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Bhakti Dholakia
Course - ADIM
Drive-In Centre, Ahmedabad |
Arena’s Student of the Quarter, Bhakti Dholakia, is from Vastrapur, Gujarat,
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is completing her Advanced Diploma in Multimedia (ADIM) at Arena
Animation’s Drive-In Centre at Ahmedabad. Now in her third semester,
Bhakti created her winning e-project at the end of her second semester.
The
animation addict shares some of her winning mantras:I
have been a student of Arena Animation since July 2006. Having
completed the Professional in Multimedia (PIM) course, I upgraded to
ADIM. |
| Childhood dream |
As
a kid, I loved to draw and paint and to watch cartoons. In fact, one of
my childhood dreams was to make at least one small cartoon film in my
life. By choosing this field and opting to study with Arena Animation,
I have taken a concrete step towards fulfilling that dream. |
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When
I was in the second year of my Bachelor’s in Computer Applications, I
had only one thought: That I would go for a career in multimedia and
animation. |
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| What gets me going |
The
kind of work that really excites me is something that challenges my
imagination, something that stimulates me and gets my gray matter
swirling. Then, executing all those mental images and getting them to
materialise ‘on paper’ – that’s what truly excites me. |
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I,
as everyone else, look at the stalwarts in animation for inspiration.
Who wouldn't gawk at Walt Disney's genius in Mickey Mouse and
Donald Duck? Or, for that matter, Hanna and Barbera's Tom
& Jerry, and Warner Bros' Road Runner Show? I am a big fan of
these creations. I also avidly watch Scooby Doo, Captain Planet and The
Fantastic Four. But what really got me going were full-length
animated features such as The Jungle Book, Finding Nemo and, most of all, Anastasia. |
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My winning project |
The
E-projects team at the Arena Head Office assigned me this E-project: To
create a CD presentation about an engineering college which could be
given to its prospective students. The students would go through the CD
to get more info about the college, its courses, history, background,
etc. |
The
best part about the project was that they gave me the freedom to choose
between an existing college and creating a fictitious one. I preferred
to concoct something out of nothing, and decided to create a fresh new
college in my head. |
After
trying a few options, I came up with the name, ‘Karma Institute of
Technology (KIT)’. Thanks to this name, my CD is called ‘KIT on CD’ –
which I think is quite funky! |
Now,
the word ‘Karma’ made me think: Sanskrit > Ancient > Kings >
Castle. Continuing with this line of thinking, I came up with a story
of how a king donated his summer castle for educational purposes and
this castle became KIT, and so on. |
As
a student, I also had some radical ideas about what an ideal learning
place would be like. I incorporated all of these in Karma Institute of
Technology. And it worked! |
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Beating the deadline |
The
deadline for project submission was one month from the date of getting
the project statement. I managed to submit my project in 28 days flat,
complete with hard-bound documentation and CD packaging. All in all, it
was a fun learning experience! |
| Being selected as Arena’s Student of the Quarter is, of course, the cherry on the cake! |
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