HONHAAR INSTITUTE OF MEDIA STUDIES (HIMS)
Media Education is the process of teaching and learning about Media. It is about developing young people's critical and creative abilities when it comes to the media. Media education should not be confused with educational technology or with educational media. Surveys repeatedly show that, in most industrialized countries, children now spend more time wa
tching television than they do in school, or also on any other activity apart from sleeping
Being able to understand the media enables people to analyze, evaluate, and create messages in a wide variety of mediums, genres, and forms. Honhaar Institute of Media Studies is designed for a new generation. Visual and performing artists who share a passion for motion pictures and want to learn by making their own projects in a hands-on, intensive program. We limit class size, to make individual attention and interaction among students and instructors possible. All students are encouraged to meet faculty one-on-one for consultation throughout their course creating an environment that promotes personal development and learning. Students from diverse backgrounds and from all walks of life are welcome. This nurtures a supportive, positive atmosphere conducive to the level of collaboration required to do great work. Celebrated guest speakers from the film, television, and media industries frequently visit Hims to share their knowledge and experience with our students. Learning to be a Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Sound Designer, Art Director, Actor, Screen Play Writer or Animator is not done “by mere numbers.” It is done by hands-on experience, trial and error, feedback and correction, and questions and answers. Filmmaking demands the integration of many kinds of knowledge. It is the integration of knowledge that distinguishes the Hims from many other film schools. Education for media literacy often uses an inquiry-based pedagogic model that encourages people to ask questions about what they watch, hear, and read. Media literacy education provides tools to help people critically analyze messages, offers opportunities for learners to broaden their experience of media, and helps them develop creative skills in making their own media messages. Media literate people should be able to skillfully create and produce media messages, both to show understanding of the specific qualities of each medium, as well as to create independent media and participate as active citizens. Media literacy can be seen as contributing to an expanded conceptualization of literacy, treating mass media, popular culture and digital media as new types of 'texts' that require analysis and evaluation. By transforming the process of media consumption into an active and critical process, people gain greater awareness of the potential for misrepresentation and manipulation (especially through commercials and public relation techniques), and understand the role of mass media and participatory media in constructing views of reality. The notion of 'representation' is one of the first established principles of media education. The media offers viewers a facilitated outlook of the world and a re-representation of reality. Media production involves selecting and combining incidents, making events into stories, and creating characters. Media representations allow viewers to see the world in some particular ways and not others. Audiences also compare media with their own experiences and make judgements about how realistic they are. Media representations can be seen as real in some ways but not in others: viewers may understand that what they are seeing is only imaginary and yet they still know it can explain reality. COURSES WE OFFER
VIDEO EDITING
Six Months Diploma in Video Editing/Graphics
(5 Days Week 4 hr Class)
1. Basic Theory About Video
(About Video formats, Sample Rates, Bit Rates, Levels, Metering, etc...)
2. Handling Of Equipments
(How to operate various equipments related to video)
3. Graphics
(About photoshop, Motion, Live type etc...)
5. Video Editing
(Video Capturing, Converting, Edit through Software FCP i.e "Final Cut Pro")
6. Utilization Of Plug-in
(About video plugins & transactions/special effects)
7. Ability Test
(All practical test through documentary/video albums/ad film etc.. "individual")
8. Final Evaluation
(Clearing of all mistakes, Theory test, Final Grading, Certificate issue, Special Momento for best performer)
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SOUND ENGINEERING
Six Months Diploma in Sound Engineering,
(5 Days Week, 4hr Class)
1. Basic Theory, About Sound
(About Frequencies, Sample Rates, Bit Rates, Levels, Metering, etc...)
2. Handling Of Sound
(About Equalization, Compression, Dynamics, Limiter, Gates, etc..)
3. Hardware Handling
(About Audio Mixer, Mics, Compressor, Crossover, Connections, Effect, Processor, etc..)
4. Amplifier and Speakers
(About Amplifiers, Speakers, Matching of speakers with amplifier)
5. Sound Mixing
(Mixing of sound through hardware & software)
6. Installation & Placing
(installation of speakers, wiring, using aux, adding time delay and calculation, Real time analyzing etc...)
7. Ability Test
(All practical test through live performance, wiring, connections, mixing, etc.."individual")
8. Final Evaluation
(Clearing of all mistakes, Theory Test, Final Grading, Cerificate issue, Special Momento for best performer)
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FILM PRODUCTION
One Year Diploma in Film Production
(5 Days a Week 4hr Class)
1. Basic Theory About Film Making
(About Film Formats, Camera, Lights, Other Equipments, etc..)
2. Knowledge Of Equipments
(Briefing Of Various Equipments related to Film, Technical Knowledge)
3. Script
(Making Script, Create Scene, Shot Division, etc..)
4. Graphics/Special Effects
(Using Graphics/Special Effects in the Movie)
5. Floor Management
(Using Camera Angles, Creating Sets, Choosing Location, Lighting, etc..)
6. Time Code/Continuity
(Making Cue Sheets, About Continuity, Cam Lenses, etc..)
7. Ability Test
(All Practical test through making documentary/video album/ad film etc.."Individual")
8. Final Evaluation
(Clearing of all mistakes, Theory Test, Final Grading, Certificate issue, Special Momento for best Performer)
