Digital Film Making Courses in India

82^nd Oscar Awards is knocking on the doors and many popular and acclaimed movies are in the pipeline for the awards. Among the many categories ‘Best Visual Effects’ has been honouring some of the best visual effects in Hollywood for close to fifty years since it was constituted in 1963. This year three movies are in the fray ‘Avatar’, ‘District9’ and ‘Star Trek’. The word-visual effects is self explanatory; it is all about adding effects to visuals, which makes them eye grabbing. If watching visual effects is so exciting then imagine how much fun it will be to create these effects. Digital film making course is the right stepping stone to the world of visual effects. There is no dearth of institutes offering courses in digital film making, but you can only rely on the best for teaching you all the techniques and honing your talent. Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) offers different types of digital film making courses, the first is a six months programme and there are two more that are taught with MAX pro and MAYA pro software respectively.

The curriculum of digital film making comprises tutorials on cinematography, concepts of Film making, performance art, stop motion, digital design, compositing, sound editing and concepts of non-linear editing.

The domain of visual effects has expanded from movies to different kinds of media like television serials, advertising and documentaries. Among the aforementioned segments of media large numbers of students with knowledge of digital film making are recruited in the advertising agencies. Initially visual effects were mostly seen in automobile related advertisements, but with passage of time use of visual effects has become widespread and every type of products are resorting to this new found technology. The apt example to elucidate the situation is the advertisement of Hero Honda automobiles and Alpenliebe chocolates. Use of visual effects in advertisements is also dependent on the segment of audience that needs to be targeted, automobile targets the youth and chocolates are meant to attract the attention of kids. It requires something extra to catch the fascination of youths and kids.

The extended digital film making course in MAAC which is taught with MAX pro spans over a period of 11 months and it includes additional chapters from MAX pro like introduction to 3D World, 3D design and modelling, look development, lighting and dynamics, character setup & skinning and character animation.

The third course in conjunction with MAYA pro spans over 13 months. The curriculum comprises tutorials on additional topics like advanced look development, CG Lighting, particles & dynamics, basics of hair, fur and cloth, advanced character set up & skinning and character animation

Digital Film Making Courses in India