Mayavi, a stereoscopic series on Jaya TV 01 November 2006 01:11 AM
Here's a new dimension to television programming! Mayavi, a 3D Stereoscopic TV series produced by GV Films and airing on Jaya TV is adding a new dimension to content on TV.
The serial is a fantasy thriller on the lines of superheroes such as Batman, Phantom and Superman but here as is evident from the title of the show, the superhero or the main character is Mayavi. Produced by G.V films the show has been on air on Jaya TV for almost a month is telecasted every Saturday at 9pm in Tamil. Negotiations are on to telecast the Hindi version of the serial on channels across India.
Inspired by the comic book character 'Mayavi', the idea of using the character was thought about by Elavarasan, the director of the serial. Work on the project started in December '05 with 4 artists working on the central character, 10 on the important background characters and around sixty to eighty artists on other aspects of the film. Each episode took around eight days to shoot with a Sony Beta SP camera.
The series revolves around Mayavi, a mysterious character whose right hand is made of steel endowed with magic powers. When he comes into contact with electricity his whole body disappears and only the steel hand is visible. Mayavi's steel hand embodies special powers with each of the five fingers capable of drawing from one of the five basic elements, that is fire, wind, water, earth and ether. This scenario called for creating highly stylised, hi tech looking locales, backdrops and props for the protagonist to evolve into a larger than life character achieving the utmost impossible tasks. The villain who is Mayavi's enemy is extremely powerful with devilish powers and a dark past. This clash of the titans is the central theme with each character coming from varied backgrounds that needed clever handling of interplay.
Talking about how the cinematography of the serial was planned Ravee, CEO. G.V Films shared with Animation Xpress.com, "Unlike traditional Cinematography anaglyph 3D devolopment involves perfect understanding of technology, technical limitations such as only wide angle, lighting, colour, production design, art direction, costume design, background and foreground colour and depth values, post production and C.G. In other words the cinematographer has to take into account of the entire gamut of these before embarking on each shoot and, therefore has to be a perfect team man with an aptitude to learn all the time and at the same time learning from mistakes. Most of the time in each shoot basic colours of RGB have to be kept away which in itself poses a great challenge for the cinematographer to improvise and innovate all the time. Also as the cinematographer he should be able to exploit every real time opportunity to capture out of screen 3D live effects within each scene so that it need not be dealt by CG and post production which is a lot more time consuming, laborious and expensive."
To view the show, viewers have to wear anaglyph glasses which have been made available through channels such as cable Operators, retail and news paper vendors. Over fifty lakh glasses have already been purchased in Tamil Nadu and the aim is to reach another fifty lakh.
The glasses are standardized and uniform in colour with high optical quality. Looking for vendors who could supply them in large quantities was a huge task in itself. On the 3D technology which was acquired from the U.S, the entire team had to be trained thoroughly for a couple of months. It was like a back to school process with learning the technicalities all over again. The specially designed rig along with the handling and assembling of the two cameras weighing over 75 kgs was a humongous task.
Established way back in 1989, the company has worked on films such as Mounaa Ragam, Agni Natchathiram, Nayagan, Thalapathi, Anjali, Indira, Tamizhan, Chokkathangam and a 3D TV series Paramapadam among others.
On an ending note Ravee shared, "For Mayavi, we decided that this should not be like any other regular soaps that the viewers are used to with slow paced tear jerker and the entire serial is shot in such way that it gives a magnum opus cinema feel. Working on the serial was quite a trying task but we didn't compromise on anything."
"However testing and trying in the end it was an exhilarating experience with the overwhelming response. What others saw as adversity we looked at it as opportunity and in the end it paid off. With this 3D we have created a Fourth D, a space for GV Films in the minds of every viewer. On the whole it was a great learning experience" he concluded.
TurtleinMotion Studio,a group company
of the RDB Organisation which has been engaged in production and distribution
of movies and television series for over 40 years ,is in search of talented
artists in the field of 2D/3D animation for our Kolkata based office in various
department
Script Writers
Character Designers
2D B/G Artist
Storyboard Artists
Layout Artists
2D Animators
Flash Animators
3D Artists
Marketing Executives (based in Mumbai)
Freshers may apply as interns.
Interested candidates may send an e-mail with
updated resume at careers@turtleinmotion.com
along with the link to your showreel or call at 033-6616-9718.
UK-based Snipple Animation is building
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We are currently recruiting for the following
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2) Senior Surfacing Artist
3) Senior Rigging Artist
4) Senior 3D Animator
5) Senior 2D Animator
6) Production Manager
Reliance MediaWorks Limited is India`s
fastest growing film and entertainment Services Company and a member of the
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.
The Company has a dominant and comprehensive
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Effects; Film Restoration and image enhancement; Digital Mastering: Studios
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Also send hard copies along with showreel
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Tunga International Hotel, Post office Lane, MIDC, Andheri (E), Mumbai-93
Cornershop Animation Studio, A Zee Network
Company (Essel Group Enterprise) which focuses on 3D and 2D animation content
development and broadcast media has opportunities in various departments.
For our 2D Operations in Pune, we are
looking for following artists.
1. Visualiser
2. Flash Animators with 2D background
3. Storyboard Artist
4. 2D Compositor
5. 2D Classical Animators
6. Layout Artist
For our 3D Operations in Mumbai, we are
looking for following artists. 1. Art Director
2. Broadcast design and Motion Graphic Artist
3. 3D Animator
4. Lighting Artist
5. Compositing
6. Production Coordinator
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Requirement for Mumbai Programmer:
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BIG AIMS, a premier animation training institute
of BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd. a part of Reliance Big Entertainment - the largest
entertainment group in India is hiring for following position for various franchisee
locations in India:
1) Centre Head: Candidate with experience
of over 7 years in heading an animation or educational institute. The candidate
should have skills in marketing and
managing day to day operations of an institute.
2) Counselor: Candidate with of over 3
years of experience in counseling students and should have good communication
and interpersonal skills.
3) Faculty: Candidate should have working
experience of minimum 3 years in a production studio and over 2 years as faculty
with a well established training institutes.
After Effects, Nuke,
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Post-production (editing) faculty
Editing & sound
Premier, FCP & Editing
Interested candidates can e-mail their resumes
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send a hard copy of the resume along with demo-reel to "The Human Resources
Department", BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd, 3rd Floor Muttha Towers, Don Bosco
School Road, Yerawada, Pune 411006.
Sheen Animation Studio Pvt. Ltd. A Delhi
based Production Studio is looking for talents in 2D and 3D for their ongoing
and new international as well as national projects. If you have the experience
an expertise of 2-5 years in the relevant domain handling any of the following
functions, apply in confidence.
Pre-Production
1) BG Design Artists
2) Character Design Artists
3) Matte Painting Artists
4) Concept Artist
2D Animation
1) Flash Animators
2) 2D FX Artists
3) IB And Clean-up Artist
Hiring for all VFX Positions Digital Media Imaging Ltd (a Reliance Media Works Limited company) is involved
in Digital restoration of films, content processing, and 3D Stereo conversion
of filmed entertainment. We are in the process of ramping up to become the biggest
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plan we are hiring Compositors and 2D to 3D Stereo conversion Artists.
The required Software skills are:
1+ years experience in any of the following
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Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Combustion
Digital Fusion, Nuke, Shake
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Silhouette Paint & compositing
3Ds Max, Maya or any other 3D software.
Traditional artists with Painting skills in
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Be part of an exciting journey! Technicolor India (previously Paprikaas) is a premiere animation studio,
based out of a state-of-the-art centre of excellence in Bangalore, working on
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effects.
Technicolor India is currently seeking
highly talented artists to work on international projects in animation and film
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If you are game for tough challenges, cut out to work in high pressure situations,
and are armed with excellent credentials in any of the following disciplines: Concept Art
Matte Painting
Modeling
Texturing
Effects
Character Animation
Lighting & Compositing
Film Visual Effects (Rotoscopy, MatchMove, Paint & Prep) or Production Management
ANTS is seeking talented artists and teaching
faculties to be a part of the expansion team and work on various national and
international projects. Areas of key vacancies are: Lighting, Animation and Rigging,
Dynamics, Game Design, Texturing, Creative Art, Designer, Web Developer and Content Creator. Interested candidates can send their resumes and works to hr@antsindia.com.
URL: www.antsindia.com,
Phone Numbers: 080 - 40627000 (ext) 224
Redchillies.vfx is all ready to start
their next project - Ra.One, post the success of "My Name Is Khan".
Loads of challenging 3D and Compositing visual effects work is to be done for
the live action sci-fi superhero film starring Shah Rukh Khan as a superhero.
We are currently looking out for extremely talented
& experienced candidates to work on employment/contract basis. Key vacancies
are Lead Lighting Artist (3DS Max), Animators (3DS Max),
Lead VFX Artist(Maya), Lead Rigging Artist(Maya), Animator(Maya), Lead Match
Moving Artist, to name a few. For details on many more vacancies Click
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Apply on hr.vfx@redchillies.com
with your show reel OR send in your showreel at the following address: Ground
Floor, Crescent Towers,Off New Link Road, Oshiwara, Near Morya Estate, Andheri-W,
Mumbai-58.
India`s No.1 Multimedia & Animation Academy
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Environment. Must have good working knowledge of Max or Maya with simulation
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software will be added advantage (Apple Shake & Fusion).
Flash Animators: Experience in Flash with
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traditional animation skills.
Pre Production Artists: People from fine
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Graphics: Candidates with Print Media
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Draw & Indesign.
Candidates with Adobe & Autodesk certification
would be preferred.
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Here's a new dimension to television programming! Mayavi, a 3D Stereoscopic TV series produced by GV Films and airing on Jaya TV is adding a new dimension to content on TV.
Talking about how the cinematography of the serial was planned Ravee, CEO. G.V Films shared with Animation Xpress.com, "Unlike traditional Cinematography anaglyph 3D devolopment involves perfect understanding of technology, technical limitations such as only wide angle, lighting, colour, production design, art direction, costume design, background and foreground colour and depth values, post production and C.G. In other words the cinematographer has to take into account of the entire gamut of these before embarking on each shoot and, therefore has to be a perfect team man with an aptitude to learn all the time and at the same time learning from mistakes. Most of the time in each shoot basic colours of RGB have to be kept away which in itself poses a great challenge for the cinematographer to improvise and innovate all the time. Also as the cinematographer he should be able to exploit every real time opportunity to capture out of screen 3D live effects within each scene so that it need not be dealt by CG and post production which is a lot more time consuming, laborious and expensive."
Cornershop Animation Studio, A Zee Network
Company (Essel Group Enterprise) which focuses on 3D and 2D animation content
development and broadcast media has opportunities in various departments.
BIG AIMS, a premier animation training institute
of BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd. a part of Reliance Big Entertainment - the largest
entertainment group in India is hiring for following position for various franchisee
locations in India:
Sheen Animation Studio Pvt. Ltd. A Delhi
based Production Studio is looking for talents in 2D and 3D for their ongoing
and new international as well as national projects. If you have the experience
an expertise of 2-5 years in the relevant domain handling any of the following
functions, apply in confidence.
Hiring for all VFX Positions
ANTS is seeking talented artists and teaching
faculties to be a part of the expansion team and work on various national and
international projects. Areas of key vacancies are: Lighting, Animation and Rigging,
Dynamics, Game Design, Texturing, Creative Art, Designer, Web Developer and Content Creator. Interested candidates can send their resumes and works to 
India`s No.1 Multimedia & Animation Academy
with one of the best state of the Art infrastructure requires trainers in the
field of:
