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The Making of Taare Zameen Par – Focus on Animation and VFX

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The session on the Making of Taare Zameen Par – Focus on Animation and VFX on 5th April was such a resounding success that we had to repeat it once again on the 26th. We have detailed write-ups on each of the segments – a presentation each by Dhimant Vyas (Clay Animation), Pankaj Khandpur of VCL (VFX) and Vaibhav Kumaresh of Vaibhav Studios (2D Animation). Each has been posted as a separate article due to its length and detail.

Click the links below to read the articles:

Making of TZP – Part 1 : Dhimant Vyas – Clay Animation for Title Sequence
Making of TZP – Part 2 : Pankaj Khandpur – Visual Effects
Making of TZP – Part 3 : Vaibhav Kumaresh – 2D Animation for 3×9 Sequence

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Music for Animation – Part 2: QnA Session

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(…continued from Part 1) 

The session was then thrown open to the audience for questions.

Q 1. As students we use music from existing films/albums. We have no knowledge of music composition. What is your advice to us?
A 1. When you are making your film, you know your genre, the outline of the project. Before you start work, download or gather your music of choice first and then animate. Tap your feet to the rhythm of the music piece – that is your bpm. As an animator, you need to know your music. Take the effort, read up about music, learn. There are lots of softwares available to calculate the ‘bpm’ of a track.
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Music for Animation – Tapas Relia

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23rd Feb. 2008, 2:00 pm at the IDC Auditorium, IIT Campus in Powai, Mumbai


We had an overwhelming response to the session on Composing and Arranging Music and Sound for Animation that was conducted by Music Director Tapas Relia. The session was extremely informative and everyone present thoroughly enjoyed themselves as Tapas took the audience through the process of composing music. Tapas was accompanied by Sound Engineer/Designer Gaurav Chopra who also shared some interesting insights.
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