KALAPURNAM DREAM
Imagine yourself driving a sleek BMW cruising along a quite
road, just nature and you, or imagine sipping your morning tea or coffee
sitting in the balcony of your seaside apartment. I believe the time has come
for to stop only dreaming and start believing in yourself because very soon you
are going to be able to fulfill your own dreams (yes! In this lifetime! ) and I am going to show you exactly how. Seeing
a smile of wonder or constant amazement and awe is something we seek in our
viewers and that’s what keeps the animators going. Animation is a magical world
of fantasies, which has presented itself to us in the form of a career option,
and weaves magic in our lives. It is filled with a constant rythem, a beat and
energetic entertaining fun and the best part is of course, that you get paid
handsomely! There are so many in our world brimming with creativity pouring out
from their eyes, nose and ears yet are forced to enter in the fields like
science, commerce, arts etc. not of their choice. This monotonous lifestyle of
working into a profession not of your liking may earn you bread for your family
but in the process, have we thought what it will do to that person? Life and
fun often get sucked out of this monotonous pattern and we end up loosing a
part of ourselves becoming boring and lifeless in mind, body, spirit getting
burn out at either out of force or no other options available. Animation is
like a bollywood hero here rescuing the Poor souls from the bad guys. It has
it’s roots not only in cartoons but is vastly spread out, branching out to the
advertising fields , Bollywood, Hollywood, entertainment industries, corporate
world, gaming etc. and thousand others offering one a stable yet constantly
entertainment, energy packed job, with
perks and huge sum of money.
What if your mind is not made for designing cartoons? Well
my friend, that definitely is not the criteria to worry, for there are
practically a thousand other jobs waiting to welcome you and which could relate
to you and your creativity like becoming a creative art director or getting
into VFX to name just a few. Talking about animation from the time investment
and job point of view in detail , we see a very big advantage lying here…for it
matches this era’s mentality of earning quick money with quick results as well
less time investment in learning the skills. Anywhere between 6 to 36 months of
rigorous training and presto! You are an animator….and all you need is skill,
creativity and hard work in this field…gone are the days when only a degree can
get you a good job. In fact, the industry presents a palate of choices to the
individual where he gets to pick the job of his choice and show his expertise.
Freelancing is also another good option along with learning, and earns an
individual experience as well as money.
Also certain institutions in Ahmedabad offers a degree from
the university from all over India on the completion of your course and this
can definitely light up your resume like a star studded evening giving you an
edge over animators immediately putting you at least 25 steps ahead….Animation
world is one of the very rare magazine in the country, which gives a whole
perspective of the happening of the industry every month….and a famous
gentleman was mentioned in the magazine remarking that the animation boom is
like the software boom which started 15 years back…and we all know that the
software boom did the world …Just we learn our A,B,C… the three fundamentals of
animation lie in the PRE-PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION, AND POST PRODUCTION. A huge
number of animation agencies have opened all over the city and the jitter bug
of animation is catching on inviting students with open arms. Some of these
designs and animation schools and institutions strengthen the students from the
core, helping them to tone up their skills and basic roots and gear them up for
the real world industry. The focus given to pre-production in some classes is
immensely important; it is like nurturing a animation in each student which
will flower and spread with strong roots. The way buildings are constructed,
creating a wireframe or blueprint, and then the concrete steel, and then the
paint and accessories, similarly each student is build with these building
blocks so that he/she can withstand all kinds of competition in the real world
industry, any place they go.
I wonder why there are only 60,000 animators emerging each
year when according to NASSCOM we will be needing over 5 lakh students by 2019.
And if you are also wondering , whether I’d forgotten about the BMW or plush 4
bedroom apartment…..No I hadn’t, but in case if you had, I think it’s time you
to realize that dreams are meant to be dreamt to convert them into realities
and truly kalapurnam is the key to unlock the door to greet your opportunities.
So, what are you waiting for? I think… I can hear a doorbell, it might be my
opportunity called kalapurnam!!
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