Zee Institute of Creative Art (ZICA), Mumbai

Campus Location: Mumbai

Located in Zee Institute of Creative Art (ZICA) is the nation's first full-fledged Classical and Digital Animation Training Academy that trains youth in classical 2D and modern 3D animation. The past seventeen years has seen the institute nurture some of the brightest talents in the world of animation. The institute has adopted a novel training style and is focused entirely on creating a stimulating environment for its students., "Zee Institute of Creative Art, with its state-of-the-art infrastructure, gives practical training in 2D Animation, 3D Animation, Visual Effects & Gaming, covering the stages of visualization, Pre-production, production and post-production. At ZICA, a lot of emphasis is laid on the principles of art and design and fundamentals of classical animation, while extracting the same knowledge to computer based Digital animation. Students are also assured of creative exposure with a healthy mix of theory and practical sessions, delivered with the right amalgamation of Art & technology, under the supervision of in-house experienced faculties and industry experts from India and abroad." ZICA's Training Studio is equipped with high end animation tools, 2D animation facilities, 3D software, Visual FX Labs and imaging technologies. After every semester, a well laid out assessment procedure ensures the student's acceptability as dignified professionals in the world of animation., ZICA propagates the inherent artistic and aesthetic skills in each student, rather than only the software, which keeps on upgrading from time to time. Today ZICA, with over 30 centres in more than 15 major cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhubneshwar, Ahmedabad etc. emerges as young India's chosen partner to turn passion into profession., Infrastructure, ZICA boasts of a state of the art infrastructure with world class facilities that include cutting edge animation tools, 2D animation facilities, 3D software and Visual FX Labs. Facilities include:, 2D Infrastructure:, It is well designed to fit in custom made Cell Animation tables for each student, line test machine, spacious lecture halls and sketching area, lectures and workshops from renowned faculties and studio experts conducted during the course of sessions., 3D Infrastructure:, Advanced digital labs installed with the latest workstations. Students are trained using high end software's like Autodesk Maya for 3D Animations Fusion, Nuke for compositing as parts of the course curriculum to give our students the winning edge., Courses Offered, PDP Program, PDP IN 3D Animation Visual Effects, This unique program is focused on 3D Animation and Visual Effects, wherein every student will create a short film during his / her program. This program begins with Fundamentals of Art and Design, Digital Painting and Digital 2D Animation, which is necessary for 3D Animation. The program ends with Visual Effects., PDP in Film Making Visual Effects, This program has been designed to deal with Filmmaking by using Live Action, 3D Animation & Visual Effects. The first module deals with Fundamentals of Art, Design & Composition. Student then understands the basics of Photography and Filmmaking. The second module covers CG Assets & Characters, Rigging & Animation that is required for a Visual Effects film. The third module deals with Dynamics & Tracking. The fourth module combines CG with live action footage using time-lines and a node based compositing software. At the end of the program the student develops a Visual Effects short film using Live Action & CG., Professional Program, Professional Program In 3d Animation, This program has been developed to provide knowledge in 3D Animation. It covers Fundamentals of Art and Design after which students are exposed to detailed 3D module. In the end of the program there will be three elective specializations such as Modeling & Texturing, Lighting & Shading and Animation., Professional Program In Visual Effects, This program provides a gateway to the Visual Effects world. The program starts with Fundamentals of Film Making & Computer Graphics. Then the program introduces the students to 3D Computer Graphics for a short period, thereby strengthening their skills on Dynamics, Tracking, Rotoscopy & Compositing, which forms the foundation for Visual Effects. Student will compile different kinds of Visual Effects shots to build an outstanding portfolio during the last month of the program., Professional Program In Graphic Design, Graphic designers create visual concepts, by hand or using computer software to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for advertisements, brochures, magazines, and corporate reports. This program is divided into two parts, first part deals with fundamental of art & design where we focus on manual drawing, illustration, painting and manually design business collaterals. The second part deals with digital design for magazine cover, posters, advertisements, product packaging etc., Professional Program In Web Design & Development, This is also a premium program to cater current demand of Web Designers and Developers at corporates and software development companies in major metros. This program is divided into two major modules such as Webpage Design & Webpage Development., Certification Courses, Program In 2D Animation, This course has been developed to provide knowledge in 2D traditional and digital animation. The first semester of the course covers fundamentals of art and design and the second semester deals with 2D classical and digital animation. At the end of the course, the student will be able to develop 2D animation portfolio. This program is for 2D animation enthusiasts & ideally suited for students who have strong interest in sketching & drawing., Program In Graphics Design, Web Design is a combination of text, images, designs & illustration in a presentable layout for print. It has a wide area of requirement like design for art, illustration, advertising, photography, image editing, newspaper, magazines, displays etc to name a few. Our course caters to all different forms of print related activities, where a student learns from basics till the advance forms of Web Designs. In this course we cover the world's best printing tools and technologies with a strong focus on design., Program in Web Design, Web designing typically includes a combination of text, images, animation, audio video & other interactive forms of media, embedded in the presentable form for web / internet. This program exposes you to the art & technology of creating web templates, web banners, static as well as interactive flash web pages and animated e-presentations.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.