CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: MAAC, a premiere institute and a pioneer in high-end 3D animation Gaming & VFX training, organized “100 Hours” – a tech-led challenge to make 3D animated movies and digital-first films for the students of MAAC, pan India. The theme for this challenge was Technology & Human Co-existence for 3D Animation and Women’s Safety, Artforms and Mental Health for Digital Filmmaking.
The competition commenced on 22nd March 2025 and concluded in the evening of 26th March 2025. The event comprised a creative movie-making marathon where students relentlessly worked in teams and created 30 seconds of animated short movies and, 60 seconds of mobile filmmaking using their IOS/androids uninterruptedly for 100 hours (i.e. approx. 4.2 days without a break).
During the event the participating students received 1400 hours of expert guidance during the filmmaking process and hands-on experience on a production pipeline from start to end including pre-production, production, and post-production in 3D Animation. As part of this Creative filmmaking Marathon which lasted 100 Hours, students got to witness a one-of-a-kind experience working towards an output of an animated/mobile-made short film. The mobile film-making category was introduced for, the second time this year considering the significant consumption of content in the form of reels and short films by the youth.
The tech challenge saw high participation, with roughly 180+ teams (5 students per team) who created 180+ animated short films & Mobile short films. This means, nearly 900+ students (90,000 hours) collectively created over 9,000 seconds of films in 100 hours. (Students created 3,000 seconds of Animation short films and 6,000 seconds of short films in mobile filmmaking). The design of this tech challenge is based on the 360 Degree Skills Advantage principle of MAAC which puts students’ skills & talent to test and evaluates their preparedness for jobs in the industry. A student gets to experience real-life work scenarios and monitor their progress in line with the time given, to complete the task while using various relevant software and back-end support extended by the centres. The challenge also gives them a hands-on experience of working in a professional studio-like environment making them highly skilled and workforce-ready from day one.
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