Film Appreciation Course

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

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This course is an introduction to the World of Cinema. For viewers who have been enchanted by this medium of storytelling, this is an opportunity to explore the fundamentals of cinematic language. What makes a good movie? Why do we connect with some stories more than others? What is the importance of previous genres of film-making, to what we watch today?

Some 2000 years ago, Aristotle wrote that, “The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” Maybe he was exaggerating to make a point, but think about it – ever heard someone reference a famous point in history, or some piece of literature, and you were suddenly lost?

To really understand and get the most out of anything – to enjoy something as much as it can be enjoyed — requires insights, reference points, understanding and, in general, education about the subject. This is perhaps most true for art.

And good films are works of art, every bit as much as a Shakespeare play or a Beethoven symphony. And if you understand the art form – in this case film — if you know about theme and act structure and character arcs and sub-plots and symbolism and foreshadowing and a hundred other tools that great filmmakers use to make great films, you can love this art form in a much richer and deeper way than just viscerally taking in a movie for entertainment value.

So whether you just want to enjoy films more…whether you want to be able to learn more about great films so that someday you yourself can make a great film… a course in film appreciation is the ticket. And AISFM, with its stunning and intimate theater and its world class faculty of film experts, is just the place!

Learning Objectives

• Short History of Cinema

• Cinema as a medium of Art & Communication

• Introduction to various Styles of Filmmaking

• Italian Neo realism

• French New wave

• Indian Regional

• New Hollywood

• Japanese Cinema

• Bollywood / Tollywood

• Development of the Indian Film Narrative

• World influences on Indian Cinema

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.