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Career Guidance

Choosing the right career is of importance for any one who is left with options. It is important to go for a career that is to your calling. Ones interest, aptitude, caliber all plays its role in career selection. The decision, one makes today, defines his life tomorrow. And so the decision needs to be right. Self-exploration Discovering the true potential of a person depends on his personal interest in the work he takes up. Knowing one's aptitude will help one choose the right career. Interest plays a vital role in career decision-making process as does personality. It helps in discovering one's strengths and knowing one's limitations. Awareness of advantages and disadvantages of one's own also helps in making a correct career choice. It is a combination of aptitude, interest and personality that helps one make the right decision when it comes to career. Career in animation One who has skill for creativity, career in multimedia and animation is of choice. As animation adds wings to ones imagination, people of creativity can try their hands at this discipline. Animation has evolved as one of the fastest growing and most in-demand industries in the world today. According to experts in this field the industry is expected to grow by 8 per cent between 2005 and 2009, and the global market for animation is estimated at $75 billion by 2009. As Overseas entertainment giants outsourcing more and more cartoon characters and special effects to India the chances are in the rise. And it is estimated that by 2007 the Indian animation industry would need three lakh animators. What is animation? Animation is the optical illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. In film and video production, this refers to techniques by which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually. These frames may be generated by computers, or by photographing a drawn or painted image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model unit (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result with a special animation camera. When the frames are strung together and the resulting film is viewed, there is an illusion of continuous movement due to the phenomenon known as persistence of vision. Generating such a film tends to be very labour intensive and tedious, though the development of computer animation has greatly sped up the process. Graphics file formats like GIF, MNG, SVG and Flash (SWF) allow animation to be viewed on a computer or over the Internet. What is multi media? Multimedia is the use of several media (e.g. text, audio, graphics, animation, video) to convey information. Multimedia also refers to the use of computer technology to create, store, and experience multimedia content. In fine art it is a synonym for traditional mixed media as well as technological new media (ArtLex, NWD). Multimedia is also a pleonasm as media is the plural of medium, hence it is a double plural. Technological Multimedia can be broadly divided into linear and non-linear. Linear, like a film, plays without any navigation control for the viewer. Non-linear offers interactivity. The various formats of technological or digital multimedia may be intended to enhance the viewer's experience, for example to make it easier and faster to convey information. Or in entertainment or art, to transcend everday experience. In 1965 the term Multi-media was used to describe the Exploding. Plastic. Inevitable., a performance that combined live rock music, cinema, experimental lighting and performance art. Job outlets There are a number of career paths for animators. This can include websites, online advertisements and video games. Animators can find full-time employment with movie or television production companies, with advertisers, web design firms, video game companies or with animation firms. Free lance work is another option for animators, particularly those specializing in web animation. Video Game Animation: The video game industry is just exploding right now, with no slowdown in sight. Nearly all games will need a team of animators to bring the games to life. Motion capture often is being used here as well as in movies to nail down convincing character animation. Movie & Television Production: The full spectrum of animation in these areas is quite large. Jobs may include character animation in the form of a cartoon, logo, special effect and more. In case you haven't noticed, 3D really has taken off in the realm of computer animation and animation in general Movies such as Lord of the Rings, Finding Nemo, the latest Star Wars prequels are all relying extensively on 3D computer animation. TValso offers a fair amount of opportunity in computer animation. Commercials are littered with animated logos, cats that sing, and bottles that dance. : ) Local News always has an animator of some kind doing the logo fly in or that kind of thing. There are also TV movies, and obviously shows that rely on a computer artist to do some digital special effects. Some may start their animation career this way. The Internet: More and more, you are seeing animated advertisements dance across your screen as you're on the Internet. You go to a movie site or a band site, and you have a very good chance of seeing a flash animation. Chances at internet are growing at high speed.
Arena Multimedia, 4th Floor,Kalliathu Royale Square,Palace Road,Thrissur-680020Ph:0487-2337506,2337717www.arena-multimedia.com

Aries Animations,MG Road,ManeeshPlaza,Thrisur.Ph: 0487-2385736

Image Multimedia, 6th floorLandmarks enclave,Near South Over Bridge,Valanjambalam,Kochi.Ph: 0484-2373136

Glimpse International,M.K.V Buildings,Shenoys Junction,Kochi,Ph:0484-2383290

Toonz animation India pvt ltd,731-739 Nila, Technopark campus, Trivandrum,Kerala-695 581Ph: 0471 2700928, 3012508www.toonzanimationindia.com

Centre for development of imagingtechnology, chithranjali hills,Thiruvallam, p o, Thiruvananthapuram-pin 695 027. Ph: 04712380681www.cdit.org
DCS MAT Media school, Kinfra film and Video Park,Thiruvananthapuram, 695 585

C-dit (centre for development of imaging technology)
Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) is an organization under the department of information and technology in Kerala. It was established in 1988 by the Government of Kerala for advancement of research, development and training in imaging technology with an implied role in socially relevant science & development communication. C-DIT is currently housed in a 3-acre Campus in the picturesque Chithranjali Hills, beside the Kerala State Film Development Corporation Campus, 7 kms from Thiruvananthapuram City, on the way to Kovalam. It also has a City office in Thiruvananthapuram and a Regional Centre in Kayamkulam.
Courses 1. PG Diploma in Animation Film Design 2. PG Diploma in Multimedia Design3. PG Diploma in Science & Development Communication4. Certificate Course in Digital Still PhotographyAddress:
C-DIT, Chithranjali Hills,Thiruvallom, Thiruvananthapuram .Telephone: 0471-2380910, 2380912

C-DIT Regional CentrePuthiyidam, Kayamkulam-690502Kerala. Tel: 0479 2449747, 3090981

Keltron animation campus
It is nation's one of the leading academy of multimedia education, offering a high standard of teaching by industry practitioners, aimed at rendering multimedia training to the talented without any compromise on quality. Courses range from career programs for beginners and short course programs for which specializes in upgrading for practicing professionals or for those who are already in the field of multimedia. Keltron animation campuses has their centers in Kerala as under:

Trivandrum 1st Floor, Syrian Church Road,Keltron IT Education,Spencer Jn, Trivandrum-01Tel : 0471 - 3091071Changanassery Keltron animation campusKeltron IT Eduction CenterSB College, Changansssery.Tel: 0481-2412722

Kottayam Keltron IT Education Centre,George Sudarshan Centre,Inside CMS College,KottayamTel: 0481-3092105Calicut 2nd Floor, C.M.Mathew Brothers TowerRam Mohan Road, Calicut.Tel: 0495 - 39536600495 - 2721772

Courses

1. Professional Diploma in Advanced Multimedia Technology with Specialization in Animation and Visual Effects

2. Professional Diploma in Advanced Multimedia Technology with Specialization in Dynamic Web development and Multimedia for the web.

3. Professional Diploma in Advanced Multimedia technology With Specialization in 3D Animation.

4. Keltron certified Multimedia Expert

5. Advanced Diploma in 3D Animation & Modeling (XSI SOFTIMAGE Free tutorials www.learning-maya.com www.actionscript.org www.gnomon.com www.w3schools.com www.help3d.com