This workshop is suitable for:
# Passionate individuals who want to learn to make movies.
# Students who are considering films as a vocational pursuit.
# Aspiring Youtube/online video content creators
# Film industry/Media professionals working in any department.
# Educators/Trainers (to make own films a tool for training)
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Workshop Details
Age Group: 18 & above
Fees: Rs.24000/- (Inclusive of Lunch and Tea/Coffee on all days)
Early Bird Discount: Rs.21500/- (if paid 10 days early)
Scope:
This is an intensive, comprehensive hands-on workshop in which aesthetics of filmmaking are explained in theory as well in practice.
Participants will,
# Learn the narrative film form and
# The collaborative nature of its creation by
# Participating in its productive process.
# Screening of classic masterpieces will give a sense of the power of this medium.
# A team of experienced mentors and other film industry professionals from various areas of expertise will instruct and guide the participants through all major stages of professional film making, from History of Cinema, Scriptwriting, Directing actors and crew, Production, Videography to Digital Editing on FCP.
# During the course of the workshop a short film will be developed and produced by the participants. This will give you a practical experience of the entire filmmaking process
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Workshop Content:
Understanding Cinema – History, Development & its Narrative till date - Nature & Power of Cinema

Screenwriting – Concept/Idea/Message – Premise – Plot – Treatment – Development – Scenes – Transitions - Format

Direction - Language/ Grammar of Cinema, Shot division, Working with Actors and crew

Sound - Sound design - Aethetics of Sounds - Physics of Sounds - Recording, Producing & Mixing - Boom and other devices

Videography – Construction & Functions of Camera - Capturing/Sensors - Camera Movements – lensing - Light & Lighting - Composition

Production –Scheduling & Budgeting

Editing - Continuity - Hardware / Software - Process – Dumping, Viewing, - Sorting, Assembly, Rough cut, Laying of soundtracks, Fine cut & Form Mixing - Final outputs (I Mac and Final Cut Pro)

Screening of clips of classic masterpieces.
Making a Multi-shot group film while learning Videography and Editing

Workshop Instructor:
Prof. Prashant Desai (Anchor Faculty) graduated from the Film & television Institute of India (FTII) in Cinema with specialization in Cinematography in 1982. Since then he has worked in the industry in various capacities in Cinematography, screenplay writing, Production and Direction. He has taught at FTII, Pune and NID, Ahmedabad. He was the HOD (Film & Video) at MIT Institute of Design, Pune and Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai. He teaches at SNDT, Mumbai, regularly since 1996. He has also taught at FLAME and MRID (Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gaekwad Institute of Design, Baroda) His Filmmaking workshops are highly appreciated by the participants. He is also a partner at Living Bridge.

Vaidehi Sancheti (Screenwriting)
Lalit Tewari (Cinematography)
Subhashis Roy (Sound)
Rajan Mangwani (Editing)

Registrations are on First come First served basis. Limited Seats only!