Filmmaking Foundation Workshop

Workshop by Institute of Moving Images Pune, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi View Contact

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Learn: Film Making

Category: Film Making & Television

Age Group:	Above 16-   Years
Eligibility: (Pre-requisites)	- Minimum age of 16 years. - Minimum 10+2 / HSC / A-Level or equivalent level of education. Graduation is preferred.
Medium of instruction:	English

Yes, now you too can dare to make your own short films
You have an inclination, you have imaginations, and you have an interesting story to share. But always wondered - what it takes to make a beautiful, slick & entertaining film.

Learn Filmmaking by making four films
At the Institute of Moving Images, we believe the best way to learn filmmaking is by actually making films. And it starts from first week itself.

IMI has designed & developed an intensive program to develop an understanding of the grammar of visual storytelling and collaborative nature of filmmaking in short span of time.

The program provides great overview for all those like you who want to know more about working behind the camera. Already 1450 bright and young film enthusiasts, including management professionals, doctors, space scientists, IT engineers, architects, advertising executives, photo-journalist, business analysts, fighter pilots, army officers, college lecturers, actors, animators and undergraduates have successfully completed this course.

IMI short-term Film Foundation program imparts theoretical as well as practical knowledge of the craft of filmmaking and familiarizes you with all the aesthetic aspects to appreciate cinema as an art form. It essentially enables you with expertise to make own low cost short films.

More specifically, here you will be taken through the entire process of filmmaking. You will acquire and apply knowledge in script writing, production designing, shot division, directing & post production while making series of four exercise films independently and also assisting others in their productions. Your work will be assessed critically in the class by our faculty who are industry professionals.

The students apply the experience gained through constructive discussion with them in their next exercise and the learning process continues.

The combination of non-stop collaborative work, diverse experiences and shared passion for cinema, makes IMI Filmmaking Foundation workshop intensely enriching, exciting and rewarding creative experience, you can ever have.

Upon successful completion of the workshop, students make their final film of 8-10 minutes duration on HDV camera and post production on Avid Xpress.

Students receive a certificate and DVD show reel of all their films at the Institute.

Inspirational, Comprehensive and enjoyable
At IMI campus in Pune, we regularly induct students for three weeks of full time, regular batches for Filmmaking Foundation Workshops. As well as, throughout the year, we also conduct one & half months of weekend, evening batches in collaboration with eminent colleges & universities at various locations in India i.e.,

• Mumbai

• Pune

• Ahmedabad

• Vadodara

• New Delhi

• Chandigarh

• Jaipur

• Bengaluru

• Bhopal

• Hydrabad

• Chennai

• Kolkata

The IMI Filmmaking Foundation workshop is highly recommended for all those who want to test self aptitude before making considered choice about a future in highly rewarding industry. It vastly improves the chance of clearing the selection process for those who intent to apply for specialization in Filmmaking.

But for those who do not wish to pursue a career or further training in film, this course is an inspirational, comprehensive and enjoyable introduction to the world of filmmaking, providing creative and collaborative skills that can be useful in any vocation.

Unique Features of Filmmaking Foundation Workshop

• Part time Foundation course

• Learn filmmaking while working full time

• One & half month / weekend course or 3 weeks full time regular course

• Total 66 hours of tution: 12 sessions

• Average 20 students

• No previous experience of filmmaking required

• Get the skills to start making short films

• Students write, shoot and edit 4 short films under Professional guidance

• Final project of 10-15 minutes on HDV Camera and post production on Avid Xpress

• Feedback and informal screening of completed work

• Certificate and DVD show reel on successful completion of course

• Can make contacts with like-minded professionals who can team for future shoots

• Sound basis for going on to further education in filmmaking

• Provides great overview for those considering serious move into film industry

• Students gain entry level job in Production house/TV Channels

• Provides creative and collaborative skills that can be useful in any vocation

 

Who Should Apply

• Film enthusiasts, students and working professionals

• Can commit evenings, twice a week for 12 sessions ( generally Sat & Sunday) for weekend batches or stay in Pune for 3 weeks full-time regular batches

• Curious to know working behind the camera

• Have spirit of collaboration

• Desirous of building a portfolio career alongside existing profession or studies by making short films in free time

• Want to test self aptitude before applying for further education in filmmaking

• Want to explore opportunity in any particular role in filmmaking process in the industry

• Want to gain entry level jobs in Production house/TV Channels

• All nationalities and background with minimum age of 16 years

Admission Criteria

• There is no admission requirement as the course is designed to offer foundation skills

• Applications are selected on "first cum first served" basis

• Admission on the basis of the reasons you give why you wish to study film, unless there is substantial incompatibility between applicant's expectations and the workshop. For more detail, go to Admission requirements page

• The need to follow and understand the intensive course of lectures make it imperative that all students have a satisfactory knowledge of English language

• Graduation is preferred. Students applying to IMI Filmmaking Foundation program come from a wide-spectrum of educational background including management professionals, doctors, IT engineer, architect, painter, animator and under-graduates in Humanity, Science & commerce. However, minimum eligibility is a 10 / HSC / A-Level or equivalent level of education

 

Course Curriculum
Day - 1
The Director's Role

• Introduction of Participants

• Creative Process in Film-making

• Cinema as Collaborative art form

• Role of a Director

• The place of technique

• Images for an idea

• Screening of films produced by the ex-students of IMI Filmmaking Foundation program

The selection of an idea & its images for one minute, single shot film to be produced by each participant (Student Exercise)

Day - 2
Understanding of Camera as a tool
(Professional Assessment of subjects chosen by participants for their first film)

• Ten commandments to be a Film-maker

• The Placement of Camera

• How to make Dynamic shots

• Selection of Viewpoint to heighten the drama

• Significance of different Camera angles

• Characteristics & Impact of various dimension of Shots

• Composition & Rule of one third

• Operation & Camera Movements

• Classroom practical by each participant with professional HD Camera

The production of a one minute, single shot film by each participant (Student Exercise)

Day - 3
The Script-I
(Professional Assessment of first film produced by each participant)

• Where to search for an interesting idea

• Essential elements of any story telling

• Understanding the evolution of language of Cinema

• How to condense real-time in reel-time

• Screening of a South African Film

Working out a story idea for production of final film to be produce by participants (Student Exercise)

Day - 4
The Script-II
(Professional Assessment of the story ideas submitted by each participants)

• Stages of Script development

• Characterization & Dialogue Treatment

• Manipulation of Time while Script writing

• Selection of a Theme: a strong & unifying element

• Screening of a Bollywood flick to illustrate the devises used by writer to manipulate time

Working out the one line Scene breakups for the idea discussed in the classroom (Student Exercise)

Day - 5
The Script-III
(Professional Assessment of the one line Scene breakups developed by each participant)

• Cinema Verite: Documentary films

• Essence of Documentary Scripting

• Format to write Script for Documentary/Ad film

• Screening of a Polish Film directed by master of World Cinema

The Production of multi-shot 3 minutes long Observational Film by each participant (Student Exercise)

Day - 6
The Production
(Professional Assessment of multi shot Observational Film made by each participant)

• Production Designing

• Overall Style of the film

• Process of Preparation for production

• Importance of Pre-production

• Film & Finance

• Knowledge of budgeting & artistic discipline

• Scheduling the shooting order

• Shooting ratio

• To study making of a popular hindi movie to appreciate its Production planning

Drafting a Screenplay & Production Plan for the final film to be produced by each participant group (Student Exercise - must be submitted within 7 days)

The curriculum for Foundation workshop is designed to give you a great view of what goes behind the camera. To ensure you are truly enabled with expertise to appreciate cinema as an art form and can make your own low cost short films. The curriculum gives complete theoretical insights as well as hands-on practical experiences to the students.

During the workshop, each student makes a series of exercise films. This takes you through the entire process of filmmaking. Your work is constantly assessed and criticized by our faculty who are industry professionals. The student applies the experience gained through this process to the next exercise, and the learning process continues.

During short tenure of the course - you will write, shoot, direct & edit 4 short films independently and also assist others in their productions.

Here is an in-depth breakdown of course module to give you a sense of what a typical day in the life of our Foundation workshop student is like.

Course dates

One & half month, weekend batches of IMI Filmmaking Foundation workshop are conducted every month at various locations throughout India in collaboration with premier colleges & universities which are ideally suited for working professionals as well as students who have other time commitments; whereas 3 weeks full-time regular batches are perfect for people who can come to IMI campus and stay in Pune for three weeks.

Course Duration:
One & half Month Weekend Batches
(Saturday & Sunday/ 4pm to 9pm/ 12 Sessions) At various Colleges & Universities throughout India

Three Weeks full-time regular Batches
(Monday to Thursday/ 10AM to 3PM/ 12 Sessions) Only at IMI Campus in Pune

 

Welcome to the Admission Process at IMI.

Institute of Moving Images is open to applicants of all nationalities and background with minimum age of 18 years who are seriously interested in the field of professional filmmaking.

The average age of students is in their early twenties, but the range is wide and we welcome applications from older students also.

To be eligible for the admission in any course at IMI, graduation is preferred but not mandatory.

IMI admission policy recognizes that there will be some outstanding applicants with backgrounds in other disciplines and work experience including those without standard graduation degree. What we are essentially looking for is raw talent and new voices with something to say.

The general category of applicants apply for admission in IMI are those who have not yet had any production experience but who have a history of creative interest in film, theater, writing, painting or in still photography.

Admission is purely on merit.

Applicants merit & creative potential are evaluated on the basis of their response to aptitude test questions listed on the admission form and their performance at interview.

The entire admission process at IMI is free of stress and straightforward as possible.

Just browse the pages step by step.

To avoid any last minute rejections of your application for technical reasons, please go through all the pages carefully before filling the "Application Form for Admission."

Classroom - Weekend (Group Size: Below 21 - )
When	Duration	Where	Remarks	Price
2nd February, 2014 (4:00 PM - 9:00 PM) Sun, Sat	1.5 Months 12 Sessions (Total 66 Hrs)	Dadar West, Mumbai (Branch)	129th Current Batch. Last date to apply : 31st Jan... more 129th Current Batch. Last date to apply : 31st Jan, 2014.	Price On Request
9th February, 2014 (4:00 PM - 9:00 PM) Sun, Sat	1.5 Months 12 Sessions (Total 66 Hrs)	Dadar West, Mumbai (Branch)	Master Class: Screenplay (Current Batch) (3 Days M... more Master Class: Screenplay (Current Batch) (3 Days Master Class). Last date to apply : 6th Feb, 2014.	Price On Request
9th February, 2014 (4:00 PM - 9:00 PM) Sun, Sat	1.5 Months 12 Sessions (Total 66 Hrs)	Shivaji Nagar, Pune (Head Office)	130th Current Batch. Last date to apply : 7th Feb,... more 130th Current Batch. Last date to apply : 7th Feb, 2014	Price On Request
9th February, 2014 (4:00 PM - 9:00 PM) Sun, Sat	1.5 Months 12 Sessions (Total 66 Hrs)	Deccan Gymkhana, Pune (Branch)	130th Current Batch. Last date to apply : 7th Feb,... more 130th Current Batch. Last date to apply : 7th Feb, 2014.	Price On Request
9th March, 2014 (4:00 PM - 9:00 PM)	1.5 Months 12 Sessions (Total 66 Hrs)	Ballygunge, Kolkata (Branch)	131st Current Batch. Last date to apply : 7th Mar,... more 131st Current Batch. Last date to apply : 7th Mar, 2014.	Price On Request
23rd March, 2014 (4:00 PM - 9:00 PM) Sun, Sat	1.5 Months 12 Sessions (Total 66 Hrs)	Mandi House, New Delhi (Branch)	132nd Current Batch. Last date to apply : 21st Mar... more 132nd Current Batch. Last date to apply : 21st Mar, 2014.	Price On Request

Classroom - Full Time (Group Size: Below 21 - )
When	Duration	Where	Remarks	Price
24th March, 2014 (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu	3 Weeks 12 Sessions (Total 66 Hrs)	Dadar West, Mumbai (Branch)	Last date to apply : 21st Mar, 2014.	Price On Request
Not Specified	3 Weeks 12 Sessions (Total 66 Hrs)	Shivaji Nagar, Pune (Head Office)	Not Specified	Price On Request
Not Specified	3 Weeks 12 Sessions (Total 66 Hrs)	Deccan Gymkhana, Pune (Branch)	Not Specified	Price On Request

Pune, Shivaji Nagar (Head Office):- MA Building, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics Campus (Deemed University), 846 Shivaji Nagar, Pune - 411004, Maharashtra, India


Pune, Deccan Gymkhana (Branch):- MA Building, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics Campus (Deemed University) BMCC Road Deccan Gymkhana, Pune - 411004, Maharashtra, India


Kolkata, Ballygunge (Branch):- Alliance Francaise du Bengale (Indo-French Cultural Centre) 217, A.J.C. Bose Road, Beck Bagan Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Mumbai, Dadar West (Branch):- Ravindra Natya Mandir, P.L. Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy Next to Siddhi Vinayak Temple Dadar West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

New Delhi, Mandi House (Branch):- Shri Ram Centre of Art & Culture, Shafdar Hasmi Marg Near Mandi House Metro Station Mandi House, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Institute of Moving Images

Though we are the Filmmakers of today, you are the Filmmakers of the future. Our primary mission is to do everything in our power to launch you - the next generation of Filmmakers, into the Filmmaking business with a profound sense of excellence, a brimming self-confidence in your abilities and a passion for movie-making poetry.

Institute of Moving Images is an intimate and innovative film school for high standard of practical training in all key areas of filmmaking with latest equipments. It is very independent film school run by non-profit Moving Images Educational Trust, recognized by Government under Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950.

Located inside a sedate green, sprawling campus of a reputed university in Pune, IMI provides an interesting backdrop for concentrated study of filmmaking and to shoot student exercise films.

We select only those students who are the raw talent and genuine potential. We have very high expectation of our students and demand 100% commitment from each of them.

Today, we can proudly say many of our alumni are employed in prestigious Film Production Companies & Television Channels. But the fact remains that no one is ever hired in the film industry on the basis of mere paper qualification. This is our faculty of high profile, award winning and established film professionals, who often come straight from their movie set; teach students how to succeed in this
competitive field since they know better how the film industry works.

Success in film industry is a matter of right skills, attitude & confidence- this is what IMI provides to its students.