An educational programme developed by Film Heritage Foundation that is designed to encourage participants to explore various facets of cinema from film history to technique to an appreciation of the unique grammar of this art form. Aimed at immersing children in the evolution of the magical world of cinema, transforming the experience from mere passive viewing to actively engaging with this art form and teaching them the language of the moving image. Organised in collaboration with Film Heritage Foundation and INTACH – Heritage and Communication Service

Workshop conducted by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, award-winning documentary filmmaker; and Irawati Harshe Mayadev, award-winning actor who has worked in several critically acclaimed films

 

For children and young adults of 8 years and above

 

For participation, kindly please register with the IIC Programme Office or mail at programmeiic@gmail.com

 

Programme – Day I

10:00 to 11:15 – Magic Lantern to Chaplin

Participants will embark on a visual journey chronicling the birth of cinema from the magic lantern to Muybridge to the masters of the silent era like Edison, Melies, Dadasaheb Phalke and Chaplin

 

11:30 to 13:00 – Images Tell Stories Part I

Participants will be taught that visual images can be “read” like other texts introducing them to the difference between seeing and watching a moving image; evaluate the process of capturing reality in time and space continuum; an understanding of narrative structure and the role of sound, etc.