Subhash Ghai's tie up with film technology providers
Wednesday,
May
24,
2006
Mumbai
(UNI):
Producer-director
Subhash
Ghai's
'Whistling
Woods
International'
arts
institute
has
tied-up
with
notch
technology
brands
to
provide
the
finest
schooling
to
next
generation
of
filmmakers.
The
institute
yesterday
announced
its
partnership
with
Apple,
Digidesign,
AMD,
NVidia,
Seneca,
ToonBoom,
Sony,
Belden,
Sennheiser,
Nortel
and
other
companies
to
provide
students
the
best
in
technology
advancements
in
the
field
of
films,
television,
animation
and
media.
Ghai, who is the founder chairman of the institute, told mediapersons here that the institute is looking forward to arming the students with in-depth technology information, operating techniques and aptitude to enter the global entertainment industry. ''Through our faculty of working professionals from the industry, who will be educating the students on an international level, we believe that our Indian students can learn the art of story telling and the optimum use of technology for the same. ''With a good balance between creativity and technology, producing the best work, India will emerge as a major player in the international film, television, animation and media arts industry,'' he added.
Institute's Dean Kurt Inderbitzin said the new technology expands horizons and allows improvement of variety of content at the same time, freeing up human imagination. Chief Technology Officer of the institute, Neelesh Bhatia, said there will be certification courses in basic, intermediate and advanced technology. Seminars, workshops, actual hands-on training, award for top students and real life production scenario are some of the highlights of the technology courses.
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