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Demand for visual effects specialists in movies on the rise

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(From left) Mr V. Natarajan, Director, Image Infotainment Ltd; Mr Barrie M. Osborne of Emerald City and Oscar winner for the film `The Lord of The Rings'; Mr Madhusudanan, Animator; and Mr R. Madhan, COO, iCAT (Image College of Animation and Technology), at the inauguration of a post-graduate course in the college in Chennai on Thursday. — Shaju John

Chennai , March 31

DEMAND for various art and software skills relating to visual effects in movies is on the rise world-over, Mr Barry Osborne, Oscar Winner and Producer, The Lord of the Rings, said here on Thursday.

He said that movie-making had today become a global effort and the market for specialists continued to expand.

Mr Osborne was here in connection with the inauguration of a `compositing studio' of the Chennai-based Image College of Arts, Animation and Technology, an institution that offers a one-year, full-time postgraduate programme in advanced digital media.

The college is run by the Institute of Multimedia Arts and Graphics Effects, which has 16 centres in India and abroad.

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