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Welcome to PGDFA the training Ground for the Future Emperor of Animation
Welcome to the fascinating world of Film Animation & Visual effects. India has arrived as a new global animation hub and today world is looking towards us once again for original animation content. Animation today has taken a huge leap right from traditional to film creation.
Animation & VFX, one of the major forces in entertainment industry, today covers $100 billion market worldwide. Giving life to your imagination is Animation, up till now the meaning of animation was synonymous with cartoons. But today with the advancement in technology and the wide acceptance of films like Shrek, Lord of the rings, Hanuman, Ice Age, Finding Nemo, Om Shanti Om – animation along with visual effects has turned out to be the most Glamorous & Rewarding Career.
Magic of Animation and Visual effects has spread all across; be it interesting advertisements, clippings of channels, special effects in movies, electrifying/ stimulating virtual games or any fantasy & mythological cartoon film. Animators are going to dominate the world of tomorrow.
Xplora Design Skool takes you on a Galactic journey to high end Film Animation through Post Graduate Diploma in Film Animation & Visual Effects Program (PGDFA.VFX). At XDS, learning Animation & visual effects is fun, creativity oriented, very traditional; at the same time the whole learning process is according to industry requirements of the modern day. The industry today is looking for trained Animators who are more than just computer operators. In PGDFA you will not just learn software - that’s not our focus, our focus is: Making you a Great Animator who know his tools well but more important is also able to know where and how to apply these tools to create indigenous content.
Our Core concentration in PGDFA.VFX is to take you first through the fundamentals of Pre production process, then, specializing in most prevalent 3D Animation Production process whether it is character animation, modeling, camera, lights, texturing, rigging, simulation, design, visualization and then Super Specialize in your choice of Glamorous world of Visual effects (with Shake & Final Cut pro) or the Fascinating world of 3D character Rigging and Modeling. At the end of the program you make a SHORT 3D FILM as a part of your curriculum.
PGDFA.vfx Focuses On
- Morphing you into a 3D film animator
- Morphing you into a VFX artist
- Morphing you into a super specialist
- Working with you so that you make a Great Short 3D Film
PGDFA.vfx Most Comprehensive and In-Depth Animation and VFX Program
- Total of 504 hrs theory ,567 hrs lab and 78 hrs of short film
- 30 hrs of project, huge number of Assignments and a unique evaluation criteria
- 3 hrs on daily basis i.e. 1.5 hr of lecture followed by 1.5 hr of lab session
- Online as well as offline learning facility
- Low faculty student ratio
- Special Query solving sessions
- Students are required to give group presentations of their work, thus grooming students with presentation skills
- Regular interaction with Industry as well as International faculty
- Creative workshops throughout the year
Program Content
Foundation: Term 1 & 2 lay the foundation towards your glamorous career in Animation
Term 1: Window to Animation Fundamentals: Fun with Pre Production
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| Term 1 |
Sessions |
Hours |
| Fine Arts |
10 |
30.00 |
| Story writing, storytelling, story boarding |
3 |
9.00 |
| Weekend sessions on regular basis |
26 |
52.00 |
| |
39 |
91.00 |
| Total Regular (13 sessions-39 hours) +
Weekend (26 sessions-52 hours) |
Fulfilling Condition
You will have to complete approx.13 assignments.
Your Learning Outcome
You will become strong in Fine Arts and Creative writing. You will gain the strength in pre production, visualization on how to generate “Original Ideas”, concepts and will learn to put your thoughts as a story and develop your ideas.
Term 2: Dream up Innovation Creations/ Ideas
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| Term 2 |
Sessions |
Hours |
| Composition |
2 |
6.00 |
| Photoshop |
16 |
48.00 |
| Sound Forge |
5 |
15.00 |
| Total |
23 |
69.00 |
Fulfilling/ Rewarding Condition
You will have to complete appx. 11 assignments.
Your Learning Outcome
You would gain strength in 3D Graphics i.e. Background, texture, environment creation for your film, and, Audio techniques i.e. editing, compositing and creating original piece of audio for your film.
Specialization: Terms 3,4 & 5 Makes you a Specialist, Now you are a step Closer towards your glamorous career
Term 3: Go in Depth of Giving Realistic Touch to Your Creation
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| Term 3 |
Sessions |
Hours |
| Maya |
129 |
387.00 |
| Combustion |
18 |
54.00 |
| Total |
147 |
441.00 |
Fulfilling Condition
You will have to complete appx. 20 assignments.
Your Learning Outcome
By now you would become a professional 3D animator and a specialist in Maya, whether it comes to rendering, modeling, lights, camera, textures, rigging, skinning and lot more, to sum up you gain design actualization and you would become industry’s most In demand Animator.
Term 4: Lets Make it Original & Existent
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| Term 4 |
Sessions |
Hours |
| Z Brush |
16 |
39.00 |
| Motion Builder |
16 |
48.00 |
| Premier |
12 |
36.00 |
| Total |
41 |
123.00 |
Fulfilling Condition
You will have to complete appx. 12 assignments.
Your Learning Outcome
You will become capable of working across the globe because you would have explored the prime tolls Z Brush, MB & Premier.
Term 5: Lets Create the Background & Suitable Environment
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| Term 5 |
Sessions |
Hours |
| Max & Character Studio |
33 |
99.00 |
| Total |
33 |
99.00 |
Fulfilling Condition
You will have to complete appx. 17 assignments.
Your Learning Outcome
You will become capable of working across the globe because you by now have mastered both the giants i.e. Maya in term 4 and in this term, Prime tool 3D Max & usage of Character studio.
Super Specialization: Term 6 marks a new chapter in your life; a professional in today’s world is not complete if he is not super specialist. You now stand at the door of a glamorous career in Animation. BUT here are two roads both lead to riches but the choice is yours & a strong project to back your decision
Term 6: Let’s Compile all Work into 1 Screen and Edit
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| Term 6 |
Sessions |
Hours |
| Super Specialization 1 |
Shake 33 |
Shake 99.00 |
| Super Specialization 2 |
FCP 31 |
FCP 93 |
Fulfilling Condition
You will have to complete appx. 4 assignments (Shake) & 5 assignments (FCP)
OR
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| Term 6 |
Sessions |
Hours |
| Super Specialization 1 |
Advance Rigging 32 |
Advance Rigging 96.00 |
| Super Specialization 2 |
Advance Animation 32 |
Advance Animation 96.00 |
Fulfilling Condition
You will have to complete appx. 8 assignments (Advance Rigging) & 8 assignments (Advance Animation)
Your Learning Outcome
The focus here is on principles of animation in depth and above that what is most required when you animate your character is Acting, so student gets to learn each principle of animation in depth and acting too. When you rig your characters using Mel, you get a very different set of quality in your characters.
Short Film Creation: Term 7 marks a beginning of your glamorous career in Animation
Term 7: Your Final Short Film
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| Term 7 |
Sessions |
Hours |
| 3D Film |
26 |
78.00 |
| Total |
26 |
78.00 |
Fulfilling Condition
Your Short 3D Animation Film
Your Learning Outcome
A short story is a story or some sort of self-contained narrative told in a short form. In a short story, one or more characters are introduced, a situation arises, and the character reacts or deals with it, wrapping everything up at the end, sometimes with a clever twist. All that matters now is a GREAT STORY!!! So here using all 6 terms you will get to develop a Short 3D Film. So run your imagination, and go through Development of the story, Storyboarding, Animatic, Screen writing, Character Designing, environment designing, Character modeling, Rigging, texturing, Animation, VFX, Rendering, Compositing, Color correction, Audio design, Webpage if you have knowledge. Package that on a DVD. Create a promo of the film that can be added in the beginning, also making of, can be added in the end. You would make your own Short Film in 3D, where you would get a chance to show your versatility. Also you would get to show to the 3D animation world you own unique & innovative Short Film and say to them “I have arrived”.
PGDFA.VFX Advantage
- A “Film Animator” be a Specialist in 3D Character, Visual effects, Texture or Lighting or Animation
- High creativity Level through Alternative Art Learning facility (for Photography, Unlimited film watching, clay modeling, Acting)
- High Technical Skills through knowledge of higher end & latest software. In-depth coverage of software as well as most exhaustive curriculum that starts with fundamentals and culminates into cutting edge processes
- High Quality Level through in-depth topic coverage, presentations and very strong industry level Quality check facility for each student
- High Level of student confidence through XDS club activities, Workshop and indoor presentations and seminars
- High level of exposure to industry best practices by Seminars from academic & industry personalities
- High level of Practical Experience to students through 70+ Assignments, Projects & Short Film creation
- High level of Student work exposure through Student work exhibit on the website and an opportunity to showcase student work before 1250+ Associate companies in India and top studios world over
- High level of student competitiveness through various types of industry level or Industry oriented competitions among students related to Animation and Editing & VFX
- Additional facility for students to take up “Leadership in Animation” Certificate residential full time 1 month program by MICA (Asia’s Best Communication School) (optional)
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