Break from reviewing, off to FTII

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About a month ago I heard that I got into the crash course on Film Appreciation conducted by National Film Archives of India (NFAI) - Yay! NFAI conducts this month-long course which starts on May 21, 2007 in collaboration with The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). I feel privileged just to be in the same campus where Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, to name a few, spent their learning days!!. Especially, since this is as good as a residential course. - Am so excited!!!

Okay, before I irritate the hell out of you with my exclamation marks, here’s what I really want to say. Since I am not sure whether I will be able to post here in the next four weeks and will be back only on the 16th of June, I have invited a couple guest bloggers to write hindi movie related articles for “Without Giving The Movie Away”. Meanwhile, I will also try my best to write about my experiences during the course.

Here’s to a “new and improved” meetu! Cheers!!

Update: I’ve posted my experiences about the course in a series of posts. The first part describes the overall experiences. The second one deals with the selection of movies, which ones I liked and the few I did not. The third part discusses the lectures.

- meetu, a part of the audience

Comments (8)

Deep Ganatra:

Hey all the best for the stuff.. work hard and be happy :)

posted 4 years, 11 months ago Deep Ganatra has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Deep Ganatra's page for more details.

meetu:

Thanks Deep! Nice to see you here.

posted 4 years, 11 months ago

Dr. Sunil Mehru:

Really excellent course in film appriciation, enjoyed the FTII and NFAI campus with fun, joy and lot lot lot more

posted 4 years, 10 months ago Dr. Sunil Mehru has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Dr. Sunil Mehru's page for more details.

vishal:

can you please divulge on how to apply for this sort of course?

posted 4 years, 7 months ago vishal has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See vishal's page for more details.

meetu:

Hi vishal,

You have to fill in an application form and submit it to the institute. The process starts around February-March each year. More details at http://www.nfaipune.gov.in/film_appreciation.htm If you have any more questions, let me know, I will try my best to answer.

posted 4 years, 7 months ago

Roshan:

Hey,
I was actually interested in joining the discussed course.
How was it..? Is it worth the money..?
I am actually a student of mass communication and I hope the course is beyond basic stuff.
Is it full time..?

posted 4 years, 5 months ago Roshan has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Roshan's page for more details.

meetu:

Hey Roshan, overall the course was good. The technical stuff that they taught was pretty basic. Since, I am new to all of this, I enjoyed learning the basics.

It is a full-time course for 4 weeks. You can get some of the details http://withoutgivingthemovieaway.com/main/uncategorized/the-film-appreciation-course-2007-fa-part-1-the-experience/ and http://withoutgivingthemovieaway.com/main/uncategorized/the-film-appreciation-course-2007-fa-part-2-the-movies/

And more information at the NFAI website - http://www.nfaipune.gov.in/film_appreciation.htm

posted 4 years, 5 months ago

flowers:

Great job...!! very nice website.. all is in orange..

posted 2 years, 10 months ago flowers has posted 7 comments and has rated 0 movies. See flowers's page for more details.