Filmmaking Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Overview

This Filmmaking , M.A. course from Manipal Academy of Higher Education will nurture both new technologies and new forms and will encourage the telling of stories that reflect upon the nature of society, linking the personal with the political and the particular with the universal. It is a space for self-driven students who are keen on pursuing a line of inquiry through their filmmaking practice and achieve newer levels of fluency and sophistication. The MA program provides a framework to support this.

The curriculum provides strategic inputs in film technique, film language, storytelling, and research methods. Engagement with the context of the chosen line of enquiry is a necessary aspect of learning. Students are encouraged to explore and develop a personal style, voice and vision to tell their stories, through an intense engagement with the medium. The focus is on achieving an ease in using the language of film to tell nuanced stories, experiment with form and/or pose relevant questions about ourselves and the world we live in.

The MA program provides a framework that supports research and the developing of one’s film practice to newer levels of fluency and sophistication. It offers theoretical and conceptual engagement with relevant topics and discourses in film practice. It encourages independent learning with close guidance from mentors, and collaborative work with peers.

Career opportunities:

By the end of the course, you would have developed the capabilities required for making a film, exploring form, narrative and genre. You can be an independent filmmaker, or join an established production house or a senior filmmaker as an apprentice. You could also find work as a media professional in any corporate or development organization. If you wish to study further, you may continue to a PhD program within Srishti Manipal or elsewhere. In addition, there are other opportunities such as curating festivals and working in grant making organizations.

Once you graduate, you have several career opportunities

• You can set up your independent film practice

• You can work with a senior filmmaker or in any film or media production house, television or OTT platforms.

• You can work as a media consultant for national and international development agencies.

• You can work in media archives or in arts and media funding organisations

• You can continue your research and pursue a PhD in film or any allied discipline