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Introduction:
In the booming market of cartoons and animations, one can easily satiate his creative spirits and take home a handsome pay packet or became self employed.
The art of animation, creative field which is dominated by the West, now has India running as one of the most serious contenders. Cartoons are illustrations of a single picture with various meanings, while an animation is a trick of rapid display of 2-D or 3-D images to create an illusion of motion.
There are several institutes in India offering Animation and Cartoon Courses.
These professional courses requires intensive career training for the job requirements in the field of animation and cartoons.
Animation and Cartoon Courses Institutes in India
Scope in India: Animation in India has come a long way with Indian animations catering to the needs of several private and public sectors and indigenously produced animated films constituting the bulk.Various T.V programs, advertisements / commercials & computer games are demanding a huge quantity of manpower from the Indian market. Animation is also being used in titling films, creating special effects or in web entertainment programs. Thus the scope for students of animation is huge in the context of the emerging Indian market.
There are various courses on animation and cartoons offered in colleges all over the country. The major colleges are:
Even though both diploma and degree specialized courses are available across many colleges in India, post graduate degree courses in animation and cartoon is very rare. Among the various colleges mentioned above, the Industrial Design Centers in Mumbai as well as Guwahati offers post-graduate degree courses.
Qualification: For applying for a diploma course in animation, one has to pass the 12th standard examination from any recognized board with a minimum of 45% marks. For the bachelor's degree program almost the same eligibility criteria is applicable, while for the PG program a bachelor's degree is needed.
Benefits: As the animation and multimedia industry is growing very rapidly, pursuing a course in these fields can boost your career. Moreover, if you have a passion of drawing or creating characters it would help satisfy your creative spirits.
Animation and Cartoon Courses Career Prospects in India
Scope Abroad: Though cartoons and animations seem to be products meant for outsourcing, yet Indian cartoonists and animators have begun working for foreign companies. Indeed, Indian companies are moving ahead of their South East Asian counterparts in the field of animation. The western countries are favoring India over any other country for outsourcing animation because of the following reasons:
- Vast base of English speaking manpower
- Cost advantage
- Abundance of well-equipped studios
