Majority of Hollywood movies outsource the visual effects work to India in some or other way, says Dhanapal Padmanabhan Director of iGene DI & VFX studio based in Chennai. Animation industry and VFX (Visual Effects) industry is booming, declares Dhanapal, just like the IT boom. “The futuristic technology is suited for gaming, virtual reality and augmented reality, besides movies and web series. Though Hollywood heavily oursources work at studios in India there is a huge gap between demand and supply. Trained manpower and talent pool are to be made larger. There is a demand for VFX artists in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, China and Germany.
PG Diploma in Visual Effects (VFX) has been designed to fill this gap and is a skill based program aiming at providing the industry standard practises using the VFX technology for Films, Commercials, Games and AR & VR. The program is structured at par with the International practices in the industry.
This course emphasizes developing advanced compositing skills / creative 3D applications with a focus on various pipeline workflows and shot finishing. Students will practice advanced compositing techniques using plates from actual film projects. Students will also learn stereo compositing techniques and workflows. The specialisation includes 3D asset building and other 3D applications in feature films and gaming environments.
iGene DI & VFX Studio, a Chennai-based digital intermediate and visual effects company which has been a part of over 300 movies in the last five years is the industry partner for the program. iGene has delivered VFX shots for some of the major films in Hollywood and other part of the world that includes Mission Impossible-Fallout, Black Panther, Deadpool, Avengers, Antman, Aquaman, SIREN, The Shape of Water, 47M, Fast & Furious, Godzilla vs Kong, Call Of The Wild, CATS, The Beast, The Rescue, Morbius, Skyfire, The Stranded (Netflix Series), Grisse (Award winning HBO – Series), SEA (Apple Series of Jason Momoa). The big films in the domestic market that iGene has been associated with are Baahubali-The Beginning, Rajinikanth’s Petta, the Malayalam films Odiyan with Mohanlal, Mammooty’s Madhura Raja and Shiva Rajkumar’s Kannada film Tagaru besides the 2018 Telugu blockbuster Rangasthalam to name a few. iGene has got TPN certification which is mandatory to work with Hollywood and International films.
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to
Practical 1 Fundamentals of Visual Effects (VFX)
Practical 2 Concepts of Rotoscope (VFX and Stereo)
Practical 3 Concepts of Paint (VFX and Stereo)
Practical 4 2D PREP ( Specialization)
Practical 5 2D PREP Advanced ( Specialization)
Practical 6 Fundamentals of VFX Supervision and Production
Practical 7 Concepts of 3D for VFX
Practical 8 Concepts of 2D for Comp
Practical 9 3D GENERALIST (Specialization)
Practical 10 Comp (Specialization)
Candidate for admission to the Post Graduate Diploma course shall be required to have completed the UG / PG Degree (any discipline) of this University or any other University recognized by UGC.
This Course shall consist of two Semesters in an Academic Year. For this purpose, an Academic Year shall be divided into two Semesters; the first Semester falls between July to November and the second semester falls between December to April.