Aakru i TCrea ive Fever Minds - Magazine
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Aakru i TCrea ive Fever Minds - Magazine
COVER T Aakru i Fever Crea ive Minds http://anivolution.arenaandheri.co.in 2 Industry Professional Project Of the Month Winners 4 5 Post Production : Editing Software Post Production : SFX and VFX 6 8 Careers In Graphics (Print and Digital) Game Review 10 12 Gadget Review Applications Review 14 16 Website Review Ad Review 18 20 Students Work Students Interview 22 24 Creative Minds Creative Minds : comments 26 30 Aakruti Quiz 32 34 Games Tips and Tricks 35 36 Students Placed 38 Index Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Aaron G. I t is once again that time of the year when everyone is busy shopping and buying gifts, yes it is christmas. So for all you eager readers out there we have the now launched the newest december issue of our magazine. In the last issue one may have come across the wonders of the world of manga art like; how is it made, also some of the outstanding figures in the world of manga and anime and many other spectular articles. As always we at team Anivolution strive to bring you the very best in design and content, this time you all can come across a lot more intresting facts and figures of the world of design and imagination. a spectular review of the newly launched game ‘Dishonoured’, an interview with the guy making the news come to lfe on our screen and... well enough of spoilers we wouldn’t won’t to take out the excitement of the magazine, now would we ? This issue has got a lot of fun and interesting and fun facts for you to see and explore. So ladies and gentlemen let the drum roll let the curtian rise as we enter a whole new world of fun, excitment and learning. we at Anivolution invite all of you readers to dip into a world of fantasy, explore the world of animation, experience the flow of art around the world, ‘anivolve’ yourself. From the Entire team of anivolution seasons greetings and a heart felt Merry Christmas to all our readers. Designer : Aaron G. Foreword Arena Animation Andheri (W) 3 INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL (Graphic head of CNBC TV18) Mr.Rakesh Jha. R akesh Jha is passionate about graphics. He is a critical thinker and is a skilled visual artist and has achieved a lot of success in multiple projects, projects such as graphics touch screen and virtual sets. He shares some of his tips as how he feels of working as a graphic head of CNBC TV18. He currently lives and works in Mumbai and has been working here with CNBC for many years. He has also launched CNBC HD prime using visual art platform. Please can you share with us some experience of you working in the graphic field ? After graduating from the Mumbai University and a Diploma Holder in Digital Art, Rakesh had got his first job experience in visual artist with Sahara News Channel and has been a visual artist ever since. “An interesting and balanced layout, a visually appealing alignment of the elements is all necessary so that you can achieve an amazing graphics style.” Rakesh Jha a dynamic personality and an amazing visual artist have been working for CNBC-TV 18 for the last nine years. He is currently, heading the Graphics Department of CNBC-TV 18 (Senior Graphics Designer) and has launched CNBC HD Prime using visual art platform. Rakesh got his first hand experience as a visual artist with Sahara News Channel and has been one ever since. Please gives us some information about yourself “I have been working in CNBC-TV18. For the last 9 years and enjoy my work a lot. I am currently heading the graphics Dept. of CNBC-TV18. I enjoy my work and like putting great efforts in all that I do and create.” I enjoy my work and like putting great efferts in all that i do and create.” 4 “The graphic field is very exciting. In this field you earn depending upon the quality of work and output. You have to be creative and always try to upgrade yourself with the latest markets demands.” Before broadcasting any graphic on screen what check does the graphic have to go through? What are the designing principles that you follow while creating a particular graphics? “According to me there are no particular principles but while creating certain graphics the basic principles should be followed. The basic principles are: 1)Proximity 2)Repetition 3)Contrast 4)Typography” What do you think is a more effective and best things that are required for a perfect show-reel? “An Ideal Show-reel has to be genuine, it has to be original. The best and the most appropriate show reel is one that has creative and eye-catching designs included in it. While recruiting an individual we would want an amazing Show-reel. It needs to be simple and something out off the box.” Industry Professional Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Praful P. Content : Darlene D. WInners Of : Project Of The Month Nov 2012 Sachin Waglekar Software Name : Maya Project Topic : Exterior Project Name : Swimming pool Disha Mehta Software Name : Maya Project Topic : Exterior Project Name : Cartoon city Sachin Das Software Name : Adobe Flash Project Topic : Flash scripting Project Name : BEST Bus indicator Mr.Ganesh K. Mr. Rohit M. Mr.Ganesh K. and Mr. Rohit M. - POM is conducted to motivate the students and to improve there skills. So, participating in POM is automatically developing their showreel and increasing their knowledge. Designer : Nilesh G. Content : Darlene D. POM winners Arena Animation Andheri (W) 5 P OST OST RODUCTION RODUCTION I Give your movies a professional touch. n our previous topic we had discussed about the basic system settings and broadcasting standards. This issue will have information about software used and also some basic pointers to edit the videos in a proper film style. As process of editing films linearly no longer exists, thanks to digital age, it has become much more efficient to edit movies at Godspeeds. Some cinematographers prefer to shoot their movies on a dig beta (i.e. cassette recorders) due to its colour representations. Even these dig betas’ data is converted into digital format using an external machine which encodes data Recording Studio in digital form. These digital data or footages are then edited in a non-linear form with the help of editing software. There are various types of editing software and also based on operating systems and various platforms. Windows provide their own software called ‘Windows Movie Maker’ but we will discuss about more professional software which are used in the industry and based on two of the most popular platform which are Mac and Windows. Modern technology has improved film making process so easy that the time consumed for the production unit to shoot than to edit it. Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro are the software used to edit video. To compile sound and edit them there are many software available. Out of the whole bunch Sony Sound Forge is used for editing and mixing. Some use FL Studio for designing sound. Working with sound is the most delicate procedure and a strenuous task. Let us not discuss sound at the moment. The video editing software are based on tracks and timeline editing fundamental. Avid is slowly fading away from the industry as it has certain restriction to it while working. Premiere Pro is Windows as well as Mac based software which is again used by the industry but they do not rely on it completely as it gets unstable after 10 minutes of HD video compiling on a regular machine. Final Cut Pro (FCP) works only on a MAC and it is the most preferred software for video editing by the industry. FCP has more ease of work as well as a preset which makes the work simpler. FCP requires a highly stable machine. Basic editing technique to get a proper film like output. For action: These involves many camera angles and to match the sequences as well as their cuts between the scenes. These types of dramatic sequences happen with one background music and other secondary sound of blows, kicks and impact sounds. Match Cut Video Editing Studio 6 In an action sequence there are more than 4 camera Post Production Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Kushpreet S. Content : Rahul S. angles or cameras are used to depict the chaos of the scene on the screen. Or sometimes this is used to match 2 different scene with similar elements.(For example - Kahaani beginning with the plane tyres landing and then transitions to the next scene with the trolley bag) Motion Cut – This type of cut or transition is used when there is a change of camera angle with similar action happening in the same scene. (For example – is this love starting scene watch wala) For transitions: There is a stipulated method used for switching between scenes or shots to another scene or shot respectively. These cuts are a simple shap visible on the timeline of video editing softwares like Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro. This type of transition gives a very good effect on video and are mostly used in cinematography editing. For example there are 2 clips of video placed in video tarck 1 and 2 clips of sound in audio track 1. All 4 of these clips are linked to each other respectvely like clip 1 of video is linked with the audio clip 1 and so is video clip 2 to ausio clip 2. J-Cut- In J-Cut the audio of clip 2 starts with the end of vizuals of video clip 1 and if you observe the timeline carefully then there is an abstract formation of letter J. scene. This is to introduce the background of the following Cross Dissolve This type of transition is used to switch between different types of shots within the same scene. It superimposes the footages and gives a smooth transition keeping the audiences linked to the same scene. J-Cut Dip to black/ white- Dip to black and dip to white transition are used to transit from one scene to another. The uses of this transition ensure that the scene is ended. Dip to black or white is used depending on the following scene which would be played. Transitions with sound: This type of transition is used to establish or introduce the next scene. It follows the basic proinciple of relation between eyes and ears. When a sound is heard then the eyes moves towards the sound. Similarly these cuts are used to introduce the characters or establish a background. Designer : Kushpreet S. Content : Rahul S. L-Cut- L-Cut Using the same example as mentioned above. In L-Cut the audio of clip 1 is extended and faded out slowly with the begnning of video clip 2. This is used to keep the audiences linked the vizuals of the story and avoid sharp sound transitions. As mentioned previously these are some of the methods of editing video and many cinematographers use it frequently. Post Production Arena Animation Andheri (W) 7 P OST RODUCTION SFX, VFX Sounds similar, but different concepts. L et us discuss with their full forms: SFX – Special Effects VFX – Visual Effects Many people have a misconception that all the blast sequences or stabbing in stomach with knife or blood sprouting out from a ripped off arm means Visual Effect. But there is a vast difference between VFX and SFX and both of their procedures are all together different. spaceship is created and it is flown across the background of the scene that is called VFX. Compositing takes place using chroma footage or green-screen sequence of an actor SFX are the effects which are done ‘in camera,’ while the movie is in production stage. That is to say they actually and physically happen. In previous movies SFX were done on a very large scale. All the action sequences and explosion sequences were acted out or shot in real time. The crew had just one take to shoot the sequence, so it had to be perfect. SFX is a very time consuming process. effects like gunshot wounds, firing blanks, stabbing people, blasting up cars, petrol pumps, etc. were real. VFX are done in the post-production stage, with the help of a computer, powerful enough to handle. All the Sci-Fi movies had it, for example a computer generated model of a Car Blast using SFX 8 Human duplicate illusions using SFX falling from a plane or jumping or performing any stunts that is VFX. Now-a-days VFX is cheaper than SFX so the explosions, spurting blood and muzzle-flashes are done as VFX. However the catch of VFX is that the actors acting would have to create the same environment in their mind while acting as it would be composited. VFX can be surprisingly simple, and through editing alone and it often create some great shots. VFX compliments the SFX if used appropriately to enhance the sequence. Simple example would be adding more smoke, dust and rubble. Same can be used for a crash scene. Now-a-days VFX Post Production Designer : Kirtee S. Arena Animation Andheri (W) Content : Rahul S. means more than only crashing cars and falling buildings and exploding oil barrels. Now the directors have started planning and storyboarding according to the VFX they desire. Star Wars is the best example of VFX. Director George Lucas had created a complete look and feel of outer space in a studio with the help of VFX and made it quality. The best results are achieved by using a proper balance of VFX and SFX. Quality results are difficult to achieve without understanding both of these tasks. VFX used for Ra. One Spaceship VFX look more realistic. Ever since VFX and technology advanced there were low budgeted set or hardly any set prepared for the movies. In actions and explosion sequences there are fewer lives in danger now. To composite a proper VFX footage, the VFX artist has to be patient and needs to work on a powerful machine. VFX is not only used for compositing scenes or giving effects footages but it also used to colour correct the footages, enhance their effects and retouch if there are any errors of production stage. SFX does not stand alone, although it is powerful enough but it does require the help of VFX to colour correct and make little tweaks. VFX helps in covering up the mistakes and some other production glitches inturn saving on time and enhancing the Designer : Kirtee S. Content : Rahul S. The famous and renowned software used for compositing and adding VFX are Adobe After Effects, Smoke, Nuke, Combustion and Fusion. These are software used by industrial professional and big studios. Smoke has a superior add-on advantage as this software can composite and compile at the same time It is very heavy on the machines but Smoke is the best software the industry has seen so far. x VF SF Post Production Arena Animation Andheri (W) 9 Careers G raphic designing is a very interesting but at the same time a very challenging job. With the tremendous growth of media industry in India the job opportunity is very good. Graphic Designing is conveying a particular message or messages, in a very creative way, for a mass appeal or specific group of people. It can be in any medium, then be it print or digital. There are many things that can be used to create any design, like you can combine words, symbols, and images to create a visual demonstration of ideas and messages. You may also use a combination of typography, visual arts and page layout techniques to produce the final result. Graphic design often refers to both the process (designing) by which the communication is created and the products (designs) which are generated. Graphic designs are mainly used in logos, branding, publications, i.e. magazines, newspapers, books, brochures, advertisements, product designing and product packaging and much more. But graphic designers get a wide scope in creative media, such as electronic media, packaging, film and animation, advertising agencies, marketing firms, design studios, educational institutes, exhibits and displays, audio-visual media, publishers and many others. Example of a print ad of Arena Animations While developing a new design, you must first understand the needs of the client, the message they want to convey to customers, and the impact on the users and customers. You must consider physical, cultural and social factors in planning and making designs for the target audience. Compiling the designs in an organised and proper way is the most important thing in graphics. For getting a job in Graphic designing you must complete a Graphic Designing course. It can be Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA), or a diploma in Visual Communication would also suffice for this job. Anyone applying for these courses should have genuine interest in graphic designing and a creative bent of mind. 10 Careers in Graphics Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Kushpreet S. Content : Shubhra S. in Graphics Planing to make a career in print or digital? There are two areas from which you can choose where to work in. They are Print Media and Digital Media. Print media has a lot of scope in it. While taking a job in print media, leaving the other peripheral areas these are the major field that you can take up a job in: 1.Package Designing- It is making designs for boxes, bottles, canes, bags, etc. This work will majorly focus on labelling artwork, but they can also be asked to redesign the containers as company frequently change their packaging and the containers. 2.Advertising/Marketing- This job exists in both print and digital, but they still have a very large section of market in the Indian society. Advertising and marketing are two very closely intertwined but distinct categories of design. Some firms specialize in one over the other, some do both. As a designer with a job in advertising, you might do a little marketing and vice versa. knowledge of Photoshop, a static website can also be created by them. 2.Advertising/ Marketing- As we discussed it in print this category is also for digital media. With the growth of television and internet, advertising and marketing have become a very important part in the digital world. The job consists of designing characters for the ads, web banners, Television commercial etc. Salary in these jobs varies from job to job and also the number of years of experience you have. The salary in starting stages can be as low as Rs.5,000/- to Rs. 40,000/- a month, where as in mid levels it might go up to 60,000/- a month and so on according to your performance and experience. Free lancing is also an excellent option for those who want to work from home and are not looking for permanent 9 to 9 jobs. Advertising also contains branding. Branding can also be a complete different section, and can also include advertising. Branding is creating an image of the company in public. It is about creating a personality of the brand. 3.Print publication designing- The magazines, newspapers, brochures etc are designed by the designers working in this field. Their primary job is to design every single page of the magazines, newspapers, brochures and etc. 4.Logo designing- Logo designing can indeed be considered as an altogether different field as the demand of it is growing in a very fast pace. There are many companies that are now coming up which offer only logo designing. Example of an online digital magazine Now let us look at the jobs that the digital world has to offer. I will discuss a few major ones, which are: 1.Web designing- Creating the layout of the website is their prime job. Design element that will come in the website is designed by the graphic designers. With a basic Designer : Kushpreet S. Content : Shubhra S. 11 e e of veng The r the T his month we review the massive hit video game of the year Dishonored. It is a first person game and is based on stealth, action and adventure gameplay. The game has been brilliant from the start and with an interesting story backing the fantastic gameplay. Dishonored is a must try for all who have been playing stealth games like Assassins Creed series. in sass th as steal into care of Callista to become the new Empress. Corvo also infiltrates Boyle’s masquerade ball. Corvo returns to the pub and infiltrates tower of Dunwall and removes Lord Regent from power. Corvo returns to the Hound Pits pub Story: The game revolves in the plague ridden fictional industrial city of Dunwall. The lead character of Dishonored Corvo Attano is the bodyguard of the Empress of Dunwall. Corvo goes to meet the Empress on the tower of Dunwall. He delivers the message to the Empress. Just then they are attacked by some invisible assassins who teleport and murder the Empress later abducting her daughter Emily. The team of assassins is led by Daud, who flee from the spot after killing the Empress. The Empress bodyguards arrive and find the Empress dead and Emily missing. Corvo is blamed for the murder and imprisoned. Six months later, Corvo gets a letter in his jail cell from the Empire loyalists which have a key hidden in it. Corvo uses the key and escapes from the cell. After the escape from the jail he meets Samuel, an Empire loyalist. Samuel ferries Corvo to the Hound pits pub where he meets the leader of the Empire loyalists Admiral Havelock. Corvo waits at the pub for resting and in his sleep he meets The Outsider, an assassin with supernatural powers. He brands Corvo with his mark and grants him supernatural powers to assassinate or neutralize the conspirators. Corvo sets out on revenge from the conspirators who framed him for the Empress murder. While Corvo was imprisoned Lord Regent Havelock takes power of the city of Dunwall. Corvo leaves on his journey to eliminate the conspirators. He meets Sokolov, the genius scientist who gives him powerful and high tech weapons. With supernatural powers and high tech weapons Corvo assassinates High Overseer Campbell and discovers Emily’s location. He rescues Emily and she is then taken 12 Corvo aiming his crossbow with sleep darts for celebrating the success and he then gets tricked into a trap. Corvo shares a drink and goes to his room, he collapses suddenly and when he comes to senses he finds that Havelock and his Loyalist team allies Treavor Pendleton and Teague Martin had made Samuel poison his drink to make him stay away from their plan of making Emily their Empress and ruling the city of Dunwall through her. Samuel in the course of time travelling with him becomes a trustworthy friend. Being a friend before giving the drink to Corvo he lowers Samuel ferrying Corvo to other destination the dose of poison and Corvo thus survives from it. Samuel leaves Corvo near the river and flees from the scene. Corvo awakes and finds himself as the prisoner of Daud, the real murderer of the Empress. Corvo neutralizes Daud and his assassins and travels through the sewers of Dunwall. He finds that Havelock kidnaps Emily and he could save Pierro. Sokolov and Calista. Corvo meets Samuel and they go to Lord Regent’s lighthouse. Corvo infiltrates Game Review Designer : Kunal N. Arena Animation Andheri (W) Content : Kunal N. the lighthouse and either he neutralizes Havelock’s allies Pendelton and Martin or that Havelock has been already killed by them. Once Corvo finishes this he may or may not rescue Emily. Corvo finds Havelock’s journal and it is revealed that Emily is his daughter. Corvo using his Dark vision skill to see through walls The end of the game is concluded on the level of chaos the player does through the game. If in game Corvo saves Emily and she takes her place on the throne as Empress. If chaos is low, the city gets free from the plague and after some years Corvo dies of natural death and he is buried aside the Empress by the now Empress Emily. If chaos is high the city remains plagued. If Corvo doesn’t save Emily, the empire gets destroyed and Corvo flees from the empire. Gameplay: Corvo’s supernatural powers make him a deadly assassin. His powers to blink, get dark vision and see through walls, turning his killed enemy to ash and controlling the mind makes him a perfect stealth killer. The stealth kills are thrilling as Carvo just rips off the head in a stealth kill or brutally cutting down the enemy into pieces in a close sword combat. The weapons of Carvo include Crossbow having sleep or bolt darts, pistols, grenades and a folding blade. With such weapons and powers the gameplay becomes more thrilling and interesting. Graphics and Music: The graphics in the game are brilliant. Right from the start the detailing in each and every place of the city of Dunwall and representation of the city been plagued is done nicely. The props and the weapons are well detailed. The close combat gameplay becomes more interesting because of the blood splatters and secondaries. The visual effects of Carvo using his supernatural powers look amazing. The music for the game is given by Daniel Licht. The composition of violin tones in the music represents the city being of the 19th century. The background music in the game brings to the mind the darkness of the city and makes the game livelier. Verdict: The thrilling gameplay, brutal close combats, stealth kills with a amazing storyline makes Dishonored stand unique among all the games of its genre. The detailed graphics and the ambient sounds make the gameplay more realistic. If you want to feel the life of a powerful assassin, then this is the perfect game to play. Ratings : Developer : Arkane Studios Publishers : Bethesda Softworks Platforms : PS3,PC, X-Box 360 Price : Pc-Rs.2,799 X-Box360-Rs.3499, PS3-Rs.3499 Corvo engaged in a close combat Designer : Kunal N. Content : Kunal N. Game Review Arena Animation Andheri (W) 13 THE WINBEANS The clash between the Jellybean and Windows Os iconic phones Design: Google’s smart-phone is an impeccable handset and google has not let its fans down. It is said that Nexus 4 was completely sold out in many countries on the first day of its launch. It is a high end handset but is priced at Rs. 22,000 which is quite a bargain. With an impressive display and a huge screen, playing games and watching videos couldn’t have been better. Google seems to have done a lot of research on it and made sure that it puts everything in the Nexus Phone handset. The design of this handset is very simple and sleek. The buttons on the base are placed high enough ensuring typing text would not give trouble to people with big palms. Features: LG Nexus 4 comes with the new Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. LG is the manufacturer of Google’s Nexus 4 handset .The handset has a 4.7-inch True HD IPS Plus touchscreen that packs a resolution of 768 x 1280 pixels at 318-ppi. When it comes power, Nexus 4 device draws its power from a 1.5GHz Krait quad core processor that has a Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon, which is further enhanced by 2GB of RAM and Adreno 320 graphical processing unit. In short, the built is completely sophisticated, with a power packed performance. The gaming experience on a 4.7-inch screen is amazing with its sofisticated colour representation. This handset boasts a 8mp camera with all the latest specs like touch-focus and geo tagging which is offered by all the leading brands with that price tag. They have a new UI given to the camera app which is compleely subjected to personal likes or dis-likes. This handset shoots videos at fullHD at 30fps. Its thin deisgn is not a good hold in the hand for videos making it very shaky. Pros and Cons Google Nexus: The new Nexus phone comes only in two primary memory versions; 8GB and 16GB. LG has designed Nexus 4 with an 8MP autofocus rear camera. It features LED flash, touch focus, geo-tagging and capability for taking video at 1080p@30fps. You have a 1.3MP front camera for video chats. Conclusion and Final Verdict Google Nexus: Google Nexus 4 is recommended for those who are satisfied with android and don’t want to confuse themselves with something different or new. We give Google Nexus 4: 4 stars out of 5 nform tion Your 14 Gadget Review Arena Animation Andheri (W) t Designer : Kirtee S. Content : Aaron & Rahul N okia, once the largest mobile manufacturer in the world, is currently struggling and is finding their future in the hands of Microsoft. Microsoft on the other hand is facing the wrath of tough competition in the mobile world. But with Nokia Lumia 920 all is said and done. Design: Nokia Lumia 920 is a step ahead successor of Lumia 900. All the disappointments given by Lumia 900 are compensated by the 920. The design asthetics are similar to the complete Lumia range. With its design, power, performance and whole package provided with some great feature not to ignore the Windows 8OS, Lumia 920 indeed shows the attitude to be the rightful King of the Lumia throne. It has a very tough design with smooth edges making it a great handsets and unique in its own way. Features: Nokia has integrated a highly sophisticated Pure Motion HD+ 4.5-inch display on its new Lumia phone. It has the same screen resolution; but thanks to its display resolution, it offers 332-ppi. For better sunlight viewability, Nokia has utilized its Clear Black technology with the Lumia 920. In fact, Lumia 920 is an upgrade to the Finnish firm’s former high-end Lumia phone, the 900. The new handset is to run on the latest Windows Phone 8 that has been introduced in the market just weeks ago and we are experiencing a wave of new launches based on Windows Phone 8 OS. The Lumia 920 is equipped with a 1.5GHz Designer : Kirtee S. Content : Aaron & Rahul dual core Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon CPU, 1GB of RAM and Adreno 225 GPU. It is indeed enough for the Windows Phone 8 handset. A tough and a stratch resistant body encaging the phone ensures nothing happens even if it is used to hammer a nail in a wooden slab. The camera has the most amazing features like optical stabilization, better than some of the digital camera available in the market. Pros and Cons Luma 920: The Lumia 920 is rich with an 8.7MP Pure Viewbranded rear camera that shows off Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, dual-LED flash and autofocus. You can also shoot 1080p video using the device that also has a 1.3MP front camera.As far as connectivity is concerned. It has features such as GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC, Bluetooth and micro USB port. Lumia has Bluetooth 3.1. The proximity sensor is fast enough and respond very well to the motion. Windows 8 sync flawlessly with the computer if the pc is also running with Windows 8OS. Final Verdict Lumia 920: While for the gadget freaks who love tech developments and try new things out must buy it as it is a flagship product and a much needed change for their tech hungry mind. Nokia Lumia 920: 3 and half star out of 5. As Windows Phone lacks awareness and are yet to make a mark in the world of applications. Gadget Review Arena Animation Andheri (W) 15 O nce again another treat for all those fans of the blood and gore, a simplistic treat for all those who fancy the gut spewing, head chopping charade. We now give our attention to this amazing gaming title, So ladies and gentlemen let me introduce you to the 2 part series of gore and mayhem, ‘Blood and Glory’ and ‘Blood and Glory Legend’. Gameplay: Blood and Glory is a one on one fighting game with pure jaw breaking and bone crunching action. For all those gamers who have played the amazing iPhone title Infinity Blade this game should feel right at home, Both of these games follow the same style of gameplay. The first Game does follow the same type of hack and slash momentum which can be seen but its successor has certain new twists in the pipeline of the game. Both of the games involve the same style of defence, attack and parry blocks but part 2 has added a new move which is named Glorious Strike. The Glorious Strike can be accessed after parry blocking a certain amount of attacks. This time the enemies are a lot bigger and it is very difficult to get an enemy as easy prey unlike its predecessor who had a same type of enemies attacks you again and again. The rest of the game upgrades and the other perihelia are the same for both the games. The second part has a revised tournament mode which takes out the normal fight selection and puts it in the form of conquering different parts of the Roman Empire. B&G 2 has taken the series up a notch by introducing Boss battles in this game, which enables the player to fight very powerful foes for a lot more money and experience, while in the 1st part the entire game focuses primarily on battles, thus we have tournament mode which you have to fight four to five fighters to gain Invictus (if you have a first attempt victory), and the difficulty increases as you progress through the various tournaments. Freemimum App : As every freemimum app dictates you get more money and gifts as well as experience points as you progress through the game. Thus you may either choose to patiently wait to earn your money slowly and steadily or just pay a certain amount of real-life money and get a coin packs. This money can be used to purchase shields, weapons, armor to increase your health, attack damage and defense abilities respectively. Once you finish a tournament of five battles, you earn even more. Levelling up, this is not based on Infinity Blade’s item-dependent XP system but rather the traditional system which earns you rubies. Now Rubies are the most valuable currency, because they can be spent on potions or extra powerful items. Of course, you can buy rubies with your real-life money if you would like. Graphics: The graphics are amazing; the creators did a good job with the character rigging and 3D animation. Nothing less can be expected because of these award winning AAA graphics. In the 2nd part the graphics are the same and there is not a lot of change in this aspect. This time the characters can talk English! As compared to the mindless screaming and Greek that they used to speak before the battle during the first part of the series, they even taunt each other before and after the battle, is not that something. So in terms of graphics it is a winner. Thoughts and Verdict: Blood and Glory series is an extremely gruelling game that involves a lot of violence. But there is not much to condemn in this game one can consider this game as baby steps to the much better Infinity blade and will give you quite a jest of what the gamer can come across in the app. The graphics are extremely good and attractive. The absence of a story is a big drawback for this game, but if you are one of those gamers who just enjoys pure action and none of the other perihelia than this is the game for you. For all those who decide to continue the series and play the second part you should have no problem you should feel right at home with just few or no changes to get adjusted to. This game scores a 4 out of 5 and is a must buy for all those gamers who have downloaded the first part, It is available on iOS and Android operating systems for free. A Screenshot 16 App Review Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Siddharth C. Content : Aaron G. A LERT! All lovers of 1st person shooting style of game play, this time we certainly have a treat for you. This game is especially meant for those gamers who just like to ‘shoot em up’ and have eagerly been waiting for an amazing shooting game for hand held devices. Shadow gun has finally answered every online gamer’s prayer and thus we have SHADOWGUN: DEADZONE. GAMEPLAY: If you have played the normal version of shadow gun you should feel right at home, this time you have to make an account and login in order to play the game. The game play is quite simple; you have to just basically shoot your opponent. For all those gamers are new to the series here is a tiny jest of the entire controls. There are buttons to shoot, reload, roll, change weapons etc. on the screen, the game is divided in to two modes of gameplay ‘death match’ and ‘zone control’. In death match, as the name suggests the players have to continue to battle each other till the round is over, at the end of the match the player with the most points wins. When one plays zone control they will find themselves divided into two groups and the mission of each group is to capture the opposition group’s territory (zone) and during that time lower their military strength as much as possible from a value of 199. As said earlier one has to either get the highest number of kills or manage to take over a zone within a specific period of time. A Screenshot Designer : Siddharth C. Content : Aaron G. GRAPHICS AND FEATURES: The graphics of this game are extremely good and have really outdone themselves for this game. The improved balance and fairness of the weapons, The Sniper rifle shooting certainly makes this game worth playing. The introduction of the new feature of multiplayer chat has also made the gameplay a lot more addictive and real to life thus giving a total in-depth experience of the game action. With multiplayer combat of up to 12 players on any of their different maps and arenas, and 10 different characters this really is one of the most in-depth multiplayer shooters for Android. A Screenshot THOUGHTS AND VERDICT: Overall DEADZONE is an amazing game which will certainly bestow upon you hours of fun and interactive gaming. Personally this game hits all the checkboxes in my sheet. With the introduction of the new multiplayer chat feature instead of just sitting quietly you can yell at the guy who clearly aims faster than you because he’s using a Bluetooth game controller instead of those tacky on screen controls. This game is one of the best shooting games to ever come out on a hand held device. On the down side there are those small on screen controls which are bound to give you a problem if you are not used to this type of gameplay and the slow loading speed, but if you are available to overlook these factors than this is certainly the game for you. It scores a 4 out of 5 and is available on iOS and Android operating systems for free unlike the normal SHADOWGUN. App review Arena Animation Andheri (W) 17 The Web Mania F Screen Shot of www.Follownoone.au ollownoone.au is the official site of Wolkswagen polo. The site is basically an informative one giving information about Wolkswagen polo. Then why is this site in a magazine catering to the needs of audience related to animation? Well, to understand it, one has to pay the site a visit. The site is a treat for the eyes. The concept, visualisation and the interface is simply awesome. I was mesmerized by the layout and designs of the website and was admiring it for hours. When you open the site, (and it takes a long time to load), you see a dialogue box on how to operate the site. You can ignore it if you want but it would be better if it is read. The best part of the website is that it is just a single page. A red Wolkswagen Polo appears on the screen standing at the crossroads. All you have to do is use the keyboard and navigate the page to search for various aspects of the car, ie. Technology used, new features, advertisements, etc. there is an interactive site map which has been given the look of a GPS screen. It shows your present location on the site and the various ‘parking places’ on the page. The parking places are the spots that have information. You have to steer the car and park at a spot to read the info. T h e topics covered regarding the car are Safety, 18 Style, Comfort and Performance. The site contains detail information about the car as various subtopics under the given topics. Each heading is accompanied with an interactive element. For example, in the safety section, they have an animation that shows the difference between the regular and their own technique of welding. The list is vast. Once again, I woud say you have to go on the site to check it out totally. The site is very heavy and has a lot of scripting in it. Devices with lower versions of flash or handheld devices will not support the site. Even then, as mentioned above, it takes a long time to load. Here is some technical information for budding website designers on how the website works. As said, the user can surf the site by driving a car on the webpage. Actually, the car acts as a cursor for the page. The cursor is controlled by direction keys. It is made entirely in flash with certain attributes given to it. The parking spaces mentions are hit test spots. When the cursor approaches it, a new window is launched which displays information about the car. When the cursor is removed from the spot, the window collapses and it is free to be driven to another place. The site is made by heavy usage of action scripting which is actually necessary, seeing the heavy interactivity of the site. For people who are not interested in the interface but in the information, do not get disturbed by the heavy dose of description. Apart from all the things mentioned, there is a quick navigation tab provided. It acts as a site map and has all the dropdown Website Review Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Himanshu A. Content : Deep S. You can surf the site by driving a car on the webpage. Screen shot of www.Sensisoft.com lists collaborated in a single column. You can just use your mouse and click on the relevant link. No need to steer and park. Just click and surf. To sum it up, this site is capable of skipping a few heartbeats of anyone who can appreciate and see what exactly is done. There is a little something for every person visiting the site. Those who visit it just for passing time can enjoy driving the car, those who want to know about the car learn it in a very unique way, those studying the making of website can get a few pointers on how to use rollovers, scripting and other flash components in an attractive way. Awesome effort, beautiful output. S ensisoft.com is the official site of an IT solutions company with the same name. the reason why this site has been featured here is the sheer beauty of their site interface. The site itself is not much great for the general public. Most of them will not even know what the site is all about. Yet, everyone would take a second look at it, I promise. The site is divided into six pages, each depicting a certain area of their company, for example their customers, offers, etc. Each page depicts a certain time period and a country. The homepage has its setting of medieval London. The text, look, background and even the icons all correspond to that time. Similarly, there are pages for 1940, 1770 and even a page from 2030. Each page is relevant to the time period it depicts. The concept is unique and may slip through Designer : Himanshu A. Content : Deep S. ones attention while surfing this site. The various time periods and the different countries actually depict that this site has been working for a long time and is applicable in countries all around the world. The way of presentation is wonderful and surely impresses. Anyone opening this site will have its first words like,’Oh my God, what a site. How did they make it?’. Anivolution shares some some pointers on how is this site developed. When one looks at the site, one will think that the site is entirely 3D based. These people are in for a surprise. The site is totally 2D based, ie. Flash made. There is a lot of action scripting and rollover effects added to every button on every page. Each effect is unique and attractive. The background is flash based. XML technology is used along with web 2.0 technology/RIA(rich internet application) for the scripting of this site. There is use of Z-depth made in making the page appearance, giving it a 3D look. There are no 3D effects but it looks like 3D! Sheer beauty of the use of 2D animation.The animation where the page changes , it looks like there is 3D rendering used. Actually, there is just the original background given a blur effect and animated a bit. This site can be a role-model for any website designer as for how to utilise the at hand resources at their maximum. The knowledge of the developing software itself is not that important as is its application, and sensisoft. com proves it. Website Review Arena Animation Andheri (W) 19 THE C REATIVE K ART Flipkart had come up with a complete new form of advertising. F lipkart is one of the biggest online stores in India so far. Its foundation was laid down in 2007 by two IIT, Delhi pass outs Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal. They both worked for Amazon.com, which is one of world’s largest online book stores. Inspired by Amazon.com they also launched an online book store. In no time Flipkart.com was one of the biggest online book store with 11 million titles on offer. In 2010 it branched out to selling CDs, DVDs, mobile phones and accessories, cameras, computers, computer accessories and peripherals, and in 2011, pens & stationery, other electronic items such as home appliances, kitchen appliances, personal care gadgets, health care products etc. Further in 2012, Flipkart added A.C, air coolers, school supplies, office supplies, art supplies & life style products to its product portfolio. Now let us move back to the ad campaign of Flipkart. com. They had come up with a complete new form of advertising. Their television commercial features kids in adult situations, (with the voiceovers of the adults) like a beauty parlour, a cafe, an office, and a house, where they discuss the benefits of buying products on Flipkart.com. All the four advertisements are for different products, keeping the core concept of the ads same, i.e. the kids in the ads. The advertising agency of the campaign is Happy Creative Services. For any commercial the most important thing is that it should be able to convey the message to the end users in an effective manner and to hold the attention of the audience in the television screen for a good period of time. In India people are scared of shopping things online. This is the area that the Ad agency has focused. All the four ads in the series revolve around the same concept. Though all the ads have the same concept but they have different and catchy visuals. The first ad in this shows a cute rock star kid and his friend sitting in a cafe and ordering 20 an mp3 player online. The kids in this commercial are discussing that flipkart.com does not provide faulty tings and if at all there is any fault they even replace it. This is again gaining the confidence of the audience. The third ad is my favourite in this series. This ad shows two office colleagues standing near the milk machine and taking A screenshot of the ad their refreshments and chatting. In their conversation one of them tells the other about how his father whom he refers to as Sagar is scared of shopping online using credit card but then ordered a mobile from flipkart.com through cash on delivery. The commercial was portrayed in a very beautifully. They are again trying to build up faith in the audience for shopping online. The next series of ads with the campaign slogan that came up is “shopping ka naya address”. This campaign unlike the first one now concentrated on displaying the range of the products and the services they offer. These ads again had a very catchy visual. Let us now discuss about some of them. Ad Review Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Himanshu A. Content : Shubhra S. First they had launched two advertisements, in which they had created a mock on the husbands. Both the ads were very hilarious. One of which was the couple is sitting in front of the television and then the husband complains her wife that the DVD player which they had ordered from flipkart.com is not working, to which the wife exchanges the remote in his hand. The wife later says that if the player would have been defected they would replace it and wishes if that was available for the husbands too. house and asks for a smart phone with waterproof cover. These situations are those which a common man can easily relate to in their lives. This commercial was very hilarious. The theme of taking kids in adult situation remains the same message has now changed. The kids have always done a remarkable job with their acting skills. A screenshot of the ad The ads are all very simple but yet they convey the message clearly for what they what to speak. But now it is time that the company should come with a new concept, as the personalised ads that they have recently launched are not that catchy as the previous ones are. They are a bit silly and unrealistic. So in all the concept of the ads was very good and are very successful, but with the recent releases they should now rethink on their concept. A screenshot of the ad Then again during IPL, on 21st August 2012 they had launched six commercials in one go. These ads also were under the campaign of “shopping ka naya address”. These ad also talked about the various range of product that flipkart.com offers. One more interesting thing that all these commercials have in common is the shop of flipkart.com inside the house. Some of the ads in this segment were very good and some were not so good. Amongst them the one which I liked the most was the one in which the man while shaving his beard was talking on the phone and accidently the phone falls down n goes inside the water. The man then goes to the filpkart.com shop in his Designer : Himanshu A. Content : Shubhra S. Ad Review Arena Animation Andheri (W) 21 it D.Rahul S.,Ank obe Flash) E project (Ad Girish Kadam (Max-Vray) Rakesh C. (Maya) 22 Students Work Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Aaron G. Rosha n A. (A dobe I llustra tor) Prakash M. (May a) S tor) e Illustra . (Adob hubhra S Aaro n G. (Ado be P hoto shop ) Akshaya P. (Adobe Illustrator) Designer : Aaron G. Students Work Arena Animation Andheri (W) 23 Who says that the DARK is S CARY ordinary creativity in the area of black-light entertainment. Serving a cliche clientele that craves for rich & exclusive content, Illuminati has successfully gained recognition in the events & entertainment industry by working with top most agencies in India and delivering to each. Being the pioneer of creative black-light performances in India, Illuminati UV strives to expand its presence across the globe in mega & premium events. We believe in stretching imagination to the verge of infinity. Illuminati won India’s Got Talent season 1 in 2009, post which, black-light entertainment has become an extremely popular choice for live performances. Though, a lot of “Me-Too’s” have emerged in the market, Illuminati is proud to announce its legacy of being most unique, creative & unmatched when it comes to conceptualization, visual effects & final delivery. Nitin Poojary Illuminati is a performing arts company specializing in UV light choreography commonly known as black light art. A graduate from Tolani college and a regular student of Arena Animation indeed had some hidden talent in him, yes that is Nitin Poojary. Nitin is the Production Head of Illuminati Creative Blacklight company & AIR Group. His group members call him 3D. Let’s hear from what he has to say about his journey with illuminati and what it is all about? The world of Illuminati performance is sitting in a blacklight performing, have you ever wondered about the mystery behind the ‘shooting star’ or the ‘flying man’? the guys at Illuminati create this alternate reality right in front of your eyes. 24 • We provide unique and premium entertainment for television and live shows. • The concept works on technology of ultraviolet tube lights (UV Lights or Neon lights). • UV Lights when turned on in the dark, give visibility only to white and florescent colors. “ILLUMINATI” is the epitome of presenting extra Students Interview Designer : Vaibhav S. Arena Animation Andheri (W) Content : Darlene D. Designer : Vaibhav S. Content : Darlene D. Students Interview Arena Animation Andheri (W) 25 C E V I T A E R S D N I M Those who hav expanded their creativity T he stage is set, the competitors have arrived, the time has come to show the world how creative you are, and yes the hour has arrived. After a long wait the creative minds feast has finally hit the doorstep of the students of Arena Andheri. Over the past few months the students of arena Andheri have been working long mad hours, working sleepless nights so that their work will be worth something at the end of it. But finally their wait is over and they all breathe a sign of relief because of a job well done. All the students have been involved in various projects such as cartoonics, 2D animation and even 3D animation. After talking to some of the students about their experience in the making of their various projects, the answers was unanimous, they all were really happy to work in the project and were learning a lot from the experience. A student and participant Kirtee shares her experience, she says that they learnt a lot of new things during the period of making their project, they learnt to apply new styles to backgrounds, she also stressed on the fact that they also had a much clearer understanding of the principles of animation and learnt a lot more about them. In a few days the final submission day for all the projects will arrive and all the students are quite excited as this is the day their efforts will finally bear fruit and they can get their well deserved rest. As said earlier they have worked quite hard on these projects and everyone is going to expect that their work is going to be first class material. It is amazing how they are 26 coping up with this type of pressure and still enjoy their work, hats off to them for this fact. There is bound to be a lot of surprises this time , we all wonder who is going to come this time, where is it going to be held and what might happen during the course of the festival and trust me like you we are also griped by excitement. As we eagerly wait to welcome Creative Minds 2012, you can look forward to some impressive designs and creations. We wish all the participants the best of luck and hope they all succeed in their individual efforts. Some of the participants share their experience of working in this project. Abhinav Jadhav and Sushant Nilekar (Boring): This dynamic duo has worked day in and day out for their 2D project, Abhinav states that they learnt a lot from the experience. it was a studying experience for them, when asked how they handled the pressure, simply laughing Abhinav states that the pressure was the best part of the project and that they enjoyed handling it. This is an amazing attitude to have when you work so hard and for so long. Vinitha, Agamya Adhikari and Aurelius Prasad (Kidnaped): The hard working trio is currently working on a mix media project (3D and Vfx). Now working on such a project is no piece of cake when asked about their Creative Minds Designer : Kirtee S. Arena Animation Andheri (W) Content : Aaron G. experience Vinitha stated that it was not her first project so she was used to the fact for working so long and under this amount of pressure. Aurelius said that it was his first project had he was getting used to the fact of working for such long mad hours, he said that this project thought him a lot about time management and also gave him the experience of ‘what it takes to get the job done’. Sayali Horambe (2D Animation Sequence): This young lady has taken up this big project all by herself and has even completed it. She has done a 2D project all by herself. We were amazed by her work and ask her how she did it. She said that she followed the principals of Disney and organized here work (making clay models then the animation), this helped her a lot. The main fact that she organized here work is the reason that she did not have a lot of pressure on the project. She says that she was very thankful to here faculty for lending her a helpful hand. I nitiative maginative nnovative M NDS Designer : Kirtee S. Content : Aaron G. Creative Minds Arena Animation Andheri (W) 27 Car to onics drawin It was n ot g that I . 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It was ject. It was w e o a as e r jec one of the bi le as we had ar pipe ggest project line. arned i t. One ound 12 ch s s ar it was really acters in th how e movie so difficult to to finish it on to face a lo time. We had t of challen ge to comp but it all en lete our pro ded well. ject En glis Nad an P arin d Designer : Kirtee S. Content : Shubhra S. Tee s Ma ar Kh an hhh h ey Comments Arena Animation Andheri (W) 29 n Tees Maar Kha Anmol Khazana Dumo it up Art Mo Englishhhh We perfect Creatures Meri Kahani What Cartoonics 30 Creative Minds Collage Arena Animation Andheri (W) if Designer : Kirtee S. Hamara pradhan mantri Kidnapped at 2D Anim ey Nadan Parind . ion Seq tists’ ontage What the Fish Yo-Yo Designer : Kirtee S. Honey Eklavya Singh Creative Minds Collage Arena Animation Andheri (W) 31 ever THE SHOWDOWN FOR ALL THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS FUTURE ANIMATORS Y es it is once again that time of the year where all of the students come together for the spectacular event known as Akruti. The dream stage for every animator and a podium for all those who consider themselves worthy of pristine glory. It is that time where all students come together in order to showcase their talent, ideas and much more a truly magical festivity filled with performances and speeches by some of the world’s best animators a truly inspiring event. Now the Akruti fever is quite high as all students have already started preparation in full swing trudging long nights in the campus and long mad hours on systems all so that they can make something that is worthy of praise, we certainly wish them the best of luck and hope that they scudded in their individual efforts. Akruti 2012 will commence from the 10th of November and will continue for three days just as the Akruti 2011. This time it is bound to be an even more amazing festival, everyone had quite a good time in the last year’s festivities we hope and know that this time is going to be even more amazing. The excitement of Akruti has caught everyone even the faculty is not spared as this means that there is a lot more work to be done, a lot more students to help etc. Now why are they working so hard? Well of course because they love animation. And also because of the prizes that are in store for the victors and all that glory of becoming a winner. There is bound to be a lot of surprises this time in Akruti , we all wonder who is going to come this time, where is it 32 going to be held and what might happen during the course of the festival and trust me like you I to also am in the grip of excitement. So let the drum roll let all of the participants get ready and let all preparation’s be complete as we eagerly wait to welcome Akruti 2012 and we wish all of its participants the best of luck. Nehal Savla (AD Campaign): Says that it was a good experience for her. She too learnt a lot from the experience and found out what it takes in order to complete a lot of work in such a less amount of time. She enjoyed the experience a lot mainly because she was doing a job that she love and that was design. She said that her group faced a lot of problems in terms of co-ordination with team members as well as coming up with a good concept, but in the end they managed to complete their work. She says that it is important to do good research and to keep the project short and easy to understand. Aakruti Fever Arena Animation Andheri (W) A design for the Ad. campaign. Designer : Kirtee S. Content : Aaron G. Arvind Maurya (Premiere Project): Says that he learnt a lot while doing this project. He found out more about direction, what it takes to be a good director. He also learnt a lot about editing and is especially fond of the task. he worked on both directing as well as editing during the entire process and comically suggest that if one is working in a project then they should not work in a group. AT Screen shot from the short film. rtists heir Screen shot from the short film. Ronak Kataria and Vignesh Prabhu (Premiere Project): Best Share their experience on working for such a big project for the first time. They said that they had experienced a lot of problems with respect to the actors as well as the locations to shoot on. They said that they learnt a lot of new stuff during the process, especially about camera angles, editing and also ‘playing with sounds’. They said that it was a hard job yet they enjoyed a lot. They were thankful to their faculty for helping them in this effort of theirs. Designer : Kirtee S. Content : Aaron G. Aakruti Fever Arena Animation Andheri (W) 33 Brain Storm 1. Which format will give you the highest quality video ? a. HDCAM SR b. HDV c. HDCAM d. DVCPRO HD 2. While inserting text in a video, it is best to use which font family? a. san- serif font b. anti- aliasingt c. both of the above d. neither of the above 3. Which of the following is not a colour space used for colour television system? a. RGB b. YUV c. sRGB d. CMYK 4. Which studio is for post production of LIFE OF PIE ? a. MGM b. Fox Studio c. Warner Bros d. Rythem & Hues 5. Who directed star wars? a. James Camron b. Speilberg c. George Lucas d. Steven Speidleberg 34 Last month’s solutions 1a,2b,3c,4b,5b Quiz Designer : Vaibhav S. Arena Animation Andheri (W) Content : Vaibhav S. Last month’s solutions Drawing, Exaggeration, Streach, Illustration Send us your solution to anivolution@arenaandheri.co.in Designer : Vaibhav S. Content : Vaibhav S. Games Arena Animation Andheri (W) 35 “O” toggles Adaptive Degradation, so if your objects turn to boxes when you navigate your scene, press “O” again. Use this option if you scene is very heavy and hard to navigate. “X” toggles the Transform gizmo. Did your XYZ gizmo on your selection disappear? Pressing “X” will switch it back on. (Use “+” and “–” to increase or decrease the size of the gizmo). Tips and Tricks For 3Dx Max When adding more loops to a mesh, use the Swift Loop tool to create a loop that flows with the surface curve. Simply select the Swift Loop tool, hold down Shift key and click where you want the loop. Never use the default Scanline renderer, always choose mental ray or acquire another third party renderer like V-Ray 36 AABRAKADABRA Tips and Tricks Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Nilesh G. A N D H E R I V I L L E & PA R L E ( W ) ( W ) Presents n o o S g n i Com For further details contact your faculties... Designer : Aaron G. Arena Animation Andheri (W) 37 Name : Kev al Gupta Company N ame : SRK st udio Designation :Graphic De signer Name : Prash ant Parab Company N ame : SRK st udio Designation : Graphic De signer Name : Roh an Upadhya y Company N ame : B. lab Designation : Editor Name : Rad ha Kumari Company N ame : Bolly wood Break maga zine Designation :Graphic Art ist 38 Students Placed Arena Animation Andheri (W) Designer : Kushpreet S. TEAM Himanshu A . Designer Vaibhav S. Designer . et S pre r h s Ku signe De Des igne Aaron G r/C onte . nt W r iter a S. Shubhr iter Wr ontent Siddharth C. Designer Niles h Desig G. ner C Kirtee S Design . er l S. Rahu riter ent W Cont Cover Page Designed by : Kirtee S. Back Page Designed by : Kushpreet S. Website Designed by : Siddharth C. Poster Designed by : Himanshu A. Special Thanks To Designer : Idris B. : Anita T., Rajeev T., Mrs. Kamakshi S., Kunal N., Deep S., Idris B., Praful P. Sumeet S. Mentor Credits Arena Animation Andheri (W) Tanvi V. Mentor Amruta J. 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