ADVANCE DIPLOMA IN ANIMATION & VISUAL EFFECTS (18 MONTHS)

MODULE I - FUNDAMENTALS OF ART, DESIGN AND VISUALIZATION (2 MONTHS)

•  History of animation
•  Principles of design
•  Typography
•  Photography
•  Fundamentals of drawing
•  Still life
•  Perspective
•  Colour Theory

MODULE II - 2D DIGITAL (2 MONTHS)

•  Introduction to Computer Graphics
•  Matte Painting (Background Design / Portrait)
•  Introduction to Digital Animation
•  Storyboarding
•  Character Design
•  Background Design
•  Basic of Lip Sync
•  Basic of Action Script
•  Audio / Video Editing

SOFTWARE:
•  Adobe Photoshop 
•  Adobe Flash
•  Sound Forge
•  Adobe Premiere

MODULE III - 3D ANIMATION (6 MONTHS)

•  Modeling
•  Texturing
•  Rigging
•  Lighting
•  Rendering
•  3D Animation

SOFTWARE:

•  Autodesk Maya

MODULE IV - VISUAL EFFECTS AND POST PRODUCTION (4 MONTHS)                      
•  Dynamics  (Particle, Hair & Fur, N - Cloth & N - Dynamics)
•  Compositing with After Effects, Fusion & Nuke

SOFTWARE:

•  Autodesk Maya  •  After Effects •  Eyeon Fusion  • Foundry Nuke

MODULE V - ADVANCE - VISUAL EFFECTS (3 MONTHS) 

•  Particles simulation with Real Flow                                                             
•  Camera Tracking & Match-move with Boujou                                        
•  Animation using Motion Builder

SOFTWARE:

•  Real Flow  •  Boujou   •  Autodesk Motion Builder

MODULE VI

SHOW-REEL DEVELOPMENT (1 MONTH)

In the animation industry a show-reel is the passport to a career in a studio. Students at ZICA would develop individual show-reels under the expert guidance of experienced faculties at the end of the course.