by NR INDRAN

Mumbai : Frameboxx Animation and Visual effects, India’s leading Animation and Visual Effects training studios, is on expansion spree. It has opened new centres in Rajkot, Patna, Allahabad and Jhansi. Already a strong brand name in the field of producing adept animators, Frameboxx aims to cater to the needs of all aspirants who are keen to take up a profession in the Animation & Visual Effects industry.

The company already has more than 60 fully equipped training facilities in India and plans to increase the number manifold to reach more and more students all across the country.

Speaking about the new launches, Mr. Naveen Gupta, CEO and Executive Director, Frameboxx Animation and Visual effects said, “The Indian animation industry is growing at a tremendous pace and is expected to reach $2.5bn by 2013. With the expansion of the industry, the need of trained professionals is also increasing.

The ever growing requirements of the industry demands that training is interfaced with the industry and the curriculum is updated on a regular basis. We ensure that our entire curriculum, instructors and training methodology stay continually updated as per the trends in the market. This has to be complemented with a high quality state of the art infrastructure as well”

The facilities at the new centres feature state of the art fully equipped studios based labs and classrooms, clay modeling cum pre-production studios, seminar halls and cafeterias.

“Frameboxx is becoming a benchmark in producing production ready artists in the industry.  The various courses offered at Frameboxx focus on creating a true techno artiste who specializes in a particular skill-set, as this is precisely what the industry demands. The company is a pioneer in delivering innovative and unique services such as the unique talent incubation & development centre in Mumbai. The aim of the Incubation facility is to create a simulated production unit complete with real world infrastructure and highly experienced supervisors.

Students from Frameboxx centres across India are absorbed into the incubation centre at preset times during the year after which they undergo a 4 month industry drill and come out with high quality animated content. The Incubation unit has churned out an animated episode, TVCs and animated promos and content. The company has already placed more than 600 students across top production houses in the country over the past 1 year.” said Mr. Biswajit Das, Vice President, Frameboxx.

The launches were followed by workshops by Mr. Paresh Parekh on “Acting for Animation and Film Making”. Mr. Parekh has worked as Script Researcher for Oscar Winning Movie, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. He has worked as Casting Director for Rang De Basanti, Naina, Mangal Pandey. He has trained actors like Neil Nitin Mukesh, Imraan Khan, Minishaa Lamba, Shazahn Padamsee.

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