Direction & Scriptwriting

Direction & Screenplay

Course Objectives

To become a professional film-maker, one has to acquire the know-how and the ability to co-ordinate the activities of every department of film-making in terms of their creative, technical and organizational aspects; all towards the singular goal of realizing the director’s vision. Our course basically starts out as a combined curriculum on film directing and screenwriting and then looks at the other aspects of film-making that matter to the making of a good director emphasizing hands-on experience of the process at every stage. The basic objective is to impart creative, conceptual, technical and organizational skills. In principle, the student would be trained to tap both his or her inner resources and the external world, identify his or her ideas and organize them into a coherent vision and materialize the same into an effective cinematic form with a distinct and unique style that carries the mark of his or her personality.

Course Structure

Theory

• Film Direction Basics
• Film Direction Advanced
• Screenplay Writing Basics
• Screenplay Writing Advanced
• Principles of Cinematography
• Sound Recording & Sound Design
• Principles of Editing
• Film Aesthetics
• Principles of Production Design & Art Direction
• Television Production
• Film History
• Indian Cinema
• Production Management
• Marketing & Publicity

Workshops

Several workshops would be conducted from time to time in different aspects of film-making where an expert from a concerned field would demonstrate and guide the students into the nuances and techniques that go into his or her field of specialization. Attendance for such workshops is mandatory.

Practicals

In all the theoretical subjects taught there would be a regular stream of practicals in terms of mandatory class work/production work, the student has to complete for the purposes of evaluation.

Projects

• Storytelling With Static Images
• Continuity Exercise
• Scene Exercise
• Documentary Exercise
• Song Picturisation Exercise
• Thesis Screenplay
• Thesis Film