If you oft-times find yourself saying ‘I’m more of a movie person or I’d like the movie more if this was done like that or this would have happened differently or if I ever made a movie…’, you need to apply to these cardinal filmmaking institutions right away!
Pearl Academy
Based in Delhi-West, Delhi-South, Mumbai, Jaipur and Bengaluru, the academy offers 40 courses through all the campuses. With Viveck Vaswani as the dean of the School of Contemporary Media, you can experience and acquire the skills required to be a filmmaker through one of its Professional Programmes i.e. Digital Filmmaking. Any student after 10+2 is eligible to apply. The course encompasses learning key aspects of filmmaking – storytelling & production. It includes 11 months of training and 2 months of on-field experience at a film or television production house, ad films production house or a web entertainment company. Multiple workshops are conducted by Mayank Shekhar, Rajeev Masand, Jay Mehta, Ananth Mahadevan regularly on different aspects of film making, production, scriptwriting, editing etc.
For more information: 1800-103-3005
Ramesh Sippy Academy of Cinema and Entertainment, Mumbai
Padma Shri Mr Ramesh Sippy, an admired director of Bollywood and also the founder and chairman of RSACE says that the academy’s core purpose is to produce generations of film professionals that will contribute to great storytelling. Ramesh Sippy Academy of Cinema and Entertainment is one of the finest film schools in Mumbai. Its tie-up with the highly recognised and esteemed University of Mumbai has ensued degrees awarded by the Mumbai University itself to every student that completes a course at the Academy. Following are some university-recognized courses at the academy:
- BA (Multimedia-Film Art)-Direction
- BA (Multimedia-Screenwriting).
- BA (Multimedia-Film Production & Management)
- BA (Multimedia-Animation)
- BA (Multimedia-Visual Effect) VFX
For more information:
+91 9322141141 / +91 9920223144
CREO Valley, Bangalore
Film Making, Film Direction, Film Editing, Cinematography & Photography are the fields in which CREO valley offers its invaluable courses. It also owns and operates other esteemed institutions such as LISAA School Of Design, Bangalore and is recognized by the University in India and Qualifications and Assessments International of the United Kingdom for its brilliance in higher education. QAI, UK Diploma degrees are available for Editing, Cinematography, Direction & Acting streams, rest of the Diploma students would be awarded a Professional Diploma from CREO Valley. The courses offered in filmmaking include:
- Bachelors Degree in Animation & Film Making (BFM)
- Diploma in Film Making
- Diploma in Film Direction
Students learn scriptwriting, Film Direction, Film Editing, Cinematography and Photography in their Bachelors as well as Diploma programmes.
For further enquiry:
+91-9035030591
AAFT - Asian Academy of Film And Television, Noida
With Sandeep Marwah as founder and president, Boney Kapoor and Anil Kapoor as members of the Board of Directors, AAFT is a leading Academy for media education. One needs to take the AAFT Global Entrance Exam (AAFT GEE) and the personal interview for selection in the wanted academic program. Some courses offered by the AAFT – School of Cinema are:
BACHELOR DEGREE COURSES [ Duration: 3 Years ]
- B.Sc in Cinema and Diploma in Direction
- B.Sc in Cinema and Post-Production (Video)
- B.Sc in Cinema and Sound Editing
- B.Sc in Cinema and Diploma in Cinematography
MASTER DEGREE COURSES [ Duration: 2 Years ]
- M.Sc. (Cinema) + PG Diploma in Cinematography
- M.Sc Cinema + PG Diploma in Direction
- M.Sc in Cinema and PG Diploma in Post-Production (Video)
- M.Sc in Cinema and PG Diploma in Sound Editing
If you wish to apply for a less time-taking filmmaking course, 1-year Diploma courses along with 3-months short courses are also available at AAFT.
For further information:
09109112056, 08929729610
Whistling Woods International, Mumbai
With over 2500 Film and Media industry alumni, about 1300 students on campus and 25 plus technology partners, Whistling Woods International is an illustrious name in the filmmaking industry. In the past 13 years, the academy has provided scholarships and fee waivers of over US$ 1 million and has as full time and guest faculty, more than 350 industry experts. Image Planet bestowed it with the ‘Top Animation Institute with Best Infrastructure in India’ award. India’s first-ever international congress for world film schools – CILECT World Congress 2018 was hosted by Whistling Woods International itself. CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision), founded in Cannes 1955 is the International Association of Film and Television Schools is the association of the world’s major film and television schools, of which the academy is a member. Filmmaking programs that one can opt for at the Whistling Woods International academy are:
- BSc/ BA in Filmmaking with Specialisations (3 Years)
- BA in Screenwriting (3 Years)
- MA in Filmmaking with Specialisations (2 Years)
- Diploma in Screenwriting (1 Year)
- Advanced Diploma In Screenwriting (2 Years)
Contact:
+91 8451803852
– Aishwarya Ojha
