well i think you should get into a good institute who give importance to theory also. softwares are used but let me tell you a leading news paper article told that in animation 70% is creative and 30% is technology. So if you dnt have vast knowledge you cannot develop creative ideas and you will be blocked at one place
Read articles, see a lot of good movies, classics by good award winning diretors. try to shoot movies like that and then analyse them, you will learn
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Amitav Roy
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