Sagar Cement Commercial - Vaibhav Studios

Sagar Cement! Solid cement ante solid veelu! (Solid cement means solid home) sang Vaibhav Kumaresh from Vaibhav studios when CGTantra caught up with him to tell us more about his work in the 3D animated commercial done for Sagar Cement. A telgu song was provided which was sculpted into an item number with workers dancing on telgu tunes.

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8x10 Tasveer - VFX by Future Works

8 X 10 Tasveer is a Bollywood film thriller released April 3, 2009, and starring Akshay Kumar and Ayesha Takia. It is directed by Nagesh Kukunour, and produced by Percept Picture Company. The story of the film 8 by 10 Tasvir revolves around a man who has super natural mental power and he can predict the past and future of any person just by gazing at his photograph played by Akshay Kumar.
Part VFX of the film was carried out by Future Works. Heart beat stopping climax of the film is shot under water with Akshay all tied up with chains, though the scene was shot in an artificial facility it had to look like it is the sea. This involved a lot of colour correction and integration of 3D objects like sea weed and other aquatic plants.

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E Suresh talks about the Commercial for Sulekha.com

E Suresh (Suresh Kumar Eriyat) has a portfolio that covers genres ranging from TV commercials, short films, music videos. and most recently long format films. E Suresh , a trained Carnatic musician, adventurer founded India's premier Animation Studio, Famous House of Animation - a division of Famous Studios. His award winning works include The Freedon Song (short film), MTV Poga (MTV Channel Promo), Sulekha.com commercial, Aala re Aala and many more.

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Stings and Smiles - First Hat-Trick workshop for 2009 by TASK

The first HAT-Trick workshop for 2009 was organised by us at International Club on Saturday, 11th April 2009 and the conductor was none other than the celebrated illustrator, cartoonist, scriptwriter, film maker and painter Mr. Sarbajit Sen who can best be described by his own soliloquy:

“A gnawing fear of mathematics haunted me throughout my shy and mostly silent childhood. I found relief in the blank walls and floors in our small suburban house --- a chalk or charcoal in hand – doodling and drawing weird rodents and human beings on them.”

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Animation Production Management by Ranjit Singh (Tony)

Tony Singh (Hon. Secretary-TASI) started the session on Production Management with a background on himself, giving a gist of the kind of projects that he has worked on before, he refused to be addressed as the King of Production Management, rather someone who been through various systems over many projects to know what might work and what might not.

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Making of 'The Alien Civilization' - by Eric J. Dima-ala (Winner of DMP Challenge)

Hi guys! First up, thanks for taking time to read this short tutorial on how I created my image: Children of Fire. The process I create may not be perfect but somehow, since I approach the art form systematically I can create my images faster and with less trial and error. I do hope that when you’re done reading this, you will have a basic idea on how I do things. Okay let’s begin then!

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The 1st Annual Frameflixx Awards

History was in the making at Bhaidas hall, Vile Parle, on the 3rd April as the first Frameflixx awards kick started with an audience of more than 900 students coming from all over the country. Mohan Kapoor was the host of the show, filled with enthusiasm for being a part of this day. Frameflixx promised to get out the Gen next of techno artists.

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