Media Arts School is an interdisciplinary hub for visual media, design, technology, and storytelling. Our students are trained to create compelling media across a range of platforms – including photography, video, film, and emerging formats in Extended Reality (XR), such as Virtual Reality (VR). Whether you are interested in a course on photography, a course on Artificial Intelligence, or exploring independent filmmaking, the school offers opportunities across a wide creative and technological spectrum. It is a space for everyone who wishes to explore the intersections of academic theory, artistic practice, cutting-edge technology, and social responsibility.
The Media Arts Program is an 18-month, intensive postgraduate course for students
from diverse disciplines who seek to use photography, film, immersive media, and
creative technologies as a form of inquiry into contemporary society, art, culture,
and ecology.
The program’s core in visual storytelling is grounded in research, the social
sciences, and indigenous epistemologies.
The program collaborates with a range of communities, institutions, academics, and
artists to provide students with immersive fieldwork opportunities. Mentored by
leading professionals, students develop their own media arts projects while engaging
with diverse technologies, geographies, cultures, and societies.
3
Semesters
Structured Journey
18
Months
Immersive Timeline
60
Credits
Earned Mastery
A photograph is essentially the process of capturing light and light is what defines the images, its intent and imbues a mood in the image. As a genre, studio photography can open immense opportunities for photographers. One could opt for diverse streams such as fashion photography, lifestyle photography, wedding photography, senior photography, corporate photography and much more. Students will explore creative lighting arrangements and gain the confidence to choose the right lighting equipment for their work.
Curriculum
This intensive studio lighting module guides students through the transition from available light to controlled studio setups. Through progressive hands-on sessions, students learn various lighting setups, and use of light shapers. Techniques like high key, low key, light painting, and the use of gobos, gels, and beauty dishes are explored. The module also includes fundamentals of posing and offers practical experience with a professional model, makeup, and hairstyling, preparing students to confidently choose and execute the right studio lighting setup.
Mentor
Idris Ahmed
An executive director & publisher of the photography magazine - FRAME, he also runs
PhotoCommune, a collective of photography enthusiasts. Idris has shot for many
renowned organizations, domestically like VIVO India, MBL Infrastructure, Wildlife
Trust of India, and CK Birla Group, and internationally like SABMiller Breweries,
Fresenius Kabi, Taisei Corporation (Japan), and Dorling Kindersley (London), to name
a few. His oeuvre has been published in Forbes India, National Geographic Magazine,
Outlook Travel Guide, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Sunday Guardian, and many more.
Exhibiting his work since 2010, he has travelled the world and has also received
recognition from News Channels like NDTV, brands like Vivo, and in group exhibitions
held from Northern India to South.
2
Weekends
4
Days
20
Hours
Photography is one of the most popular, easily accessible and yet powerful mediums
for documenting today’s time for posterity or even communicating as well as
expressing.
Today, everyone with a smartphone is a photographer and even a citizen journalist.
In
such times, are techniques alone adequate, or do we need a deeper understanding of
the
visual language to help you distinguish your style from most others?
The five-weekends digital still-photography course at SACAC will introduce you to
the
technical aspects of photography through a structured program that will build your
knowledge and skills from the elementary level onwards. It will also introduce you
to
the nuances of the visual language, its grammar through simply illustrated lectures,
which will eventually help you strengthen your photographic skills.
The course is powered by Olympus and supported by Hama and Lexar.
Curriculum
This introductory photography course offers a comprehensive foundation in both the technical and creative aspects of image-making.
Some of the topics that will be covered:
- Camera types - Analog, Digital, DSLR, and Mirrorless
- Sensor formats (Full Frame, APS-C, MFT)
- Core exposure controls - Aperture, Shutter speed
- Exposure triangle
- Histograms, Metering, and White Balance
- Focal length & Depth of field
Mentor
Idris Ahmed
An executive director & publisher of the photography magazine - FRAME, he also runs
PhotoCommune, a collective of photography enthusiasts. Idris has shot for many
renowned organizations, domestically like VIVO India, MBL Infrastructure, Wildlife
Trust of India, and CK Birla Group, and internationally like SABMiller Breweries,
Fresenius Kabi, Taisei Corporation (Japan), and Dorling Kindersley (London), to name
a few. His oeuvre has been published in Forbes India, National Geographic Magazine,
Outlook Travel Guide, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Sunday Guardian, and many more.
Exhibiting his work since 2010, he has travelled the world and has also received
recognition from News Channels like NDTV, brands like Vivo, and in group exhibitions
held from Northern India to South.
5
Weekends
10
Days
32
Hours
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Curriculum
The multidisciplinary curriculum offers a distinctive academic experience, inviting students to explore, experiment, investigate, and introspect. It challenges conventional paradigms of media arts, urging learners to critically engage with the evolving possibilities of digital and networked technologies. Conceptually structured like a network of overlapping concepts, the program interweaves theoretical and practical subjects exchanging intellectual impulses that stimulate critical thinking, interpretation, and creative decision-making.
Mentoring
Mentoring is primarily student-centered, emphasizing independent research, fieldwork, and studio practice. Students accepted into the program will have already outlined their thematic areas of interest in their admission applications. These initial interests serve as a guiding framework for their project development. They will be supported through diverse teaching methods, including tutorials, presentations, discussions, research skills training, workshops, field studies, on-site training, mentoring, and masterclasses with relevant professionals.
Faculty
The program has a one-of-a-kind multi-disciplinary curriculum and pedagogy. The faculty, therefore, consists of an eclectic mix of acclaimed experienced professionals who are specialists in diverse areas of academia, artistic practice and technology.
Careers
The program will attract individuals from diverse disciplines- ranging from visual
arts, design, and media to social sciences, literature, and environmental studies - fostering
adaptable, interdisciplinary thinking. Graduates will be equipped for a wide array of careers,
including roles such as Immersive Media Artists, Photographers, Curators, Filmmakers, Researchers,
Educators, and Social Sector Professionals, and will also be well-prepared for advanced or doctoral
studies.
Entrance
The Media Arts School will conduct a full-day, on-campus assessment for each applicant. Moving beyond theconventional application and interview process, the school aims to gain a holistic understanding of prospectivestudents. The assessment day will include discussions, problem-solving exercises, and interactive activitiesdesigned to explore each applicant’s personality, motivations, behaviors, values, and ways of thinking.
Application Requirements
Apply Now-
1
Eligibility
Graduation in any stream
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2
Application Form
Start by filing out the application form with your personal and academic info, and submit it along with a non-refundable application registration fee of ₹2000.
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3
Academic Transcripts
Submit your complete academic transcripts for review.
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4
Portfolio
Share a pdf or a link to your creative portfolio.
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5
Statement of Purpose (minimum 750 words)
Your statement should address the following questions:
- As an artist, what are your research interests?
- Thematically and aesthetically, what kind of projects do you wish to develop during the course?
- What outcomes do you hope to gain from the program?
- Where do you see yourself after completing the course?
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6
Letters of Recommendation
Please submit two academic letters of recommendation. If you have been out of college for more than two years, professional letters of recommendation may be submitted instead. The letters should speak to your qualifications, character, and readiness to undertake an academically rigorous program.
Essential Information
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1
Commencement
August
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2
Program fee
INR 5,50,00/- + Applicable GST.
Application Requirements FM
Apply Now-
1
Eligibility
Age: 15+
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2
Application Form
Start by filling out the application form with your personal and academic information, and submit it along with a non-refundable application registration fee of ₹1200.
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3
Days and Timings
- Fundamentals of Photography
Saturday & Sunday, 10 am to 1 pm - Fundamentals of Studio Photography
Saturday & Sunday, 10 am - 2 pm
- Fundamentals of Photography
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4
Commencement
- Fundamentals of Studio Lighting
- Fundamentals of Photography
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5
Program fee
- Fundamentals of Photography - INR 16,000/- + applicable gst
- Fundamentals of Studio Photography 12,000/- + applicable gst
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