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Diploma in Documentary Film Making (DDFM)

TITLE: Diploma in Documentary Film Making

Objective:

To prepare media students and media professionals to enhance their skills.
To train documentary film enthusiasts to enter the upcoming documentary film industry.

ELIGIBILITY: Minimum 12 th pass. Students will be taken on first-come-first-serve basis.

DURATION : The course shall be part time for a duration of eight weeks for a total of 64 hours that will include teaching and training.

INTAKE CAPACITY: 20 candidates per batch

FEES: Rs. 15000/- (Includes handling cameras and editing systems)

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION : The examination shall be for 100 marks. (40 marks for theory & 60 marks for practicals).

PASSING: Candidates shall have to score 20 marks in the theory and 30 marks in the practicals for award of the Certificate. Candidates from the Master of Communication and Journalism course who take this course will get an additional credit on completion of this course. This credit shall be mentioned separately in the final mark sheet as Diploma Course in Documentary Film Making.

VENUE: The theory and the practicals will be conducted in the University Department of Communication & Journalism.

COURSE CONTENT:

INTRODUCTION

Film formats, types of films, genres,
Introduction to documentary films
About the Course design

PRE-PRODUCTION:

Story, script and its importance, scripting
Screenplay, shot break up
Logistics, budgeting, finance, pitching for funds, format for fund raising
Talent, techies, camera person, subjects - people who you document
Location, travelling, permissions, props
Cameras, lights
Questionnaire, art of interviewing, how to be one of them

PRODUCTION

Camera handling, importance of TCR, Assistant directors job
Lighting techniques
Angles, light, mikes and sound
Crowds, controlling the onlookers, cables and batteries
Shooting

POST-PRODUCTION

System, software, Firewire, Connecting the cam, capturing, capturing formats
Managing large files, Editing suites/softwares
Principles 1 basics of editing software, Timelines and transitions
Laying the sound tracks, Mixing sound, Sound editing, sound fonnats
Special effects
Output formats, Mpegl and Mpeg2
DVDs andVCDs
Flvs and wmvs
Frame rates, NTSC and PAL, Encoding and Decoding
Making a VCD and DVD

Please click on the links below for the syllabi

Masters Degree in Arts
(Communication and Journalism)

Masters Degree in Arts
(Public Relations)

Masters Degree in Arts
(Electronic Media)

Diploma Course in
Documentary Film Making

All these courses are industry oriented and have been designed with the help of industry professionals and alumni. The internal staff as well as professionals from the industry will be conducting the lectures. The Department has a full fledged computer lab and can impart industry oriented training for all the courses.

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