Mumbai, India, April 28, 2008- Whistling Woods International (WWI), Asia's largest Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts Institute has announced that admissions for its July 2009 batch are on.
The film and entertainment sector is growing rapidly. According to the FICCI- KPMG Media and Entertainment report 2009, the film and entertainment sector is estimated to have grown at a CAGR of 12.5% over the next 5 years. This automatically opens up several career opportunities across various fields like Producing, Animation, Editing , Screenwriting etc.
To provide talent to this burgeoning sector, WWI offers practical training which is comparable to the best in the world. The teaching methodology is in line with industry trends and students work on live projects under the guidance of acclaimed filmmakers like Naseeruddin Shah, Cyrus Bharucha, Samar Khan, Somnath Sen, Rajen Kothari, etc.
It is the only film school to facilitate placements to students. Whistling Woods is also highly committed to ensuring that its students move out of the school into highly creative and rewarding areas of employment in both - India and overseas.
Says John Lee Jr., Dean, Whistling Woods International, "It's a good time to study, especially for those who want to make a career in film and entertainment. Globalization is creating new markets for the Indian Film Industry and at Whistling Woods International we make sure our students receive world class training so as to be on par, with the best in the world."
The first batch of Whistling Woods International which graduated in July 2008 have performed their best. For e.g. Mayank Gandhi has been in a lead role in Kasam Se a leading series on Star Plus. Two of its students have been part of the tele-series launched by Sony recently with Bollywood's top directors. Ahana Kumra is the second lead in Anurag Kashyap's Rajuben and another student Neha Yadav has bagged a lead role in a Madhur Bhandarkar's film.
Last year the students received interesting offers from industry majors like: Mirchi Movies, Mukta Arts, BIG Animation, Paprikaas, Optimystix, SIC (Nagesh Kukunoor), Red Chillies (Shah Rukh Khan), Fox Films, Endemol, Balaji, Rajkamal Films (Kamal Hasan), Dharma Productions (Karan Johar), BR Films, Viacom, Network 18, Adlabs Media, BIG Animation etc.
Students can download the forms and prospectus from the Whistling Woods International website (www.whistlingwoods.net) and submit the same at the admissions office in Whistling Woods International). For more information on the admission process, please visit www.whistlingwoods.net.
Whistling Woods International offers 2 year full time courses in Acting, The Art & Technique of Animation, Producing, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Direction, Editing and Sound Recording & Design
About Whistling Woods International
Promoted by Subhash Ghai, Mukta Arts Ltd & Film City, Mumbai, Whistling Woods International (WWI) is Asia's largest Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts institute. WWI provides world-class education in all technical and creative aspects of filmmaking and television through 2-year, full-time residential programs in 8 specializations namely Acting, Animation, Producing, Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Screenwriting & Sound.
The full-time faculty of WWI is a body of academics and industry professionals (like Subhash Ghai, Naseeruddin Shah, Rajen Kothari, Anjum Rajabali,Samar Khan etc), with regular guest lectures by leading film-makers, actors & technicians (like Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra, Vishal Bharadwaj, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Ashok Amritraj, Shyam Benegal, Madhuri Dixit, Govind Nihalani, Farah Khan, Makarand Deshpande, Farhan Akhtar, Neeta Lulla, Rajkumar Hirani, Nagesh Kukunoor, etc).
WWI has initiated affiliations with several international film schools like the Griffith University, Australia, Seneca, Canada, The Norwegian Film Institute, Bradford College & Deakin University, Australia. WWI is also in advanced talks with several top-tier film-schools from the USA, UK & Canada, with finalized agreements with these schools expected shortly.
All in all, WWI strongly marches towards becoming THE place for media education in Asia, if not the world. For more information, please visit www.whistlingwoods.net. |
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