Dreamworks studios big-wig Shelley Page visits India
Mumbai, May 29, 2014:
Shelley Page, Head of international outreach at DreamWorks Animation is
on a trip to India, in an endeavour to expose Indian animation students
to world-class work in the field produced by the brightest of students
from across the globe in her extremely popular session called ‘Eye Candy’.
To fulfil its strive to go beyond classroom teaching and impart maximum
valuable guidance to their students, Maya Academy of Advanced
Cinematics (MAAC) has requested Page to guide
their students so that they can achieve a holistic, creative and skill
development which would result in a talent pool of artists that meet
international standards in the country. She is conducting exclusive
sessions for MAAC students to demonstrate high quality work and answer
the students’ queries about the global animation industry.
Shelley
Page has been working in the field of feature animation since 1986. Her
credits include ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’,’ Shrek 1-4’, ‘Madagascar’,
‘Kung Fu Panda’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. She graduated from
Kingston University in 1977 in graphic design and is also Professor at
several top international art schools. Judging animation talents at
graduation showcases and festivals across the globe, she has access to
some of the brightest new talent in animation. Shelley Page sits on many
international festival panels and award juries every year and collects
her personal favourites into a special screening, which represents some
of the most talented emerging artists in the international animation
scene as well as award-winning work from renowned independent studios
around the world. She will be displaying this collection which she calls
‘Eye Candy’ to the enthusiastic MAAC students.
Shrutidhar
Paliwal, VP-Corporate Communications, Aptech Ltd and spokesperson for
MAAC opined, “A world renowned industry professional sharing her
expertise with students across the country would go a long way in giving
the students a fresh perspective into the industry as well as
motivation from her success story. Shelley Page’s experience in
imparting animation related training at universities worldwide makes her
the apt person to inspire our students here at MAAC and bring to them
quality work of global animation standards.”
About MAAC:
Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) is
India’s leading educator in high-end 3D Animation and Visual Effects.
Founded in 2001 & a major brand of Aptech Ltd, MAAC has trained over 30000 students across the country. It has over 80 centers with cutting-edge infrastructure in over 40 cities.
MAAC
offers industry relevant Career courses on 3D Animation & Visual
Effects. It offers Real-life training environment to the students backed
by an excellent faculty, infrastructure, and the latest technical
educational tools.
MAAC’s
students are placed as Modeling Artists, Lighting Artist, Render
Artist, Character Animator, Layout Artist, Digital Sculptor, Rigging
Artist, FX Artist, Roto Artist, Match Mover, Video Editor, Motion
Graphics Artist, Compositors, Visualizes, Content Developers and Pre and
Post Production executives in
blue
chip animation studios and entertainment companies like Prime Focus,
Rhythm & Hues Studios, Crest Animation Studios, BIG Animation,
Cornershop, EFX, Toonz Animation, DQ Entertainment, Paprikaas Animation
Studios, NDTV, Studio 9, Redchillies.VFX, Vaibhav Studios, IBN7,
Animax, Pixion and Tata Elxsi Ltd. to name a few.
For further information please visit http://www.maacindia.com/
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