Foolproof Career Path in Animation

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Course Structure

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Objectives

• Ingraining artistic knowledge

• Developing visual sensibility and critical reasoning

• Exploring different approaches in drawing, modeling, and communication design

• Mastering traditional and digital tools to produce stills and moving images

• Acquiring work methodology

• Understanding the complete production sequence of a film

first cycle / foundation Immersion, Consolidation, Transition

• Artistic InitiationDrawing, colour, composition, typography, visual communication

• Technical InitiationFundamentals of animation, photography, video editing, 2D graphics

• Analytical InitiationAnatomical drawing, modeling, perspective drawing

• General CultureArtistic culture, film and art appreciation, languages

Year 1 Immersion

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• Artistic InitiationDrawing, colour, composition, typography, visual communication

• Technical InitiationFundamentals of animation, photography, video editing, 2D graphics

• Initiation Into 2D AnimationExperimental 2D animation, direction of an animated sequence

• Analytical InitiationAnatomical drawing, modeling, perspective drawing

Year 2 Consolidation

• General CultureArtistic culture, film and art appreciation, languages

Year 3 Transition

• 3D Graphics3D modeling, texturing, animation and compositing

• Artistic DirectionDefinining a coherent visual look for 3D still images and animated sequences

• ExperimentationUsing CGI

• Internship2-month professional experience in an animation studio

first cycle / foundation Immersion, Consolidation, Transition

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second cycle / advanced Specialisation, Professionalisation

• Enhance 3D, creative and management skills

• Specialise along three orientations

• Apply competencies and acquire experience through international quality short film projects

Objectives

• Filmmaking and Art DirectionDirection, artistic direction, scriptwriting, advanced editing and layout

• Animation3D animation, motion capture

• Technical DirectionSimulation (particles, cloth, fluids...), rigging, scripting

• Advanced 3D Skillsmodeling, basic rigging, rendering, compositing

• Advanced Creative SkillsLayout, sound design, artwork and character design

• Management SkillsProduction, scheduling, team supervision

Year 4 Specialisation and Enhancement

Orientations Core Skills

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second cycle / advanced Specialisation, Professionalisation

• Internship

2-month professional experience in an animation studio

• Production of the Graduation Film in a Team

Work in a studio-like environment, closely monitored by professionals.

The project marks the culmination of the complete curriculum. It is an opportunity to implement the acquired

organisational, methodological and technical competencies.

The film is presented before a jury comprising of experts from the industry

Year 5 Professionalisation

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Testimonials

This is my first trip to DSK Supinfocom and it has been a wonderful day. I think the student's work has tremendous promise and they have shown incredible creativity. DSK Supinfocom is different from other schools as they try to make students into a well rounded film maker to understand film making and then to understand and find out where their particular talents lie and where their niche might be. The talent level here at DSK Supinfocom is going to be world class and I think they will be our future film makers. I would like to tell the students to enjoy what they are doing and make sure you have balance in work and play, because your creativity will be fostered by how much you are able to enjoy life outside of work.

Tripp Hudson Senior Production Executive

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION [USA]

The consistently great quality of the work from Supinfocom has gained a fantastic reputation throughout the animation community in recent years. The artistic and technical merit of the graduation films produced by the students each year is a reflection of the excellence of the curriculum at Supinfocom. I look forward to enjoying some wonderful new work in 2010!

Shelley Page Head of International Outreach

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION [USA]

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• What are my job prospects?

Studios need qualified artists and technicians:

 - The most artistically inclined graduates are sought after for project development and pre-production. - The most technically inclined graduates are sought after as technical directors (TD's) in different fields.In order to work abroad it is helpful to have acquired a solid experience (2 years minimum) in a reputable Indian studio.

• At what positions can I get recruited?

Graduates willing to work in large studios are recruited in the asset creation branch (modeling, texturing, preliminary lighting), as riggers, animators, lighting Technical Directors 's, in the pre-production department as concept artists, story-boarders, layout artists, in the VFX branch as digital painters, dynamics Technical Directors's, or the compositing department.Graduates sometimes prefer working in smaller studios where they end up doing a little of everything.

• What is the ideal career path?

DSK Supinfocom students can get recruited by a big international studio in India. One can get placed at a first supervisor level and then apply for a foreign studio, or get a higher position in a smaller Indian studio (Art Director, Technical Director), which could be a springboard to becoming either a Commercial Director or a Production Manager

Careers

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