Seminar on Career opportunities in Gaming Industry
Clusters College for Media & Design has conducted a seminar on "Latest trends and Career opportunities in Gaming Industry" on 8th January 2011 by Industry Professionals. Participants experienced new innovations in Gaming industry & got awareness in career and job opportunities in game industry.
Seminar on Visual Effects in Films by Pixion
Clusters College for Media & Design has conducted a seminar on ‘Career in Visual Effects‘on 15th May 2010 at The Residency Tower, Trivandrum, Kerala. The 3 hour seminar has been conducted by Mr. Purushothaman from Pixion and is open for all students
Purushothaman brings with him an experience of over a decade and had been with Prasad EFX before moving to Pixion a few months back. He has shared with the students the various work involved in the post production table of a movie. With the help of images and videos that showcase the scene before and after the visual effects have been done from movies that Pixion has worked on, he has explained how the VFX and Animation was done. Including work done for recently released Tamil film ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya‘.
Malayala Manorama & Clusters Proudly presents - Mega Seminar on Visual Effects in Films
Clusters, one of the leading Animation and Visual Effects school and Rhythm & Hues, a Los Angeles based Academy Award winning film production studio specializing in Visual Effects is conducting a seminar on Visual effects. Rhythm & Hues studios is known for its contribution to a great number of Hollywood feature films in the last 21 years, movies like The Golden Compass, A Night At The Museum I & II, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia, Alvin & The Chipmunks and many more. Aspirants who want to build a career in film and Visual effects can directly interact with technical person to clear their doubts.
Technical Session by Mr. Dileep Varma, Rhythm & Hues Studios
On 12th December 2009, Saturday 10.00 am. at SP Grand Days, Trivandrum
Call us & register for free now @ +91 97470 10001
Course on DJing
Clusters College for Media & Design will starts its next batch for DJ Course on 02/12/2009 at Trivandrum School.
DJ Course will cover the following topics
Equipment set-up and calibration
Cueing techniques
Beat mixing
Using equalizer
Trouble shooting
Equipments
CDJ 800 Dj Gear
DJM 600 Dj Mixer
The official Clusters School Blog
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Free Workshop on Live Tracking (NUKE) on 14/11/2009
Clusters College for Media & Design is conducting a free workshop regarding Live Tracking using Nuke. Session will be conducted by experts from the industry. For free passes are available at your nearest Clusters School. For more info call +91 97470 10001
Clusters College for Media & Design Sponsoring a Student of Sree Chitra Orphanage, Trivandrum for Visual Effects Course.
After the successful completion of its first year in Trivandrum, Clusters College for Media & Design is sharing its success with the Students of Sree Chitra Home Orphanage. We have identified that lot of creative students are there in the orphanage and has the dream of learning an Animation/VFX course. Due to their current situation they were not able to afford such courses. In this auspicious occasion we would like to sponsor a student of Sree Chitra Home orphanage for Animation/VFX course. Clusters will conduct a one day program at Sree Chitra Home which will comprise of a Talent Test & Competition. The winners of the competition (First Prize) will eligible to take up an Animation or VFX course at clusters which can cost up to 1 lakh. Second Prize winner will also be eligible for a 3 month course at clusters. This program is exclusively for Sree Chitra Home students.
Program will be inaugurated by Honorable Minister Sri. M. Vijayakumar (Law, Sports and youth affairs). Mr V. Sivankutty, MLA will give main Speech & Facilitation by Mr. V. Surendran Pillai, MLA on 8 November 2009 at Sree Chitra Home, Trivandrum.
Internship at Holycow Animation philippines
Clusters College for Media & Design has tied up with Philippines based Holy Cow Animation Studio for a two month long internship program. Under this tie up, students of Clusters studying the ‘International Certificate in Digital art of animation’, an eleven month course, will be entitled to a two month internship at Holy Cow Animation facility in Philippines.
Authorized training centre for Nuke
First ever opportunity for a Vfx aspirant to learn the most powerful compositing tool behind
Watchmen, Speed Racer, Batman: The Dark Knight, Quantum of solace, Narnia- Prince Caspian, Ice Age-3, The curious case of benjamin button, Australia, The Golden Compass, King Kong.....
Nuke is the leading compositing application for all major Visual Effects studios in the world. It is the key software behind over 55 Hollywood films, hundreds of commercials and thousands of music videos. It is the most powerful application that delivers unparalleled speed, efficient multi-channel scan line rendering engine, and a first-class feature set that is unrivaled in the desktop market. Nuke is a production proven visual effects tool that brings speed, functionality and flexibility to VFX pipeline.
Seminar on Visual Effects in Indian Films by Mr. Mohan Krishnan, Head Corporate Communications, Prasad Group
Clusters College for Media & Design and Prasad Efx, India’s most respected visual effects company has conducted a seminar (20/6/09) on Visual effects in Indian Films & career opportunity in film industry. Students got the opportunity for a direct interaction with the technical persons to clarify there doubts. The attraction of the event was the explanation of Visual effects used in the Films done by Prasad EFX and the session was taken by Mr Mohan Krishnan, Head Corporate Communications. Prasad Group. He also showed the presentation on VFX, Postproduction and Camera Techniques of some big budget movies like Delhi-6, Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic, Ayan and lots of regional movies.
Key Speakers
- Mr. Mohan Krishnan, Head Corporate Communications, Prasad Group
- Mr. Ajayakumar, Govt. Fine Arts College, Trivandrum
- Trivandrum: Nov 5
- Trivandrum: Nov 17
100% Internship from Gemini Studio, Chennai.
Now students who are joining for Diploma course will get 100% Internship from Gemini studio, Chennai. Last semester students will be sent to the studio for internship, our internship are designed to teach you about real time challenges, you will get exposure to 3D Animation, Compositing, Effects, Film Scanning, Film recording, Digital Intermediate etc. So after you complete the course you are equipped with certificate from clusters and real world work experience from Gemini.
Interview with Dr Babu Sundar
Dr Babu Sundar
(Professor)
Dept. of Computer Applications
Former Controller of Examinations
Cochin University of Science and Technology
What do you think about the future of entertainment industry in India?
The world cinema and other entertainment industry components are looking forward to India for their Fine Finishing and Enhancement - requirements. Earlier, if cheap labour was the reason for turning to India, now it is shear competence in quality as well as delivery. Now the technology based facilities are available right in India. I think that India can switch its position from the supportive role to a developer's role. I mean that now India can come out with products which the world's entertainment market can rely as platforms and tools. India's future is very bright in this area.
How do you evaluate animation from the entertainment industry?
The entertainment industry is on a rapid expansion. All traditional entertainment media are in the process of enhancing the scope and quality of performance with the help of the very many tools and products of Multimedia.
What skills do you think are the most important for an aspiring animation professional to obtain?
The Indian industry and the Global industry are faced with acute shortage of adequately equipped resource persons. In the case of Multimedia and entertainment industry, the demand of creativity and originality are extremely important.
How do you think animation and Visual Effects hit the entertainment industry in this modern age?
India's position in the IT, Art and Economy is poised for an unprecedented increase in the near future. Moreover, India is one of the peace loving, reliable and sustainable friends of other countries.
Why do you prefer Clusters for animation and Visual Effects Aspirants?
Artistic skills blended with skills to handle multimedia tools and practical experience with professional guidance is the composition of the right kind of professionals in this industry. Clusters is an institute conceived and established under this vision. Therefore, with Clusters you are sure of your transformation into a true professional in this industry.
The induction programme at Clusters was an exciting event. The first batch of Clusterites joined hands to form the first Cluster circle and took an oath promising to create the best with passion and dedication.
