These are times of rapid growth in Animation and the need for a sizeable human resource pool is greater than ever. In such a scenario, outreach to parents and students is a must and every move involving the same is welcome.
Leading Indian Animation Education Player Arena Animation has been doing a great job with its outreach program “Perspectives‘. The Multi City Outreach seminars which began in Cochin in December last year have covered quite a few cities in the country including Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Trivandrum, Jaipur, Baroda and many other locations.
The seminar provides an outreach interface for Industry professionals to make students and parents aware of the career opportunities and eminent speakers from studios and organisations like Rhythm & Hues, Crest Animation, EFX, Pixion, Mediatek, National Institute of Design, Artery FX, Virgin Comics, ITC Infotech, Fusion Toonz, ASIFA India and AnimationXpress.com have been regular speakers at the Perspectives events and quite a few other cities are lined up for this outreach programme.
The events held so far have had house full attendance and it is rather interesting to observe the kind of questions and observations the students across the country have about Animation & Gaming.
Arena Global Head, R Krishnan, remarked ” Arena Animation launched a series of seminars – “PERSPECTIVES – Animation in India: Future & Careers”, to create awareness among students of the unlimited career opportunities in animation and to create a neutral platform for budding animators to interact with the industry professionals. We are very glad that professionals from the industry participated and lent their full support to the seminar.”
With presence across 11 countries, Arena is a force to reckon with and this involvement with Industry professionals is a welcome development which one feels is a beginning for much more close collaboration to follow.