Diploma in Animation Film Making (26 MONTHS)

SEMESTER I - FUNDAMENTALS OF ART, DESIGN AND VISUALIZATION (6 MONTHS)

•  Fundamentals of art, design and visualization
•  History of animation
•  Principles of design
•  Typography
•  Photography
•  Fundamentals of drawing
•  Still life
•  Character Design
•  Background Design
•  Perspective
•  Colour Theory
•  Introduction to Computer Graphics

SOFTWARE:

•  Adobe Photoshop  •  Corel Draw

SEMESTER II - 2D CLASSICAL AND DIGITAL ANIMATION (6 MONTHS)

•  Mechanics
•  Bio Mechanics
•  Special Effects
•  Story boarding
•  Acting
•  Introduction of Flash
•  Audio / Video Editing

SOFTWARE:

•  Sound Forge   •  Adobe Premiere  •  Adobe Flash

SEMESTER III - 3D ANIMATION (6 MONTHS)

•  Modeling
•  Texturing
•  Rigging
•  Lighting
•  Rendering
•  3D Animation
•  ZBrush Modeling
•  ZBrush Texturing
•  Animation using MotionBuilder

SOFTWARE:

•  Autodesk Maya  •  Z-Brush •  Autodesk Motion Builder

SEMESTER IV - VISUAL EFFECTS AND POST PRODUCTION (6 MONTHS)

•  Dynamics (Particle, Hair and Fur, N - Cloth and N - Dynamics)
•  Compositing with After effect, Fusion and Nuke

SOFTWARE:

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

SEMESTER V

SHOW-REEL DEVELOPMENT (2 MONTHS)

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.

ZEE INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ART has tied up with TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY, UK. Under this partnership, suitably qualified students from the Diploma in Animation Film Making are admitted to Advanced-Level-3  at  Teesside University.