Course Name:Advance Diploma in Multimedia & Animation
Course Duration:12 months
Course Fees:80,000
INTRODUCTION
The Advance Diploma in Multimedia and Animation addresses two majors of digital media i.e. 1. Multimedia which covers Graphic design and Web Design, 2. Animation which encompasses all the stages of the both 2D and 3D animation along with post production techniques involving high end training on video editing, sound editing & composting. AT TGC, ADMA covers complete pipeline from paper to film as well as the other forms of Multimedia such as Print, Film Making, Web Design and Interactive Media
OBJECTIVE
The Advanced Diploma In Multimedia and Animation course would take the student through all the areas of digital creative media namely graphic, web, animation & broadcast, polishing his or her skills for the challenging media industry as wells as exposure in order to keep the student at par with the demands of the industry
COURSE OUTLINE
This course is structured into 4 semesters that run consecutively.
Semester 1: Graphic Design
Module A: Digital Illustrations
- Visual communication sessions
- Principles and Elements of Design
- Concept design & visualization techniques
- Drawing commercial Illustrations through Wacom tablets.
- Logos and Identity Design, Gestalt psychology.
- Hierarchy of importance in a design.
- Packaging Design, Case Studies and Project.
Module B: Digital Imaging
- Designing Brochures, Posters, catalogues etc
- Digital Paintings and Matt paintings
- Advanced colour correction techniques for DSLR images
- Typography projects
- Designing for social media & Info-graphs
Module C: Layout for Publications, Prepress & Production.
- Layout for publications using international typesetting rules
- Designing Newspaper & Newsletters
- File formats, LPI Vs. DPI
- Fonts management in PCs and Macs
- Form Creation for offset printing
- PS vs PDF, Editing PDF, Trapping & Overprinting
- Paper sizing, CD Printing, Post Press
- Costing methods.
Semester 2: Web Design & Interactive multimedia
Module A: Core Web Design
- HTML/DHTML & HTML Editor tools
- Web 2.0 techniques including CSS & Java Script,
- Creating DIV based Table-less websites
Module B: Interactive multimedia
- Creating Web animations
- Flash Websites
- Advanced Action Script 3.0
- Creating Portfolio Presentations in Flash
Semester 3: Animation
Module A: 2D Classical Animation.
- Animation history and techniques
- Study of movement
- Animation principles
- Storyboarding
- Animatics, Cleanups, In-betweens & Line Testing
- Walk Cycle, Run Cycle, BG Design, Composition.
- MODULE B: 3D modeling & Advanced Animation in 3D.
- Advanced Inorganic & Character Modeling
- 3D Texturing & Shading, Material
- 3D Character Rigging, Deformers
- Kinematics(IK & FK), Constraints
- 3D and Digital Character Animation
- Dynamics
- 3D Lighting,
- 3D Rendering
- Camera Tracking and Motion tracking.
Semester 4: Audio Video Post Production
Module A: Compositing & VFX.
- Creating Animated Background
- Creating 3D composite
- Advanced camera techniques
- Broadcast animation
- Creating virtual sets for broadcast
- Type animation and casting styles,
- Special effects using various plugins,
- Chroma key and Rotoscoping.
Module B : Non Linear Editing & Sound.
- Editing aesthetics
- Story boarding for Film Editing
- Firewire Capturing
- Managing footage,
- The Detailed study of Final Cut Pro
- Finishing and Output
- Colour correction in a video,
- Converting from HD to DV
- Media Management
SOFTWARE COVERED:
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Corel Draw
- Adobe InDesign
- HTML/DHTML
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Java Script for Web Design
- CSS 3.0
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe Action Script 3.0
- Autodesk Maya
- Adobe After Effects
- Apple’s Final Cut Pro
- Adobe Auditions
- CuBase (overview)
- Various Plugins
PORTFOLIO DESIGN
Graphic Design: Separate Hardbound portfolio containing digital imaging, branding live projects, mock advertising campaigns, info-graphs, design booklets, web UI designs, 360 degree design works, LIVE PROJECTS etc.
Web Design: Separate web/digital portfolio containing complete functional web layouts, web ad banners, landing page designs for email campaigns, simple mobile/ web games, animated & interactive web sites, LIVE PROJECTS etc.
2D/ 3D Animation: Separate digital showreels for 2D Animation and 3D character Animation, Inorganic rendered images for architectural 3d and games with high class render of texture and lighting.
Audio/ Video Post Production: Separate digital/ web portfolio containing Live motion Composting, logo motions in sync with high quality sound VO and BG score, Finished exercises of Roto and Chroma.
CAREER OPTIONS AFTER COMPLETION OF ADMA
- Graphic Designer
- Web Designer
- 2D animator
- 3D Animator
- 3D modeler
- Compositor
- Rigging artist
- Lightning artist
- Texturing artist
- Motion Graphics Artist
- Video Editor
- Sound Editor