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Arena Creative Minds 2011- West Region receives a fantastic response from students & professionals !
Creative Minds, an event hosted by Arena Animation to showcase professional skill-sets of students in the animation industry, was held on 15th December,2011 in the West region at Mumbai. The venue at Mumbai’s Fine Arts Auditorium, Chembur, saw participation by students of 33 Arena Animation centres from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Chhatisgarh.
The students of Arena Animation participated in categories such as Cartooning, 3D Character Modelling, Motion Graphics, Short Films in Stop Motion Animation, 2D Digital Animation, 3D Animation & Live Action.
The Jury for Creative Minds had eminent names from the Animation Industry – Mr. Kirtish Tharthare from Rhythm & Hues, Mr. Mehul Hirani from Crest Animation Studio, Mr. Vaibhav More from Vaibav More Films & Ms. Rashmi Ahad from Krayon Pictures (Pune). Among the prominent guests invited was Mr. Nishith Takia, producer of the much awaited 3D Stereoscopic Animated Feature Film, “Delhi Safari”.
AWARDS
Awards were given to the best three entries in each of the categories.
| CREATIVE MINDS (West) – 2011 WINNERS |
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| CATEGORY: CARTOONING | |
| Prize | Students name |
| First | Yogesh Zend (Arena Nasik) |
| Second | Yasir Ansari (Arena Andheri) |
| Third | Aniket Raut(Arena Vashi) |
| CATEGORY: LIVE ACTION | |
| Prize | Students name |
| First | Parind patel / Kunal yagnik / Tarun Walia / Naman Solanki / Mayank Panchal (Arena Sayajigunj) |
| Second | Ruchita Gurav & Group(Arena Thane) |
| Third | Nikita Vora / Kavita Makwana / Joon Rangoonwala / Mayur Savla / Tejas Patel(Arena Malad) |
| CATEGORY: MOTION GRAPHICS | |
| Prize | Students name |
| First | Mayuresh Sawant (Arena Borivali) |
| Second | Deepak Rai (Arena Indore) |
| Third | Divyesh Kumbhani (Arena Andheri) |
| CATEGORY: STOP MOTION ANIMATION | |
| Prize | Students name |
| First | Atul Jagtap & group (Arena Thane) |
| Second | Nilesh Muley & group (Arena Thane) |
| Third | Nikita Baria / Vikram Zare / Deepak Bhatt (Arena Malad) |
| CATEGORY: 2D ANIMATED SHORT FILM | |
| Prize | Students name |
| First | Jayesh Panchal / Rahul Prajapati / Nilesh Prajapati / Girish suryavanshi (Arena Malad) |
| Second | Aarti Mahajan / Halima Shaikh ( Arena Vile Parle) |
| Third | Harshal Bhor (Arena Nasik) |
| CATEGORY: 3D CHARACTER MODELLING | |
| Prize | Students name |
| First | Anis Vasave(Arena Nasik) |
| Second | Pawan Nikam(Arena Nasik) |
| Third | Vinayak(Arena Malad) |
| CATEGORY: 3D ANIMATED SHORT FILM | |
| Prize | Students name |
| First | Rigved Sarmalkar (Arena Malad) |
| Second | Mohammed Asif / Moulvi Haider / Gajendra Desai / Yogendra Nagulkar / Nilesh Sonar (Arena Thane) |
| Third | Vikas Verma / Mohit budania / Chirag Gandhi / Devang Thakor (Arena Sayajigunj) |