Screenwriting and Film-making course at IIT Madras

IIT Madras Presents
Imaging Cinema 2012: A Course on Screenwriting and Film Direction
1st to 10th of June, 2012 at IIT Madras

The course is to include sessions on Screenwriting specifically, with specialists such as

• Atul Tiwari (Mission Kashmir, Dasavatharam and currently working on Viswaroopam with Dr. Kamal Hassan)
• K. Hariharan (Director of the L.V. Prasad Institute of Film and Television, Chennai)

and other distinguished faculty members from Film Institutes across the country.

Also part of the course are interactive sessions with noted filmmakers and technicians from the industry, like (Directors unless mentioned otherwise, in alphabetical order)

• Anurag Kashyap (Paanch, Dev D, Gulaal, No Smoking, That Girl in Yellow Boots)
• Habib Faisal (Ishqazaade, Band Baaja Baaraat, Do Dooni Char)
• cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran (Black, Ghajini, Agneepath, My Name is Khan).
• Rohan Sippy (Bluffmaster, Dum Maaro Dum, Taxi No. 9211, the President is Coming)
• Shriram Raghavan (Agent Vinod, Johnny Gaddar, Ek Haseena Thi)
• Shridhar Raghavan (Khakee, Dum Maaro Dum and Apaharan)
• writers Suresh & Bala (SuBa) (Ayan and Ko directed by K.V. Anand) and editor Anthony (Sivaji, Vaaranam Aayiram, Enthiran, Ayan, Ko)
• with Thiagarajan Kumararaja (the promising filmmaker behind ‘Aaranya Kaandam’)
• and Sudhish Kamath (acclaimed film-critic and writer-director of ‘That 4-Letter Word’ and ‘Good Night, Good Morning’)
• Krishna DK (Shor in the city, 99)

Please note that some resource people will be doing 1-2 sessions.

The course will span ten days from the 1st to the 10th of June, 2012. The outline is as follows.

The first part, for about two-three days, would be a Film Appreciation module, where participants would be introduced to the Magic of Cinema, the emphasis being on reading Film as a Text. The second part, for the next two-three days, would look into Film Execution, focusing on the mechanics of Filmmaking such as Lighting, Sound, Camera, etc. intending to demystify the filmmaking process by sharing the secret; by telling how the magic is created.

Having warmed up and armed with both appreciation and understanding, the course would step it up as it enters its third and most defining part – the Scriptwriting section, where participants would first work in groups on existing scripts to understand the process of construction. The goal is to first familiarize each participant with the method behind the madness, subsequent to which each group would be ready with a short 3-5 minute executable script of their own.

The last day would be a ‘Red Carpet’ event where the work of each student-group would be discussed, rated and awarded accordingly. This event, yet again, would be yet another turn on the learning spiral, providing scope for students to learn from mistakes and be rewarded for ingenuity.

Please note that the medium of instruction, primarily, is English. Each participant would be rewarded with an IIT-Madras certificate of Participation on completion of the Course, which is an initiative of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras.

The Fee Structure is as follows.

• Rs. 10,000/- for Professionals
• Rs. 9,000/- for attendees of our workshops in 2009 and 2010
• Rs. 8,000/- for Students with valid ID and Documents
• USD 250 for NRIs

If you have any more queries, contact us at +919551783161.

Accommodation:

Accommodation will be charged extra and is not inclusive of the course fees.

Limited rooms are available in IITM guest house (AC) and will be allotted on the first come first serve basis. Few rooms are also available in hostels (Non ac). The rent for the rooms at Taramani Guest House is Rs. 800 for a single AC room and Rs. 1000 for a double AC room. The rent for the hostel rooms is Rs.150 per day per head. Please note that most of the rooms are on the shared occupancy basis and the bookings for the same will begin once the shortlist is announced.

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