Digital film making Institute in Kerala | Learn from Industry Experts at Skillspark

Introduction to Photoshop | Vector and Pixel/Raster Graphics | RGB & CMYK Color Modes

Photoshop Interface | Panels | Workspaces Selection Tools | Layer Panel | Creating New Layer

Simple BG Cutting Using Quick Selection | Object Selection Tool | Feather | Crop Tools | Brush Tool | Brushes | Eraser Tool | Clone Stamp Tool | History Brush Tool | Art History Brush Tool | Paint Bucket Tool | Gradient Tool

Blur Tool | Sharpen Tool | Smudge Tool | Pen Tool | Type Tool
Path Selection Tool | Direct Selection Tool | Hand Tool | Zoom Tool | Vanishing Point | Content-Aware Scale Tool

Straighten | Perspective Crop Tool | Puppet Warp Tool | Remove BG Using RGB Channels | Brightness or Contrast | Threshold

Levels | Curves | Adjustment Layers | Black and White picture to colour | Compositing Image | Final Project

Introduction to Photoshop | Vector and Pixel/Raster Graphics | RGB & CMYK Color Modes

Photoshop Interface | Panels | Workspaces Selection Tools | Layer Panel | Creating New Layer

Simple BG Cutting Using Quick Selection | Object Selection Tool | Feather | Crop Tools | Brush Tool | Brushes | Eraser Tool | Clone Stamp Tool | History Brush Tool | Art History Brush Tool | Paint Bucket Tool | Gradient Tool

Blur Tool | Sharpen Tool | Smudge Tool | Pen Tool | Type Tool
Path Selection Tool | Direct Selection Tool | Hand Tool | Zoom Tool | Vanishing Point | Content-Aware Scale Tool

Straighten | Perspective Crop Tool | Puppet Warp Tool | Remove BG Using RGB Channels | Brightness or Contrast | Threshold

Levels | Curves | Adjustment Layers | Black and White picture to colour | Compositing Image | Final Project

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

• Evaluate Graphics Scalability
• Navigate, View, and Measure Graphics
• Customise the User Interface

Creating Documents Containing Basic Shapes

• Create Documents
• Save Documents
• Draw Basic Shapes

Creating Graphics Containing Customised Paths

• Draw Paths
• Modify Paths

Create Graphics Containing Customised Text

• Insert Text
• Flow Text Along a Path
• Insert Bounded Text
• Thread Text
• Apply Text Styles
• Insert Typographical Characters

Customising Objects

• Import and Link Graphics
• Alter the Appearance of Objects

Customising Basic Shapes

• Apply Strokes
• Fill Shapes
• Apply Gradients
• Apply Graphic Styles
• Distort Text with Text Envelopes

Preparing Documents for Deployment

• Update Text
• Wrap Text
• Hyphenate Text
• Optimise Content for Print
• Optimise Content for the Web
• Optimise Content for PDF Documents

Adobe Premiere Pro Course – Getting Started

• Exploring Premiere Pro Interface
• What is Non-Linear Editing (NLE)?
• customizing Premiere Pro Interface

Setting up Premiere Pro

• Setting up a New Project
• Setting up a Back-up Strategy
• customizing Preferences

Start Editing

• Importing Videos into Premiere Pro
• Importing Images into Premiere Pro
• Creating Bins
• Organizing Assets into Bins
• Creating New Sequences

Creating a Rough-Cut Storyboard

• Importing a Series of Videos and Images

• Creating a Rough-Cut Storyboard
• Creating a Slideshow of Videos/Images

Editing Skills

• Adding Clips to the Timeline
• Editing Clips on the Timeline
• Creating In and Out Points
• Editing Clips in the Source Monitor
• Creating Sub clips
• Making Cuts on the Timeline

Exploring Adobe Premiere Editing Tools

• Using Selection tool
• Using the Track Select Forward/Track Select Backward tool
• Making Cuts on the Timeline with Razor tool
• Implementing Ripple Edit tool and Rolling Edit tool in Your Edits
• Exploring the Slide tool and Slip tool
• Exploring Zoom and Hand tools for Faster Editing

Time Remapping Techniques

• Changing the Speed of the clip (Slow Motion / Fast Motion)
• Implementing Rate Stretch tool for Slow / Fast Motion
• Implementing Speed/Duration for Slow / Fast Motion
• Creating Beautiful Hollywood-Style Super Slow Motion

Basics of Audio Editing

• Previewing Audio Clips in Premiere Pro before Importing Them
• Importing Audio Clips into Your Project
• Adjusting Audio Volume

Transitions

• Exploring Transitions in Premiere Pro
• Creating Video Transitions
• Editing Video Transitions

Exporting

• Exporting Your Sequence from Premiere Pro
• Exporting Your Sequence with Media Encoder
• Exploring Export Options such as MP4, MOV, AVI, and other formats
• Exporting Video Frames as Images

Introduction To After Effects

System requirements Setup and installation Workflows

Workspaces

General user interface items | Keyboard shortcuts | Reference Planning and setup Workspaces | Panels | and viewers

Sync Settings

Creative Dynamic Link workflows with Premiere Pro and After Effects 

Projects And Compositions

Composition basics | Pre-composing | Nesting and pre-rendering | Timecode and time display units

Importing Footage

Importing and interpreting footage | Importing and interpreting video and audio | Preparing and importing 3D image files

Working With Footage Items

Importing from After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro | Preparing and importing still images

Views And Previews

Previewing Video | Preview with Mercury Transmit Modifying and using views

Layers And Properties

Creating layers | Selecting and arranging layers | Managing layers | Layer properties | Blending modes and layer styles | 3D layers

Camera & Lights

Cameras | lights and points of interest

Animation And Key Frames

Animation basics | Compositing tools for VR/360 videos | Apply immersive video effects

Work With Data-Driven Animation

Construct VR environments in After Effects | Work with Data-driven animation

Create Motion Graphics Templates

Data-driven animation | Create Motion Graphics templates in After Effects | Assorted animation tools Setting | Selecting and deleting keyframes

Keyframe Interpolation

Editing | moving and copying keyframes| interpolation Speed | Time-stretching and time-remapping

Tracking

Tracking 3D camera movement | Face Tracking | Animating with Puppet tools | Tracking and stabilizing motion

Colour

Colour basics | Color management

Drawing | Painting | Paths

Paint tools | Brush | Clone Stamp and Eraser | Overview Of shape layers | paths and vector graphics | Creating shapes and masks | Managing and animating shape paths and masks

Mask Tracking

Mask Tracking Shape attributes | Paint operations and path operations for shape layers | Mask Reference

Text

Creating and editing text layers | Formatting characters and the Character panel | Examples and resources for text animation | Animating text | Extruding text and shape layers | Formatting paragraphs and the Paragraph panel | Live Text Templates

Transparency And Compositing

Compositing and transparency | Overview and resources | Alpha channels | Masks | Mattes Keying | Roto Brush | Refine Edge| Refine Matte effects I CC

Markers

Layer markers and composition markers | XMP metadata

Memory | Storage| Performance

Improve performance | GPU (CUDA, OpenGL) features | Memory and storage

Rendering And Exporting

Basics of rendering and exporting | Rendering and exporting still images and still-image sequences | Export an After Effects project as an Adobe Premiere Pro project | Converting movies Automated rendering and network rendering

Expressions And Automation

Plug-ins | Automation | Expression basics | Expression language reference | Expression examples

Student’s Project

Live Project

Day 1: Introduction to Blender

Overview of the Blender Interface | Understanding the 3D workspace | Introduction to navigation tools (viewports, selection, and movement)

Day 2:Basic transformations

Move, Scale, Rotate | Understanding the difference between Object Mode and Edit Mode | Understanding Axis

Day 3: Basic Meshes and Primitives

Introduction to Meshes (vertices, edges, faces) | Adding primitive objects (Cube, Sphere, Cylinder, Cone, etc.) | Object transformations: Apply location, rotation, scale

Day 4: Object Manipulation and Edit Mode

Introduction to Edit Mode and selecting geometry (vertices, edges, faces) | Extruding and duplicating geometry | Basic edge loop and face loop manipulation | Mirroring objects for symmetry

Day 5: Advanced Object Manipulation

Using the transform tool (Translate, Rotate, Scale) | Snapping tools and precision transformations | Using the 3D cursor effectively for object placement | Understanding pivot points and their types

Day 6: Modifiers Overview

Introduction to modifiers in Blender | Using the Subdivision Surface Modifier for smooth geometry | Using the Mirror Modifier for symmetrical modeling | Introduction to the Array Modifier

Day 7: Working with Objects and Collections

Creating and organizing collections | Parenting objects and using hierarchy | Understanding the outliner for object management | Working with linked and appended objects

Day 8: Working with Materials (Basic)

Introduction to materials and shaders | Creating simple materials using the Properties Panel | Basic color adjustments and reflections

Day 9: Lighting in Blender

Introduction to different light types (Point, Sun, Spot, Area) | Adding and adjusting light sources | Basic lighting setup for simple renders | Understanding shadows and light falloff

Day 10: Camera Setup

Understanding the camera and how to manipulate it | Adding and positioning cameras in the scene | Camera settings and focal length adjustment | Previewing renders from the camera view

Day 11: Staging in Blender

Creating background | 3D still compositing

Day 12: Basic Rendering

Introduction to the rendering process | Rendering a scene using Eevee (real-time) and Cycles (ray tracing) | Exporting images from Blender

Day 13: Project –  Model a low poly tree

Day 14: Complex Mesh Modeling

Using the knife tool and inset faces | Introduction to Boolean operations (Union, Difference, and Intersection) | Working with edge loops for complex geometry

Day 15: Introduction to UV Mapping

What is UV mapping? | Basic unwrapping techniques for simple objects | Introduction to the UV editor

Day 16: Advanced UV Mapping

Working with seams and UV islands | Using the ‘Smart UV Project’ and ‘Lightmap Pack’ methods  | Adjusting and optimizing UV maps

Day 17: Texturing Basics

Introduction to texture mapping (image textures, procedural textures) | Applying textures to objects using the Shader Editor

Day 18: Texturing Basics

Basic texture painting in Blender

Day 19: Advanced Texturing

Understanding PBR

Day 20: Advanced Texturing

Creating Realistic Materials | Custom Texturing in Photoshop |  Baking Textures

 Day 21: Render Passes In Blender

Ambient Occlusion | Diffuse | Glossy etc.

 Day 22: Photorealistic rendering

Composite nodes | Cycles in depth | Output & Post – processing

Day 23: Project –  Create a snow globe with a transparent glass material

Day 24: Project –  Create an advanced  3D Smartphone and texture it

Day 25: Project –  Create an advanced  3D Smartphone and texture it

Day 26: Project –  Create an advanced  3D Smartphone and texture it

Day 27: 3D Animation basics

12 Principles of animation | Keyframes | Animating attributes ( Position,scale & rotation ) | Timeline | Graph editor

Day 28: Working with SVG

Importing SVG | Preparing it for animation

Day 29: Project – Create a logo in Adobe Illustrator & Import it in blender

Day 30: Project – Animate the logo

Day 31: Project – Animate the logo

Day 32: Introduction to Rigging

Parenting in rigging | Basic rigging method

Day 33: Kinematics in Rigging

forward kinematics | Inverse kinematics | Using constraints to control bone behavior

Day 34: Project – Create a realistic 3d riggable laptop

Day 35: Project – Create a realistic 3d riggable laptop

Day 36: Project – Create a realistic 3d riggable laptop

Day 37: Project – Animate the the laptop opening

Day 38: Project – Create A 3d Character

Day 39: Easy Character Rigging

Rigify

Day 40: Human anatomy and behavior for animation

Anatomy | Joint Behavior | Secondary actions

Day 41: Project – Create a walk cycle

Day 42: Using Shape Keys for Facial Animation

Creating facial expressions with shape keys | Animating facial expressions for lip-syncing or emotional expressions

Day 43: Introduction to Rigid body physics

Understanding Active & Passive rigid bodies

Day 44: Physics in Blender

Mass, gravity, friction, bounce, and collision

Day 45: Physics in Blender

Creating rigid body object | Assigning physics properties: mass, friction, bounce, etc. | Setting up a physics simulation in the viewport

Day 46: Basic simulations

Simple object falls | Bouncing balls | Sliding objects on inclined planes

Day 47: Advanced Rigid Body Physics

Creating chains of objects | Stacking objects | Building simple machines

Day 48: Introduction to Soft Body Physics

Understanding stiffness, damping, and self-collision

Day 49: Creating Soft Body Objects

Converting mesh objects to soft bodies | Assigning soft body properties

Day 50: Soft Body Simulations

Cloth simulations | Jelly simulations | Rubber simulations

Day 51: Project – Basket Ball rolling on an inclined plane through hoop

Day 52: Cell Fracture

Creating random destruction points

Day 53: Project – Ball rolling through a pipe and launching through a glass plane

Day 54: Project – Ball rolling through a pipe and launching through a glass plane

Day 55: Introduction to Force Fields

Force Fields

Day 56: Introduction to Force Fields

Simulations interacting to force fields

Day 57: Project – Create an interactive flag animation responding to wind

Day 58: Project – Create an interactive flag animation responding to wind

Day 59: Understanding Volumetrics

Real-world applications of volumetrics

Day 60: Creating a Basic Volumetric

Adding a volume object | Assigning a volume shader | Adjusting density, color, and anisotropy

Day 61: Conversion of volumetric to mesh

Volume to mesh modifier | Water simulation

Day 62: Project – Create a simulation of sailing ship on an ocean

Day 63: Project – Create a simulation of sailing ship on an ocean

Day 64: Project – Create a simulation of sailing ship on an ocean

Day 65: Project – Create a simulation of sailing ship on an ocean

Day 66: Project – Create a high poly 3d car

Day 67: Project – Create a high poly 3d car

Day 68: Project – Create a high poly 3d car

Day 69: Project – Rig the car

Day 70: Follow Path Constraint

Make an object follow a specific path

Day 71: Project – Animate the car following the road

Day 72: Riggable Camera

Rig the camera to create cinematic shots

Day 73: Project – Cinematic shots of the car

Day 74: Project – Cinematic shots of the car

Day 75: Final Project review & Feedback

Day 1: Introduction to Film Making & Pre-Production

• Overview of Film Making Stages: Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production
• Importance of Pre-Production in Digital Film Making
• Roles and responsibilities in a production team
• Understanding different genres and formats (short film, ad, documentary, music video)

Day 2: Story & Concept Development

• Brainstorming ideas and themes
• Elements of a good story
• Logline, Synopsis & Treatment
• Group activity: Develop a basic concept and logline

Day 3: Script Writing – Fundamentals

• Story Structure (Three-Act Structure)
• Scene design, setting, tone
• Writing visually for film
• Activity: Write a short 1-page script scene

Day 4: Script Breakdown & Shot List

• Breaking down a script (characters, locations, props, time of day)
• Understanding and creating a shot list
• Introduction to basic camera shots and angles
• Activity: Breakdown of previous day’s script

Day 5: Storyboarding Basics

• Importance of visual planning
• Tools for storyboarding (paper, software)
• Shot composition and continuity
• Activity: Create a storyboard for a short scene

Day 6: Casting & Talent Management

• Casting process and auditioning
• Preparing character descriptions
• Coordinating with actors, understanding performance needs
• Group task: Mock casting session

Day 7: Location Scouting & Art Direction

• Choosing suitable locations – technical and creative aspects
• Permissions, legalities, and budgeting for locations
• Art direction basics: props, costumes, set design
• Field assignment: Scout & present one location idea

Day 8: Production Planning & Scheduling

• Creating a shooting schedule
• Understanding call sheets
• Time management and planning for contingency
• Activity: Draft a sample call sheet

Day 9: Budgeting & Resource Management

• Budgeting for short films
• Allocating funds: Equipment, crew, locations, post
• Cost-saving tips for student/indie filmmakers
• Group activity: Prepare a basic budget plan

Day 10: Final Project Planning & Pitching

• Putting it all together: From concept to execution
• Preparing for a pitch (visuals, script, mood board)
• Group pitch presentations
• Instructor feedback and Q&A session

The final project will be developed based on each student’s individual concept or creative requirement.

1. Orientation, Self-Assessment, and Personal Values
    Program Overview | Understanding Personal Values | Self-Reflection Techniques | Behavioral Interview Responses
2. Soft Skills Development
    Core Soft Skills | Applications of Soft Skills | Tools for Development | Interview and Online Professional Practices
3. CV Preparation
    CV Formats | Structuring and Refinement | ATS Optimization | Drafting and Reviewing
4. STAR Self-Introduction
    STAR Method Overview | Crafting STAR-Based Introductions | Practice and Feedback
5. Attitude Development
    Impact of Attitude on Behavior and Performance | Techniques for Positive Thinking and Self-Talk | Building Self-Esteem | Adaptability and Change Management
6. Goal Setting
    Importance of Goals | SMART Framework | Tools and Strategies for Achievement | Overcoming Challenges
7. Understanding Time Management
    Prioritization Techniques | Time Management Matrix | Four D’s Framework | Tackling Time Stealers
8. Emotional Intelligence
    Importance for Career Readiness | Goleman’s Framework | Stress and Crisis Management | Change Management in Careers
9. Leadership
    Core Leadership Qualities | Communication and Collaboration | Problem-Solving Techniques | Brainstorming and Cause-and-Effect Analysis
10. Social Consciousness
     Dimensions of Social Consciousness | Strategies to Improve Social Consciousness | Civic Responsibility | Sustainable Practices
11. Preparing for Employment
     Transition Strategies | Networking | Interview Skill Development | Crafting Cover Letters
12. Employability Skills
     Key Skills for Employability | Strategies to Improve Employability Quotient | Self-Assessment Techniques | Continuous Improvement
13. Communication at the Workplace
     Types and Direction of Communication | Non-Verbal Communication Strategies | Effective Verbal and Written Communication | Listening and Feedback
14. Presentation Skills
     Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking | Structuring Presentations | Delivery Techniques
15. Correspondence at Work
     Types of Workplace Correspondence | Attributes of Effective Correspondence | Professional Email Writing | The Seven Cs of Effective Communication
16. Teamwork
     Understanding Team Dynamics | Building Collaborative Skills | Healthy Communication in Teams | Conflict Management
17. Workplace Etiquette
     Cross-Cultural Communication | Grooming Standards | Professional Conduct | Culture and Gender Sensitivity
18. Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
     Frameworks and Tools | Real-World Applications
19. LinkedIn Profile Development
     Core Elements of Profiles | Optimizing Profiles | Networking Strategies | Creating Profiles