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JoVE | Lead Animator

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JoVE is an edtech company that provides video-based learning resources (academic and research) for college and university students in a variety of disciplines, including science, engineering, and social sciences. My role as a Lead Animator encompasses a range of responsibilities, including:

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Overseeing the Encyclopedia of Experiments (EoE) collection, ensuring monthly publication deadlines are met for 30+ animation videos and exploring opportunities to streamline the process.

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I collaborate with PhD writers to review storyboards in pre-production and translate them into feasible animations while maintaining scientific reasoning. I aim to simplify complex actions, remove repetitive ones, and modify storyboard frames to fit 2D animation limitations.

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In the production process, I lead a team of 9 animators by assigning projects, reviewing rough cuts, and providing assistance with team queries. I also ensure that they meet their KPIs and project deadlines.

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Leveraging my knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere Pro, I streamline the internal processes by identifying and creating a library of commonly used animation templates and supervising Illustrator assets to ensure that they are suitable for the animation process.
 
Utilizing managerial tools such as Frame.io and MS Planner to allocate and track projects efficiently.

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IDC School of design, IIT Bombay | Research Associate

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Open Design School is an online design course series developed by the IDC department of IIT Bombay, supported by the Ministry of Education of India. Its objective was to introduce non-design students to design concepts and learning through an online platform.

 

The courses were hybrid, with live-action parts interspersed with animation to explain concepts. As a member of the graphics team, I contributed to the development of two courses - Understanding Design and Game Design. My responsibilities included:

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deciding on the script portions to be animated and visualizing them during pre-production meetings.

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creating motion graphics animation in production, compositing and editing in post-production.

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preparing a bank of quiz questionnaires based on the course content for the students.

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Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | Infographics Freelance 

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This freelance work required me to animate some infographics which then would go on to be used in a Documentary being made under the School of Media and Cultural Studies, TISS.

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Social Research Ethics | Freelance Project 

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Social Research Ethics is an online course developed by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and the Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES) for Swayam platform (swyam.gov.in). This course attempts to build the awareness and understanding of participants to appreciate the salience of research ethics in upholding the scientific integrity of research enterprise and identify and apply the methods of ethical reasoning to social science research. 

Under this freelance project, I worked on various text animations and some infographics for all the course scripts.

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Poetry (short film) | Degree Project

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Poetry is a short animated film where I use combined stop motion and digital animation methods to visualize an excerpt from a poem by Pablo Naruda's titled 'Poetry'.

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Analyzing Indian Superhero Comics in Accordance with Comic Theories | Design Research

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Structural analysis and comparative study of Indian superhero comics based on Will Eisner’s and Scott Mccloud’s comic book theories, as a part of my academic research.

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CLIx (Connective Learning Initiative) | Animation Intern

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Connective Learning Initiative was a collaborative project involving Tata Trusts, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and MIT. Its objective was to create a virtual platform to enhance education through the use of technology. During my internship, I had the following responsibilities:

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Developing audio-visual stories in a motion comic format to teach English communication to young students.

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Creating animation pitches for the official CLIx logo.

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Initial ideation for an animated tutorial on how to use 'Discourse', a forum for teachers from different regions to collaborate.
 

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