BIG Animation forays into animation education

Company Brief

New Delhi, May 01, 2009

BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd., A Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Company, located in Pune with state-of-art first ever end-to-end quad core studio launched its’ education wing BIG AIMS(BIG Animation Infotainment & Media School) to provide knowledge & holistic education to the students & professionals aspiring to create a mark in the field of animation.

With a motto of “Crafting leaders in moving art”, BIG AIMS is committed to impart knowledge & learning that goes beyond traditional pedagogy & emphasizes on practical exposure to integrated production processes.

To contribute to the emerging boom of animation industry in the country, “BIG AIMS”, will address both as a finishing school for advanced learning in animation and offer specialized courses as well. Starting with AIMS-3D +, which is ‘Advanced Diploma in 3D Pipeline’ as well as AIMS-D2D which is ‘Advanced Diploma in Digital 2D’ which are professional, full-time one year course, the objective will be to impart a complete understanding of the animation pipeline to the pupil.

In this course, a student will get to learn the complete process from Idea to Script & Script to Screen. Apart from delivering the conceptual understanding, the students will also gain real-time exposure to creative and business challenges of animation. The practical exposure will be a combination of hand-holding and self-learning for a student. In addition, the Short term programs viz. AIMS-PEP (Diploma in Pre-Production), AIMS-POP (Diploma in Post-Production) as well as AIMS-SMOKE (Smoke) & AIMS-FLAME (Flame) training will be offered as ‘specialized’ courses to the students. The time-investment for these short-term courses by specialization will range from 3 months to 6 months.

The real motive behind BIG AIMS is to bridge the gap between present animation training methodologies and the real industry needs. In other words, BIG AIMS will position itself as an Institute to make students learn in the real production environment so that they are equipped to perform as per the demands of the industry from day one.

With dedicated ten thousand square feet of space for BIG AIMS, equipped with the latest software and hardware installations comparable to the best in the world, the institute lends the advantage to its’ students to be able to witness the professional workflow and the corporate environment alongside with their education and be more prepared and confident to kick start their career.

The institute provides a unique learning experience to the students with the following high end facilities:-

* 5.1 Dolby digital auditorium with a complete state of the art professional BARCO System for screening.

*Quad core workstations for Lab

*High end projector class rooms.

*Light Box facilities for Traditional Animation.

*Facility of using professional edit suits with non linear edit software’s

*Fully equipped smoke set up for online edit facilities.

*Cintiq machines for digital artworks

*Hygienic 100 seat Canteen facilities

Having on board some of the best professionals of the related field, the institute aims to prepare their students with the right focus to succeed in their career.

For BIG Animation’s new venture – BIG AIMS, the journey has just begun, to not only ensure a place amongst the top Animation Institutes on a global platform; but also to start a legacy of alumni that will craft the proud future of Indian Animation in global space.

For further information, please contact:

BIG

Amreysh Dubey

Mobile: 9970166747