Film Editing and Motion Picture Photography Courses

Films are considered to be the most creative and broadest opportunity in the mass media domain. It is the most reachable and influential subset of mass media. The impact of films on our society is very huge. And the growth in the film industry is tremendous; it is estimated to touch $4.5- 5 billion in next 3 years from the present revenue of $2 billion. So with the growth of film industry, the requirement for trained personnel has also increased many times, which are considered to be the back bone of the industry. So the demand of Film editors have also increase many times as these person are responsible for putting the film in right sequence which is very important for success of any film. There for importance of Film editor and film editing course is very high.

Qualification
The basic qualification for admission into these courses is 10+2 and for some courses it is graduation. Some institutes keep the certain minimum percentage of marks in 10+2 or graduation as the part of eligibility criteria.

Courses and duration
There are various certificate and diploma level courses in film editing offered by various institute and course duration varies from course to course and also the institutes. There is Diploma; post diploma and certificate course in Film editing. The following are the courses offered for film editing :

  1. Certificate Course in Editing
  2. Diploma in Film Editing
  3. Course in Video Editing

Benefits
AS with the growth in the film industry and increased demand for trained film editing professional, the career prospect are very bright. The graduates can start their career as assistant to the editor. Now there are film production houses who directly hire students from the institutes. The salary offered to this Film editing graduate is very good and the career growth opportunities are very wide. One can also try for big global production houses.

Institutes and Universities
There are various institutes in India which offers certificate, diploma and post diploma courses. Film and television institute of India is Institute of national importance in the field of Film making. Apart from this there are various other colleges and universities like :

  1. Satyajit Ray Film Institute Kolkata
  2. Prasad Film and TV Academy Chennai
  3. Whistling Woods Institute Mumbai
  4. Asian Academy of Film Delhi
  5. Film Institute of Tamilnadu Chennai
  6. NID Ahmedabad
  7. IDC, IIT Bombay Mumbai
  8. Film Institute Delhi
  9. Institute of Design Kolkata
  10. St Xaviers Pune
  11. Framework Academy Delhi