Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to produce a short film while writing script, shooting and editing the film.
Language of Cinema; Language of Cinema I – Focus on visual Language- Shot, Scene, Mis‐en‐scene, Deep focus; Continuity Editing, Montage;
Language of Cinema II – Focus on Sound and Colour- Diegetic and Non Diegetic Sound, Off
Screen Sound, Sync Sound, use of Colour as a stylistic Element.
Third Cinema and Non Fiction Cinema; Introduction to Feminist Film Theory;
Auteur- Film Authorship with a special focus on Ray or Kurusawa
Hindi Cinema-Early Cinema and the Studio Era; 1950s ‐ Cinema and the Nation (Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor, Mehboob); The Indian New-Wave; Globalisation and Indian Cinema; Film Culture.
Production of a short film- Content style research, Script and Screenplay development,
Recce, Voice Over and Shooting.
Editing - Preparation, EDL and Previewing, Rough cut and Final editing, Effects and Titling.