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Maac Receives 1000 student participants for First Webinar Workshop by Renowned Animation Film Maker Vaibhav Kumaresh

Adding more excitement to the learning spirit of students, Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics, recently conducted its first webinar workshop by Vaibhav Kumaresh, a renowned animation filmmaker and founder of Vaibhav Studios.

This webinar was initiated for MAAC West Zone students and received a good number of participation with more than 1000 students. Learning the core elements of Ideation for creating a well structured story was the chief highlight of this webinar by Vaibhav.

Conducted on the 28th last month, this webinar was conducted on WEBEX platform, which is used for web conferencing combining file and presentation sharing with voice. Maac has been using this technology for training their staff and trainers and it is the first time that it has initiated WEBEX for students too.

In this 2 hour webinar, Vaibhav focused on ideation for animation film making and also shared crucial points on the stages of filmmaking. The webinar line up by Vaibhav was composed with the topics on how you begin making a film, what’s the ‘purpose’ of your film, how you use your creative energies to serve that purpose, what are the various ways of storytelling, how you perceive and express, how different film makers use different approaches to communicate their ‘idea’.

Speaking to AnimationXpress.com’s Zeenia Boatwala about this webinar, Vaibhav Kumaresh, shares, “I am very happy to be a part of this initiative by Maac. A webinar is a great way to connect with huge audiences across the globe. There are no physical logistics issues of bringing in a speaker, hiring halls etc., it reaches everyone and it’s pretty interactive. I am new to this medium but I see huge potential in webinars especially for training and educational sessions. My first session with Maac on ‘Ideation’ and we were connected to 29 centres from the West Zone including Gujarat, Maharashtra, MP and Chhattisgarh! It felt really good to connect so easily with all of them. It felt even better that I could take questions from them and answer them”!!

To give this webinar a visual touch, Vaibhav shared still images, videos and films as case studies to explain each point that of film making that he had in mind and put across specific material depending on the kind of questions the attendees shared with Vaibhav.

According to Vaibhav, to create a good film, one has to constantly work on and strengthen the idea because an idea is the core thought which translates into every department of film making. Vaibhav shares more, “Idea is the seed. If the seed is healthy and nurtured well, out grows a beautiful plant and eventually a great tree.”

Interesting questions asked to Vaibhav at the webinar sent a good and knowledgeable wave around. One of the attendees at the webinar asked Vaibhav about the kind of films that work in the animation market and Vaibhav highlighted that there is no formula to predict what the market or the audience wants and as a film maker you need to make the kind of films you like.

Commenting on the success of this webinar by Vaibhav, Bhavika Chouhan, Vice President, Marketing Head, Maac shares, “Vaibhav is one of the best artists in India, and for content like ‘Ideation & Character Design’, he comes as a natural and the best choice. He is highly popular amongst the students and equally passionate when it comes to sharing his knowledge.”

“We would like to initiate expert sessions for our students across various locations. With the advancement in technology, today it is possible to train as many students as we wish, across various location at one time and with out the need to the expert to travel to multiple locations and like to impart maximum valuable guidance to our students so that it helps us increase the talent pool of artists in the country.”, concludes, Bhavika.

 

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