Admission Criteria
Admission is on First-come-First- Served basis & open for all. You can apply on line directly. Admission will be on the basis of reasons you give as to why you want to join film making and film acting course. We are basically looking out for raw talent & collaborative skills, to mould them into polished filmmakers and Actors. How to Apply: Seats are limited. To avoid disappointment, Applicants are advised to register at the earliest. You need not pay anything when you register online for admission for the certificate course.
After being shortlisted and on approval of your application, you shall receive an Admission Notification from our office, only than do you have to pay the fees by NEFT or directly deposit cheque in Axis Bank or pay through Online Payment Gateway, using Credit/Debit card.
Eligibility
Anyone with an aptitude and keen interest in filmmaking will be eligible. Faculty Comprises of Film Industry Professionals from Mumbai. At the “F.A.D.S”, Active film Industry professionals will teach you all the courses in your city. We bring expert Faculty from MUMBAI to your city to teach you. You need not go to other cities to learn filmmaking; we are bringing the school of Film Making at your doorstep. Advantage is that you can do your jobs and pursue your studies as well as learn additionally the art of cinema.
We welcome students from wide spectrum of educational background and from various age groups and different professional backgrounds. This part time course is for almost everyone. Not only for School and college students. IT engineers, Architects, Doctors, Army officers, Pilots, Scientists, Painters, Fashion Designers, Animators, Theatre Actors, Writers, and any other professionals too can pursue these courses. The USP is that you can study while you work, or learn while you study.
The Director’s Role
- Introduction of Students.
- What’s the biggest Challenge of Film making
- Role of a Director
- Creative Processes of Film making
- Importance of Technology in films
- Question answer session.
The Setting up the Shots
- Directing a scene: A Classroom exercise
- How to maintain optimum creativity in difficult shooting circumstances
- Importance of Homework-a day before actual shooting
- Setting up the Scene
- Method in madness
- Communication with team for physical preparation of each shot
- Dialogue Run-through
- Drill to Shoot
- Screening of a Film directed by the Guru of World Cinema Write the technical details of Shot description of Scenes given in the classroom (Homework) 52 (Professional Assessment of the Shot description written by each participant)
Getting Familiar with the Camera as a tool
- Ten Commandments for a Film-maker
- Placement of Camera
- How to compose dynamic shots
- Selection of a viewpoint to heighten the drama
- Significance of different camera angles
- Characteristics & Impact of various dimension of shots
- How to create relationship between characters for drama The Production of a single shot film by each participant on paper (Homework) (Professional Assessment of the first film produced by each participant)
Visual Continuity-I
- Reel reality: an illusion
- What communicates the essence of a Script
- Understanding the way audience reads images on screen
- How to maintain the visual continuity while creating an illusion
- Continuity in Direction of Movement.
The Script-I
- Understanding the evolution of language of Cinema
- Where to search for an interesting idea
- Essential elements for any story telling
- Selection of a Theme: a strong and unifying element
- Case study: How they wrote Gandhigiri
- Screening of a Film / Discussion.
Day Visual Continuity-II
- Effect of crossing Centre Line / Imaginary Line
- Eye line Continuity
- Continuity in three shot situation
- Continuity in moving Vehicle
- Cinematic devices to create Continuity in Time
- Screening of a New wave Italian Cinema The production of 5 minutes long Continuity film by each participant in a group (Homework)
The Script-II
- Pattern of Script development
- Stages in Scripting
- Characterization & Dialogue Treatment
- Screening of a Film directed by master of world cinema Working out the Scene Outline for an idea discussed in the class (Homework) (Professional Assessment of the Scene Outline developed by each participant)
Lens and Composition
- Type of lenses and their effect on Screen
- Use of Zoom and Tele Lenses
- Light & Apertures
- Depth of Field & pulling Focus
- Movement of shots: Pan shot / Tracking / Moving the Subject
- Composition
The Production Designing
- Overall Style of the Film
- Process of Preparation for production
- Importance of Pre-production
- Film &Finance
- Knowledge of Budgeting for Artistic discipline
- Scheduling the shooting order
- Shooting ratio
- To study the making of a popular movie to appreciate its Production
The Production Designing
Principle of Editing
- Who edits a Film
- Psychological justification of editing
- Editor: An artist or mere technician
- Constructing a lucid continuity
- Track laying: creative use of Dialogue/Sound Effects & Music
- Remixing: Dramatic blending of all audio tracks Screening of a foreign language Film
Start Sound/ Camera / Action
- Handling Camera and Sound equipment by each participant
- Aesthetics of Camera operations
- Recording of Sound in noisy locations
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