MAAC Creative Shop (MCS), a division of Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), India’s leading educator in high-end 3D Animation and Visual Effects premiered ‘Cric-X’ India’s first ‘cricked inspired’ 3D animation feature film at Fun Republic Cinema, Mumbai. The premiere was attended by noted animation studios such as Pixion and Artery Animation. This 80 minute long feature film is inspired by the unflagging popularity and craze people have for cricket in India and was developed by students of Maya Academy under their Mentorship Series in the aegis of MAAC Creative Shop.
Sanjiv Waeerkar, Chief Creative Officer, MAAC explained, “MAAC has always strived to give its students the best of practical training along with aesthetical knowledge to help them become industry ready animators. The mentorship series is an effort by MAAC to give its students the much needed industry exposure to facilitate their work in studio environments. Cric-X is also an effort to demonstrate the promising capabilities of Indian animation talent. CricX is a fitting example of the highly creative and quality work Indian animators are equipped to produce. Such students are not only treated as experienced in the industry but are also better equipped and more confident about their work.”
The movie is laced with the fun, excitement and dreams associated with cricket in India, complete with imaginative, visually appealing scenes and excellent storytelling. There are many interesting characters in the movie like Soni, the captain is a cool headed guy and the opener of the team, then there is Veer, a swash buckling batsman who believes in aggression is all it requires to win the game and a super cool Casanova kind of a character named Prince, topped with Lucky, a funny Sikh who is the team’s ace spinner.
About MAAC Creative Shop
MAAC Creative Shop is an exclusive entity of MAAC which offers a platform to young and creative talent to create original concepts and market them to producers for licensing/co-development. The goal is to give voice to talented youngsters from any corner of India.
About MAAC:
Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) is India’s leading educator in high-end 3D Animation and Visual Effects. Founded in 2001, MAAC has trained over 30000 students across the country. It has over 70 centres with cutting edge infrastructure in over 40 cities.
MAAC offers industry relevant Diploma courses on 3D Animation & Visual Effects validated by the University of Cambridge International Examinations & Degree courses in association with IGNOU. It offers Real-life training environment to the students backed by an excellent faculty, infrastructure, and the latest technical educational tools.
MAAC’s students are placed as Modeling Artists, Lighting Artist, Render Artist, Character Animator, Layout Artist , Digital Sculptor, Rigging Artist, FX Artist, Roto Artist, Match Mover, Video Editor, Motion Graphics Artist, Compositors, Visualizes, Content Developers and Pre and Post Production executives in blue chip animation studios and entertainment companies like Prime Focus, Rhythm & Hues Studios, Crest Animation Studios, BIG Animation, Cornershop, EFX, Toonz Animation, DQ Entertainment, Paprikaas Animation Studios, NDTV, Studio 9, Redchillies.VFX, Vaibhav Studios, IBN7, Animax, Pixion and Tata Elxsi Ltd. to name a few.
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