<span class=normal> Multiple scenes were being worked upon at the same time <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>UTV came to me in 2006 with the notion of making Arjun, as an animated feature film. As I dabbled with animation for many years, I jumped right in since I have always wanted to make a spectacular Martial Arts film. The project was a perfect combination of ideas and we rolled out with pre-production in early 2007, where in the production pipeline was divided into three phases. The first was the design and story phase in which the techniques were asserted and the screenplay finalized, this process took over three months. In phase two, as a test we produced a single five minute scene. This process in the course of six months helped us weed out the loopholes and understand the project better, according to the pipeline designed. Thereafter we hit production on a massive scale where-in multiple scenes were being worked upon at the same time. There were times where-in 2000 elements were working at the same time; the entire film is produced in 3D with vector based shaders added. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p> We shot at a stud farm in Rajasthan and recorded all the horse and chariot work <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>We worked with the Kalaripayattu martial arts troupe from Kerala, and Thanga-Ta artists from Manipur for the fight sequences. We conducted workshops and made them fight each other. This hybrid fighting style formed a reference point that was communicated with the animators. We shot at a stud farm in Rajasthan and recorded horses and chariot work for reference as well. Rehearsals for the voice acting segment were conducted over a period of 2 months with a theater group formed on a sound stage. Since the entire production is a lengthy process, keeping everyone fired up with their work is possibly the most challenging aspect. The beauty of animation is that when a shot is finally accomplished, you are incredibly satisfied on it coming to fore this energizes you to do more and tackle another scene. This rings true not only for the directors, it goes right down to the artists as well. With the dailies and work reviews conducted and approved, its immensely satisfying for everyone around. With the volume of accomplishments collected in the dailies, every individual in the team is motivated to go on. </span>