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Learn the craft of Filmmaking by
doing practical from day one.

Write, shoot & edit own short films under
profesional guidance in one and half
months of weekend evening batch
or in 3 weeks of full-time regular batch.

Day - 1
The Director's Role

Introduction of Participants
Creative Process in Film-making
Cinema as Collaborative art form
Role of a Director
The place of technique
Images for an idea
Screening of films produced by the ex-students of IMI Filmmaking Foundation program

The selection of an idea & its images for one minute, single shot film to be produced by each participant (Student Exercise)

Day - 2
Understanding of Camera as a tool

(Professional Assessment of subjects chosen by participants for their first film)

Ten commandments to be a Film-maker
The Placement of Camera
How to make Dynamic shots
Selection of Viewpoint to heighten the drama
Significance of different Camera angles
Characteristics & Impact of various dimension of Shots
Composition & Rule of one third
Operation & Camera Movements
Classroom practical by each participant with professional HD Camera

The production of a one minute, single shot film by each participant (Student Exercise)

Day - 3
The Script-I

(Professional Assessment of first film produced by each participant)

Where to search for an interesting idea
Essential elements of any story telling
Understanding the evolution of language of Cinema
How to condense real-time in reel-time
Screening of a South African Film

Working out a story idea for production of final film to be produce by participants (Student Exercise)

Day - 4
The Script-II

(Professional Assessment of the story ideas submitted by each participants)

Stages of Script development
Characterization & Dialogue Treatment
Manipulation of Time while Script writing
Selection of a Theme: a strong & unifying element
Screening of a Bollywood flick to illustrate the devises used by writer to manipulate time

Working out the one line Scene breakups for the idea discussed in the classroom (Student Exercise)

Day - 5
The Script-III

(Professional Assessment of the one line Scene breakups developed by each participant)

Cinema Verite: Documentary films
Essence of Documentary Scripting
Format to write Script for Documentary/Ad film
Screening of a Polish Film directed by master of World Cinema

The Production of multi-shot 3 minutes long Observational Film by each participant (Student Exercise)

Day - 6
The Production

(Professional Assessment of multi shot Observational Film made by each participant)

Production Designing
Overall Style of the film
Process of Preparation for production
Importance of Pre-production
Film & Finance
Knowledge of budgeting & artistic discipline
Scheduling the shooting order
Shooting ratio
To study making of a popular hindi movie to appreciate its Production planning

Drafting a Screenplay & Production Plan for the final film to be produced by each participant group (Student Exercise - must be submitted within 7 days)

The curriculum for Foundation workshop is designed to give you a great view of what goes behind the camera. To ensure you are truly enabled with expertise to appreciate cinema as an art form and can make your own low cost short films. The curriculum gives complete theoretical insights as well as hands-on practical experiences to the students.

During the workshop, each student makes a series of exercise films. This takes you through the entire process of filmmaking. Your work is constantly assessed and criticized by our faculty who are industry professionals. The student applies the experience gained through this process to the next exercise, and the learning process continues.

During short tenure of the course - you will write, shoot, direct & edit 4 short films independently and also assist others in their productions.

Here is an in-depth breakdown of course module to give you a sense of what a typical day in the life of our Foundation workshop student is like.

More details of Course Curriculum of Day 7 to 12
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Students at IMI

I remember the day when my friend informed me about the IMI Filmmaking Foundation program. I had a big doubt- what can be learnt in 12 days session. Though I had assisted in a film, I was not fully aware with all the theoretical and practical aspects of film production. So I joined the course. At IMI, I got really astonished from the day one. I had started getting the knowledge which I was exactly looking for. I got hands on experience by making my four exercise films which filled me with confidence. Here I realized that films are like building. Making of any beautiful film requires lots and lots of planning, patient and manpower.

Samir Parmar,
Architect / Documentary film maker

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