10 Reasons: Why to study Filmmaking for a Bright Career

What is Filmmaking all about?

Cinema plays an integral part in our lives. It holds a mirror to the society and is a powerful medium of human creativity and expression. The pandemic has redefined the importance of entertainment and cinema like never before. While the world was confined to their homes, it was art, cinema, and films that kept people entertained and helped them get through this global crisis.

Currently, the Media and Entertainment Industry in India is growing faster than the country’s galloping GDP! And this highlights the wide career scope and endless career opportunities in this sector. Filmmaking also has other benefits apart from the career opportunities. In this blog, let’s look at the top 10 reasons why studying filmmaking can help you build a successful career!

10 Reasons to Study Filmmaking for Bright a Career

Apart from sharing your creativity and telling stories to the world, a career in Filmmaking can be beneficial in numerous other ways. Let us see the top 10 reasons why you should study Filmmaking for a bright career:

  1. A great opportunity to explore your creativity:

Studying Filmmaking and its nuances provides you with a medium to channelize your creativity. Being creative coupled with advanced knowledge and filmmaking skills can lead to a lucrative career. It also lets you explore the extent of your creativity and trains you to expand it even further.

  • You get to discover cinema with a fresh perspective

Enjoying cinema is one thing and being able to understand the nuances of it is another. The former can be done by anyone, but it takes a professional trained in filmmaking to understand the nuances of the cinema and appreciate it in the true sense. Your training in filmmaking will help you understand the creative process of any cinema and give you a fresh perspective to discover the beauty of it.

  • Explore beautiful locations around the world

Making a film can often demand shooting in different places around the world. And hence, a filmmaking career provides endless opportunities to travel to various locations around the world, get to meet new people, discover various cultures, cuisines, languages, etc. while having a successful career.

  • Limitless opportunities

The world has accepted the importance of cinema and entertainment in recent times. And this has increased the scope of the field exponentially. Talented Filmmakers and professionals in the related fields find numerous career opportunities in the global market.

  • You get to learn something new each day

Technological interventions in the entertainment sector, especially filmmaking have transformed the sector greatly. With technology there are various emerging techniques in filmmaking that one can learn and implement. The rate at which cinema and filmmaking are transforming, there’s a scope of learning something new each day in this field.

  • Professional contacts with like-minded filmmakers

Filmmaking helps you build a strong network with professionals in this field and film enthusiasts. This offers a chance to learn a lot about the art from experts and get new perspectives about making a film. It also provides opportunities for mutual growth and career advancement.

  • See your ideas transform into a brilliant work of art

A lot goes into making a film but it all starts with an idea. Studying Filmmaking equips you with the knowledge, tools and techniques to transform your ideas onto the big screen.

  • Gain transferable skills

Studying filmmaking helps you develop an impressive skillset that can be applied to various fields other than filmmaking. It equips you with skills like project management, great communication skills, leadership skills, time management, problem solving and analytical skills, etc. that apply to a wide range of jobs.

  • You get to explore various kinds of films

During your course in Filmmaking, you are exposed not just to blockbuster films but various other formats of cinema. Be it different formats of films, or alternative cinema with lesser-seen techniques, with a course in Filmmaking, you know it all!  

  1. Diversity in career choices

Filmmaking is not one person’s job. Various professionals come together and bring their expertise to create a film successfully. This means, by studying filmmaking you can explore multiple career avenues and choose an area that best suits you. You can try your hand at Direction, Screenplay Writing, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Recording & Designing, Visual Effects, and Motion Graphics, see what you enjoy doing the most, and build a successful career out of it.

How MIT SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISION helps you build a successful filmmaking career?

MIT School of Film and Television, MIT-ADT University (MITSFT) was established under the leadership of Dr. Jabbar Patel, the well-known film director to train individuals in the disciplines of Film Direction, Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound Recording and Visual Effects. MITSFT is housed in its own building on the picturesque banks of the river Mutha in Loni. The institute also has Pune’s largest film and television shooting studio coming up within its building that will create endless opportunities for students to interact with the cinema and media industries without leaving the campus. 

The institute offers Graduation and Postgraduation programs in filmmaking with various specialization options including: Direction, Screenplay Writing, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Recording & Designing, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics. The curriculum is focused on practical training combined with theoretical knowledge, which makes participants socially aware, globally informed and aesthetically enriched filmmakers and technicians, confident in following their pursuits in the chosen specialization. Following are the key features of the institute:

  • MITSFT offers world-class in-house production facilities.
  • It offers digital film technology from world-renowned companies such as Apple, Adobe, and Sony.
  • You get opportunities to collaborate with the Global Campus Network – Canada’s most prestigious media program at Ryerson University.
  • The institute has one of the biggest state-of-the-art film studios in Pune which is well equipped to provide all facilities from Pre-Production to Post-Production of Films, Advertisements, Terrestrial Television and Over the Top Television (OTT) content, visual effects and Motion Graphics.
  • The School helps students to increase their knowledge base through quality education, field trips, film screenings, and workshops.
  • The School also regularly invites subject matter experts, as a visiting faculty, for delivering lectures to the students.

Join MITSFT and advance your filmmaking career exponentially! For more details visit our website http://bit.ly/MITADT-University

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