Fwd: MAMI Summer Film School: Manipur

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Film training in Manipur. Pl share with anyone who is based there. Thanks!
Kavita



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MAMI Summer Film School

Mamikon Academy of Moving Image is an enterprise to contribute to the
growth of genuinely Manipuri cinema by producing vibrant film makers
with a well rounded education as well as creative and technical skills
and a keen sense of social conscientiousness. In that sense, MAMI
SFS’s Participatory Project on FIlm Production 2012 is a movement that
envisions to bring into being a fleeting unity of Technological
culture and ingenious emotional response of our society, reacting
communally to stimulation from outside the system.

With a sight to instill increase of professionalization in film
practice and upgraded local film scholarship, the film program focuses
on the study of cinema as a means to inspect and evaluate film as a
social, cultural and economic phenomenon. Experiencing new films
together, taking part in film segmentations, theoretical and practical
workouts can mean participating in something new, something
experimental and playful, and seeing how the various approaches of
cinematic art form comment upon the world.

The film production courses will introduce students to the broad
industry of film making both as a creative art form and as a dynamic
business offering many rewarding career paths. The comparative
perspectives and productive encounters in which participants relate to
each other in new creative contexts will unshackle the young talents
to set right the technological and historical mistakes.

“If societies don’t change they go under. If one form of communication
in a society predominates, that society will wither. There can be no
new information that will be digested or elaborated on.”

“Film making is not just a cultural technology; it is a social
practice, a shared experience.”

Project Author: Ningthouja Lancha | Sponsor: Manipur Film Development
Corporation

Course Synopsis

The courses are designed to meet students on whatever level of
knowledge they already obtain regarding film and then foster and
expand that level of knowledge through a rigorous instruction in the
practice of producing a series of short videos.

Class time will be dynamic and rigorous: students will be turning in
video projects just about every two weeks. In between assignments we
will be working on production skills, viewing and critiquing student
projects, receiving guest speakers, analyzing films, and taking cinema
related field trips.

Instruction for operating digital video cameras, lighting, and editing
will be our first priority. We will also get out of the classroom for
completing several of the in-class production assignments. Exercises
will develop skills in camera setup, placement, angles, movement,
continuity, and coverage. Basic principles of digital video editing
using Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro will be taught for students to
develop their skills in editing for continuity, emotion, pace, timing,
and smoothness. Lighting exercises will teach students to work
creatively with dramatic lighting set ups, both on set and in studio,
as well as enhance skills in working with natural light.

 Student projects will be viewed with an emphasis on providing
constructive criticism from which students can improve their video
production skills. Students are expected to contribute to these
discussions and should also exhibit pride in all the works they create
and share with such discourse, as well as being able to respond well
to questions and constructive criticism of their work.

Production assignments will foster student skills in the art of visual
storytelling and therefore, will require students to stretch their
talents in movie making by means of a set of requirements that will
push students to formulate short videos that rely on evocation rather
than explanation. For example, students will learn to create short
videos that demonstrate dramatic interest and character development,
but in absence of dialogue or non-diegetic music. This will be
achieved by doing a series of production exercises and assignments
that require students to imaginatively meet the expectations of visual
storytelling.

Models of this form of filmmaking – taken from silent and classical
film – will be examined to serve as instruction and inspiration for
student production assignments. Emphasis will be on films that
predominantly rely upon visual means to convey stories, character, and
drama: that is, films that emphasize evocation over explanation.
Learning from these kinds of films will serve as examples for students
to develop and improve upon their own abilities to work creatively
with the visual components of filmmaking in order to communicate and
tell stories through strictly visual means.

Courses offered:

Term Film School (duration 4 weeks)

Participatory Project on Film Production (duration 6 months)


Last date of membership booking 25 th May 2012

Course commences on 5th June 2012

Venue: Kay Pee Studio, Kwakeithel Thokchom Leikai

For more informtion please contact 0385 2445225, 9856797036

For course syllabus, fees, application form and other details, please
visit http://mamisfs.tumblr.com/