Courses

Arena's industry-leading Animation courses are carefully designed to match industry needs as well as individual career goals. An array of short-term and long-term courses are currently available for your consideration. Depending upon your career choice, you may pursue industry-oriented courses in Animation and VFX, Multimedia and Web Design. All the courses are refined, updated and advanced versions offering in-depth coverage of topics in line with industry requirements.

The courses also come with many important and exclusive value-additions designed to enrich the learning experience, give you the competitive edge and make you globally employable. On successful completion of these in-demand courses, students can look forward to highly rewarding careers in virtually every field of business from Media and Entertainment to Infrastructure, Healthcare, Education, etc.

Graphic Design

What is Graphic Design?
Graphic Design is a field of Visual Communication that uses creative methods/software to craft a visual representation of ideas and messages. Graphic Design often refers to both the process (designing) by which the communication is created and the products (designs) which are generated. Typically, Graphic Designers use typography, visual arts and layout techniques to produce the final result. Common uses of Graphic Design include design of Logos, Websites, Journals, Newspapers, Advertisements, Product Packaging and Promotional Merchandize.

Graphic Design as a career choice
For candidates who have a flair for art and possess innate creativity, Graphic Design is the perfect career choice. The craft offers immense scope for growth with opportunities pre-dominantly in the advertising industry. While salaries can start from Rs. 10,000 for a fresher, experienced candidates can expect between Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 50,000 based on the level of expertise and creativity. However, for exceptional talent, experienced or otherwise, there is no upper limit. Career opportunities exist for Graphic Designers at:

•  Graphic Design Studios
•  TV Production Companies
•  Corporate Communications Wing of large MNCs

•  Publishing Companies
•  Web Design Studios

Web Design

What is Web Design?
It is the art and skill of creating aesthetically designed content (text, images and voice) for a website (a site on the World Wide Web which offers information about a person, enterprise, a topic etc.) using graphic design software such as Adobe Photoshop, Flash and Dreamweaver. Designing a website involves creation and arrangement of a set of web pages which together form a website. For instance, a company may have a web site about itself, its mission and vision statement, its team, its offerings and other information for its customers and stakeholders.

Web Design as a career choice
Web Design is one of the most preferred careers for many youngsters today. Creative as well as marketing professionals are tapping the heightened demand for websites and creating their own web design companies leading to a surge in demand for Web Design Professionals. And for those who are creative and enjoy working on fresh, challenging projects each day, Web Design is a great choice. Today, salaries in Web Design are highly rewarding and one can expect significant hikes if he/she demonstrates high creativity. Career opportunities in Web Design include:

•  Web Developer
•  Web Graphic Designer
•  Visualizer

•  Web Animator
•  Web Page Layout Artist

Visual Effects

What is Visual Effects?
Visual Effects, commonly referred to as VFX in the Media and Entertainment Industry involves blending live-action footage and computer generated imagery seamlessly to create environments demanded by the script. VFX has achieved immense popularity as the craft allow makers to create environments that are otherwise risky and costly or perhaps extremely difficult/impossible to create in the real world.

VFX as a career choice
VFX is gaining popularity across the globe as more and more films use this dynamic tool to tell a story with cost-effective impact. Apart from the Media and Entertainment Industry, VFX is finding applications in a host of other fields such as Education, Healthcare, Engineering, etc., leading to heightened demand for VFX talent. Some of the specializations in VFX include Matte Painting, Compositing, Rotoscopy, Tracking, etc. Rewarding job opportunities exist for VFX Artists in:

•  Film Production
•  TV Production

•  Television Commercials
•  Educational Films

3D Animation

What is 3D Animation?
Animation is the process of creating a continuous motion and shape change illusion by means of the rapid display of a sequence of static images that minimally differ from each other. Today's Modern Computer Animation widely uses 3D Animation. 3D Animation is a computer generated illustration that gives objects space. In 3D, the images and the graphics use three dimensions that give characters a depth, which makes them appear to be real and living. The 3D Animation Artist uses computer software to give the pictures and images a life.

3D Animation as a career
An aspirant wishing to pursue a career in Animation can start with an average salary of around Rs 1.2 lakh per annum and can reach up to 12 lakhs per annum (depending on the different profiles an individual chooses). Some of the specializations in 3D Animation include Modeling, Lighting, Rigging, Animation, Visual Effects etc. Rewarding job opportunities exist for 3D Animation Artists in:

•  Film production
•  TV production

•  Television commercials
•  Educational films