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| CINEMATOGRAPHY- SYLLABUS (One year ) |
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| Unit 1 : CINEMATOGRAPHY |
| History of communication- different types of communication- film and television as a communication media - visualization - different approaches to visualization - aspect ratio - wide screen techniques - history of Indian cinema - appreciating a film. |
| Unit 2 : PHOTOGRAPHY |
| Introduction to photography - eye and camera - various types of cameras - study about film - handling the camera - focusing - aperture - shutter speed - depth of field - depth of focus - |
| Unit 3 : PHOTOGRAPHY -Applications |
| Exposure - Exposure value - light value - SLAT value - study about lenses -block lenses and zoom lenses - composition - flash light - lighting - outdoor, indoor - portrait lighting - light measurements - photography filters - different aspects of photography. |
| Unit 4 : PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES |
| Study of developers - developing agents - manual, tank developing - fixing agents - washing the negative - drying, - dark room design - dark room light - enlarger - construction of enlarger - easel board - different grades of paper - contact printing - print sizes - retouching the print - Sepia toning. |
| MODEL PROJECT - 1 Photo album |
| Unit 5 : PHOTOGRAPHY APPLICATIONS |
| Study about computer - study about floppy, compact disc - binary - digital - pixel - digital camera - part of a digital camera - LCD viewfinder - exposing - scanning - image capturing - capturing quality - import, export images - digital image editing - copy to floppy - making negative - printing in bromide papers. |
| Unit 6 : LENSES |
| Lens - lens care - lens flare - lens coating - lens cap - lens hood - concave, convex - simple lens - compound lens - focal length of a lens - angle of coverage - normal lens - tele-lens - wide angle lens - zoom lens - macro lens - turret - variable focal length lens |
| Unit 7 : LENSES |
| Lens hood - lens cap - lens coating - focusing ring - zoom ring - aperture ring - macro ring - flange focusing ring - lens defect - lens aberration - chromatic aberration - spherical aberration - coma - astigmatism - distortion - field of curvature - Lens breathing - primo lenses |
| Unit 8 : LIGHT |
| White light - source of illumination visible spectrum - propagation of light - sun light - available light - artificial light - colour - colour temperature - colour correction - colour compensation - light measuring - lux -foot candle - candela - characteristic of light - straight light - bounce light - diffused light - light meter - construction of light meter - incident light meter - spot meter. |
| Unit 9 : COLOUR AND FILTERS |
| Visibility of colour - colour spectrum - primary colour - secondary Colour - colour mixing - create depth with colour - psychology of colour - colour and mood - colour temperature - colour measurement |
| Unit 10 : LENSES |
| Filter factor - exposure compensation for filter factor - filter for light - filters for camera - UV - ND soft effect - polarizer - warm - pro-mist - enhancer - graduate filter - colour contrast filters - colour correction filters - colour compensation filters - colour temperature meter - vectroscope. |
| MODEL PROJECT - II Slide making |
| Unit 11 : SOUND RECORDING AND ENGINEERING |
| Wave length of sound - understanding sound - high/low frequency - audio track - sound recording equipments - microphone - fundamental of mike - types of microphones - audio cables - sound recording equipments - gun mike, cable mike recording for television - multi channel recording - audio mixing - analogue, digital audio recording and equipments - audio levelling - audio mixing - accoustic treatment for audio recording studio - sound transfer. |
| Unit 12 : SHOTS & Camera Angles |
| Shots - subjective angles - objective angles - point of view angles - close-up - extreme close-up - close shot - TV close - mid shot - mid long shot - long shot - full shot - fixing a master shot and cut shots - over the shoulder shot - imaginary line - shot continuity. |
| Unit 13 : FILM |
| History of Film - celluloid- sensitive materials(emulsion) - film formats - film speed - film camera - light into transport material - film loading - threading - magazines - single chamber - double chamber - co axil magazine - film loading - film threading |
| Unit 14 : FILM CAMERAS |
| Study about film camera - parts of a camera - film movement mechanism - film loading and threading - shutter mechanism - view finder -reflex, parallax viewing - camera wshutter - motor - motor speed - arriflex, mitchel cameras - movie camera, panavision cameras - 16mm cameras - 35mm cameras - wide format cameras. |
| Unit 15 : 16mm MOVIE CAMERA |
| 16mm film-16mm recording format - construction of a camera -shutter -shutter angle-lens mounts - lens - magazine - view finder - film loading - film threading - looping camera body - power supply - camera motor - motor speed - variable, constant motors - film gate - film plane - registration pin - arriflex 16mm camera. |
| MODEL PROJECT - III VHS CAMERA SHOOTING |
| Unit 16 : 35mm MOVIE CAMERA |
| 35mm film - features of 35mm format - construction of 35mm camera - lens mount using for 35mm cameras - shutter, shutterangle - lenses - magazine - viewing system |
| Unit 17 : FILM |
| Film loading - film threading - looping - camera body - power supply - camera motor - motor speed - variable, constant motor - film gate - film plane - registration pin - arriflex II, III cameras - arriflex BL, arriflex 435 camera - mitchel camera. |
| Unit 18 : Modern film cameras |
| Study of modern cameras - arriflex 435 - 435 ES - 435 x-treme - arriflex 235 - arricam cameras - viewing assist - rambing technology - time slice technology. |
| Unit 19 : MOTION |
| Persistence of vision - film motion - frames per second - slow speed cinematography - high speed cinematography - speed cinematography - speed applications - time lapes cinematography - constant to variable speed cinematography (435 camera movement ) - introduction to special effect cinematography. |
| Unit 20 : LENS APPLICATIONS |
| Choosing a lens - materialize a shot - choosing angle - deciding the depth of field due to lens - macro lens - macro zoom - diapter lenses - angle of coverage - creating - creating the mood with lens - creating mood with angle - compose a shot with better lens. |
| Unit 21 : CINEMATOGRAPHIC FILTERS |
| Filters - colour correction filter - colour composition filters - filter size for cinematography- filter for special lenses - filter and emotion - filters changes the mood - filters changes the tone. |
| MODEL PROJECT - IV Linear Editing - VHS |
| Unit 22 : CAMERA OPERATION |
| Static shot - camera head - fluid head - tripod - camera supporting systems - aerial camera system - hand held camera - steady camera - movement shot - camera pan, tilt - camera moving horizontally(truly) - camera moving vertical(crane shot) - aerial photography. |
| Unit 23 : COMPOSITION |
| Introduction - rules - rules of thirds - reading the photography - choosing the format - planning the photograph - compose a frame - lines - mass - T, L, S composition - lighting for the subject - foreground, background catching - choosing the angle for good composition- , view point - patterns and text |
| Unit 24 : ADVANCE IN COMPOSITION |
| Two dimension recording - four golden points - headroom - looking space - tight and loose framing - reframing - framing during moment- people enter and leave the frame - maintaining good framing - composition - line, mass, tone, unity, balancing - stell yard composition - L composition - group mass composition - three spot, tunnel, pattern, golden mean, S,O,U,T composition - diagonal line composition - triangle, cross, radiating, balance, pattern composition. |
| Unit 25 : CAMERA ANGLE |
| Height of the camera - eye level - low angle - high angle - top angle - bird eye view - point of view - warms view - camera angle for mood - camera angle for emotion - camera angle for expression.
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| Unit 26 : WRITING FOR FILM |
| Incidents - finding an idea - developing the idea - forming a scene - building a story - catching the characters - biography of character - psychology of character - character growth - strength of a character - treatment - writing a synopsis - one line order |
| Unit 27 : WRITING FOR FILM |
| Making scenes - lead scenes - sequence - continuity of sequence - plot point - conflict - jumping and rising conflict - solution for conflict - interval - climax - research work for the story - define the story to the audience - creative writing - story boards - dialogue - writing within the budget. |
| MODEL PROJECT - V Writing a short story |
| Unit 28 : BUDGETING |
| Script to screen - cost of production - type of film - budget of the film - pre production - post production - role of production manager - production assistant - budgeting for short film - feature film(low,high) - documentary film - advertising film. |
| Unit 29 : CONTINUITY AND CHEATING |
| Continuity - scene, sequenced continuity - story order - lighting, action, shot, colour, costume, location, make-up, emotional continuity - cheating - angle cheating - action cheating - shot cheating. |
| Unit 30 : LIGHTING EQUIPMENTS |
| Reflectors - tungsten light - halogen light - barn doors - nets and gauzes - colour temperature of light - light stand - handling the light with light - different types of light - baby - multi 10, 20 - junior - senior - HMI - PAR HMI - (0.575, 1.2, 2.5, 4, 6, 10 12 KW) - cool lights - keno flow - soft box - sun guns - photo floods - thermacol - gateway - garway - acrylic - diffusion materials power supply - generator - silent generator. |
| Unit 31 : LIGHTING |
| Portrait lighting - fill light - key light - back light - background light - kicker light - top light - rim light - facial reading - light character - light scattering - anchor lighting - two point camera lighting - three point camera lighting - set lighting - lighting for group discussing - lighting for interviews - lighting for game shows - lighting for subject movements - lighting for different moods - lighting for a tele-play - light for night, day effect in indoor. |
| MODEL PROJECT - VI Portrait Lighting VHS - shooting |
| Unit 32 : LIGHTING TECHNIQUE |
| Lighting contrast - low key - high key - height of the light - light angle - light position - creating mood with light - lighting for happiness / pathos - lighting for emotion - lighting for period effect - lighting for modeling - lighting for mist photography - silhouette lighting. |
| Unit 33 : PRE - PRODUCTION |
| Communication office - analyse the budget - final shooting script - choosing the technicians - choosing the artist - location hunting - final budget - production company, story registration - transport - food - ready for shooting. |
| Unit 34 : SHOOTING REQUIREMENTS |
| Camera - lights - photographic jigs - outdoor unit - make-up -art direction - custumes - audio recording equipments -location - set work - set properties. |
| Unit 35 : LINE - UP THE CAMERA |
| Selecting camera - mounting the camera - choosing the raw stock - filters - fixing the light - exposure meter - observe the depth of the shot - choosing lens, angle - composing the block - lighting arrangements - reading for shooting. |
| MODEL PROJECT - VII Light up for a Interview |
| Unit 36 : MEDIA TRANSFER |
| Tape to tape transfer - analogue to digital - digital to analogue - film to video transfer(tele-cine)- video to film transfer(reverse tele_cine) - study about time code - edge numbers. |
| Unit 37 : POST PRODUCTION |
| Editing report - camera report - artist, technicians assembling - transportation - staying - food - link to editing room - music - re-recording - effects - final sound - final product with video and audio - Press and publicity. |
| Unit 38 : EDITING |
| Moviala - screen back - splizers - tape - cement - study of clap board - picture and sound negative - video tape recorder - on line - off line - video switcher - special effect generator - video editing - linear editing - insert mode - assemble mode - cut to cut editing - A/B roll editing |
| Unit 39 : NON LINEAR EDITING |
| Non-linear editing - non-linear editing software - audio, video capture cards for non- linear editing - video compression ratios - compression for off line editing - full resolution capture for on-line- EDL - video, audio layering - video transition and effects - composting - negative cutting with EDL out marking for optical. |
| Unit 40 : EDITING TECHNIQUE |
| Clap board - N.G. removing - shot ordering - scene ordering - story ordering - video editing tools - video tapes - audio recording - overlapping - tempo - rhythm - pace - filmic time and space - psychological guidance to the audience - smooth cut - smooth cutting precaution - camera angle / image size - action continuity - posting the audio to another video(over lape) - imaginary line - rhythm through camera movement - dialogue delivery - maintaining the rhythm to the scene. |
| MODEL PROJECT -VIII Light and shoot an Ad film |
| Unit 41 : CREATIVE EDITING |
| Cut away - parallel cutting - match cut - action cut - jump cut - timing cut - flash back - flash forward - flash cut - editing with sound - editing with camera movement - rhythmic montage - metric montage - tonal montage - over tonal montage - match cut - matching the position, look. Movement, camera movement - wipe - dissolve - effects. |
| Unit 42 : COSTUME |
| Costume colour - selecting colour costume for video - acceptable colour range of costume - colour contrast - avoiding white - avoid stripe and pattern costume - colour restriction - costume for characters. |
| Unit 43 : MAKE-UP |
| Reading the skin - face - reflectivity of the skin - pancake - pan stick - basic foundation - make - up grades - molding the skin - make-up for characters - make up for unusual situation. |
| Unit 44 : ART-DIRECTION |
| Set design - story involving with back drops - properties for scene - Psychological effect in art direction - selection of backdrops - art direction and composition - colour combination - set work with lighting design - life of the set - creating emotion. |
| MODEL PROJECT - IX Non linear Editing |
| Unit 45 : TITLING AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS |
| Titling - rolling titling - safe area - cut off area - caption - 2D animation - animated caption - 3D animation - chromakeying - composition. |
| Unit 46 : STUDY ABOUT VIDEO |
| History of film - celluloid - sensitive materials (emulsion) -film formats - film speed - film camera - light into transparent material - film loading - threading. |
| Unit 47 : STUDY ABOUT PROCESSING |
| Gelatin - cross section of film - developing agent - developers - fixers - tank developers - hardening agent - washing - sensitometer - densitometer - film latitude - colour processing - grading - single light print - exposure and printer lights. |
| Unit 48 : DIFFERENT ASPECT OF MOVIE MAKING |
| Friction - non fricton - documentary - docu-frictic - corporate - advertisement - modelling - fashion show - video camera - video shooting - ENG, EFP - animation - claymation - cartoon - stopmotion - tele-films - television serials - short films. |
| Unit 49 : DIGITAL FILM MAKING |
| Study about digital - digital cameras - digital recording tapes - hard disc recording - digital editing - reverse tele cine - negative scanning - 2k, 4k resolution - digital intermediate - digital lab - colourist - digital colour correction - reverse tele cine - positive printing. |
| Unit 50 : REVISION |
| Unit 51 : REVISION |
| Unit 52 : TEST |
| MODEL PROJECT - X shooting - Documentary |
| FINAL PROJECT - Shoot and Edit a 10 minutes shot flim |
| Visual Media PRACTICALS |
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| WEEK : 1) Study and Practice in various photographic cameras |
| WEEK : 2) Study and Practice in pin-hole camera |
| WEEK : 3) Study and Practice in box camera |
| WEEK : 4) Study and Practice in TLR camera |
| WEEK : 5) Study and Practice in SLR camera |
| WEEK : 6) Study and Practice in large formate camera |
| WEEk : 7) Study and Practice in dark room |
| WEEK : 8) Study and Practice in developer |
| WEEK : 9) Study and Practice in fixer |
| WEEK : 10) Making of Developer D-76 |
| WEEK : 11) Study and Practice in manual developing – negative |
| WEEK : 12) Study and Practice in tank developing – negative |
| WEEK : 13) Study and Practice in contact prining |
| WEEK : 14) Study and Practice in paper developing |
| WEEK : 15) Study and Practice in enlarger |
| WEEK : 16) Study and Practice in enlargement |
| WEEK : 17) Study and Practice in different types of p p |
| WEEK : 18) Study and Practice in composition |
| WEEK : 19) Study and Practice in depth of field |
| WEEK : 20) Study and Practice in arresting motion |
| WEEK : 21) Study and Practice in exposure tool |
| WEEK : 22) Study and Practice in digital cameras |
| WEEK : 23) Study and Practice in photo editing |
| WEEK : 24) Study and Practice in different types of shots |
| WEEK : 25) Study and Practice in different type of angles |
| WEEK : 26) Study and Practice in imaginary lines |
| WEEK : 27) Study and Practice in DTL meter |
| WEEK : 28) Study and Practice in different TAPE FORMATES |
| WEEK : 29) Study and Practice in scene practice-three camera angles |
| WEEK : 30) Study and Practice in VIDEO CABLES & CONNECTORS |
| WEEK : 31) Study and Practice in VIDEO SCANNING |
| WEEK : 32) Study and Practice in VIDEO RECORDERS |
| WEEK : 33) Study and Practice in VARIOUS VIDEO MANUFACTORS |
| WEEK : 34) Study and Practice in VHS CAMERA |
| WEEK : 35) Study and Practice in VIDEO LENSES |
| WEEK : 36) Study and Practice in U- MATIC CAMERA |
| WEEK : 37) Study and practice in follow focussing |
| WEEK : 38) Study and Practice in following the subject – PANNING , TILTING |
| WEEK : 39) Study and Practice in DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS |
| WEEK : 40) Study and Practice in trolly shot |
| WEEK : 41) Study and Practice in track in , back |
| WEEK : 42) Study and Practice in two point lighting |
| WEEK : 43) Study and Practice in double key lighting |
| WEEK : 44) Study and Practice in lighting for an interview |
| WEEK : 45) Study and Practice in lighting for facial reading |
| WEEK : 47) Study and Practice in making a documentary shooting |
| WEEK : 48) Study and Practice in advertisement shooting |
| WEEK : 49) Study and Practice in shooting of short friction film |
| WEEK : 50) REVISION |
| WEEK : 51) REVISION |
| WEEK : 52) TEST |
| EDUCATIONAL TOUR |
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| I MONTH: |
Observe the characteristics and behaviour of any one village of Tamilnadu and making still photographs.
- Produce Black and white photo album |
| II MONTH: |
Study and capture one selected folk cultural programme in any one village in Tamilnadu.
- Produce colour photo album |
| III MONTH: |
Study about architectural study and visiting any monuments or templeLocation and its history.
- Write and shoot a docu-friction film |
| IV MONTH: |
Making landscape photographs and making a trip to any one hill station (Greenery location) and anywhere in India(Botanical photography).
- Shoot & Edit a travel show |
| V MONTH: |
Wild life sanctuary any part in south India(subject: Animals and Birds).
- Produce colour photo album |
| VI MONTH: |
Observe the characteristics and behaviour of any one village of Tamilnadu and making still photographs.
- Shoot a news coverage |
| VII MONTH: |
Study and capture one selected folk cultural programme in any one village in Tamilnadu.
- Shoot a short film in village back-drop |
| VIII MONTH: |
Study about architectural study and visiting any monuments or temple location and its history.
- Light and shoot a night effect shoot |
| IX MONTH: |
Making landscape photographs and making a trip to any one hill station (Greenery location) and anywhere in India(Botanical photography).
- Shoot a short film in DV |
| X MONTH: |
Wild life sanctuary any part in south India(subject: Animals and Birds).
- Shoot a short film in B-cam |
| ACHIVEMENTS |
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To provide opportunity for everyone to broaden their horizons
To learn to collaborate with people, to develop resourcefulness and to appreciate other cultures and attitudes.
To induce confidence and creativity among the students.
To provide a platform for both cultural and business aspects of film- making.
It offers a real challenge for the imagination and creative ability of the individual.
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| TO EXTEND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTMAKING, THE DIGITAL REALM AND TO REALIZE A MATURE “DIGITAL DARKROOM”. TO DEVELOP AND PRACTISE SKILLS USING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY TOOLS AND THE INTERNET. TO BRING ABOUT WIDE KNOWLEDGE IN MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION THROUGH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL FILM – MAKING. |
| TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS |
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| 1.CAMPUS THEATRE - 35 MM - WITH MINIMUM 100 SEATS |
| 2.ARRIFLEX FILM CAMERA 35mm |
| 3.ARRIFLEX FILM CAMERA 16mm |
| 4.MITCHEAL FILM CAMERA35mm |
| 5.BOX CAMERA |
| 6.TWIN LENS REFLEX CAMERA |
| 7.SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA |
| 8.DIGITAL CAMERAS - 3 NO’S |
| 9.DIFFERENT TYPES OF LENSES |
| (A)WIDE ANGLE LENS |
| (B)TELEPHOTO LENS |
| (C)ZOOM LENS |
| (D)NORMAL LENS |
| (E)LENS DIAPTORS |
| (F)LENS ADAPTORS |
| (G)LENS CONVERTERS - TELE, WIDE |
| (H)MACRO LENSES |
| 10. PHOTOGRAPHIC FILTERS |
| (A)POLARISER |
| (B)GRADUATED FILTERS |
| (C)SOFT EFFECTS |
| (D)ND FILTERS |
| (E)ENHANCING FILTERS |
| (F)COLOUR CORRECTION FILTERS |
| (G)COLOUR COMPENSATION FILTERS |
| (H)COLOUR CONVERSION FILTERS |
| 11. LARGE FORMAT CAMERA |
| 12. FIELD CAMERA |
| 13. ENLARGER - B/W |
| 14. DEVELOPING TANKS |
| 15. DEVELOPING TRAYS |
| 16. SPECIAL ENLARGER LENSES |
| 17. DRY TABLE |
| 18. WET TABLE |
| 19. SPIRAL DEVELOPING TANK |
| 20. DEVELOPING CHEMICALS |
| 21. FIXING CHEMICALS |
| 22. PHOTO EDITING EQUIPMENTS |
| 23. PHOTOSHOP SOFTWARE WITH COMPUTER |
| 24. KODAK, FUJI FEATURE FILM STOCKS |
| 25. FILM MAGAZINE |
| 26. TRACK AND TROLLEY |
| 27. LIGHTS |
| (A)BABY - 500 WATTS - 4 NO’S |
| (B)BABY - 1000 WATTTS - 4 NO’S |
| (C)MULTY 20 - 4 NO’S |
| (D)MULTY 10 - 4 NO’S |
| (E)VIDEO SUN GUNS |
| (F)COOL LIGHTS - 4 NO’S |
| 28. CUTTER 10 NO’S |
| 29. CUTTER STAND - 10 NO’S |
| 30. BLACK CLOTH |
| (A)BIG - 5 NO’S |
| (B)SMALL - 5 NO’S |
| 31.DIFFUSION MATERIALS |
| (A)GATE WAY ROLL |
| (B)GARWAY ROLL |
| (C)SPUNCLOTH |
| (D)PLASTIC WHITE SHEETS |
| (E)SATIN CLOTH - WHITE |
| 32. BLACK CHART |
| 33. DVD’S - NEEDFUL NO’S |
| 34. CD’S - NEEDFUL NO’S |
