A call for applicants for Sildistance 2011 will be announced soon. More information can be obtained from sildistance@silcreation.org

We are pleased to announce that the following applicants have been selected for SLC’s distance learning programme ‘Fundamentals of Social Filmmaking’ for the spring 2010. Each applicant has individually been notified by email. Please contact us as soon as possible if you
haven’t got a notification.
1.      AHMAD ALI GHOURI
2.      ALI  AKBAR HINGORJO
3.      ALI IMRAN
4.      ALLAH DITTA
5.      ANNA SPIRIDONOVA
6.      AZRI YASIN
7.      BHOLA PRASAD ACHARYA
8.      DIOMANDE YRA BONARCISSE
9.      GULAR FATALIYEVA
10.     HARSHAD KARANDIKAR
11.     JANHAVI DHAMANKAR
12.     LINGSON JUBECK MWAMSIKU ADAM
13.     MARIA GULRAIZE KHAN
14.     MATLAB  ASGAR  ISMAYIL
15.     MIRNA SAKHLEH
16.     MORICK GIBSON MWASAGA
17.     MOSES C MASAMI
18.     MUHAMMAD ARSLAN HAIDER
19.     MUHAMMAD ASIM JAVAID
20.     MUHAMMAD HAMMAD RAFIQUE
21.     NEHAN SAUD
22.     NKENGANANG CLETUS
23.     OLENA DMYTRYK
24.     POLINA MOSHENSKA
25.     SADIQ AHMAD KHAN
26.     SHAFQAT QAMAR
27.     SHAH MEHMOOD WAGAN
28.     SHAIL SHRESTHA
29.     SHAMULONGA MUZALA SHIMUKOWA
30.     VERA TOLMACHEVA
31.     ZAHIR AHMAD
We thank all the applicants who applied for this program, but due to limited resources available to us, we had to select only a few participants out of a large number of applicants who wanted to join the programme.

Best wishes,
SLC Distance learning admission team

Fundamentals of Social Filmmaking (12 Weeks)

Please note that the application deadline for the coming session is over. Another call for applications will be made in autumn 2010. If you have any questions about the programme you can contact us by email. 

Important Dates

Application Deadline: 01.08.2009- 31.10.2009 (late applications will not be entertained.)  

Notification of Selection and further information: 10-20 December 2009 (All applicants will be notified by email)

Training Period: 02.02.2010- 31.03.2010

Downloads

An applicant's guide here

Application form (word format) here

Application form (pdf format) here

This course does not lead to any academic degree or students do not get any credits which they can transfer into their university degree. However, upon successful completion of this course they will get acquainted with the fundamentals of social filmmaking and, in particular,  its use for social transformation. All successful students will also receive a certificate of completion. 

Course Contens

Week 1

Orientation

- Learning agreement 

- Study Guide

- How the course is delivered, roles and responsibilities of participants  

Week 2 and 3  

What is social filmmaking?

The use of Films and Videos for social purposes,

Case studies from different countries 

Week 4 and 5:

Script writing, why and how? Where do ideas come from?

Good scripts and lousy scripts, language and its use,ethical considerations

Academic English, words and their selection 

A project work on script writing.

Week 6 and 7:

Video/Film shooting and Editing, what to choose: film or video? 

Technology and recent developments. How to find the audience for your work?

Short films and social impact

Week 8 and 9

Basic Introduction to video editing programmes, how to edit images?

Consumer, prosumer and professional standpoints 

Ideas or technology: what is more important? 

Week 10,11,12 

Final project work: a short film/documentary (5-30 mins) or an alternative written work.

For more information, please send us an email to: sildistance@silcreation.org