NEW DELHI, India, December 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Global School of Animation & Games, a leading 'Animation and Games' institute in India, is organizing a one-of-its-kind seminar known as 'Inside Story of an Oscar Nomination', Animation Achiever's Assembly, on December 3rd, 2009, at the Global School Auditorium, Saket, New Delhi.

Global School of Animation & Games is among the first in Animation Schools throughout India to offer high-end technical infrastructure commensurate with the demands of the industry. Global School has successfully combined graduation-level foundation training in art, with hands-on high-end software training.

Global School provides content-rich courses with industry-specific curriculum, such as those in collaboration with University of Teesside, UK, a university, ranked No. 1 in UK for the year 2009-10, and among the top twenty in animation education throughout the world. Students are also given the opportunity to pursue their B.A. (Hons) degree in Animation, as well as a B.Sc. in Game Programming at Teesside itself. With unique courses and an advanced curriculum unparalleled in the field, Global School has stolen the world's attention in Animation Education, providing courses like;

    - MBA in Animation

    - VFX Programmes, with the most advanced curriculum in South-East Asia

    - Degrees and Certificate Programmes in Game Development and Game Art

According to Prof. Ajay Joshi, Director, Global School of Animation & Games, "Today's students need to understand that Storytelling in Animation is more important than just learning a software; they need to understand that softwares are just the means, but what is more important, is to tell a story and touch the audience."

Radhika Garg, Vice Chairperson, Global School, concurrently says "We want to give exposure to students on a Global Platform, by helping them interact with people, whose success stories are already famous throughout the world. This helps inspire them towards working with dedication and passion, and more importantly, to find their own direction to walk towards."

As a result, Global School is organizing the 'Oscar' event, with a panel of luminaries, such as Barak Drori, from the Oscar nominated film 'Waltz with Bashir', Nishith Takia of Krayon Pictures, Naveen Paul from Pixion Studios and Mohd. Faisal, Senior Concept Artist.

Powered by AnimationXpress, the event is drawing a lot of attention, and with partners such as Mid-Day, Radio One, Shiksha.com and National Network of Education (India Education), the event is expected to draw a large crowd from around the country, with students and professionals alike.

- About the Event

Barak Drori, to quote, says "The story of the making of 'Waltz with Bashir' is, to me, as inspiring as the movie itself. I intend to talk about the production of the film, from raw concept to the realization, from idea, through technique to post production, and hope to pass some of that inspiration on."

Nishith Takia, Co Founder and Director, Krayon Pictures, who will be speaking about entrepreneurship in animation, will talk about the genesis of Krayon Pictures as a company, how they started, the model they followed, etc. He'll also talk about the film they are making and show a snippet of it.

Naveen Paul, VFX Supervisor, Pixion Studios will reveal the magic behind the VFX in Bollywood and Hollywood films. To quote, "I'll be speaking about the future prospects of the industry, how things were in the past and how they are today; I'll then be visually showing the making of different shots in the production pipeline."

Mohd. Faisal, faculty at Global School of Animation and Games, will take a live concept art session and show students how advanced characters are conceptualized and presented at a professional level, in accordance to industry standards.

Radhika Garg, Vice Chairperson, Global School, agrees that"A global speaker, sharing his experiences of working on big international projects, will help students to get a practical idea of how production work is done at an 'International Level. Students will also interact with speakers from renowned Indian studios which help them in getting important knowledge on the amount of high level work that is being done in our country."

Ajay Joshi, Director, Global School of Animation & Games, concluded, "The objectives are clear - to take students to the next level of international education, and truly make them creators beyond borders."

    For Further Details Please Contact:
    Dhananjay Srivastava
    G.M.Corporate Communication.
    Global School
    White House, NBCC Plaza, Pushp Vihar
    Saket.
    Ph. +91(0)11-29562222, +91(0)11-29563333
    Moblie: +91-9999919912

SOURCE Global School of Management Science