June. '10 -Hasya Kavi Surendra Sharma visits MIDDS |  June. '10 - 8 Students of MIDDS got a placement in Prime Focus a Leading Production House ." |  Apr. '10- Super Star Shah Rukh Khan visits Meteor Studios." | MIDDS 4th Anniversary Celebration     |  Apr. '10- Guest lecture on Animation by Ganesh Kadam, Eros International."  | Mar. '10-Students Visit to R&H Studios"   |     Jan. '10-Guest lecture by Mr. Subranto Das on "Cinematography and how to create a scene."   |      Dec. '09-Guest lecture on "Production Pipeline in studios"    |     Apr '09- MIDDS launches a UGC recognized BSc. degree with fanfare,    |     MIDDS May' 08-Dhanraj Pillay visits MIDDS to get the creatives done for 'Dhanraj Pillay Hockey Academy'    |     Aug '08- MIDDS conducts a corporate training for Japanese students     |     MIDDS Agra centre inaugurated by Mr. Raj Babbar.    |     MIDDS ties up with Veta for communication and personality development training for its students.    |     Meteor Films' Saath Saath Banayenge Ek Aashiyaan on Zee TV    |     MIDDS launches centre in Noida Veteran Comedian Jagdeepji visits     |     May' 08- MIDDS ties up with Expression College of Digital Arts ,U.S.A to offer degree programm in animation     |     Apr '08 - Prime Focus conducts campus interviews at MIDDS     |     Apr '08 - LIVE demo and Workshop on Motion capture technology held at MIDDS     |     March 08- MIDDS signed MOU with Northumbria University,UK.     |     Feb 08 -MIDDS has collaborated with Pebble Hills University (PHU),New Zealand.    |     Feb'08 -Studio Visit and Pre-recruitment test at Rhythm & Hues. Feb'08 T-Shirt painting & Sketching competition.     |     "Feb 2008 -Case study on OM SHANTI OM done by MIDDS students with Red Chillies VFX is released on Animationxpress.     |     Jan 2008 -Takafumi Yuki, Dep. Director of Digicon makes a presentation on Digicon and Tokyo Broadcasting systems 100% of the 2007 batch from MIDDS finds placement.    |     Oct. 2007 -Girish Khera, Founder of Scientific animations takes a workshop on Medical animations     |     Aug., 2007 -Students of MIDDS pay a visit to Prana studios     |     Aug., 2007 –Prof. Yudhi Ahuja from San Jose State University, California delivers a motivational lecture for MIDDS’ students    |     July., 2007 -Claymodeling workshop held for the students of MIDDS     |     June., 2007 -Special acting workshop held for the students of MIDDS     |     May., 2007 -MIDDS students take a studio tour at Rhythm and Hues     |     May., 2007 -Rahul Nagpal from Prana Studios and Mithun from Pixeon Studios take an extensive workshop on high end Visual effects at MIDDS.    |     Apr., 2007 -Guru Vaidya from Autodesk takes a workshop at MIDDS on the latest features in Maya 8.5    |     Apr., 2007 -Prof. Machinder Chate (of Chate classes and producer of several movies) delivers a motivational lecture to the students of MIDDS     |     Mar., 2007 - MIDDS takes Animation & Design Education to the interiors of Maharashtra through a tie-up with MITCON e-School     |     Feb., 2007 -MIDDS ties up with Nanyang Institute of Fine Arts, Singapore.    |     Feb., 2007 -Prof. Aggarwal, Chairman of IET group, Alwar delivers a motivational lecture at MIDDS.     |     Jan., 2007 -MIDDS student's make a trip to Bangkok to visit Animation/SFX studio and learn motion capture technology.    |     Dec 2006 -MIDDS students celebrate Christmas     |     Dec 2006 -MIDDS students make a fun trip to Nishiland water park.     |     Nov. 2006 -Mr. Vidit Kunder, Visual Effects supervisor from Prana Studios lectures students at MIDDS about the growing demand of Visual Effects and the technical as well as the artistic aspects of high end Effects in Films.     |     Nov. 2006 -Ms. Safi Khan conducts Personality Development and English Speaking lectures at MIDDS.     |     Nov. 2006 -Sketching Club at MIDDS organizes a sketching workshop.    |     Sept. 2006 -"Making of "Matrix" screened for the students of MIDDS.    |     Oct., 2006 - Anand Gurnani, Chief Editor and Head of Business Development of online magazine, ANIMAITON EXPRESS provided inspiration to students for being part of this exciting industry.     |     Sept. 2006 - Prof. Pawar from Sir J.J. INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ARTS conducts Clay Modeling workshop at MIDDS.    |     Aug. 2006 -MIDDS kicks off its Certification Course at Sir. J.J. Institute of Applied Arts.    |     Aug. 2006 -Prof. Nikkam from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Arts conducts sketching workshop at MIDDS.    |     July 2006 -Maj. Ashok Kaul, Producer Director of the first animated film of India, "Bhagmati -The Queen of Fortunes" lectures students on the art of Animation and Film Language.     |     July, 2006 -Sesha Prasad and Kedar from RHYTHM AND HUES make a presentation on the making of "Superman Returns" and "Chronicles of Narnia" at MIDDS.     |     June, 2006 -Screening of "Staying Alive" at MIDDS's theater was attended by Ananth Mahadevan, Saurabh Shukla, Sanjay Suri, and Bharti Pradhan.    |     Dec., 2005 - MIDDS organizes a grand event at Taj Lands End that was flooded by press and attended by celebrities such as Niranjan Hiranandani, Farouque Shaikh, Subhash Ghai, Prasoon Joshi, Aleque Padmsee, N.Chandra, Varsha Usgaonkar, and Mahesh Ramanathan.
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Professional Diploma in Animation Design (PDAD)

Program Contents in Detail

Course level: Diploma

Duration: 16 months

Mode of learning: Part Time

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to be a professional course. The contents of the course are dynamic and
are based upon the industry trends. Constant research is done by MIDDS's technical team to
make sure that the students are offered the latest tutorials, software, techniques, methodologies,
and are up to date with industry norms.

Also, the course is not focused just on Animation, but on animated film making. Students are
given workshops in screenwriting, storyboarding, sound design, editing, etc. to make sure that
they understand the process of film making. This helps them choose their areas of emphasis and
understand how to contribute best to the entire production pipeline.

ELIGIBILITY: 10th std. passed or appeared
An Entrance/Creativity test is conducted at the institute this course. This exam tests your
creativity, general intelligence, your basic drawing & sketching skills and your aptitude.
After this, we register you as a student. The registration charges are Rs.1000

COURSE SYLLABUS

  • Photoshop
  • 3D Studio Max Complete
  • Maya Complete
  • Motion Builder
  • Z Brush
  • Digital Fusion
  • Aftereffects
  • Sound Forge
  • Sony Vegas
  • The course contents can change as per the discretion of the institute as per the prevailing
  • marketing trends.

FINAL OUT PUT OF STUDENTS:
At the end of the course, all students make at least one show reel which is a show case of their
work. This reel is made, compiled, edited and presented by the student himself. Even the
background sound and dialogues are done by the student. He thus actually makes an animated film. A film is not accepted by the institute unless it is of a minimum standard, thus ensuring that
every student entering the job market is equipped with a show reel of acceptable quality.
Many students make up to 3-4 midway films also during the tenure of 16 months.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

  • 3D Modeler
  • Animator
  • Material & Lighting Artist
  • Action Scripting Programmer
  • Virtual Reality Artist
  • Rigging Artist
  • Compositor
  • Editor
  • VFX Artist
  • Graphic Designer
  • Flash Animator
  • Web Banner designer
  • Architectural Visualizer

PLACEMENT SERVICES:
The institute provides placement assistance facility to the students. Regularly sends students to
industry events such as exhibitions, product launches, networking events, and speaker series. Our
students are today working in the top studios of the country, them being Crest Communication,
Red Chillies Vfx, Prana, Prime Focus, Paprikaas, Eye Qube, Syscon, Activision, etc. drawing
salaries ranging from Rs.8000/- to Rs.25000/- as a fresher.


SCHOLARSHIPS / FINANCIAL AIDS
MIDDS is committed to providing its students with education loans. This enables us to draw
from a wider pool of talented students. MIDDS has tie ups with 5 banks, them being Central
Bank of India, Saraswat Bank, Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and H.D.F.C.


OTHER VALUE ADS

  • As a part of this course, a student gets the following as value additions at no extra cost.
  • Clay Modeling Workshop
  • Sketching workshop
  • Motion Capture workshop
  • Photography workshop
  • English speaking & communication classes
  • Acting workshops
  • Studio visits
  • Campus interviews
  • Guest lectures
  • Movie sessions in MIDDS mini-theatre

OTHER COURSES FROM THIS INSTITUTE

Specialization courses in:

  • Modeling and Texturing
  • Lighting and Rendering
  • Animation and Rigging
  • V/fx and Compositing