What you'll learn
- Start thinking like a filmmaker not like an audience.
- Learn to watch and anaylze films.
- Develop concept for a film from raw idea.
- Make a hands on professional film with your smartphone.
- Understand why films are made.
- This course will alter your film watching experience. After this course whenever you watch a film you will be analysing the film more than you enjoy it.
Requirements
- Interest in filmmaking.
- Smartphone to shoot and edit.
Description
This course is for students, film enthusiasts, film journalists, film critics, and filmmakers who want to understand how a filmmaker processes his or her thoughts, in order to shape a film for the audience. This is an introductory course that will prepare a student to get into a filmmaking mentality, an approach for filmmaking, and start making films. This course is accompanied by video lectures explaining the nature of films and filmmaking, Quizzes, reading materials, links to resourceful articles and blogs, and a project activity where students of this online course will make a short film (6-shot exercise) and get feedback. Each batch will be a community where students interact with other students and enhance visual thinking.
Unlock secrets for success: Learn the thought workflow of professional filmmakers.
Learn filmmaking essentials: Understand filmmaking basics like what is the difference between a story and a script, what is a logline, what is the difference between cinema, film, and a movie.
Sharpen your skills: Learn to write a synopsis and develop concepts from a raw idea.
In-depth analysis: Learn various concepts and techniques through the analysis of a short documentary and a fiction scene.
Improve your knowledge about filmmaking concepts, execute interesting projects, complete detailed assignments, and take part in exciting quizzes.
Join this course now and unlock all these benefits and much much more to ensure that your filmmaking journey starts on the right foot.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who is interested in film appreciation.
- Anyone who wants to make a career in film-making.
- Film Journalists/Critics.
Course content
- Preview01:16
- 02:16Filmmaking Is Craft
- 3 questionsFilmmaking Is Craft
- 03:18Film, Cinema, Movie
- 3 questionsFilm, Cinema, Movie
- 02:24Film Is Universal Language
- 3 questionsFilm Is Universal Language
- 03:22Unbreakable Laws Of Filmmaking
- 3 questionsUnbreakable Laws Of Filmmaking
- 01:34Develop Visual Thinking
Instructor
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- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 14 Reviews
- 313 Students
- 3 Courses
An award-winning filmmaker with over 11 years of experience in Fiction, Documentary and Corporate filmmaking. Gourav Ghosh has made over 30 independent short films & documentaries. The number of corporate videos can add up to more than a hundred. Some of his films like "Garbage Island" & 'Jokkad" are awarded in international film festivals. A Post-Graduate Diploma in Video Editing from Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, Gourav Ghosh has worked with organizations like NDTV, Doordarshan, and independently on various political & corporate campaigns.
Gourav Ghosh was the Academic Chairperson (Media) of ISB&M, Pune. He has conducted filmmaking workshops for learners of all levels and different educational backgrounds. This is a unique combination of experience in the film education sector coupled with more than nine years of core background in filmmaking.
EXPERIENCE
Key Workshops
• 56 Bgd Macchal, Indian Army - One Month Video Production Workshop -2020
• IIMC, Pune - Regular Visiting Faculty, Evolution of Cinema - 2021
• MIT, Loni - Corporate Filmmaking Workshop - 2019
• Fergusson College - Visiting Faculty, Video Production, 2018
• PPVA - Main Speaker, Aesthetics of Film Editing, 2017
• Department of Culture, Chhattisgarh - 5 day filmmaking workshop, 2011
Director & Chief Mentor, SBNMC Film Institute, Pune, India — 2015-Present
• Founder of the organisation
• Developed curriculum for various courses
• Trained numerous faculty to teach filmmaking subjects • Hired academic & non-academic staff
• Conducted technical & aesthetic, classes & workshops
• Established the digital marketing presence of the organization & various campaigns
Academic Chairperson, ISB&M, Pune, India — 2014-2015
• Handled all academic responsibilities for UG & PG batches
• Established curriculum for Advertising, Public Relations, Filmmaking subjects
• Organised media events
CEO, Sixteen By Nine Media Productions, Raipur/Mumbai, India — 2010-2014
• Director, Editor & Co-producer of Documentary series for Doordarshan
• Edited TV programs for NDTV Good Times
• Corporate Video Production for several colleges, builders and political parties
Assistant Director, Kimedia Productions, Pune, India — 2007-2008
• Handled production
• Research work for content Intern, Photon Arts, Pune, India — 2006-2007, Pune, India
• Editing short films
• Event Video Coverage
EDUCATION
• Film & Television Institute of India, Pune, India — PG in Film Editing, 2009
• Fergusson College, Pune, India - Bsc. Physics With Still Photography & AudioVisual Production, 2007
ACHIEVEMENTS & CERTIFICATIONS
• Featured (Interview) in prestigious magazine FTIIPeople
• LinkedIn Assessment Badge for expertise in FCPx
• Feature Film The Deccan Trap selected in Clubby Movie Festival
• Short film HTPBI selected in Eurasia Film Festival, Moscow
• Short film AART selected in multiple international film festivals
• Honorary Certificate from Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL)