DIPLOMA IN ANIMATION (12 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 (5 MONTHS)

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

SOFTWARE:

•  Autodesk Maya

 

MODULE IV - VISUAL EFFECTS AND POST PRODUCTION (2 MONTHS)                      
•  Dynamics (Particle, Hair and Fur, N - Cloth and N - Dynamics)
•  Compositing with After Effects, Fusion

SOFTWARE:

•  Autodesk Maya
•  After Effects
•  Eyeon Fusion

MODULE V

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.