Sir! I want to join Animation. Please tell me, how should I start it?

It's great; your interest is according to your passion. Animation is the best option for anyone who is willing to share his/her maximum time of the day & night, can work on computers for long hours, and able to represent imagination on the visual canvas.

Every person must know about the process through which an animation film, computer games, and an ad film pass away. Experts have categorized animation processes into three parts:

1. Pre-Production 2. Production  3. Post-Production

If you are good at sketching and drawing then pre production responsibilities can be headed to you. If you are interested for making model on already sketched character on computer with the help of various computer softwares, with visual effects, animation, and lighting & texturing, go for production program. If you are willing to take responsibilities for synchronization of sounds, colors, visual effects, and video clips then you can go for Post-productions.

If you are a new bee! for computer animation, then go and explore all the nearby institutes in your city. Generally all the institutes are offering same kinds of program. I have been also to so many institutions in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore; these all institutions are starts training from sketching, drawing, human anatomy, animal anatomy, story boardings, Adobe Photoshop for digital and matte paintings, 3Ds Max/ Maya for modeling and animation including lighting, camera, texturing, Adobe After Effects, Autodesk Combustion, Real Flow, Apple Motion for visual effects, motion graphics & compositing, Adobe Premier, Avid, and Final Cut Pro for Video Editing, Sound Forge, Cool Edit Pro, Sound Track for sound editing.

Above program structure is quite balanced and fulfilling all the industry needs. But the question is, can a person grasp perfectly all above terms and applications. I think no, no, and no! So how should you start? Have patience! If you want to do animation, then you should start to learn first only Photoshop, Max/ Maya, and after effects and also you can learn a little bit about video and audio editing. After this short term animation program, first go to the industry and face some interviews, this process will make you sounder in terms of industry requirements and projects. Now! you can work for some months, then come back and start to learn those vast/ monster size programs. Now, you have nothing to lose, because you know, how to work, and what industry expect from the animators.