Film and Video Design: Admission 2025, Fees, Syllabus, Entrance Exam, Top Colleges, Career Scope

Aspirants who have a creative flair, as well as knowledge of design and video software, are apt to pursue a course in Film and Video Design. Candidates can pursue Film and Video Design courses at both UG and PG levels. To study Film and Video Design at the UG level, aspirants should have completed their 10+2 from a recognised board with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks. On the other hand, PG-level courses can be pursued by candidates if they possess a graduation degree in a similar field from a recognised college with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks.

Skillset required to pursue a Film and Video Design Course:

• The Candidate should have a good eye for detail and precision.
• They should be intuitive and must have a strong vision for how the elements in a film should play out.
• Students must have strong communication skills and have his or her creative ideas to convey to their team members.
• The Aspirant needs to be a decisive leader and also a quick problem solver.

A Film and Video Design course provides exciting career opportunities to students enrolled in the course. They get to work as Art Directors, Cinematographers, Film Director and Video Editors. Skilled individuals can become a freelance filmmaker or work in a production company. Various recruiters such as Channel V, Channel MTV, UTV Motion Pictures, Glitch Films and Supari Films hire graduates of film and video design courses.

You can pursue BDes in Film and Video Design after completing Class 12, 3-year diploma, B.Voc or any other qualification that is equivalent to Class 12 with a minimum of 50% marks. You could have completed Class 12 in any stream and Diploma or B.Voc with any specialisation. It is required that you should have studied in a recognised educational institute.

Yes, you are eligible to pursue MDes in Film and Video Design after completing BTech in Mechanical Engineering. You can pursue the course after completing any undergraduate degree such BA, BSc, BTech/ BE etc.

Since MDes is an advanced course, you are expected to have basic Design aptitude.

The eligibility criteria for BDes in Film and TV Production at LPU are:

• Pass with 50% aggregate marks in 10+2 (with English) or equivalent.
• For a candidate, who has not studied English as a subject, the condition of English may be waived off provided the candidate in his qualifying exam has studied in English medium or an equivalent subject.
• (5% relaxation to North-East states and Sikkim candidates or Defence Personnel and their Dependents or Wards of Kashmiri Migrants).

Here's the  Film and Video Design Course admission process at MIT-ADT:

• Appear for MITID DET exam, based on scores obtained from MITID DET, shortlisted candidates will be called for second phase.
• Studio Test and Personal Interview is conducted at MITID campus in Pune. The second phase of the admission procedure will consist of studio tests followed by personal interviews at Institute in Pune.
• The result of shortlisted candidates for the Second Phase will be announced on MITID website.
• The Admission Committee decides the procedures, grades and weightage every year.

Here are some steps you can follow to complete the admission process of BDes in Film and Video Design at LPU:

Sign Up:

• Register onto LPUADMIT with basic details (Name, Email ID, Mobile No., State, Gender and Password). Your email id will act as your username for the portal and password will be set by you while registering on the portal.
• You will get a mail on your registered email id regarding this.
• Login to the LPUADMIT with already created username/ password.

Take Admission:

• Fill the application form.
• Select your programme from the Available Programme List.
• Upload the documents.
• Apply for residential / mess / transportation / parking facility as per the requirement.
• All the submitted documents are to be verified from the originals within the prescribed timelines.
• Deposit the balance fee within the timelines prescribed by the university.

Book the Exam Slot and Appear

• Book the slot to appear in the LPUNEST Exam.
• Appear and qualify for the exam.
• Perform STEP 2 in case admission is not taken already.

CEED is an entrance exam for postgraduate Design courses such as M.Des and UCEED entrance exam is for undergraduate Design courses such as B. Des. UCEED is open to all nationals (Indian/Foreign). Many reputed colleges such as Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) and Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur (IIITDMJ) aceept UCEED scores. You should have qualified for CEED exam if you wish to seek admission to Master of Design M.Des programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIITDM Jabalpur, and IIT Kanpur, and to Ph.D. programmes in Design at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIT Kanpur.

The National Institite of Design (NID) has released the list of exam centres for the DAT Prelims exam on September 3, 2024.

The list of exam centers have been published in the respective admission brochures for the B.Des and M.Des programs. 

The DAT Prelims exam will be conducted in 22 cities across the country - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada.

Note that each of these cities may have one or more exam centres. 

The candidate can select their choice of exam centre at the time of filling out the application form. The NID DAT 2025 application form opened on September 3, 2024.

The SEED 2025 written will be a 60 minutes exam. The exam will be conducted in multiple slots between 10 am and 4 pm.

The SEED question paper will include 60 questions.

The following types of questions will be asked during the exam - MCQ, Match the Columns, Fill in the blanks, image-based and comprehension based.

Further, the paper will contain a mix of questions related to Visual Sensitivity and Judgement, Observational, Perceptual and Reasoning abilities, Problem Solving, Basic knowledge of Logic of Science and Mathematics, Art, Craft and Culture, Design and Environment.

NTA will commence the CUET registrations 2025 tentatively in first week of February 2025 at cuetug-ac.ntaonline.in. Candidates will be able to fill the online CUET application form online when released. Candidates will be able to enter the personal, educational and CUET subject details to appear for the exam. Candidates must pay the CUET application fee to complete the registration process.

Film and Video Design courses are focused on enhancing the creative skills of individuals to establish a strong narrative content on screen through refined visuals, script, and use of various equipment such as film and video camera and editing systems. The social and commercial sectors require skilled individuals to generate concepts to address communication needs

Students enrolled in the course get a strong conceptual understanding of various aspects of film and video design. The academic curriculum of the course includes basic documentary films, fictional film, music video, promotional films,  advertisement films and multi camera films.

Subjects covered in film and video communication include:

• Photography
• Instructional Film Making
• Videography
• Film Language
• Film Theory
• Cinematography

Here are some recommended books for Film and Video Design courses you can find online:

• BASICS OF FILMMAKING: SCREENWRITING, PRODUCING, DIRECTING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, AUDIO, & EDITING, 1ST EDITION by Blain Brown.
• Business and Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers: Making a Living as a Creative Artist in the Film Industry by Charles Haine.
• Speaking Of Films (The Penguin Ray Library) by Satyajit Ray.
• Making Movies (Vintage) by Sidney Lumet.
• On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director by Alexander Mackendrick, Paul Cronin.
• Filmmaker's Handbook, The : A Comprehens by Steven Ascher.

Here's a basic idea of the MDEs in Film and Video Design course curriculum:

Note: The information is sourced from external sites and may vary.

 Film and Video Design colleges offering great placement options to students:

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Hi, yes there are a few options you can consider if you want to go for afforadable Film and Video Design college options:

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Hi, here are some popular college options for part-time courses in Film and Video Design in India:

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The salary offered to a Video Editor varies depending on the project they are working for as well as the company for which they work. As per Naukri.com, on average film and video designers earn between INR 25,000 to INR 75,000 per month. A Title Designer is someone who is responsible for creating the opening title sequence and title cards for a television show or film. A title designer is also responsible for creating end credits for the film/video piece.

Entry-level VFX artists may earn wages ranging from INR 2 - 5 Lacs per year. Experienced VFX supervisors or leaders may receive a higher salary. Scriptwriters may be compensated based on the intricacy of the script and the production budget. Entry-level scriptwriters may make a modest salary, although experienced and accomplished scriptwriters might fetch larger rates.

Hello Lakshya,

Filmmaking is a booming industry in India. There is a huge demand of skilled talent and has a huge scope for creative people. One can start their career in this field as an assistant director. Though you can also enter in the industry without any proper training, but by pursuing a right film making course from a reputed institute like SACAC, you get to know about the technicalities of the industry. It helps you get command on different software and hardware used during shooting.

All the best!

The popular trends in Film and Video Design on social media are described below.

• Ephemeral Video: The temporary accessible videos on social media with a limit of 24 hours only after publishing are known as ephemeral videos. After that those videos disappear completely. Popular social media platforms such as Snapchat,  Facebook and Instagram stories have given rise to this trend making it addictive for users to share a story everyday to their viewers and friends.
• Vertical Video: Vertical videos have completion rate of around 90 per cent. There are less than 30 per cent users who watch videos horizontally. Earlier vertical videos were only limited to Instagram feeds, but it has now become widely popular and exists everywhere including Snapchat and Tik Tok.