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Chhutanki, India's First Live cum 3D Animated Stereoscopic Film

This movie Chhutanki Directed by Pankaj Sharma Release Date: December 31, 2011.Movie is getting released in Hindi Language and it aims to entertain all the segments of the audiences especially the kids. The movie is a blend of action, adventure, fun and fantasy being portrayed in the characters that are developed using high quality. Pankaj Sharma is passionate about animation and he believes that animation has a lot of potential which is yet to be explored in Indian Entertainment industry. Astute Media vision team is optimistic about Chhutanki as it is India’s first animation cum live characters movie being released with 3D stereoscopic effect. In early phase the movie will be released on around total 160 screens that will include 3D screens, 2k digital screens, and 2D screens as well

Times Now all set to become India’s first 3D news channel

Your channel Times Now is all set to become India’s first 3D news channel, where you can have three dimensional viewpoints of everything, not only the issues being discussed. Many people accuse Arnab Goswami of seeing every issue in black and white, but things would change once Times Now shifts to 3D broadcast.“We realized that in order to justify the tag ‘your channel’ that we have given to Times Now, we must personalize the experience of television viewers,” Vineet Jain, Chairman of Times Group said, “Broadcasting news in 3D seemed the best option as people can feel our anchors and guests spread out in their TV room, and they would almost feel like jumping in the debate themselves.”Television news viewers agree.Times Now has specific plans to use 3D television cameras while news gathering, especially when reporting “breaking news”.“Imagine the video clip of a man throwing slippers on Kalmadi in 3D; I guess people would not want to see news in 2D again,” Mr. Jain expressed hope and confidence.Experts believe that very soon other news channels, especially Hindi news channels, would have no choice but to start 3D broadcast, as they otherwise seem clueless on ways to improve the “quality” of news.“If India TV starts showing Rakhi Sawant and Veena Malik in 3D, I can imagine Aaj Tak going out of business,” an expert said.

Pune based Krayon Pictures and People tree films ’Presents Delhi Safari

Fantastic Films International headed by Roxane Barbat and Fred deWysocki is handling the worldwide pre-sales of ‘Delhi Safari‘, 3D Stereoscopic animated Bollywood feature co produced by the Pune based Krayon Pictures and People Tree Films. Another interesting development with the project is the addition of popular voice artists like Cary Elwes and Jason Alexander for the English version of the film. Cary Elwes will voice Sultan the leopard and the Bee Commander and Jason Alexander (of Seinfeld fame) will lend voices to the Male Flamingo and the Hyena Cook. Other interesting names for voices are being finalized currently. Speaking to AnimationXpress.com Krayon Pictures‘ Co-Founder / Director Nishith Takia shared, "The English dubbing of the film is currently underway in US. We will be screening the film at Cannes Film Festival this year (May 11-22) for buyers across the world who have shown immense interest in the project. Cannes would serve as a brilliant platform to close those sales." Fantastic Films will be introducing this project to buyers in Cannes.

Directed by popular Bollywood Director Nikhil Advani, Delhi Safari tells the story of a group of animals who are on an adventurous mission to preserve their habitat as it comes under threat from developers. The Hindi version of the film is completely ready and features voices of popular Bollywood actors including Govinda, Akshay Khanna, Urmila Matondkar, Prem Chopra, Boman Irani and Sweenie. It will have 3-4 songs for which the music has been composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. The film is also endorsed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as the film follows the theme of rights for animals and forest conservation. PETA is supporting the film worldwide. Krayon Pictures and People Tree Films are currently in talks with a leading distributor in India for the Indian release of the film.

COLGATE ADVERTISEMENT

This advertisement has been conceptualized; modeled and entire CG work has been done by the students. in this project our faculty is guiding students and illustrating proper usage of softwares in the same manner as they are used in the industry

Ad for Godrej ‘Thakur ke Haath‘

Vanimates Production house based in Mumbai recently created an animation viral TVC for Godrej. The advertisement ‘Thakur ke Haath’ is a spoof on Gabbar and Thakur, the famous characters of the film Sholay.
The 45 seconds TVC is being aired currently on Sab TV alone. The Vanimates team credits on the TVC include Creative Director Vijay Pisal, Concept Art Development by Yogesh and Animation by Sameer, Paresh and Akshay.Explaining the making of ‘Thakur ke Haath’ Vaishali Mahadik, Founder, Vanimates Studio says, “We did this advt. with JWT (Ad Agency) and they had given us a very whacky script. Lots of gags were added by us while animating it since the agency demanded a new style that would stand out from the rest of the viral ads. After working on viral specific styles we explored this one, though it is flat and the layer moves in different timing we got the depth in the film.”

“Animation is a great form of entertainment which is not only for children but for adults as well. Keeping this in mind we create content which whole family can enjoy together. We aim to make animation a source to teach children and educate them, so that they can learn more than what is taught at their schools or at home,” Vaishali adds.
In the past, Vanimates has done ad films for Axis Bank viral, O&M, ICICI 2D “Chintamani Tax saver” ad, and a 3D ad for Johnson & Johnson. They have also worked for feature films like UTV’s Alibaba & 41 thieves (pre-production) and Dream blanket (pre-production).

Shaan, Sunidhi to give voiceover to 3D animation film

New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Bollywood's well-known playback singers Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan will give the voiceover for the lead characters Blu and Jewel, respectively, for the English version of 3D animation movie 'RIO'.'I wanted to do an animation film for years. 'RIO is such an amazing film that I just had to do it. Even though my character is of a bird, 'Rio' is a beautiful love story,' said Sunidhi in statement.For Shaan too it was an 'unique and exciting opportunity'. 'I couldn't refuse. The film is super fun and will be enjoyed by people of all ages. I had a great time dubbing and singing for the film,' he added.The duo will also be lending their melodious voice for some of the Hindi songs to be used in the film's soundtrack.Fox Star Studio's 'RIO' is said to have splendid visual effects and it will hit theaters in India April 8. 

IRON MAN [A PROJECT BY MAAC JAIPUR,STUDENTS]

An Overall project from start to finish using pipeline , pre-production, production, post-production...done by students....to understand the production pipeline better....give ur comment....

Kung Fu Panda 2 Trailer 2 (2011) HD

Autodesk Launches 2012 Digital Entertainment Products

Autodesk announced new releases of the company‘s digital entertainment creation software and middleware. The 2012 versions enable iterative workflows, help users manage complexity and provide new creative tools. Autodesk products have been used to create popular movies like "Black Swan," chart-topping video games such as "Medal of Honor," primetime television commercials like the "Bridgestone ‘Carma‘" Super Bowl ad and hit television shows such as "Glee." "Movie, video game and television audiences are demanding more sophisticated content, which is causing production complexity to outpace budgets," said Marc Petit, Autodesk senior vice president, Media & Entertainment. "To remain competitive, studios must improve production efficiency and maximize their creative capabilities."

"Our 2012 product releases harness the latest hardware technology to increase performance and deliver stunning graphics in the viewport," Petit continued. "We have also enhanced interoperability and simplified pipeline integration, making it easier for our customers to take advantage of specialized toolsets; and provided new creative tools for modern production trends like virtual moviemaking and stereoscopic 3D production."

Activities @ Maac Jaipur

Picnic organized for students (Bhangarh trip)

A full day picnic was organized for the students at Bhangarh. Bhangarh is a fmous pinic spot where the students enjoyed themselves at the forts shooting for the various projects. Also with this the students enjoyed playing many team building games and rock climbing.

SEMINAR HELD @ MAAC JAIPUR

We always believe that student should be well aware of all the developments of the industry and should keep her/him abreast both technically and conceptually. Keeping this in mind the faculties keep organizes many workshops for the students giving them knowledge of software which are not in their course curriculum. Following are the topics on which additional lectures were given to the student.

Camera tracking using boujou and Max	Workshop on Dynamics using Real Flow.
Basic interface of View-D software	Techniques of Rotoscoping.

  PLACEMENT DRIVE

Rotoscoping seems to be the favorite choice of career options for students these days. With VFX having a large number of opening there were as many students who sat for the campus recruitment test for prime focus. 80% student who sat for the test were shortlisted and have been asked to join the Prime focus Chandigarh branch.