About the department

The department was incubated and setup under the guidance of Shri Subrata Mitra, the great Indian maestro who pioneered new trends in cinematographic practices. His indelible memory continues to be a guiding light for the department. The department aspires to prove worthy of the benchmarks set by him, both in academics and in the exciting practice of cinematography in today’s creative flux. The department strives towards developing cinematography as an area of technical expertise through theoretical and experimental approaches, in consonance with the aims and objectives of the institute. To that end, the department views the practice of cinematography as an integral field of collaboration in the process of filmmaking and propagates the vision that students exhibit their skills in a production of professional scale through the final dissertation project.

Course objective

A thorough engagement in “What you see is what you get” method of cinematography using Rec. 709 baked in image mode on digital platform is what students practice in the beginning of specialization. This ensures a clear conceptual and practical knowledge about the fundamental of digital cinematography. Studio and Location Lighting, Digital Theory, Cinematography Optics, Color Management from Pre-visualization through Post Production and introductory engagement with the allied areas of aesthetics are elucidated. Taught input culminates in lighting simulation exercise on set and location. In this phase students do multiple workshops on studio and location with master cinematographers.

The students evolve into the use of RAW image grabbing mode and Advance Color Management Practice in the following modules. This is a great opportunity (due to the availability of various choices of colour spaces and a variety of digital systems) for developing a thorough grasp of digital cinematography theory, testing and understanding.

Students are given diverse and intense exposure to both realistic and stylized cinematographic practice targeted at both theatrical and other media release platforms.

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