Film Institute In Chennai, Tamilnadu, India | Digital Filmmaking Course In Chennai | Diploma In Film Technology Weekend Course, Fees, Admissions, Syllabus

Chennai's Visualite Academy is offering a one-year Digital Filmmaking course in Chennai, which emphasises on both theory and hands-on experience. Being one of the top film schools in India, we are affiliated to the Council for Vocational Education and Skill Development (CVESD) Licensed from Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. We have our branches in Anna nagar, Adyar and Choolaimedu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. We take classes from the scratch and go up to the advanced level of digital filmmaking, which commenced with many offline regular batches like Weekdays and weekends with morning and evening shifts. We even provide the course in an online live mode.

Our Film and Cinema courses are designed in such a way that it makes the students confident enough to enter the film industry on the completion of the filmmaking, film technology and cinematography courses. the up to date syllabus, upgraded Video studio facilities, Shooting equipment, well experienced filmmaking course staff, professionals who come as guest lecturers makes our film technology courses as the best filmmaking course in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

School Students and College Students can even take up this course as a side-by-side course in order to become more professional in Filmmaking. Engineering college students, Arts and Science college students and others who are unavailable during the weekdays to learn this course can make use of the Sunday Classes.

About

Digital Filmmaking is a combination of two fields, namely digital media and Art. This way one can speed up the process of filmmaking and be more creative and enterprising in the special effects department. If technology has affected, then the greatest impact is in the way films are made. It involves coordinating all of the different elements that go into the actual making of a film using digital media, from lining up financing to screenwriting, lighting, set design and more. the job includes positions in feature films, commercials, industrial and documentary work. Because of the Digital Filmmaking opportunities outside feature filmmaking, the need for DFM is not geographically limited to only the traditional film industry.

Stages of Filmmaking

there are mainly five stages in the process of filmmaking. they are as follows:

1. Development Stage

• ➢ Research
• ➢ Creation
• ➢ Script Writing
• ➢ organising
• ➢ Storyboarding
• ➢ Project Planning

2. Pre Production Stage

• ➢ Securing Locations
• ➢ Acquiring Permissions
• ➢ Production and Agreement of Project Timeline and Deliverables
• ➢ Briefing Actors
• ➢ Aligning the Crew
• ➢ Create Sets, Costumes and Props
• ➢ Back-Up Plan

3. Production Stage

• ➢ Shooting

4. Post Production Stage

• ➢ Footage Assembling
• ➢ Animations and Motion Graphics
• ➢ Music
• ➢ Recordings and Voice Over
• ➢ Titles and Graphics
• ➢ Rough Edits
• ➢ Final Edits

5. Duplication and Delivery

• ➢ output To Chosen Media format
• ➢ Cover Design
• ➢ Packaging
• ➢ Distribution

Skills Required

How To Be A Good Filmmaker?

there are very few things that distinguish a professional filmmaker from an amateur one. Listed below are those few things that make a difference.

• Working With Whatever Is Available
• Do Not Copy
• Study Films
• Push Yourself
• Keep It Short
• Test Screen
• Don't Neglect the Basics

Learning outline

• Concepts of Filmmaking
• Pre-Production
• Scriptwriting and Storyboarding
• Cinematography
• Video Editing
• Digital Design
• Casting and Actors Exercises
• Working with the Crew
• Sound Editing
• Visual Media, Documentary and Advertisement Filmmaking
• Production Design
• Basics of Composting
• From Amateur to Professional

Who Can Apply

• No age or gender restrictions
• Anyone with passion for Filmmaking processes
• 8th pass/fail, 10th pass/fail, 12th pass/fail, UG/PG/Diploma students
• Student residing in any part of India, NRIs, even International students can apply
• Students who are pursuing Engineering, IT, Science, Arts, Commerce and Management Courses can take up this course as a side-by-side course
• Working professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Architects, Designers, Teachers, Businessmen, Lawyers, Auditors etc.
• Discontinued/drop out students are also eligible to apply
• You can choose either morning shift or an evening shift.
• they have weekend classes on Saturdays and Sundays.
• Customisable class timings according to your schedules.

Scope

Filmmaking course covers almost all the necessary job roles in the field of filmmaking. there are numerous types of job roles starting from a Film crew member to a director, few of which are mentioned below:

• Director
• Director of Photography/Cinematographer
• Video Editor
• Cameraman
• Videographer
• Camera Production Assistant
• Motion Control Operator
• Camera Operator
• Camera Assistant
• Sound Technician
• Lighting Technician