Australian Animation Guru, Darcy Prendergast from OH YEAH WOW in India

Online, October 31, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Legendary Animation Guru, Darcy Prendergast, Director& Founder of OH YEAH WOW is in Delhi to address budding animators at a Seminar held by BIG AIMS (Animation Infotainment & Media School), a premier animation and VFX training academy of Reliance Animation. These seminars have been conceived and arranged jointly by BIG AIMS, Australian Consulate General Mumbai & supported by Australian High Commission, New Delhi.

With rich experience of over a decade in handling projects like Mary and Max, The Critter Litter & All India Radio track Lucky etc, Darcy would attend to student queries on all the topics of animation ranging from the industry progress, opportunities, and technology development to scope of work and his success stories. The seminar will serve as a platform for the students to get acquinted with international standards and quality benchmarks that they should aspire to achieve.

The 'Cool Guru Series' seminars will be held in Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chennai & Delhi with the very first scheduled for 16th in Mumbai followed by 19th at Pune, 21st at Ahmedabad, 22nd at Chennai, 1st at Jaipur and 2nd at Delhi, 2011. All the seminars are free to attend with prior registration at any BIG AIMS centre. The Delhi seminar will be held at Sri Sathya Sai International Centre, Pragati Vihar, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 between 10:30 am - 2:00 pm on 2nd November 2011.

Ashish SK, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Animation said, "At BIG AIMS we are dedicated to craft leaders in moving art. But that is only possible if the aspiring students who wish to create a career in animation and VFX gets international exposure from the finest international gurus. This seminar with our Cool Guru Darcy, who is one of the most reputed and respected international animaton personality for his amazing work, will serve as a platform for the students to get acquainted with international standards and quality benchmarks that they should aspire to achieve. In this era of digital content creation, opportunities are opening up in animation and VFX and new avenues are emerging where skilled professionals are always welcome. Our effort at BIG AIMS is to create awareness among the aspiring youth through Cool Guru Seminar Series so that they can be well aware of the career propects in the field and learn from the best international professionals regarding the industry and how to prepare themselves so that after their courses they too can emerge as successful professionals capable of delivering international standards."

About BIG AIMS:

BIG AIMS, a premier animation and VFX film making academy of Reliance Animation, is part of Reliance Entertainment - the largest entertainment group in India. BIG AIMS focuses on the promising Indian animation with a belief that India as a nation is fast emerging as a global giant in the field of animation, getting ready to take the world by storm.

BIG AIMS has been incepted to bridge the gap between present training methodologies and answer the real professional needs of the animation, VFX filmmaking industry. In other words, BIG AIMS positions itself as an Academy that inculcates learning in the real-time production environment to equip the students to perform as per the demands of the industry from day one.

BIG AIMS's young animators and VFX film makers have been placed successfully in some of the renowned studios in the country like Accel Animation Studious, Fountain Pixel Animations, Prime Focus, Pixion, Prana Studios, Reliance Animation, Reliance Media Works, Side FX Entertainment, Ven Sat to name a few.