Using this program we at ZEFT Film School Chennai give the college-going students and working men/women an opportunity to hone their acting skills in basic as well as the advanced modules. The Part-time/Weekend options are designed so that they can carry on their regular personal schedules without a break. This also gives a chance to those that have well-established careers and to learn to act has always been a dream.
Class ScheduleThere are no pre-set qualification criteria for those who want to enrol for the part-time/weekend acting course. There would be no audition conducted to enroll for the course.
We allow the student to engage in varied genres of acting including comedy and drama in different styles. We teach classical as well as contemporary acting. We give the students chances to act live on stage as well as in front of the camera.
Dancing classes are held to help the students find opportunities in music videos, stages and commercials. These classes also help the student to learn to control their body movements. We train the students in different dance forms such as Indian style dancing, Hip-Hop, Jazz and Bollywood styles as well.
We let the students earn by breaking down each scene and observing how it fits into the scheme of the movie. They also make a study as to why a specific character is present on the screen. This is a very essential part of actor training.
For performance to appear credible, actors must be in a position to involve their entire bodies. This module teaches the essentials such as gestures, posture and expressions.
This module is designed to teach the student the importance of voice and improve vocal habits and voice modulation. Breathing exercises when performed regularly helps to improve the quality of voice which eventually results in better articulations. We concentrate on improving actors’ clarity of speech which goes a long way in improving performance.
The audition and screen test is the final test of an actor’s capability. The training is designed to emulate real-life audition conditions with similar time-frames for preparation and performance.
Before the completion of the course, the student is required to present all the skills that he/she has learned as presented as a feature. This gives a chance to understand the student’s capabilities and guide them accordingly.
Certificate
On successful completion of the course, the students are given a certificate from ZEFT Film School.
Why ZEFT Film School
The ZEFT Film School Chennai incorporates comprehensive acting techniques and methodologies that empower aspiring students to become good actors, all in the name of entertainment. The part-time /weekend training course is an exhilarating and engaging experience for the student. This course helps the student to take the first steps towards becoming a successful actor and the high quality of the course makes ZEFT Film School the best film institute in Chennai.
Film & Theater Actor, Director & Author
R Amarendran is an Indian theatre director & actor who has directed and acted in several plays in English and French. Amarendran's love for acting started in the 1980s during his college days. He was part of Girish Karnad's play Tughlaq which soon led him to get minor roles in Mithran Devanesan's Gilbert and Sullivan musicals. He later acted in English plays for several theatre groups in Chennai. In 1989 he was one the four Indians to be selected by the French government to go the L'ecole Nationale d'art Dramatique at the Theatre National de Strasbourg in France to train in acting and to act in a French play that was staged in Delhi, Calcutta and Strasbourg. On his return from France he decided to direct plays himself and in 1992 he founded the Theatre Arlequin. He staged more than 25 plays in English and French the most notable of which were Tartuffe by Moliere, The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco, The Maids by Jean Genet and Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's L'Illusion Comique. His film career started in 2008 when he landed the main villain’s role in the movie Bale Pandya directed by Siddharth Chandrasekhar featuring Vishnu Vishal as the protagonist. He has acted in a major role in the critically acclaimed Vidiyum Munn which was inspired by the British film "London to Brighton". He later played the role of a history teacher in the multi-Oscar winner Hollywood film "Life of Pi". Amarendran has acted in many Tamil films like Jil Jung Juk, Vidiyum Munn, Vikram Vedha and Kabali. Amarendran has conducted numerous acting workshops for aspiring actors across India and has a strong penchant for teaching.
Script Writer, Director & Producer
John Edathattil aka Sab John is one of the most critically acclaimed Script writer in Tamil and Malayalam film industry. John has penned the Script for more than 30 feature films in Tamil and Malayalam. John became interested in Script writing early in his accounting career and started working on script writing. His noted works include Kamal Hassan starer Malayalam film Chanakyan, Guna and Kuruthipunal. His other noted films include Vyooham(1990), Gandhari (1993), Soorya Manasam(1992), Highway (1995 film), Sillunu Oru Kadhal (2006), Mayilpeelikkavu(1998) and Priyam(1999). He has framed Screen writing course curriculum for various universities in India and has trained many aspiring screen writers in India and abroad. John E has also worked as a Director and Producer for numerous Ad films and documentaries.
Cinematographer & Actor
Santhosh Nambirajan is a cinematographer and an Indian actor, who performs in Tamil language films. As a Cinematographer Santhosh has assisted National Award winning Cinematographer Chezhian in many films like Paradesi, Thaarai Thappatai,Joker, Thenmerku Paruvakaatru to name a few. He is recognized for the protagonist role he played in the film To Let. To Let has won more than 62 awards in various film festivals across the world including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil at the 65th National Film Awards.
Director, Actor & Writer
Thilip kumar is a Software Engineer turned Independent Film maker. His first film Gubeer which was a limited release received a positive critical response, with particular praise for its novel structure and narrative. Director Karthik Subburaj of Petta praised the movie as an experimental film which is gutsy, bold & filled with fun. Thilip produced his second film through crowd funding and waiting for the release of Gubeer Part 2.
Cinematographer
Vijay worked as a photo journalist for the Vikatan Group before working as a cinematographer. He assisted the camera teams of some of the commercially successful films including Bommalattam, Chera's Autograph, Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Ajith's Varalaru. He subsequently worked as an independent cinematographer in ad films, working for over fifty brands, and then worked on assignments for documentaries for BBC about PT Usha. In 2009, he got his first big break as a cinematographer for Rajesh Lingam’s Pugaippadam, after which he worked on Maathi Yosi. He subsequently worked on Ondipuli and Nagaram. He used practical lights instead of the traditional film set lighting in the web series Nila Nila Odi Vaa. Vijay enjoys teaching and has conducted numerous workshops on Cinematography.
335A, Ram Nagar South Extn, 13th Street, Ramnagar South, Pallikaranai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600091
Phone: 97905 57222
Email: admissions@zeft.in
