subject: Get Set For An Exciting Career In Digital Film Making At Seamedu Media School [print this page] India has come a long way in the arena of film making. 1913 saw the making of the first Indian movie Raja Harishchandra by Dr. Dadasaheb Phalke- this epic was not even talking! The first talkie came in 1931- Alam Ara and the revolution called Bollywood arrived in India. Today the world is taking cognizance of India through Bollywoods multifarious productions.
Changes on the social, cultural and political fronts are being promptly depicted in erstwhile filmdom and in style too. Hindi movies have remained the most popular dream weavers of our times and it has reflected in the way they dictate trends of fashion, socio-cultural ethos and even music in India. As technological advances reform our daily life, so do films in Bollywood. Observe the refinement of movies like Race, and you can instantly recognize the high quality of film making process.
The film making industry is a multi-million dollar industry and digital technology has added finesse to the technique as never before. No wonder then that this flourishing industry is pen armed and waiting for more and more talent to enter this highly creative and rewarding field. It is only logical that content be created in the digital mode since broad band and multiplexes use digital projectors nowadays. Marketing your creations to the global audiences also makes use of digital technology imperative. The 3 media viz. Internet Protocol Television Broadband, Radio and Mobile will rule the future of mass communication. Although the hearing and viewing formats are way different from each other, the content creation needs to be in digital form alone.
India is a major contributor to the global film industry. An approximate 3.1 million people visited cinema halls in 2004! With a whopping 18 % compounded annual growth rate and current value of around US $ 1256 millions, there is no doubt that this revolution is here to stay. It is not high handed then, to expect career options galore in this multi faceted creative industry. The onus of crafting the requisite pool of talent lies on educational institutions that would cater to the manpower requirement of some 9000 production houses across the sub-continent. The advent of digital technology in film making promises a 40% slash at costs and a diverse range of deliverables as against traditional film production.
Careers in digital film making can be achieved by various means. There are a number of institutes offering short and long term courses dedicated to the various avenues of film production. Seamedu Media School Pune offers a two-way path to land careers in film making. Seamedus Diploma in Film making may open up career opportunities in production, script writing, non-linear editing, cinematography, visual effects and so on. Seamedu Media Schools facilities are at par with the finest international film studios. It has the latest chrom studio equipped with the best professional camera Canon 5D Mark II. The edit bay at seamed has Final Cut Pro, and Avid Media Composer etc.
Students benefit from interaction and training with media professionals and regular visits to reality shows, TV channels and are kept abreast of all industry happenings. The Digital film making course at Seamedu Media School incorporates 70 percent practical and 30 percent theory which makes learning an exciting process.
