BIG AIMS Seminar To Explore The Magic of Animation & Visual Effects In Bollywood Blockbusters

Online, November 28, 2011 (Newswire.com) - To showcase the role of Animation & VFX in making of Bollywood blockbusters Singhman & Bodyguard, BIG AIMS (Animation Infotainment & Media School), a premier Animation and VFX Filmmaking education academy of Reliance Animation, is organising a pan India 5 city seminar series. Viral Thakkar, Head of Computer Graphics Department, Films Division at Pixion will be addressing aspiring animation & visual effects artists in these seminars. With rich experience of over a decade in handling projects for some of the country's most adored animation & VFX based films like Golmaal 3, Bodyguard, Aarakshan, Singham, Delhi Belly, Double Dhamaal, Toonpur Ka Superhero among others, Viral will attend to student queries on all the topics pertaining to the increasing demand of animation and VFX in Bollywood blockbusters. Viral will highlight the progress of animation & VFX filmmaking in India, technological developments, opportunities available, scope of work, along with his success stories.

"Making of Bollywood Blockbuster Singham & Bodyguard", will be held across Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Delhi and Pune. The first seminar will be organized on Nov 26th 2011 at in Mumbai, followed by Nov 27th at Kolkata, Dec 4th at Jaipur , Dec 5th at Delhi and at Pune on Dec 6th 2011. Those interested in animation and VFX can attend these seminars absolutely free of cost, with prior registration at any BIG AIMS centre or through web registration at www.bigaims.in

At New Delhi "Making of Bollywood Blockbuster Singham & Bodyguard" seminar will be held at Sree Sathya Sai International Centre from 9.00 a.m onwards.

Ashish SK, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Animation said, "The scope of Animation and VFX in live action film making, specially for Bollywood blockbusters have increased significantly over the last decade and the demand is only going to get bigger in future. The quality delieverd is nothing short of international standards by the Animation and VFX artists in our country. That is primarily the reason why the avenues and opportunities have become wide open for quality Animation and VFX professionals. On one hand we have the ever increasing need and demand of Bollywood blockbusters where the demand for Animation and VFX is more than ever before and on the other hand we have a major chunk of Hollywood animation and VFX getting outsourced from India. This is a crucial juncture for every aspiring animation and VFX professional, for if he /she can learn the craft well and prove to be a sound professional, the career scope is endless. At BIG AIMS we have designed our courses keeping these aspects in mind so that aspirants can equip themselves with the best education facilities and this seminar series is meant to provide a sneak peak into the world of opportunities that this field is capable of providing to the young creative youth of our country".

About BIG AIMS:

BIG AIMS, a premier Animation and VFX filmmaking 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.

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