Method keeps on evolving and exploring new formats in training as well students adapt to new work culture, says Prof.

Filmmaking is a challenging but fascinating and creative career option. Institutes are also responsible for keeping their students informed about the newest industry trends and practices in order to assist them to stay abreast and at par with current industry standards. In a conversation with Shiksha.com, Professor Sanjeev Mehta, Dance and song picturisation faculty at Ramesh Sippy Academy of Cinema and Entertainment talks at length about the institute’s teaching methodology and initiatives taken to help them become industry-ready.

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Q: What are the salient features of the teaching methodology adopted by your college? How does this differ from others?

A: I have been associated for the past year and the institution has par excellence faculty members to work with students. Method keeps on evolving and exploring new formats in training as well students adapt to new work culture as per industry standards. It gives hands-on experience to students on overall knowledge in film making from grass root levels. It does differ in many ways from the rest of the institutions we have worked with earlier and are working or associated with in terms of ease and performance on students with healthy learning.

Q: How are you preparing your students to be Industry ready?

A: We have a professional approach working in the industry for more than two decades and with every new trend and technical know-how industry has evolved we have adopted and made sure it is passed on to the new generation with equal strength and knowledge imparted to our students.

And yes our students are industry-ready with more exposure to online and offline practical training sessions.

Q: What are the qualities you are looking for in student applicants? What qualities do they need to do well in your course?

A: The students' applicants need to be passionate and force-driven to live the dream and follow the art of film making with equal strength and command over the craft before entering the domain of this learning experience. They need to put full efficiency in learning the art of music video and song picturisation as it is dynamic and needs to learn every detail before any shoot or film process is followed.

Q: How do you ensure that your course curriculum is up to date and meets industry requirements?

A: We keep up to date knowledge of trends, technical adaptation, the evolution of song picturisation and knowledge keeping basics and history also in consideration from day one in our training process.

Q: Is your college receptive to innovation, technology, science & entrepreneurship? How? Could you cite some examples of these?

A: To know a little about our college, we can assure they keep our students and faculty in sync as well, up to date facilitation of equipments, team and experience as overall help and support from the institution point of view as par excellence place to learn and grow.