Direction for Film + TV Course

Training/Coaching/Tuition by Annapurna International School of Film and Media (AISFM) Hyderabad View Contact

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This course introduces aspiring directors to the craft of film-making and the art of visual narrative. Additionally, this course will prepare the students to work as assistant directors at a professional level and to enter their first jobs in the film and television industry.

The National Skill Development Corporation report into training requirements for the media industry noted that “Film and Television Direction” was a key area in which India would face a skill shortage in the next decade.

Sounds strange, doesn’t it?

So many people want to direct films, yet there is a shortage of film directors. The reason for this is the lack of quality filmmaking courses in India. Film and television direction is a highly specialized and technical field, requiring knowledge of every aspect of the filmmaking process. Without proper training, it is difficult for aspiring directors to ever move beyond assistant positions. But where can prospective directors go for this training?

The answer is AISFM.

After taking significant input from the many leading filmmakers who serve on our Academic Advisory Board, AISFM has developed a ground-breaking film direction course, “Intro to Direction for Film & TV,” to help reduce the shortage of trained directors.

This ten-week film direction course starts with the basics of film grammar and scripts, then moves onto the larger picture of communicating with technicians, script breakdown and getting familiar with an AD’s responsibility. The objective of the course is to train our students to be fantastic assistant directors, which in turn is a great path to learning to direct films.

AISFM is proud to have legends like Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Anurag Kashyap, Mani Rathnam and Kamal Hasan on our Advisory Board, film expert and Founding Dean of Whistling Woods Kurt Inderbitzin as our CEO, and Nagarjuna himself as our President. This incredible team ensures that our film direction course is built around a great curriculum which in turn builds and maintains our reputation as one of the premier film institutes in India and the world.

Learning Objectives

• Introduction to the Grammar of Filmmaking

• Basics of Scriptwriting

• Interpreting the Script Through Visuals and Sound

• Composition, Continuity and Shot division

• The Assembly Line of Production

• Communicating With Other Technicians

• Understanding The Role of an Assistant Director

• Introduction to Ad. Filmmaking and Documentaries

• Basics of Script Breakdown, Scheduling, Budgeting

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Annapurna International School of Film and Media (AISFM)

The Annapurna International School of Film and Media is India’s first private, non-profit and completely student-focused media school.

AISFM’s goal is to be one of the finest film-institutes in India, and one of the finest in the world. To achieve this, the generous Akkineni family (the school’s primary backers) and management have built the school on the grounds of a major film studio in the heart of Hyderabad, set-up a film fund to produce commercial films using the school’s own students and faculty as cast and crew and drawn some of the biggest names in cinema as teachers and academic advisors. Come join us. Come grow with us. Come start your career with AISFM.

We believe now, today, AISFM offers the best acting school in India, the best directing school, and the best courses in cinematography, editing, writing and producing.

What separates AISFM from other film schools in India?

Yes, the film fund, the location inside a studio and the industry heavyweights that are tied to the school. But mostly, it’s our total devotion to students. This means intense faculty training, to ensure classes are incredibly productive and fun. This means working non-stop to land our students great positions in the industry. This means building a reputation as one of the finest film-institutes in India, so that when our students go out into the world, the world knows they attended the finest acting institute in India, or the finest directing institute, or took the best mass media courses available.

Come join us. Bring your talents to the best acting institute in India, or the best cinematography school in Indian to any of our courses. With your talent, and our training, you can build a career in media and be proud to know you attended one of the premier film schools in India.