Lights, Camera, Action! Heard these terms before? These are for aspiring filmmakers.

Considered as an art, producers and directors have well defined what film making is.  Lot of technical aspects are involved. It’s a tiring task to make a film. Certain guidelines on film making may definitely result in good films and movies. Students just entered the media industry or freshers may find this useful. Film making being a part of media, its study becomes essential. This area has a lot of scope and demand. The tricks would be as such:

1. Knowledge on camera handling is a basic and must. It’s a process and therefore obstacles if exist can be worked and should be worked out or else the entire efforts would be a waste. Lot of aspects like story, script, sound, music being involved are a must.
2. Not an easy task needs visualization and imagination. Good Stories and script making cant be made just like that.  If the moviemaker is a movie lover and has seen many movies in the past his imagination can be better.
3. Camera angles and direction which is commonly known can be the most common but crucial aspect in film making. For the entire consequence to happen needs patience and technical aspects as in working with softwares and all is time consuming.
4. It’s not in everybody’s ability and requires acting skills and other. Acting also needs to be decent depending on the character and nature of character. Very apt and interesting characters can be portrayed in a movie. Characters can be dull, aggressive, and enjoyable too. Just needs some thinking for the right kind of characters.
5. Recent movies like Delhi Belly and many other such movies have proved that filmmaking needs experimentation. Coming up with newer ideas every now and then can be a better aspect to cinema and cinema can be connected to some extent to filmmaking.
6. There are many such that are to be kept in mind while making a film. Audience research conducted at the beginning might help.
7. Target audience should also be kept in mind while making films for the right kind of audience. This helps in making the film a success and has positive consequencies.
8. Locations can also be the turning point in the movie. Beautiful locations exist and using them for short films is not a bad idea.
9. Some students now are going for a career in film making and various institutes now offermany courses like FTII, Pue ne and NYSA too. Getting one particular more intricate shot riht with the simultaneity of action in one space and time, with no comprise is a super high.
10. Film making encompasses so many art forms, be it literature, poetry, music, writing, acting, design, space, costumes and so many other aspects that you will actually learn a lot about yourself and in turn grow more rapidly than others.

It’s an enriching process it enriches your life. Future of film making will be a lot more global. There are already some glimpses seen of brilliance with movies like 3 Idiots. The newer guys in the film making industry are developing and are giving off small sparks. Our films are going to get noticed by the world. If filmmakers get together and make films that they believe in, money will follow. From the belief t o have fun, more ideas may arrive and improve the present scenario of film making.

Process of film making should be enjoyed. Film makers should not depend on Box office success and critical acclaim while they should have a personal growth. Having an experience in video making would prove to be better for any film maker.

It can also be called as a team effort and just 1 man contributing it would not work. Its also a collective effort and the vision of all members in the team has to be included or else it wont turn out to be a success and would not be that good. Co-ordination from every member of the team is very much essential or else thumbs down.

Course Branch: Film and Television

Course Name: Film Studies MA
Location City, Country: Norwich, UK

College: School of Film and Television Studies
University: University of East Anglia

University Description: The University of East Anglia (UEA) is an internationally renowned university based in a campus that provides top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to over 13,000 students. UEA is ranked amongst the top three for student satisfaction according to the first National Student Survey and in the top 20 in the UK by the Sunday Times. Located in 320 acres of rolling parkland but just two miles from the centre of the cathedral city of Norwich the University is adjacent to the Norwich Research Park which is home to over 1,000 scientists working in several world ranked institutions. Sporting facilities on campus include the University Sportspark which houses an Olympic sized swimming pool and regularly hosts international sporting events.

Course Description: The MA in Film Studies offers students the chance to choose their own pathway through the degree. Through individual module choice, students can focus on historical, theoretical or practical modules, choosing from topics as diverse as genre, national cinema or reception studies.
Teaching is mainly in the form of seminars and screenings, although the compulsory module taken in the Autumn semester will have a lecture component. There will also be opportunities to attend additional talks and discussion groups on a wide variety of film, television and media topics. The principle areas of study are: historical, theoretical and critical approaches to film and television studies; a focus on specific film and television genres; the role of national cinema; researching and interpreting the film and television audience; planning and producing audio-visual work; exploring the social and cultural role of film and television.

Duration In Years (In Months): 1 yr (12 mths) Full time

Fee Structure: £ 10600 (approx. Rs. 7,76,750)

Eligibility Criteria: Undergraduate Degree Subject – Humanities or Social Sciences

Undergraduate Degree – Classification UK BA (Hons) 2.1 or equivalent

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Course Branch: Film

Course Name: Film Studies (MA)
Location City, Country: Wales, United Kingdom

College: Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies

University: Aberystwyth University

University Description: The University offers a variety of practical, design and academic courses relating to the study of Theatre, Performance, Television, Film, Media and Communication through the medium of both English and Welsh at postgraduate level.

Course Description: The MA programme in film studies focuses upon the advanced study of cinema.  It assumes that you have attained a degree of expertise before starting and will aim to deal with the familiar in a more sophisticated manner and the unfamiliar in theoretical, historical and material terms. The Film Studies Master’s degree has two parts.  The first consists of four modules: Film Text Analysis, British Film History, Research Methods and Film and Cultural Value.  Part Two consists mainly of the dissertation, which is a substantial piece of scholarly research, on a subject of your own choice, chosen and discussed in detail with a supervisor in the Department.

Duration In Years (In Months): Full Time – 1 year (12 mths)

Fee Structure: £9500 (approx. Rs.6,93,190)

Eligibility Criteria: Applicants should normally possess a good first degree (2:1 or above) but applicants with other experience which gives an equivalent basis will be considered for entry.  Prospective Masters students should ensure that they have arranged with referees for their references to be available as required.

Non-native English speakers are required to take a University recognised test of academic English language proficiency with required minimum proficiency levels equating to an IELTS score of 7.0 or a TOEFL score of 610 (paper based test) or 250 (computer based) with an essay rating of 5.5 or 100 (internet based).

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Course Branch:  Film, Media and Journalism

Course Name: 1. FILM STUDIES and World Cinema
2. FILM STUDIES and Creative Practice

• Postgraduate Diploma
• Masters in Literature (MLitt)

Location City, Country:  Scotland, UK

College: School of Arts and Humanities

University: University of Stirling

University Description: The University of Stirling is a vibrant community of scholars, located at the heart of Scotland. Around 2,000 postgraduate students are studying for Master’s and Doctorate degrees and are tutored by world class scholars and researchers. The University also offers over 60 Master’s courses and provides opportunities to undertake Professional Doctorates, Master’s by research and PhD programmes. The University is defined by its commitment to quality: quality in research, quality in education and quality of the student experience.

Course Description: The purpose of the programme is to help students develop a sophisticated understanding of a range of films in the context of core theoretical and analytical concepts and debates underpinning film studies.

Students will learn various strategies for analysing films, while considering the influence and wider implications of film history, ideology, form, aesthetics and policy. In addition to the core modules that offer a grounding in film analysis and film theory, the programme will offer a range of modules examining a broad area of concerns within film studies that may include: genre, authorship, national and transnational cinemas, stardom, Hollywood, early cinema, digital cinema, film representation, audiences, music and sound on film, youth cinema, experimental and cult cinemas. The programme also offers two additional pathways in World Cinema and Creative Practice.

Duration In Years (In Months):

Full-time:
Masters in Literature (MLitt): 1 year ( 12 months)
Diploma: 0.75 yrs (9 months)
Certificate: 0.25 yrs ( 3 months)

Part-time:
Masters in Literature (MLitt 2.25 Years (27 Months)

Diploma:  1.75 Yrs (21 months)
Certificate: 0.5 yrs ( 6 months)

Programme Start Date

September

Fee Structure: £11400 (Approx. Rs. 8,35,488)

Eligibility Criteria:

Entrance requirements: Consideration will be given to candidates with an Honours degree, or its equivalent, from a university or college recognised by the University of Stirling.

English Language Requirements: If English is not your first language, you must provide evidence of your proficiency such as a minimum IELTS score of 6 (minimum 5 in each skill) or TOEFL 550/213/79 (Paper/Computer/Internet). If your IELT score is below 6 in any skill you will be required to pass a pre-entry language course.

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