NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FILM AND FINE ARTS
MEMBER OF NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE , GOVT.OF INDIA & AFFILIATE TO THE FEDERATION OF FILM SOCIETIES OF INDIA
35A, TOWN SHEND ROAD, BHAWANIPUR, KOLKATA-700025, WEST BENGAL
ESTD.-1990
VFX IN FILM MAKING
FIRST SEMESTER
DIGITAL DESIGNING & GRAPHIC. (6 Months)
- Concept of Graphics &Type of Graphics
- Concept of Drawing.
- Elements of drawings
- Composition & Still life Studies
- Perspective & Light
- Anatomy Studies
- Charecter Drawing
- Color Theory & Application
- Typography in design
- Law of Dsigning
- Introduction of VECTOR& RUSTER GRAPHICS
- Resolution their relation.
- Adobe Illustrator for making Vector Graphics
- Illustration with Illustrator
- All About Photoshop for Drawing to digital Paint,
- Photoshop for removing Objects & colour correction
- Photoshop for FX,Texture & Pattern creation.
- Working with Alpha & Masking Techniques
- Realworld tips & Techniques for photo enhancing
- File formats & its use.
- Page Layout & Publishing
- File Management techniques
- Project
Advantages of this Semester :
- Growing an overal concept of digital world forfurther studies
- Able to work as Graphic Artist in print & publishing media & Web and game media
- able to work as Concept Artist
- able to work in advertisement media
- Strenthening the essential base for further studies in EDIT- VFX -3d amimation- Game Development & Web & Application Development
SECOND SEMESTER
FILM & VIDEO EDITING For VFX (6 Months)
- History of Film Editing
- Film Post-production Departments & Their works
- Film Langueage
- Cinematography & Photography
- Types of camera & raw data
- Light Color & Composition in film
- Converting Raw footage for editing.
- Resolution Aspect ratio in Video & Film
- Audio VideoEditing techniques (FCP/PRM)
- Application of FX & Transition
- Concepts of Scopes & Color Correction
- Basic of Chroma.
- Basic of matte pulling
- Mogart (motion Graphic & Text) Animation
- lower third & title Animation
- Asset & Team Management
- Using pre-shooted Plates for compositing & Trackng techniques
- Rendering-Exporting & distributing from edit department to other departments.
Advantages of this Semester :
- Become a film/video editor
- Become a CG title Designer in Editing Application
- Optical FX Artist in Editing Application
- Able to work in Any kind of TV production as a video editor & General Graphic Artist
- Able to work as webmedia editor
- Strenthening the essential base for further studies in VFX -3d amimation-web
THIRD SEMESTER
2D Animation for VFX & Motion Graphic HEROES (6 Months)
- History of Animation
- fundamental studies on 2d Animation in Animate
- basic 2d Object Animation
- Stretch & Squash
- Keyframe Animation,
- Camera in 2D
- 2D character Design
- Anatomy & motion studies
- lip synchronize.
- create Assets & using library
- Introduction of After Effect as 2D Artist
- 2d Motion Graphics in After Effect.
- Advance Titelling & Text Animation
- Story-boarding
- Project
Advantages of this Semester :
- Become a 2d Animator for web & video
- Become an Advance CG title Designer & Motion Graphics Artist
- Storyboard Artist.
- Able to work in Any kind of TV production as an Advance Graphic Artist
- Strengthening the Advance essential base for further studies in VFX & 3d animation
FOURTH SEMESTER
3D Animation For VFX & Motion Graphic HEROES (6 Months)
- Fundamentals of 3D
- Clay Modeling Concept & Animation.
- 3D Viewport Fundamentals
- All about Topology
- Modelling 3D objects & Shapes in max/maya
- In-organicmodelling
- OrganicModelling
- Texturing & lighting
- Riging techniques
- Charecter Animation
- Virtual Camera Animation Technique
- Creating Asset & Library
- Render passes
- Light bouncing process & Rendering
- Introduction of After effect for 3d Artist
- 3D Media Animation & Motion Graphics
- Project
Advantages of this Semester :
- Become a 3d Animator for Game & Film
- Become a 3D Modeler, Texture & Light Artist & Rig Artist
- Able to work in Any kind of TV production as an Advance Graphic Artist
- Strengthening the Advance essential base for further studies in VFX
FIFTH SEMESTER
Compositing & VFX For Film (6 Months)
- Real world pre & post production concept of a VFX film
- Rotoscopy using Silhouette
- Advance Matte Pulling in After effect
- Advance Chroma keying (Green/Blue Scren)
- Title & Text Animation
- 2d 3d Motion Graphics
- Roto Paint & Travel matte
- object Removal
- MattePainting
- Match move
- Time Remaping & Bounding Box
- Set extention & Digital Enveronment Creation
- Channel & MULTI PASS
- Look Developments
- Project
Advantages of this Semester :
- Become a Compositor
- Become a Roto Artist
- Matte pulling Artist
- Become a Matte painter
SIXTH SEMESTER
Advance Compositing & VFX For Film (6Months)
- Advance Compositing tools & Techniques
- Advance Masking Techniques.
- Particle & Dynamics in 3D application & Compositing Application
- Basic FX Simulation Far, Cloth & Crowed in 3d Applications
- Camera Tracking
- Plugins for Fx
- Z Depth & Multi Pass Compositing
- Nuke Introduction of Node base compositing
- Advance Nuke tools
- VFX Video Shoot & Supervision (Camera, lens, Storyboard for VFX Shot, SFX Plate Generation, Integration with real-footage)
- Collecting on-field data & measurements for VFX department.
- File Management system & Render out deliverable file formats for different departments and various stage of production.
- Project
Advantages of this Semester :
- Become an Advance VFX Compositor
- Able to work in Any kind of TV production as an Advance Graphic Artist
- VFX Supervisor
