Ind. studio bags H'wood animation orders

Thursday, August 17, 2006
Chennai (UNI): An Indian company, ''Frame Flow India Pvt Ltd'', specialising in visual effects and animation for films as well as advertising, has bagged four orders from four famous Hollywood studios. The Company's Managing Diector S Abhaya Kumar, who announced this here today, said the visual effects and animation for one of the four films ''Clicks'', has been completed. For ''Clicks'', the Company has provided visual effects and animation for 137 frames, he added. ''But we cannot announce the name of the larger studios to you at present'', he said. However, he said that four projects would have to be completed by the end of this year or early 2007.

The Company's Creative Director Krishnakant Mishra said that the firm was planning to canvas for more new Hollywood projects in the near future. There is a huge market for Indian creative talents, he averred. Mr Abhaya said thatthe visual effects and animation market was worth USD 100 billion. India would have to provide quality service and strictly maintain the time schedule given to it, if it is to tap this huge market.