Zee Institute of Creative Art - Andheri West, Mumbai - Reviews, Fee Structure, Admission Form, Address, Contact, Rating

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 fifteen 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. ZICAs 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 students acceptability as dignified professionals in the world of animationBACHELORS DEGREEB.Sc. in Animation & Visual Effects at (3 years) - This Course provides complete knowledge on 2D Classical & Digital, 3D Animation & Visual effects. The first semester covers fundamentals of art and design. The second semester includes 2D classical and digital animation. The third semester covers all the elements of 3D Animation, so that the student is capable of developing 3D short films. In the fourth semester the student is exposed to a detailed curriculum of visual effects. In the fifth semester the student chooses any one from 4 specializations offered and learns the advance features of that selected module. In the sixth semester the student builds his portfolio in this selected module.Semester I- Fundamentals of Art, Design and Visualization (6 Months) Semester II - 2D Classical and Digital Animation (6 Months) Semester III-3D Animation (6 Months) Semester IV- Visual Effects and Post Production (6 Months) Semester V-Specialization-Any one (6 Months) Semester VI Show-reel Development (6 Month)B.Sc IN ANIMATION FILM MAKING (3 YEARS) - This course is specially made for the aspiring candidates who want to build their career in the field of Animation, providing in-depth knowledge about classical and digital animation. This course provides students with confidence to face the animation industry head on. Semester I- Fundamentals of Art, Design and Visualization (6 Months) Semester II - 2D Classical and Digital Animation (6 Months) Semester III-3D Animation (6 Months) Semester IV ADVANCE 3D ANIMATION (6 MONTHS) Semester V-Specialization-Any one (6 Months) Modeling & Texturing Lighting & Rendering Rigging & AnimationSemester VI Show-reel Development (6 Month)B.SC IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION - This course explores the world of Visual Communication and gives the student a heads on experience in creating corporate communication designs. This course lays a strong emphasis on design fundamentals, art aesthetics and is aimed at developing innovative, skilled, independent designers for the commercial and communication designing needs. Developed by industry experts, this course is an amalgamation of art, design and technology where the student is given an equally strong foundation of the new age digital designing tools and aids. Students will be given an opportunity to get industry exposure by guidance from relevant professionals and periodic seminars/lectures. This course has been designed on the basis of the current industry's requirements and needs of visual communication professionals. Semester I -FUNDAMENTALS OF ART, DESIGN AND VISUALIZATION (6 MONTHS) Semester II - ADVANCED DESIGN PRINCIPLE (6 MONTHS) Semester III - COMPUTER AIDED GRAPHIC DESIGN (6 MONTHS) Semester IV - VIDEO DESIGN (6 MONTHS) Semester V- COMMERCIAL DESIGN (6 MONTHS) Semester VI - SPECIALIZATIONS IN SPECIFIC DISCIPLINE OF DESIGN IN VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PROJECTDIPLOMA COURSES DIPLOMA IN ANIMATION & VISUAL EFFECTS (24 Months) - This course provides you knowledge of traditional and digital 2D & 3D animation where students develop short films at the end of every module. The first semester starts with fundamentals of art, design & visualization. By the end of the semester the student learns to develop claymation. In the second semester the student is exposed to 2D classical and digital animation. The third semester covers all the basic elements of 3D, where a student gets an understanding of 3D animation pipeline. By the end of the module the student is capable of developing basic 3D short film. In the fourth semester we entirely focus on the advanced 3D animation helping the student develop a 3D short film.Semester I- Fundamentals of Art, Design and Visualization (6 Months) Semester II - 2D Classical and Digital Animation (6 Months) Semester III-3D Animation (6 Months) Semester IV VISUAL EFFECTS AND POST PRODUCTION (6 MONTHS)DIPLOMA IN ANIMATION FILM MAKING (24 Months) - This course provides you knowledge of traditional and digital 2D & 3D animation where students develop short films at the end of every module. The first semester starts with fundamentals of art, design & visualization. By the end of the semester the student learns to develop claymation. In the second semester the student is exposed to 2D classical and digital animation. The third semester covers all the basic elements of 3D, where a student gets an understanding of 3D animation pipeline. By the end of the module the student is capable of developing basic 3D short film. In the fourth semester we entirely focus on the advanced 3D animation helping the student develop a 3D short film.Semester I- Fundamentals of Art, Design and Visualization (6 Months) Semester II - 2D Classical and Digital Animation (6 Months) Semester III-3D Animation (6 Months) Semester IV ADVANCE 3D ANIMATION (6 MONTHS)DIPLOMA IN 2D ANIMATION (24 Months) - This course has been developed to provide in-depth 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. The third semester covers advanced character & special effect animation in 2D format. The student builds his portfolio in the last semester. At the end of the course student will submit their 2D animation portfolio.Semester I- Fundamentals of Art, Design and Visualization (6 Months) Semester II - Classical and Digital Animation (6 Months) Semester III - 2D ADVANCED DIGITAL ANIMATION (6 MONTHS) Semester IV - PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT (6 MONTHS)DIPLOMA IN ANIMATION (12 Months) - This course has been developed to provide knowledge in 3D animation. It covers fundamentals of art, design and animation principles. The students are exposed to 3D animation in detail & are finally taught compositing with "After effects & Fusion". At the end of the course the students will be able to develop a 3D portfolio.Module 1 - Fundamentals of Art, Design and Visualization (6 Months) Module 2 2D ANIMATION (2 MONTHS) Module 3 3D ANIMATION (6 MONTHS) Module 4COMPOSITING (3 MONTHS)DIPLOMA IN GRAPHIC AND WEB DESINGING (12 Months) - Graphic Designing 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 graphic designs. In this course we cover the world's best printing tools and technologies with a strong focus on design.COURSE CONTENTS Introduction to Drawing Design & Illustration concept Adobe Illustrator CorelDraw Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Design for Print, Advertising, Packaging Assignment & Portfolio Building WEB DESIGNING - 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.Website Design concept HTML & JavaScript Adobe Fireworks / Photoshop Flash for Design & Web Animation Swish Action Script Adobe Premiere Dreamweaver Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Different types of Web Page Design Assignment & Portfolio buildingCERTIFICATIONSCERTIFICATE IN GRAPHICS DESIGNING (6 Months)CERTIFICATE IN WEB DESIGNING (6 Months)CERTIFICATE IN ROTOSCOPY (6 Months)CERTIFICATE IN 2D ANIMATION (6 Months)