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Master of Science [M.Sc] (Animation)

M.Sc. Animation is a two year course, generally divided in 4 semesters. First three semesters comprise course work in form of classroom lectures and practical. Fourth semester is for Final Project and Internship. The students get opportunities to explore and experiment with ideas and communicating the idea through narrative, non-narrative story telling techniques.

The course delivery methods in the program include classroom lectures, discussions, presentations and industry visits.  Real world exposure is set through assignments and projects to simulate an industry experience.

All the universities and institutes follow the same course structure and also the course curriculum has the similar subjects. An overview for the syllabus is given below:

Semester 1

Name of Paper

Topics

Description

Animation Principles

Squash and stretch, Anticipation, Staging, Straight ahead action and pose to pose, Follow through and overlapping action, Slow in and slow out, Arc, Secondary action, Timing, Exaggeration, Solid drawing, Appeal

The paper aims at defining the principles and rules of animation.

Animation Drawing

Create a hand drawn picture, Capture the frames

This paper aims to develop the drawing skills, which plays the key role in animation industry.

Story Design and Development

-

This paper focuses upon the imaginative skills to design the stories and develop the skills.

Visual Language and Aesthetics

-

This paper refers to the pleasing appearance of things.

Learning Labs

Animation drawing lab, Computer graphics fundamentals lab, Digital design

This is an enhancing paper. Beneficial for the students to work in the lab.

Semester 2

Storyboarding

Pre-visualizing

The paper aims at creating the illustrations or images for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.

Character design

Research designs, Imaginative skills, How to use styles and qualities

The paper is designed to create a character in a creative manner.

Acting for Animation

-

The paper focuses on the art of acting to present the story through a character.

Film Appreciation

-

The paper is designed to understand the key dynamics of what film is made up of.

Learning labs

Layout design

Basic rigging

Elective lab-1

-

Semester 3

Sound design

-

The paper is designed to create sound according to the character.

Animation Marketing and Management

-

The paper teaches how to demonstrate any product in a creative way.

Advanced rigging

Surface representation, Hierarchical set

The paper represents the character into two parts

Lighting and Rendering

-

The paper teaches essential skills and concepts in any 3D rendering package.

Learning labs

Animation research lab

Elective lab 2

Lighting and rendering

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Mila Gain

31 Aug 20

M.Sc in multimedia and animation familiarizes students with practical training to work in a professional environment. This course provides knowledge of various topics like Animation Design and Visual effects, Character Animation, Character Rigging, Texture and Lighting, Visual Effects, etc. Students are trained in industry standard animation techniques and visual effects software applications like Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Autodesk Maya, Max, Z-Brush, Corel Draw and Fusion.

The table given below gives a brief overview of both the institutes:

Categories

Chandigarh University

Lovely Professional University

Course Duration

2 years (4 semesters)

2 years (4 semesters)

Semester Fee

38,000

78,000

Placement Percentage

85%

55%

Highest Salary Package

15 LPA

11 LPA

Average Salary Package

6-7 LPA

6 LPA

Recruiting Companies

Prime Focus, Disney India, Tech Mahindra, Digitoonz, Rockstar Games, Ubisoft, etc.

Maya Entertainment Ltd., Pentamedia Graphics, Crest Animation Studios, Toonz Animation India, UTV Toonz, Heart Entertainment Ltd., Padmalaya Telefilms, etc.

Chandigarh University is a popular institution providing students with proper professional and academic excellence. MSc. in Multimedia and Animation is a two year full time course. It includes the following:

  • One semester of the Foundation Process
  • Two semesters of Intense 3D project-oriented training.
  • One semester of an extensive live project.

There are four electives students can choose from in their second year. It includes: 3D Animation; VFX; Advertising and Documentary Filmmaking.

Lovely Professional University teaches excellence and professionalism and provides students with the highest quality of education. The M.Sc in Design - Multimedia is a two year program (4 semesters).

Career opportunities at Lovely Professional University are very high. It includes modeling, rigging, VFX technicians, lighting and texturing artists, 3D animators, camera trackers and compositors, also individual entrepreneurship. Students wanting to start their career can work as graphic designers, illustrators, comic artists, pre-press artists and educators before joining any leading company.

Chandigarh University is preferred by students because of the placements, faculty and affordability. Lovely Professional University is a much costlier institute. Good career opportunities are also provided by this institute but due to its fees, students often prefer Chandigarh University.

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