FRAMES FILM FESTIVAL

Event: Frames Film Festival 2010
Host: SIES (Nerul) College
When: 21st – 23rd January, 2010
Where: SIES College (Nerul)

About Frames

The Department of Mass Media of SIES (Nerul) College of Arts, Science and Commerce will be hosting the 7th Annual Frames Film Festival from the 21st to the 23rd of January 2010.

Frames Film Festival, an initiative of the Department of Mass Media of SIES (Nerul) College of Arts Science and Commerce, is the pioneering undergraduate film festival in India. It is a unique event, conceptualized to help young students showcase their talents in film – making.

An array of eminent media personalities such as Mahesh Bhatt, Madhur Bhandarkar, Nagesh Kuknoor, Sanjay Gupta, Rituparna Sengupta, Rohan Sippy, Sophie Choudhary, Aziz Mirza, Kundan Shah, Sanjay Gadhvi, Raghav Sachar, Prachi Desai, among others, have graced the event.

Frames has received news coverage from media organizations like NDTV 24×7, Zee Network, Aaj Tak, Sahara One, Channel 7 and NMTV. Apart from the above mentioned broadcast channel, print publication like DNA (Navi Mumbai), Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Asian Age, Loksatta and Times of India have covered the event.

7th Annual Frames Film Festival

When Mumbai was under siege in 2008, it witnessed a lot of destruction. Pain, suffering and loss of life and resources caused the spirit of Mumbai to be daunted by the dastardly and unprovoked attacks. The city seemed to be thrown off the tracks and the blame game had begun.

Taking a cue from the small group of citizens who felt that though we were attacked, it was time to move on, Frames has decided to celebrate life through films. We at Frames believe that though we were down, it’s time we rise, though we cried, it’s time to wipe away the tears and put away the pain. It’s now time to move on leaving behind the haphazard blame game and stand up for purposeful action which can only be ignited by a youthful passion.

The 3 days of Frames will be revolutionary ones as the established mindset will be challenged and a new line of thought of responsibility and courage takes root. Join us even as we celebrate life and re-live the days of the ‘Flower Power’ era and usher in a change in the attitudes and mindset of people using the power of films.

About SIES (Nerul) College

SIES (Nerul) College of Arts, Science and Commerce is located in a sprawling 3 acre campus at Nerul, the academic hub of Navi Mumbai. The college is a part of the South Indian Education Society, which has completed 75 years in the filed of education this year.
SIES (Nerul) celebrated its anniversary last year and its tradition has been to produce fine citizens who can take the onus of being the future decision makers.
The Institution is a combination of traditional ethnic culture and modern state of the art infrastructure. Together with 3 auditoria and a total seating capacity of 650, spanning across the vast campus, the college is a pertinent venue for Frames Film Festival.

Event Schedule

Date: 21st January, 2010

Events:
1st Session: Inauguration
2nd Session: Short Films (Non-BMM Category)

Date: 22nd January, 2010

Events:
1st Session: Short Films (BMM Category)
2nd Session: Ad Event (PSA and commercial)

Date: 23rd January, 2010

1st Session: Documentaries
2nd Session: Music Videos
3rd Session: Award Ceremony

For further details log on to (www.framesfilmfestival.com)
Or Call:
Joshua Patnigere: +91 9819815822
Radhika Gopal: +91 9920861833

Event: 16:9 International Film Festival
Host: Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management
When: 15th & 16th January, 2010

As a student of BMM, one generally dreams of outdoor shoots, news reports, media personnel, and of course filmmaking. The perception of glam never leaves the mind as one enters into this field filled, right from the first year, with dreams of the limelight!

Here’s a call from some of your brethren in the field of filmmaking – sixteen:nine International Film Festival is here to let you live your dream of the glamorous side of Mass Media. A short-film festival that encourages student filmmakers from all over the world to express themselves. SNIFF hosts not only film screenings, but is also home to a wide range of filmmaking-related contests – such as photography, acting, Mise-en-Scene, editing and all things remotely filmy. Welcome aboard a world of hard work, sleepless nights – (aren’t we BMMites already used to it?) that surely leads to a universe of glitz, glamour and success.

SNIFF is your first step towards being a full-fledged cinematic persona – giving you the ultimate film experience.

Organised by the students of SVKM’s Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management – SNIFF also boasts of being the first student-organized short film festival from Mumbai to go International. For a festival barely 3 years old, and with an initial association of 7 countries apart from India, SNIFF now boasts of a mind-boggling 40 country bond, which promises to expand with coming years. Our participants hail from countries such as U.S.A., U.K., Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Romania, Japan etc.

The prizes, in the past years, have included certificates and trophies, and Internships for the winner of Actor hunt. The alluring competitions attracted students from all over the country. It was heartening to see the enthusiasm of the aspiring filmmakers of tomorrow. College contingents also competed for the Best College Trophy – a temptation left for you to exploit even this year, and with the commencement of the Polling event – it just seems closer.

Another feather in the hat is the starlist that takes pride in associating with us – from veterans like Shabana Azmi , Kiran V. Shantaram and Aziz Mirza- to the younger, enthusiastic generation of film personalities such as Anurag Kashyap, Perizaad Zorabian and Imran Khan. SNIFF ’09 also had the beautiful Madhuri Dixit gracing the closing ceremony along with Imran Khan, Sanjay Gupta and Goldie Behl.

With a golden opportunity arriving this January 15th and 16th, the wise will set their equipment in action and the creative will burst with ideas as sixteen:nine International Film Festival 2010 marches in.

Brace yourself for another ride through films, fantasies and the fun element you’ve been waiting for in the world of Media.

Check out all the events here.

Register here for the event.

Contact Details:

For futher queries call Saloni Saraf (Events Head) – 9833011830
Mansi Desai (Events Head) – 9920210821
I. Ghelani (Events Sub Head) – 9820913306

Hello friends,
These are some of the links to the videos of the performances held at ESTRO 09:

The Band Performeance by Whats in the name? (Me n My group members) n Godwin :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UShEjf3Odhs

The Fusion Dance Performed by the SY’s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLYS4GqMeMc

and many more to come!

Movie rules and hefty tech, the media maniacs gives “Estro” a glamorous feel of a vibrant and active film event innovated by the BMM students. It gives ample opportunities to the media students to indulge themselves in various events. “Estro” provides an awesome platform to aspiring and budding talents with celebrated personalities judging them.

Event Highlights

· Short Films
· Documentaries
· Movie Trailers
· Mobile Film/Mini Film
· Music Videos
· Ad Films
· Photography
· Radio Jingle
· Live Reporting
· Print Ads
· Newspaper and Magazine Making
· Story Boarding

ESTRO SCHEDULER

CLAUSE:
All the CD’s, Photographs, Print Ads send to the college will be given by the participants on their own risk. Any loss or destruction of the same is not the responsibility of the college.

23rd DECEMBER, 2009

Name of the events Time Venue

Opening ceremony 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Somaiya Auditorium
Short Films 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Somaiya Auditorium
Lunch Break 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. –
Live Reporting 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Somaiya Auditorium
Movie Trailers 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Somaiya Auditorium
Mobile Film Making 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Somaiya Auditorium
Radio Jingles 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Somaiya Auditorium

23rd DECEMBER, 2009

Name of the events Time Venue

Photography 1:30 p.m. onwards Somaiya Auditorium
Print Ads 1:30 p.m. onwards Somaiya Auditorium
Story Boarding 11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Classroom
Newspaper & Magazine
Making 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Computer Lab

24th DECEMBER, 2009

Name of the events Time Venue

Documentaries 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Somaiya Auditorium
Lunch Break 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. –
Ad Films 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Somaiya Auditorium
Music Videos 3:00 p.mp – 4:30 p.m. Somaiya Auditorium
Prize Distribution 6pm onwards Somaiya Auditorium

Check out what each event has in store for you…

Short Films – Lilliput Stories

Time limit: 8 – 20 mins
Language: Hindi, English
Format: mpeg, wmv, avi
Short films in regional languages must have subtitles.

Documentaries – Sacchi Kahani Camera Ki Zubani

Time limit: 20 mins
Language: Hindi, English
Format: mpeg, wmv, avi
Regional languages must have subtitles.

Movie Trailers
Time limit: 60 sec
Language: Hindi, English
Format: mpeg, wmv, avi
Trailer should be of non-existing movie.

AD Films – Jo Dikhta Hai Wo Bikhta Hai.

Time limit: 90 secs
Language: Hindi, English
Format: mpeg, wmv, avi
Print Ads
Sales of 3 print ads
Size – A3
All campaigns should be hypothetical.

Music Videos

Time limit: 5 mins
Language: Hindi, English
Format: mpeg, wmv, avi
Original composition also accepted.

Radio Jingle

Time limit: 1 min
1 person per team.
Topic will be given on the spot.

Story Boarding

Time limit: 2 hrs.
Max. 10 Scenes
Spreadsheets will be provided.
On the spot theme.

Mobile Film/Mini Film

Time limit: 3 mins
Language: Hindi, English
Open theme
Format: mpeg, wmv, avi
No vulgarity.

Photography

A4 size – 3 Photos of any theme
Themes
• Green
• Abstract
• Colors

Newspaper and Magazine Making

Time limit: 3 hrs
Min. 4 pages of broadsheet.
2 members per team
Computer installed with Quark Xpress will be provided.

Live Reporting

Time limit: 3 mins
2 members per team
Topic will be given on the spot

Cheers 🙂

Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication (SIMC) is organizing FootPrints ’09, a series of Media seminars encompassing the various aspects of the media relating to Advertising, Audio Visual, Journalism and Public Relations.

This 10 year old event will be conducted in 23 Indian cities and at 2 international cities. The seminar is a day-long event that will comprise of interaction between students and the pioneers of the media. The youth is our primary target audience.

The theme for FootPrints ’09 this year is:
1. The Green Battle
2. Media: Past, Present, And The Future

The title sponsors for the Event are Education Times and Reliance BigTV, which will ensure wide spread coverage of the event by the largest media house in the country and also by other news conglomerates.

All the participants will get a participation certificate from the Symbiosis International University and there also will be a SNAP help desk to clear all your Snap doubts!

The Essentials

Where: Rangsharda Auditorium (Bandra West), Mumbai
When: November 15, 2009
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

The confirmed guest speakers list

Mr. Arijit SenGupta, President, Oglivy PR Worldwide
Mr. Ashish Bhushan, General Manager, Brand Activation, TOI
Dr. Chandra Krishnamurthy, Acting Vice Chancellor, Mumbai University
Mr. Goldin Quadros, World Wide Fund for Nature
Mr. Joel Pannikot, Co-Founder & CEO, Athena India
Mr. Mark Robinson, Model/Choreographer
Mr. Neeil, RJ, Red FM
Mr. N. Chandramouli, CEO, Blue Lotus Communications
Mr. Prahlad Kakkar, CEO, Genesis
Mr. Pritish Nandy, Founder, PNC
Mr. Rahul Alvares, Author/Herpatologist
Dr. Rashneh Pardiwala, Founder, Centre for Environment Research and Education
Mr. Roshan Abbas, Founder, Encompass
Mr. Saurabh Shukla, Director/Actor/Writer
Mr. Shashank Verma, CEO, Clean Star Trust
Mr. Suman Shrivastava, CEO, Euro RSCG
Dr. Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury, Director, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication
Mr. Vineet Malhotra, Anchor, Neo Sports
Mr. Viraf Pocha, Founder, Landmark Events

Besides, they have two live performances: (a) Singer Raghav Sachar (b) Theatre Group Utopia!

Original post here

More after the event

Mumbai Footprints, 15th November, 2009 was a success. With four separate panel discussions (Environment, New Media, Corporate and Entertainment) coupled with a play from Theatre Group ‘Utopia’ and a grand performance by singer/composer Raghav Sachar, the event was poised to win over the audience.

The event saw a turnout of around a fifteen hundred plus strong crowd. Students and youngsters from different backgrounds (Zoology to New Media) thronged the gates of Rangsharda Auditorium at 8am in the morning!

The event was inaugurated by Professor Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury, Dean SIU (Symbiosis International University) and Director SIMC (Symbiosis International University) with the lighting of the holy samai. The panel included Prof. Dr Chandra Krishnamurthy, Vice Chancellor SNDT Women’s University and Acting VC, Mumbai University along with other eminent academicians.

The environmental panel included Mr. Shashank Verma, CEO, Clean Star Trust, Mr. Rahul Alvares, Author/Herpatologist and Dr. Rashneh Pardiwala, Founder, Centre for Environment Research and Education. They discussed many important facets related to environmental conservation, like how the very laws set in place to protect the wildlife end up endangering the animals because they alienate the masses from Mother Nature.

The New Media Panel comprised of Mr. Suman Srivastava, CEO, Euro RSCG-Future of New Media, Mr. Joel Pannikot, Co-Founder and CEO of Athena India, Mr. M.P Singh and Vidyut Kodagi, both eminent Film-makers.

The session was concluded by Mr. Prahlad Kakkar, CEO, Genesis. The topic of discussion was ‘Are the agencies focusing on awards or ROI’s?’

Examples from the music industry were taken up, and the changing pattern of music consumption was discussed. The panel also discussed ‘The Rise of Advertainment,’ where Advertising and Entertainment are integrated to lure the consumers.

Prahlad Kakkar began the session with a question, “What is Advertising All About?”

He went on to explain that advertising is nothing but storytelling, conveying your message to your target audience. However you need a strong, genuine and passionate, and yes an extremely well told content to make the difference. To have good content, you need to have a knowledge database. You need to do your research. He went on to add, “Today’s pornography becomes the literature for tomorrow.”

The second session began with a play from theatre group ‘UTOPIA.’ The play focused on diversity of Mumbai Life and how the diversity is the cement that unites the city. The play was well appreciated by the audience.

The corporate panel comprised of Mr. Chandramouli, CEO, Blue Lotus Communication, Mr. Arijit Sengupta, President, Oligvy PR Worldwide, Mr. Viraaf Pocha, owner of Landmark Events and Mr. Sumit Roy, UnivBrands. The panel discussed the effectiveness of Experiential Media and newer and alternative ways to handle brand communication. Gone is the ‘zamanaa’ of just word of mouth, it is word of mouse now!

The Entertainment Panel comprised Mr. Marc Robinson, Owner, Shoot Talent Management & Founder of Dubai Fashion Week.

Roshan Abbas said that the youth today has a very short attention span because of information overload and important information is lost in the process while Mr. Robinson used personal anecdotes to urge the youth to enjoy each and every moment of life because you never know when you might loose it! Communicate, position yourself, network and leverage yourself. Be humble, dedicated and you will get what you want from life. Keep at it, in spite of all the hardships was his message to the youth of India.

The day ended with a performance by Raghav Sachar, the recipient of the Young Communicator Award of the day!

Pics soon