Essential skills for a film animator
It is said that animators are not made, they are born.
Film Animators use their imagination and drawing skills to create moving images and apply effects in feature films, TV commercials, cartoons, motion graphics and short features to make it eye-catching for the viewers. Artistic and imaginative bent of mind enables a film animator to generate new ideas and his flair for drawing transforms those ideas into sketches.

Aesthetic sense helps you to gear up your career in animation. No doubt, computer can help you in designing or creating images, but you must know what you want to design or create with the help of a computer.

Great deal of patience, hard work and stamina to work on computer for long hours is a part of work culuture in this field.

Career Options
Some of the career options for which an animator can opt in film industry are as follows:
Designers who design storyboards or make sketches for reference and with the help of which the characters are animated.

Modelers: The main job of a modeler is to enable the movement of characters so as to bring life in them.

Composer His/her main job is to put different layers together and shape the final product.
Besides Designers and Modelers, there are many other hands behind special effects and animated scenes, such as specialists in texturing, lighting, creating background and surroundings of the characters.

One can get trained from various institute offering courses in 3D animation. But, if you want to specialize in film animation, it is better if you go for specialized course in Special Effects or Character Design, which is offered by many reputed animation schools in the country and abroad.

Job Prospects
After completing the course in film animation, you can kick start your Career with Film Studios, Production Companies, Advertising Agencies, Government Departments, engaged in film production or work as a freelancer. You can also start your own venture by setting up an animation studio.