group of 7 to 14 years mainly.

The channel aired its programme in India in four different languages namely Hindi, English, Tamil and Telegu. Since its inception in Indian market the channel has gained popularity through many interesting shows like Horrid Henry, Oggy and the Cockroaches, The Flintstones,The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Courage the Cowardly Dog are few names. To gain Indi audience the network has started focusing on number of animation shows like "Mighty Raju: Superhero School", "Sonic Boom Dhamaal Aur Dhoom", "Sholay Adventures".

With constant growth in the Indian market the channel has adapted new strategies to gain more likes in the Indian Market. It’s been said cartoon show watching doesn’t have any age barer. Although the channel has a targeted age group but everyone seems to enjoy animation programme irrespective of ages.

With the coming of this channel Indian animation industry got a huge boost. The flow of work increased as the channel required programme that would suit in Indian market so in variably the need of skilled animator increased. With its growing popularity channel also launched different animation games which also become very popular among kids.

With the evolution of 3D animation the channel made a smart move in producing excellent 3D animation programmes like ReBoot, Starwar Animated Series , Saladin etc to name a few. The visual appeal of 3D animation has hit the mind of Indian animation, but the charm and memory of 2d Animation is still there in the heart of the audience.

Use of Animation in Advertisement

The promotion of a product or service in the general public is advertisement.  It aims to increase the profit of a business or concern. A good advertisement holds the attention of the consumer for a specific product. That is why advertisements are made attractive to attract the notice of the customer.

The use of animation in advertisement is to make it more interesting and unique.  The other major advantage in using animation is that it’s completely limitless. If I want my character to grow taller than Eiffel Tower after taking a sip of a health drink, it’s only possible to do through animation. This is the beauty of creative tools and technology that we have. Moreover, animation helps to understand and explain the subject quicker and better than the real-time videos.

Thus animation in our advertisement makes it more entertaining eye catchy and indulges the consumer to get involved in the product. Somewhere it hits them at the back of their mind. People love to watch and remember the most entertaining videos. Recent studies shows that the funny promotional videos are the most shared content in social media and are most talked about too.

In the following link Vodafone tries to express their product in the best way using 3D animation:

This is the funniest ad of Castrol Power1 Racing two-wheeler oil promo. In this 2D animation video Castrol describes their product:

The following link is an animation ad film by Coca Cola. Through this video they try to beautifully show the love for their product even for the insects:

The reason why we are discussing advertisement media in our Maac Kolkata blog is to make our reader aware of the scope and reach of animation at different sector. It is no more limited to only film industry but its implementation has spread all across different media which make us feel if somebody is trying to make a career out of animation this is the right time and right market to hit. The animation industry in Kolkata as well as pan India is growing since its need and requirement for skilled professional are also growing over the years.

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Google Doodle celebrates Rio Olympics 2016 with Fruit Games and Mobile Game!!

World biggest search engine Google has launched new application on mobile phone where it is celebrating Rio Olympics 2016 by Google Doodle fruit games. It a very interesting featured launched by the company and its pretty attractive too.

The reason why we are discussing about this application today at our Maac Kolkata Blog is because of the eye- catching animation work goes in creating the games which is gradually becoming so popular among the users.

The game Doodle is not only entertaining but it is very interesting as well, where the game is all about different fruits hopping jumping all over, the game interface is so engrossing that it will keep you engage for whole week doing feeding and different activity. Apart from fruits we also have water polo, tennis, bike game, spider hurdles so on and so forth. Worth mentioning is strawberry which tries its best to avoid being crushed by giant watermelon till it reaches it finishing line.

Google has introduced its search for everything Olympic widget. Where google will be giving you all the information you want via cards. The function of these cards are quite mind boggling as some pop-ups will be displayed as soon as you search for information in google on Olympic events , timings , athlete information and many more.

Animation be its 2D or 3D you can get too see its presence everywhere in our day to day life. Thus we can well understand the openings jobs, opportunity the animation industry has in today’s time. So guys if you still have any doubts in understanding the scope of animation in today’s time just call us we will guide you.

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Animation Movie Mahabharat

Animation is the process of making an illusion of motion and change by means of the rapid display of a sequence of static images different from one other. Animation creation methods include the traditional animation creation method and those involving stop motion animation of two and three-dimensional objects.

Indian animation industry has grown over the years, today at our animation Kolkata blog we will be discussing about one of the most talked about animation movie Mahabharat. This is the most expensive animation movie so far where investment goes to about Rs 50 crore.The movie was directed by Amaan Khan produced by Kushal Kantilal Gada and Dhaval Jayantilal Gada. The usp of the movie was its multi-star cast - the superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan,Sunny Deol , Anil Kapoor etc renowned actor and actress of the Bollywood industry.

Amitabh Bachchan lent his voice to the character of  Bheeshma Pitamah, which coincidentally is the first time he ever has dubbed for an animated character in his career whereas  Anil Kapoor took 15 days to complete his work while Manoj Bajpayee ended up in dubbing for his character in just four days in Future Works Studio in Andheri, Mumbai which was commendable indeed. The character of Duryodh an was dubbed by Jackie Shroff where as Lord Krishna was dubbed by Shatrughan Sinha. The Draupadi was none other than Vidya Balan.The movie had an insurance cover of Rs 50 crore.

The dubbing effect of this Bollywood superstar uplifts this epic movie making the movie extremely enjoyable, and fun watching.Movie got a mixed reaction from the audience , it got a decent opening and the movie made profit on its investment made and created a bench mark for people who wants to step into animation industry and make an career out of it. It was so far the highest earner among the animation movies released so far.

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5 Most Popular Animation Games in India

Games! This is one thing which do not need any age bar. In our today’s blog we’ll be discussing about few famous animation games In India which are not only famous between kids but are also enjoyed by the elders.

Let me know if you disagree with the following list:

1. Angry Bird

The most famous video game which has grabbed everyone’s interest. It’s an addicted game. Angry bird is created by Finnish Company Rovio Entertainment. This game became so famous that gradually versions of Angry Bird being created for computers and gaming consoles. Merchandises were available featuring the game’s character. With time and popularity a television series also started and beating that do not forget about the 2016 release the movie Angry Birds.

2. Marvel Heroes

Marvel Heroes created by Gazillion Entertainment and secret identity studios. It is the multiplayer online action role playing video game. The famous animated characters the Iron Man, Captain America, Deadpool and Wolverine  serves as those characters which can be unlocked by the players later in the game.

3. Crime & Punishment

Crime & Punishment is Sherlock Holmes’s adventurous video game series that was developed by Frogwares and further published in 2014 by Focus Home Interactive for the Microsoft Windows, Playstation3, Play Station 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox 1.

This game is inspired by Author Conan Doyle’s original story and came out to be the first in the series to use Unreal Engine 3. The game is divided into six cases of murders, disappearances and thefts written in the traditional of Doyle Novels. 

4. Resident Evil 4 Ultimate Edition

It’s a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom. In 2005 the game was originally released for the GameCube in North America, Japan, Europe and Australia.  

The game story of Resident Evil 4 is on the U.S government special agent Leon S. Kennedy, who is on a mission to rescue Ashley Graham, The daughter of U.S President. She has been kidnapped by a sinister cult. Leon on his way to rescue Ashley fights hordes of violent villagers and mutated monsters.

This game won Game of the Year awards in 2005. 

5. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3

One piece: Pirate Warriors 3 is an action video game created by Omega Force. This game for released Play Station 3, Play Station 4, Play Station Vita and Microsoft Windows by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

The game has total 37 playable characters in it.

I am sure you must have played these games or at least have heard about them. Play these games and enjoy the animation paradise on a new level.

If you are dreaming of creating an animation games of your own then don’t stop. Just take a step forward and meet us at MAAC Kolkata. Follow the link below to reach us.

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Digital Short Film : Welcome To The Light : 24FPS Gold Winner

 

Donating an eye is a good deed and one of the best means of charitable social service, as you enable another person obtain or regain their vision. The team's heartiest thanks go to all those noble people who donate their eyes and enable a blind person's eye to bloom to this colorful world.

Even after death, the donor lives in the eyes of the recipient, like in the eyes of Naina's brother in the short film "Welcome to Light". Naina's brother marvels at the beauty of nature after twenty-five long years of darkness, and feels like he is the luckiest person in the world now that he can enjoy the beauty around him. The greenery of the forest, the sky with its dark clouds, the tall spotted giraffes, the strong black and yellow striped tiger, the jewel-toned birds and the splendid hues of different flowers fill his heart with happiness. His joy even makes him oblivious to those who make fun of his childlike innocence at experiencing the light in world for the first time in his life.

Our eyesight is a gift that most of us take for granted, but its absence can be hard on some. Let us take a moment, through this film, to renew our early moments in life, when we too experienced the world's light for the first time.

Honorable Jury members awarded this short film with Gold Trophy in the 24 FPS Digital Film Making Category. I feel to be a proud student of MAAC Kankurgachi. Its unpardonable effort helps every student to draw-out the real creativity in them.

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TOP 5 FAVOURITE ANIMATED CHARACTER IN THE WORLD

When its about animation age is no bar Animation has stolen everyone's heart. It may be kids, collage students or even parents or grandparents. Animation has focused every age has their target audience. Ask anybody about their favourite animation characters, they must be having at least one, with some funny memories.

Today we will be cherishing your memories and discuss about five most loved animated characters in the world.

Tom & Jerry
Who all have not watched it? I am sure there is no one who has not seen this show at least once in their life span. This is one of the most favorite shows. Launched in 1940, this is one of the most famous and loved American animated series of short film made by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Tom a cat and Jerry a mouse, shows the rivalry in the show.  

Micky Mouse

Another famous name Micky Mouse, again a favorite one. Micky mouse is a funny animation cartoon character and the official mascot of the Walt Disney Company. Micky Mouse was made in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studio.

Donald Duck  

Remember him? He was famous for his intelligible speech and his mischievous personalities. The character was created in 1934 by Walt Disney Production. Donald was an anthropomorphic white duck cartoon character with a yellow orange bill, legs and feets. 

Snoopy                                                                                                                                                      

Remember the white dog? I am sure yes. Snoopy can be found in all the peanut movies and television specials, like the peanuts movie. Since his debut in 1950, snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic world. 

      Bugs Bunny

The grey Rabbit with a carrot in hand famous for his flippant. Remember? Bugs Bunny was launched by the staff of Leon Schlesinger productions and voiced by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his amazing role in Looney Tunes and Marrie Melodies. 

These are just few of the famous, lovable and favourite animated characters, there are many more. If you get inspired by them and planning to give a birth to your own animated cartoon then join MAAC Kolkata and get trained in the field of animation. We work hard to get your dreams come true.

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FIRST INDIAN 3D ANIMATION FILM ROAD SIDE ROMEO

Roadside Romeo released in 2008, is an Indian American computer animated romantic musical comedy drama family film written and directed by Jugal Hansraj and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films and further distributed by Walt Disney studios Motion Pictures in United states, India and all around the world.

It was released in the United States and India in the year 2008. After Sony Pictures’ Saawariya, Roadside Romeo became the second Bollywood movie to achieve a North American release by a Hollywood studio. It was also Hansraj’s first animated debut.

The title character in the movie is a dog living in Mumbai, as voiced by Saif Ali Khan and his girlfriend Laila, is voiced by Kareena Kapoor. For both the actors this was the first voice over in animated production. Roadside Romeo, the tale of a pampered puppy whose owner moves leaving him behind a fend for himself on the streets of Mumbai. In this classic Bollywood tradition, the 95 minutes film comprises 1400 shots, approximately 40 scenes and five song and dance numbers.

Pankaj Khandpur the creative director at Visual Computing Labs says that while directing Roadside Romeo their aim was to create a quality production that would set the standard for future 3D animated Bollywood movies. Maya software has much to do with the film.

If you haven’t watched this movie yet, go and watch this beautiful animation work.

In today’s time animation has started giving the industry many hits. Animation has become the hub these days. A new trend in the industry. Many students have started pursuing for the animation course, if you are also seeking your career in this creative and interesting field visit us at MAAC Kolkata.


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Major Animation Festivals around the World...

Animation in today’s world has become so trending and a booming field to work in. It is a new hot trending thing that is running in youth’s blood. Not only in the industries, but it is also gaining the popularity all over world by Animation Festivals.

Below is the list of few animation festivals:

Anifest India

We chose to begin the list with our own made Animation Film Festival Anifest. Anifest India was a national event that featured entries from Malaysia, Hong Kong and the United States.

Anifest India was held in Mumbai.

Follow the link www.tasionline.org to learn more about it.

Ottawa International Animation Festival

This was one of the largest Animation Festival that happened in North America in late 1967. The amazing and the interesting part of this festival was that the festival had a kid’s jury panel, where the organisers invited children to vote on the most popular animation of the year.

Follow the link www.animationfestival.ca to know what happened in the festival.

Anima

This festival happens in Brussels, Belgium every year. Anima has international and national sections for entries coming in only from Belgium.  It is the best showcase for full length and short film entries.
 

 http://animatv.be/anima.php?pageID=1&In=3  this link will help you understand it better.

Stuttgart festival of Animated Film                                                                

This festival began in1982, by far the largest and important animation festival. It represented the best work done during that year. The speciality of this festival was that the winner is automatically qualifies to be nominated to the Oscars.

Isn’t that interesting? Follow http://www.itfs.de/en to learn more on this.

Holland Animation Film Festival

This festival takes place in several parts of the world. It started in the year 1985. This festival features latest developments and emerging technologies.  This Festival organises competitions for internet animation, short films and applied animation. The Festival showcases entries from around the world; it is a National Film Festival in Netherlands.

If you find it interesting click the link http://www.haff.nl/en/ and understand more.

We have introduced you with few Animation festivals that happen around the world. There are many more in the list like Anima Mundi, London International Animation Festival, Melbourne International Animation Festival and many more...

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How to choose the best Animation Institute?

The animation job these days is gearing up in the market. It has become the most promising career for the youth. And why not this is most fascinating job right now. But to reach there you need to understand which institute can help your dream come true.

There are so many institutes that are providing animation courses from a short term course to full time diploma courses.  We are sharing with you few tips which will teach you how to locate the best institute for yourself.

Tip 1Know what to look for

Before joining any course, it’s important to understand what the institute is offering under the name of animation course, visit and take a look around the infrastructure. You should have capability to learn if the institute can help you hone your skills!!

Tip 2 Institute’s track Records

The most important aspect to find the apt institute for yourself. It’s important to do a research about the institution which will groom you further, know about the faculty.

Tip 3 What is the USP?

There are so many competitors in the market, what makes any specific animation institute standout? Know about the unique features that the institute provides. Like with Maac Kolkata we not only offer training but we give our students other opportunity to enhance there skills.

Tip 4 Experienced Faculty

All books provide the same information but explaining the same in a way is a task. The quality of education depends on the faculty members. Go for an institute that employs well educated, trained and experienced teachers in the field of Animation and VFX.  

Tip 5 Placement Record?

This is the most important factor among all. As you will be investing time, money and effort to build a successful career in the industry, you have right to know about the placement cell of the institute.  Where in which production houses s x-students are being placed. It’s always better to check there website.

Research. Think. Understand. Talk. And then take a call. Make sure you make a right choice and reach the heights of success which you have always dreamt of.

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Vfx Artist: Duties &Requirements

Visual effects artists are responsible for creating computer generated animations and special effects on screens at home and in theatres. It’s like bringing fascinating and fantasy world into life. It's necessary to gain the training to work as a visual effects artist via a degree or certificate program in a field like computer animation.

Duties

Vfx work is to create imagery that is either impractical or impossible to film. Vfx is currently done via computer. This work includes creating animations for television shows, commercials and feature films.

Vfx artists are expected to work on tight deadlines due to theatrical release dates working in the film industry. This job involves following instructions from a client and may not allow for the possibility of much personalized input.

Requirements

Students need to have understanding of standard software tools of the industry, such as Houdini, Nuke, Render Man, Adobe CS5, mental ray, and Autodesk Maya. Although a degree is not necessarily required for this job. A bachelor's degree is standard and completing a certificate or degree program can help signify qualification to work as a vfx artist. 

2D Animation v/s 3D Animation

We are sure many of you must be wondering, what’s the difference between 2d and 3D animation.

Today in our blog we’ll be discussing the major difference b/w both. Let’s talk about 2D animation.

2D Animation

It is one of the traditional animation processes that have been used since hundreds of years. 2D animated videos can be created either by hand or by computer. It requires single image to be followed by the other one in a slightly different position, again followed by another image in another position and it goes on in order to create movement. It was flipbook alike.

In the process, a flat image is produced that has movement and is represented by its height & the width but not depth. Before the computer era the images were created by hand. During this time artists drew pencil sketches of every frame. To give the effect of illusion of movement to this drawing they used to photograph these images one at a time.

Examples of 2D animation:

Television:

Tom & Jerry

Family Guy

King of the Hill

Dragonball Z and many more...

Films:

Snow white & the seven Dwarves

The Iron Giant

The Lion King

Aladdin and many more...

Before 3D animation 2D animation was at the hype. Then 3D animation entered the market.

3D Animation

3D animation produces a more realistic character as they created using computer software applications that is represented in all three dimensions i.s; height, width and depth.

Besides the benefit of creating realistic character in 3D animation it is also useful as once created the 3D image it can be treated much like a physical object or an actor. Lights and cameras can be changed and moved just like in any other traditional films which are not possible in 2D animation as the light cameras are also drawn as per the requirement.

Examples of 3D Animation:

Television:

Star War Rebels

Max Steel

Kung Fu Panda: Legend of awesomeness and many more...

Films:                                                              

Toy Story

Frozen

Big Hero 6

How to train your Dragon and many more...

In our next blog we will be talking about some interesting facts on VFX. Stay tuned! 

Five movies that could not have been made without VFX

Visual effects play a role of an integral ingredient in the process of movie making. It could be cutting edge science fiction or a simple romantic comedy VFX is used in all of them. A good VFX work creates the illusion as if the movie was shot in reality, but it’s simply the effort of VFX team that brings the film to life. Today we’ll talk about the top five Bollywood hits that may never have been made if VFX had not been involved.

Chennai Express

SRK’s hit romantic comedy is a work of the Red Chillies VFX team. It is easy to assume that the production was filled with outdoor shoots with repeated sequences in trains, but the train never left the station. That’s right! The movie was mostly shot indoors in a closed studio, after which the VFX team took over to complete the shots. A train compartment was modelled inside the studio & actors made to stand behind green screen until the take was fine. Later VFX team took over to apply backgrounds & other effects.

Bhaag Mikha Bhaag

It’s a biography of a sports star. The movie would not have been possible without a dedicated VFX team. A lot of key scenes like Farhan Akhtar receiving awards from the minister to the crowds in the stadium were all due to the VFX team.

Wanted

Salman Khan is a super star but not a stunt man! His action packed entertainer was heavily dependent on the visual effect team, be it his stunts with the pistol or stadium filled with fans.

Om Shanti Om

Good VFX can bring back the dead, literally! Om shanty Om made headlines because of Deepika Padukone’s hit song. But this visualisation would not have been possible without the Red Chillies VFX team. A lot other, seemingly regular scene like the one where SRK saves Deepika from fire was also created with the help of VFX.   

Ready

This action movie looks another Salman flick. But the production involved many that were created by future works, one of the leading VXF companies in Bollywood.  

Bollywood has come a long way in its utilisation of visual effects. This makes it easy to shoot difficult scenes at a lower budget & without putting anyone’s life at risk, be it the actors or the stunt man.

If you know any other movies that have VFX silently working in the background, let us know in the comments below.  

Journey of Aniket from MAAC to his Dictorial Venture...

Aniket a boy next door was one of us struggling in companies before he actually released and fulfill his dream in B-Town. He was  just a simple person like you and me who holds lots of dreams. He was not a bright student but he always carried his passion and determination to do something different and earn a name for himself. His passion to do something creative and different took him to step into the Animation Industry holding the hand of Maac Rashbehari.

During his struggle period he learnt about Maac Kolkata and its different centers and chooses MACC Rashbehari. Without wasting time he decided to step into the center for a free counselling session. There he happens to meet Mr. Naveen Choudhary, he not only encouraged him to peruse his dreams but also gave him assurance that there will be no looking back for him if he can excel in this field. His meeting was impressive enough for him to kick start and go forward to join Maac Rashbehari.

Today he can proudly stand and say that he has achieved what he always wanted to.

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