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Animation has grown to be such a powerful medium
of conveying ideas and messages that it has carved a
niche for itself in the art world. Many popular motion
pictures like Dark Night, Star Wars and Finding Nemo are
some of the animation classics. Earlier animation was
not taken seriously and was a source of entertainment
for kids only. But now, even grown ups and adults are
taking equal interest in the animation movies. If you
love animation films and wants to be the part of
animation industry, you and take up an online course in
animation. .
To make your self adept with animation skills, you
can have degree in arts and design, specializing in
animation. This degree will include computer animation,
visual effects and gaming animation and more. With these
degrees in hand you can earn high and work next to
stars. In online animation programs, you learn about new
computer aided software programs and multimedia.
Some people do not think much about animation more
than moving characters on the screen. But behind the
creation of every animated scene, lots f skill,
creativity and imagination is needed. In an animation
course, students are taught basic and advanced drawing
skills. They are taught both ways; techniques using
computer aided designing and the traditional way of
using paper and pencil. In modern production studios,
latest computer software is used for animation
programming. These courses enable students to make
use of their creativity, drawing skills and computer
technology to create movement in characters. Often
students who take up these courses are highly inclined
towards art and designing. They enjoy writing stories,
finding and creating characters that can fit into their
story and animating them with the use of latest computer
technology.
Apart from this technical skill, they are also taught
about how to survive in this highly competitive fields
and industry. Also they learn the behind the scene work
which is very important to make an animation project
success from start to finish. They learn about extra
skills like how to build and move a team, how to make
and develop client business relation, creating
storyboard and presenting them and more.
People with animation degrees can find work in
various industries; many of them belong to wide
entertainment industry. It is not only film industry
which need the services of computer animation artists;
there are varied industries which need their skills.
They can approach computer animation studios, video
gaming companies, architectural design firms, production
studios and the corporate world for working in media and
marketing departments of companies.
A typical animation degree course includes
variety of topics like drawing and design animation, ,
3D animation skills, 3D graphics design, Photorealistic
and non-photorealistic animations, General computer
animation, Web design and internet based skills, Movie
and television production and Business building
and marketing skills
Lab stations are set up which can be used by
students anytime. Students use these lab stations to
study coursework over computer. Team work and constant
judgment by their peers is highly recommended to gain
high degree of skill in this field. They are
encouraged to work in team while working on larger
projects.
Computer animation industry is developing and growing
fast. In the past few years, this industry has grown
leaps and bounds and has led to enormous
advancements.
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