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Media becomes a medium

Pakistani students received training at Asian Academy of Film & Television

MEDIA SAVY Qazi Asif Rashid and AAFT's Director, Sandeep Marwah with Pakistani students at the Academy

After opening the frontiers of medical care it's time to open the portal of our educational institutions. The first step on the journey was taken when a group of 31 students of Media Sciences from Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST) from Pakistan visited Asian Academy of Film & Television, situated in the Film City in Noida. They didn't ofcourse did not enrol for a year long course. But their objective was fulfilled. They were here for a three-week advanced training course in film and television production.

In agreement

It was the result of a collaborative agreement signed between SZABIST and AAFT in January 2005.The agreement provides for exchange of students, faculty, joint teaching programmes and conferences dedicated to media research.

Said Sumaira, a student of SZABIST, "It is the nearest institute that we can approach.

It's the professionalism and access to advanced technology of AAFT that attracted the students towards it. Another student Ziyad pointed out, "Professional instructors and more emphasis on practical training attracted SZABIST towards AAFT."

Keeping in mind the short duration of this special educational tour, AAFT's Director, Sandeep Marwah had devised a special training capsule, covering subjects like aesthetics of lighting and camera operation, acting and dramatic perspective and sound for media, incorporating both practical as well as theoretical inputs required for each. In their 21days of rigorous training where they worked for 12-14 hours a day, the students came out with two short movies of five minutes each. One was based on Indo-Pak relations and the other on a social cause. The students admitted that apart from glamour and popularity of Indian celebrities, the technological advancement in film production was a major cause for the growing popularity of Indian films.

The delegation rounded off its tour with a trip to Taj Mahal. All the students including the manager of the delegation, Qazi Asif Rashid admitted that their first hand experience of staying in India for three weeks dispelled all their initial doubts regarding the relationship between the people of these two neighbouring nations.

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