CFD announces

The May – July, 2006,
8-Weekend Filmmaking Course

The course starting next is for eight consecutive weekends:
Saturday 6 – 8 PM and Sunday 11 AM -1.00 PM.

That’s 32 hours of classroom sessions.
The ‘praticals’ are outside classroom hours and flexi time.

Besides, every trainee will need to develop a script, shoot and edit it by the end of the course. Our camera, sound and editing facilities would be made available for this.

You are invited to an Orientation Session
with Prakash Belawadi, course director,
on Saturday, May 20 at 6 PM at CFD
to learn more about the course.

This course is for Rs 10,000.

The ‘hidden’ cost will be for tapes to shoot (depends on how much you want to use. a mini dv 1-hour tape would cost about Rs 150 or less) and transport costs and (in case you need) expensive locations, costumes or actors for your 5-min short film.

The proposed course structure:

Weekend 1
An overview of technology issues and the emerging state of the art;

Weekend 2
Narratives, Semiotics, Left- and Right-Side Functions of the Brain and How Film is Different from Other Narrative Forms; Prejudice, Race, Gender, Society and Politics (Why They are More Sensitive in Cinema);

Weekend 3
Story, Research, Setting; Location and Sets; Scripting, Dialogue, Casting, Scheduling and Budgeting; Approaches to Non-Fiction;

Output 1: Trainee Storylines

Weekend 4
Camera, Lenses, Accessories; Lighting; The Camera Axis and Spatial Reference;

Weekend 5
Sound, Continuity and Edit Notes

Weekend 6
Mise-en-Scene (The Director’s Method); Shot Breakdown;

Output 2: Trainee Shooting Scripts with Shot Breakdown

Weekend 7
Discussion on Scripts/ Open Sessions

Weekend 8
Editing, Dubbing, Sound Mixing; Grading, FX and SFX

Output 3: Trainee Films
Screening of Trainee Films; Criticism