AAFT - Media School India, Premiere Film School, Acting School

• Evolution of motion picture production in India
• Who does what in motion picture production
• The creative, technical and business aspects of motion picture production
• The challenges, opportunities in and the current status of the entertainment industry

Motion Picture Production Process

• Pre-production planning stage
• Production stage
• Post production stage of making a finished motion picture production

Research in Motion Picture Production

• Objective of research in motion picture production
• Method of ascertaining the taste and need of the motion picture audience
• Qualitative and quantitative research methodology data collection and analysis and its presentation
• Collecting and sifting of details of subject matter of the motion picture

History of Cinema

• Evolution of Cinema – the early days
• Emergence of the narrative cinema and American, German, French and Russian Cinema in the era of silent motion pictures
• Advent of sound and colour in motion picture, cinemas of the world in post salient motion picture era
• Evolution of cinema in India and the its current status

Screen Grammar

• Elements of the composition of static shots
• Elements of the composition of moving shots
• Elements of the editing the moving shots
• Elements of the sound track in motion picture

Film Theories and Analysis

• Earliest theory – film as an art; prescriptive and descriptive theories
• OExpressionist, realist, formalist, montage and semiotics theories
• Film and culture, film and society, film and the observer
• Detailed analysis of a well made feature film

Screen Acting : Theory & Practice

• Training in verbal communication
• Training in non verbal communication
• Action problem
• Scene exercises

Camera & Lighting Techniques: Theory & Practice

• Light and its characteristics
• The human vision; lens and image formation
• Picture framing, composition and focusing
• Anatomy of still and motion picture cameras, camera mounts, lighting equipment

• Objective / purpose of storytelling
• Elements of story
• Structure of a story
• Elements of visual storytelling

Screenplay Writing-I

• Studies in media language
• The screenplay: its nature, function and form
• Fiction, elements of drama and a narrative
• Elements of fictional and non fictional narrative

Introduction to World and Indian Cinemas

• Study of some well made silent films : 1895-1930 era
• Study of some typical sound films : 1930-1960 era
• Study of modern cinemas of the world: 1960 to date
• Study of some well made Hindi and regional languages cinemas of India

Film Sound Recording : Theory & Practice

• Elements of Sound : Speech, music and effects
• Parameters of sound quality, physical and subjective and physical aspects of sound
• Microphone, loudspeaker, sound mixing console, computer in recording and editing of sound, the studio acoustics
• Techniques of recording and editing sound for screen presentation

Motion Picture Editing: Theory & Practice

• Elements of motion picture editing
• Role of Editor and his relationship with Director
• Continuity in motion picture editing
• Principles of motion picture editing

Studies in Art Form & Humanities

• Introduction to Indian music
• Indian Dance form
• Elements of Painting & Sculpture
• Introduction to Indian culture & history; human psychology; philosophy and essence of world religions; political beliefs and economic theories

Graded Exercises in Motion Picture Production

• Construction of scene / sequence
• Evolving a screenplay
• Parameters of a script for motion picture
• Adaptation of story, play or novel for motion pictures

Motion Picture Production Management

• Need for Production Management
• Role of Production Manager
• Production planning and control
• Budgeting for motion picture production and sources of finance

Motion Picture Directing: Theory & Practice

• The script, cast and crew for motion picture production
• Conventions in motion picture production
• Role of Director
• Graded practical exercises

Art Direction for Motion Picture

• Purpose of visual design in motion picture production
• Elements of visual design for motion picture production
• Budgeting for visual design
• Role of Art Director

Motion Picture Certification, Distribution & Exhibition

• Cinematograph Act 1952
• Motion picture distribution business practices
• Motion picture exhibition business practices
• Pricing of a motion picture for distribution; selling of a various rights for recovering the cost of production; fixing the date of its release

Graphics & Animation for Motion Pictures

• Elements of graphic art for motion pictures
• Understanding personal computer and other hardware required for graphic art work
• Popular software for graphic art work
• The internet and the web

Production of Short Film : Writing, Shooting, Editing and Directing it

• Screen Acting (Slightly modified syllabus for 1 year Diploma in Acting for Film & Television)
• Camera & Lighting Techniques (Slightly modified syllabus for 1 year Diploma Camera and Lighting Techniques)
• Motion Picture Direction & Screenplay Writing (Slightly modified syllabus for 1 year Diploma in Production / Direction)
• Motion Picture Post Production (Slightly modified syllabus for 1 year Diploma in Post Production)