Agomoni - Student Art Exhibition

Agomoni - As the name means is  ‘A warm welcome to the mother’. Its a grand celebration of welcoming goddess Durga and her children to our home. 

We celebrate Agomoni in all our three centers - MAAC Chowringhee, MAAC Kankurgachi, MAAC Rashbehari with extreme enthusiasm, where the students play the leading role in the preparation of decorating their respective centers thematically. Perhaps, this is the biggest celebration that we have at MAAC KOLKATA which continues for two days.The most beautiful part of this celebration is the preparation and planning phase of this festival, and that is no way less than a festival itself in terms of excitement.It gives  immense pleasure to think of the days when students start the countdown towards the D-day. Our  heart fills with prayers, love happiness of welcoming someone very near.

During the celebration,  students’ organise art exhibition in all our three centers, where the students give their best effort to design their skill digitally or manually.  On the opening day diyas are lightened by the elder-most member of our MAAC KOLKATA family which resembles the enlightenment of knowledge over the darkness. Then the Director appreciates and rewards the most beautiful works by students. And the day ends by the students’ performances on their talents like singing, dancing, acting etc. Even parents, family members, relatives, friends are invited to be the part of the celebration.

Maac Kolkata Rocks!!! Visit us @ www.animationkolkata.com.

Student Interview; Kuntal Mukharjee

We keep conducting our ex students' interview to know what they have experienced from MAAC Kolkata and how their life has changed after qualifying from MAAC Kolkata. We also try to guide all of you via the interviews we conduct.

Today we are sharing the interview of Kuntal Mukharjee, one of our ex student who is now a post production instructor in MAAC itself.  

Interviewer: Hi Kuntal, how are you?

Kuntal: I am good sir, how about you?

Interviewer: doing well. So tell us Kuntal how does it feel coming to your institute back after such a long time that to be for giving an interview?

Kuntal: (laughs) amazing! I was a confused student before I learnt about MAAC. Like any other student I was surfing internet to seek a great opportunity to give a kick to my career. And then learnt about MAAC Kankurgachi. And today I am a proud student of MAAC Kankurgachi. And a proud employ of MAAC Gorakhpur.

Interviewer: Wow! That a proud moment for all of us. So what do you do at MAAC Gorakhpur?

Kuntal: I work there as the post production instructor. I look after the production team and invigilate them after production jobs.

Interviewer: great. Do you want to say something to the readers about MAAC Kankurgachi?

Kuntal: sure! It’s an amazing place to learn about VFX and animation. Teachers here are supportive and encouraging. If anybody wanting their career in animation field, this is the place.

Interviewer: Thank you Kuntal for your kind words and time. It was nice to have you with us.

So, this was Kuntal Mukharjee with us. We will be back with another interview soon till then stay tuned. Meanwhile you can visit our website to learn more about MAAC Kolkata.   

www.animationkolkata.com     

Big Animation Studios Versus Indie Production

In the 1980s, the release of blockbuster animations, like who framed Roger Rabbit, Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros came up and they started hiring artists and designers from every corner of the globe. European artists started hiring kids from colleges and some even before graduation. Big and major production houses began to increase the staff numbers, buying properties and paying magnificent salaries. And soon after these artists became hot commodities.

But the glamour is never permanent, soon the things began to feel formulaic and studios fell into trap.  The big studio system lost sight of the story. With the bigger budgets nobody wanted to take a chance with the creative process. In this scenario, independent studios & production houses started making movie and benefited from the audience’s demand for something different.

Now the independent artists are setting up their personal studios in their homes and animators, who used to work for big production houses are now appearing as production heads of their own studios.

Studios started finding cost effective ways of producing their work and began looking overseas by the year 2000. Due to the decrease in staff requirement many artists left out of work. During this period the Troy Story released and made money at the box office and other major studios had realization that collaborating with some of the new, slick CGI studios could be advantageous.

Indies, also known as independent studios started putting up their own films. During the first decade of the millennium, the independent production company rush was the trend that had captured the attention of mainstream audiences across the world.

Indie production companies are now emerging in great numbers due to technological progress that has created an entirely different setup of the animation studio. It is more efficient to set up a studio where all the equipment's of production could comfortably be installed on one workstation. Indeed it seems the crop of indie production companies has grown continuing to have smaller budgets.  

Diversification added to this process further. Considering the vast number of options available today like DVD, video games, commercials, internet, wireless and more, the new emerging consumer arenas like e-learning and ethnic entertainment target markets the scope for indie  production  is growing each day.

No one knows where the story will end. Perhaps this new renaissance of indie productions will give birth to its own list of lessons to be learned and challenges to be faced. But one thing is for sure that it is just the beginning of a new era for the animation paradise.

So Interesting Facts !! Stay Tuned For More Such Articles Only At www.animationkolkata.com.
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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.

Below we have provided you our contact details for all three institutes of MAAC Kolkata. Kindly contact to your nearest one for any assistance.

Maac Chowringhee

Mobile: +91-9836321595

Email Id: chowringhee@maacmail.com

Maac Kankurgachi

Mobile: +91-9830390356

Email Id: kankurgachi@maacmail.com

Maac Rashbehari

Mobile: +91-9836321789

Email Id: rashbehari@maccmail.com

MAAC Kolkata Placements

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MAAC Kolkata is a specialized education institute that specializes in 3D animation &VFX education. MAAC Kolkata has helped many animation studios and production houses to find talented & skilled individuals for various jobs in the animation, VFX, gaming design and media & entertainment industries.

MAAC Kolkata provides career uplifting training to gear up students for various job roles in the global job market.

At MAAC Chowringhee, Rashbehari and Kankurgachi, we not only focus on quality teaching staff and infrastructure. MAAC Kolkata not only provides classroom education but also conducts many activities to prepare students to become successful professionals in the field of animation, VFX, gaming, film making and media.

MAAC Kolkata offers 100% placements to all its students.

The MAAC Kolkata placements cell conducts personal interviews to understand student’s strength & weaknesses and to provide the right career guidance.

Not only the staffs teach but also the industry experts are invited by the institutes to give useful lectures & to conduct workshops. The professionals guide students how to come up with their skills in modelling, texturing, animation, VFX and more. Apart from this, MAAC Kolkata conducts a variety of events where students get the opportunities to interact with the industry.

The MAAC Kolkata placements cell connects companies with students to fulfil challenging job roles.

 

Visit www.animationkolkata.com to learn more about the MAAC Kolkata recruitment cell.

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Digital Photography (DP)

Photography involves capturing images with a camera. These images can be just about anything. DP is a form of photography that uses cameras containing arrays of electronic photo detectors to capture images focused by a lens, as opposed to an exposure on photographic film. The captured images are digitized and stored as a computer file ready for further digital processing, viewing, digital publishing or printing.

Photography is trending career among the youth. It’s new, fashionable and hottest trending career. Everybody clicks in their day to day life. Some do it for fun and few make it their career. 

Photography has some specific courses in which one learns in depth about a camera’s in and out. These courses help an individual to understand the language of camera even better. They are all professional courses.

One can be a fashion photographer, wildlife photographer, aerial photographer, advertising photographer, macro photographer and many more... depending on their interest.

To learn more about the DP visit www.animationkolkata.com

Or contact us   

MAAC Chowringhee

Mobile: +91-9836321595

Email Id: chowringhee@maacmail.com

MAAC Kankurgachi

Mobile:+91-9830390356

Email Id: kankurgachi@maacmail.com

MAAC Rashbehari

Mobile: +91-9836321789

Email Id: rashbehari@maacmail.com

2D Animation Film Festival

Today we'll talk about 2d animation. 

2d animation is the art of creating moment in two dimensional artistic spaces. Working in this field one needs to have both creativity and technological skills. 2d animation is often thought as a traditional animation.  It focuses on creating storyboard and background in two dimensional environments. This animation is used in advertisement, films, television shows, computer games or websites.

We at MAAC Kolkata organising an internal 2d animation short film festival, that will take place in all the three institutes; MAAC Chowringhee, MAAC Kankurgachi and MAAC Rashbehari. As it’s an internal festival, student from Chowringhee, Kankurgachi and Rashbehari will participate in their respective institutes.

For any inquiry contact details are provided in the poster above.  

Be a part of 24fps

In our last blog we talked about 24fps International Short Film Festival. Today we will gear up MAAC Kolkata students to participate and make us proud.

Everybody has that moment in their life which made them feel on cloud nine, it’s time to share that moment with us and with the world. 24fps is giving that golden chance to all. 

Students from MAAC Chowringhee, Maac Rashbehari and MAAC Kankurgachi are invited to participate in the competition.  Interested students submit their moment story and the best story will be selected for movie making and the respective student will get a prize.

Let’s work hard together for being a part of 24fps International Short Film Festival.

For further information contact your respective institutes.  

24fps International Short Film Festival Preparations

Since its inception in 1999, the aspiring artists from all over world are participating in 24fps International Short Film Festival. This festival takes place in Mumbai. The juries competition is open to any work made outside the major worldwide film studio system. The time duration for movies is 3 minutes. They appreciate the festival’s top films with the cash award.

MAAC Kolkata has always been a participant of this event. Students from all the three centers; MAAC Chowringhee, MAAC Rashbehari and MAAC Kankurgachi participates. Students from all the three centers always make sure to grab a prize; this has resulted for all of them to get a placement with different production houses. Proud Moment!

Every year they provide with a new theme for movies. This year, 2016 the theme is MOMENTS.

Students from MAAC Kolkata are working hard to bring the award home.

All the Best Students! We are proud of you all.  

And the journey continues... Aniket The director.

In our last story we talked about Aniket's journey as a struggler, how he reached MAAC Rashbehari and how he decided to take his career up with animation. Today we will talk about his journey as a director.

Aniket started as an assistant director with some prominent producing houses in Kolkata and contributed in many hits. Shortly he decided to direct his own film independently which gave birth to a Bengali movie  ‘Saubala.’ And he decided to send ‘Saubala’ to festival De Cannes in the short film corner.

“My first project coincided with the real step into film fraternity, Cannes. I’m lucky, I know that. I will be continuing doing the kind of work that will bring me back here and out there in the world of international cinema. If that happens, who know one day Cannes might get to know me. For now, I’m just content with intent on soaking in the scenes, a walk in the clouds and lying by sleepy Blue Ocean” said Aniket.

Aniket thank a lot to his team for making his dream possible and making it a hit. He in future aims to follow footsteps of the great Bengali directors of Yester-Years who bought name and fame to the country by capturing the new face of a really evolving India, where past embraces present to create a comfortable uneasy future.

We think we should not disclose about it anymore and you all should go and watch it yourself. J

If any of the reader is looking and aiming in the same career as Aniket MAAC Kolkata is the place. 

MAAC Kolkata Summer Festival

Hello summers!

As it’s said the tans will fade but the memories will last forever.  MAAC Kolkata also made its summer memory by celebrating Summer Festival on 7^th May 2016.

This festival collaborated students’ work and their unique creativity. Like making fruit art.

Not only the art creativity, also students came forward and shown talent in cultural activities. Like Rabindra sangeet, classical dance and talent show at musical instruments.  It was heart-warming view seeing students’ involvement to such an extent and their sporty enthusiasm during the festival.  

While the sun was burning like a furnace the joy of celebrating Summer Festival acted like the cool breeze.

We thank our students and Staff for making the festival a great success and hope for more festival like this to come in future.

Every summer has its own story. This is MAAC Kolkata's story, hope you like it.

Stay tuned for more inside updates.