Post Graduate Diploma in Film and Television




Pathshala Department of Film and Television has given a call for 18 Months post graduate Diploma in Film and Television. This degree is awarded by the UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA.


Application Open:  1 November 2023 
Application Deadline:  30 November 2023
Admission Test: 8 December 2023
Interviews with Pathshala: 9 December 2023
Result Announcement: 10 December 2023
Applications for KAS: 11-15 December 2023
Interviews with KAS: 18-19 December 2023
Orientation Session: 05 January 2024
Starting of classes: 06 January 2024

The application form will be available at the Pathshala office from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The application fee is Tk. 600/- (Six hundred only). 


Fellowships are availavle for Journalists, Indigenous and Female Candidates.


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PROGRAM STRUCTURE

The duration of the Post graduate Diploma is18 months (3 Semesters).

The program consists of 30 credits

Pathshala South Asian Media Institute has a partnership with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Ltd (KAS). KAS offers Adenauer Fellowship for Media and Journalism background students for Post graduate Diploma in Film and Television Programme. The fellowship aims to support the most qualified journalism background student.

The fellowship will support students who seek scholarship on a merit-cum-means basis, and are eligible for it, by covering the tuition fees as well Fellowship allowance of 500 Euro per semester for the Post graduate Diploma in Film and Television. The number of students which will be accepted for the Adenauer Fellowship may vary each year.


Categories of Courses No. of Courses Credits
Core Courses 6 18
Specialization Courses 2 6
Diploma Film Making (Fiction/Non-Fiction) 2 6
Total 10 30


SEMESTER PLAN


1st Semester (January – June) 2024
Core Courses (DFT 101-103)

DFT 101: INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND TELEVISION
DFT 102: CINEMATOGRAPHY
DFT 103: VIDEO EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION

2nd Semester (July – December) 2024
Core Courses (DFT 104-106)

DFT 104: BROADCAST JOURNALISM
DFT 105: SCREENWRITING
DFT 106: FILMMAKING AND DIRECTION

3rd Semester (January – June) 2025
Specialization Courses (any two, DFT 107-111)

DFT 107: NON-FICTION AND EXPERIMENTAL FILM
DFT 108: FILM AND TELEVISION ACTING
DFT 109: SOUND DESIGN AND MUSIC
DFT 110: ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN
DFT 111: FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM

3rd Semester Core Course/Production
DFT 112: DIPLOMA FILMMAKING (PRACTICAL)



CORE COURSES

DFT 101: INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND TELEVISION (3 Credits)

The purpose of this course is to inform study and understand what is cinema – its aesthetics and language.It will also cover 100 years of world cinema and 75 years of television. We’ll try to outline, clarify and draw connection among artistic, technological, economic and social forces that have shaped and are reflected in film and television history. Historical studies of major films, genres, and movements from the silent era to the present will be undertaken. Topics may include the history of documentary, fiction, or experimental film and video; film genres such as the musical, the horror film, or the melodrama viewed in their historical context. Courses on film movements focus on a national cinema at a specific time (such as German Expressionism, Soviet Socialist Realism, Italian Neo-Realism, French New Wave, or Film Noir).

DFT 102: CINEMATOGRAPHY: CAMERA AND LIGHTS (3 Credits)

This course will cover Digital Cinematography knowledge, which are needed to become a Director of Photography. In this course students will learn topics like Introduction to Digital/Electronic Cinematography, mechanisms & functions of a digital cine camera, Difference between traditional & electronic cinematography, How a digital Cine Camera works/ with practical demonstration, Advantages and quality output, and about various Formats of Cinematography, use of Filters & Lenses etc. There will be practical classes with Cinematography equipment & lights. Creative lighting techniques are covering topics such as people, environment, spatial relationships, movement, colour, special effects, and continuity. This course will cover the need of a student who would like to be a professional Cinematographer and Lighting technician

DFT 103: VIDEO EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION (3 Credits)

This course will introduce the students to the basic theory of video editing. The history of the technology of Video Editing will be discussed with examples by viewing relevant Videos. They will come to know the types of video editing in the industry. They will learn the use of software and hardware related to Video Editing. They will learn the use of input and output devices and live video editing. Students will get the chance to Edit their own short videos within this course. There will be sessions with professional Video Editors from the Television industry.

DFT 104: SOUND AND MUSIC (3 Credits)

The Music and Sound Studies aims to provide a space for the study of fields that fall outside of traditional music studies (that is, historical musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, and music education), particularly those of interest to the students investigating acoustic phenomena. Our main activity is to organise a speaker series. We will also coordinate a reading group to discuss relevant readings suggested by colloquium guests and others related to music and sound studies. All of our events are open to any interested faculty, students and others.

DFT 105: SCRIPT AND SCREENPALY (3 Credits)

This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of developing and writing original scripts for film, television and multimedia. The course emphasises proper script formats, theme, story, plot, dialogue, character arc, and the process of developing and writing a script. The major focus of the course is to help the students to understand the process of creative writing, socio-cultural perspectives, theories and practices of screenwriting, case study, practicing on different genres of screenwriting and making their own presentation. Through classroom discussion of student writing and study of assigned screenplays, films and text, students will strengthen their familiarity with the structural elements of screenwriting with well-developed themes and visualizing scheme. Students will become familiar with the general guiding elements of visual storytelling structure and character development in a variety of styles of screen productions.

DFT 106: FILMMAKING AND DIRECTION (3 Credits)

This course is designed to give a coherent overview of the development of cinema within Asia, Latin America and Africa, with a special emphasis on films produced in industries. The course will contextualise the cinema of the sub-continent and study closely particular films so students will be able to analyse critically key films of the once united subcontinent. They also will be able to evaluate the historical development of the cinema in this geographical block of the world within the context of common and shared ethos. The full semester will trace the development of cinema in Asia, Latin America and Africa, beginning with an introduction to the study of the cinema before partition, examining the silent era, the studio period, the ‘Golden Age’, the so-called ‘segmentation’ of cinema, the action cinema, and cinema in the recent media transformation respectively in the three continents.

SPECIALIZATION COURSES (any two)

DFT 107: NON FICTION AND EXPERIMENTAL FILMS (3 Credits)

The course enable the students to have a deeper understanding of non-fiction and experimental films like documentary film, avant-garde film, independent film, underground film, alternative film, queer film, feminist film, as well as non-narrative feature film.

DFT 108: FILM AND TELEVISION ACTING(3 Credits)

Course providing opportunities for students to rehearse perform and evaluate scenes. Different production styles to which performers may need to adjust include production rehearsals with director, single – camera experience and multiple camera experience. Projects in acting for television, video and film, and workshops will provide opportunities for students to rehearse perform and evaluate scenes.

DFT 109: NEWS AND PROGRAMMEPRESENTATION (3 Credits)

The Programme and News Presentation course provides the necessary skills for successfully presenting news in television and radio and hosting a wide range of programmes, as well as reporting in electronic media. Students learn about pronunciation styles and language, writing for broadcast, interviewing, presentation and reporting methods. Classes are held in our own fully equipped studio that familiarises students with the professional working environment.Basic functioning skills in a Production Control Room are also included in this course so that students will be aware of the entire Broadcasting process.

DFT 110: BROADCAST JOURNALISM AND TV REPORTING (3 Credits)

The courses will emphasis broadcast journalism, taking to the airwaves; students will get a solid news writing foundation. Fundamental goals: introducing and developing television reporting and production skills; strengthening solid writing, reporting, and ethical decision-making skills; and developing the reporting and production skills necessary for success in broadcast.

DFT 111: SET DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN AND MAKE-UP (3 Credits)

The major focus of the course is to make students aware of the art and craft of stage design for Live Shows, Media events and as well as Art Direction for motion pictures and to provide practical, technical, and aesthetic guidance. Through a series of practical assignments ranging from floor plan to design execution will be done for developing skills related to set design on visual media. Through this course students will be able to critique physical design aspect of film and video production as well as different event management projects. Students will develop a detailed idea of implementing designing and plotting sets, lights, sound, costume and props along with the creation of central visual metaphor of a film, video and event communication. Students will learn harmonisation of diverse design elements in a single production for unique and optimum theme enhancing visual scheme. Students will also be well versed in production management skills in film and video production as well as in media event management projects.

DFT 112: SPECIAL DIRECTORS AND TEXTS (3 Credits)

This course will focus on selected filmmakers and some film texts made by them and thus will enable students to understand the artistic approach, aesthetic engagement and philosophical stance of certain filmmakers. This will lead them in developing their own film language and cinematic sense. The lists include Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, Satyajit Roy, RitwikGhatak, Abbas Kirostami, AsgarFarhadi, Kim Ki Duk, Wong Kar-wai, Christofer Nolan, Akira Kurusawa, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, Zhang Yimou, Pedro Almodovar, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese and more as filmmakers and Citizen Kane, Vertigo, 400 Blows, PatherPachali, Subornorekha, Breathless, Roshomon, In the Mood for Love, All About My Mother, Taxi Driver, A Separation, The Mirror, Close-Up, Raise the Red Lantern, Xala, Tokyo Story, La Dolce Vita, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more as the selected texts.

DFT 113: DIPLOMA FILM MAKING
(FICTION/NON-FICTION) (6 Credits)

In this course, students will be involved in film/television production(s) to showcase their final outcome of learning of productions within their convenient format: Film, Documentary, Feature or Hybrid genre.