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ON THE PATH OF

EXCELLENCE 2015

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Content

SH College - Souvenir .......................................................................................4 Cinematography Workshop ........................................................................ 35
Film Shooting - Haram......................................................................................5 Animation Jury................................................................................................. 37
Paper Presentation at St. Aloysious College Mangalore ..................... 6 Documentary Making Interactive Session ............................................. 39
Terra Carnival ......................................................................................................6 Let’s Talk Series by Kochi Biennale Foundation ................................... 40
Internship at Kochi Muziris Biennale 201 ..................................................7 Calligraphy Workshop.................................................................................... 41
Child’s Rights in association with UNESCO , Paper Presentation .....8 VFX Study tour.................................................................................................. 42
Seminar at Sree Sankara University of Sanskrit, Kalady .......................9 Aadu Jeevitham - Book Cover Illustration .............................................. 44
Kottaka Vandi ................................................................................................... 10 DC Books - Metro Book Festival ................................................................. 45
VIBGYOR Film Festival  .................................................................................. 12 Photo Exhibition at SHSC ............................................................................. 46
Meet the Artist.................................................................................................. 13 Playback and dialogue sequence Workshop......................................... 47
Paper Presentation - MICA .......................................................................... 14 Mastering the art of VFX ............................................................................... 49
Padam Pidikkam - II ....................................................................................... 15 Holographic event .......................................................................................... 50
5th Script International Short Film Festival - Rotary club................. 17 Kanthari ............................................................................................................. 51
Oral Pokkam Public screening ................................................................... 18 Staff training for re-designing course...................................................... 52
Faculty Enchancement Programme with Mattias Lo.. w ................... 19 Honoring Session ............................................................................................ 53
Typoday 2015, Mumbai................................................................................. 20 Ore Udal Malayalam short fiction to IFFI 2015 .................................... 54
Women’s Day, 2015......................................................................................... 21 Exhibition of SHSC Artist .............................................................................. 55
MG University - Youth Festival Winner..................................................... 23 VFX Jury Interaction ...................................................................................... 56
Books to Kichangani...................................................................................... 24 Workshop for “The Women’s Project” - Kashi......................................... 57
Outbound Activity Suryanelly, Munnar................................................... 25 Animation Workshop- Cocoon ‘15 ............................................................ 58
Mural Painting Workshop............................................................................. 27 Clay Modelling Workshop ............................................................................ 60
Fresher’s Day .................................................................................................... 28 Stephanian Expo Exhibition, Pathanapuram ........................................ 61
Fort Kochi - Cleaning Day ............................................................................ 30
Animation Jury................................................................................................. 31 ContentMedia Coverage .............................................................................................. 62
Art and Heriatge Club Inauguration ........................................................ 32 Design : Krishna Warrier
Onam Celebration........................................................................................... 34
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3rd Jan 2015 SH college - Souvenir

SH college - Souvenir

School of Communication
took the lead in
the production of
`Hridayapoorvam' -the
70th year souvenir of
the college. The content
development, design
and overall co-ordination
was done by the faculty
members and students.

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15th Jan 2015

Film Shooting - Haram

SHSC students were
part of the pre and post
production team of the
film Haram Directed by Mr
Vinod Sukumaran, a senior
Faculty Member of SHSC
Participats- Ubitha, Anamay, Anathu,
Shika, Jibin, Anton, Moinudhee

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16th Jan 2015 E ects of information27- 31 Jan 2015, 5 days
and Public relations of
Paper Presentation at Government “Terra Carnival 2
St. Aloysious college
Mangalore Terra Carnival 2Cheif Guest- Artist Shaji Vasan

“New Media Di usions: Clay Modelling Workshop
A studyon Dalit - Characters from epics
representations” were drawn and designed
- Rupesh Kumar and modelled in clay.
“E ects of information Participants- BA AGD 14
and Public relations of
Government “
-Sreeja S, Shino Varghese

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1st Jan to 31st Jan 2015, 30 days

Internship and assistance at
Kochi Muziris Biennale 2014

One month internship
in assisting national and
international artists, and
voulnteering at various
venues and events.
Participants- BA AGD 14

Kochi Muziris Biennale
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29th Jan 2015, 1 day

Child’s Rights In association with
UNESCO - Seminar at Ernakulam
Press Club

All our MA students
attended the event and
also showed an active
participation along with
the other colleges
Participants - All four MA courses
2014

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30th Jan 2015, 1 day

Paper Presentation - UGC
sponsored Literature Seminar
at Sree Sankara University of
Sanskrit, kalady

Evolution of Queer
Technologies
Participant- Ms Shana Susan Ninan

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5th Feb- 13th Feb 2015, 9 days

Kottaka Vandi 

A journey to the rural
areas of northern Kerala
with a novel venture- a
touring talkie named
‘Kottakavandi’.The motto
of ‘Kottakavandi’ was
`From cinema to people
and from people to
cinema’. And for this
reason Kottakavandi
traveled through the
rural areas of six northern
districts of Kerala –
Kasargod, Kannur,
Malappuram, Wayanad,
Palakkad and Kozhikode.
10 students from MACTV 2014
batch with Faculty member
Rupesh Kumar

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Films of different genres KVaotntdai ka
including evergreen
Malayalam movies
and classics of world
cinema were screened,
followed by discussions
and debates. Schools,
colleges, local clubs
and ‘nalkavala’ (public
junctions) happened
to be venues. The
rural audience was
overwhelmed by the
surprise screenings that
does not even exist in
these villages.

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16th Feb- 21 feb 2015, 7 days

VIBGYOR Film Festival  

We wrote and published
three bulletins in
VIBGYOR which was a
noted achievement.
The VIBGYOR group
congratulated us for
our work. Students
reported the festival
and interviewed film
personalities.
Participants- MCJ 2014 batch and
faculty members

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Meet the Artiste 15th Feb-16th Feb 2015,1 day

Meet the Artiste

Chief Guest- Gigi Scaria

Meet the Artiste’ with
Delhi-based, international
video and installation
artist, Gigi Scaria, at SHSC.

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19th- 20th feb 2015,2 days

Paper presentation - MICA

Dr Asha Achy Joseph
ShinoVarghese
Quantifying Safety
creating safe public
spaces via crowd sourcing
by Shana Susan Ninan
Nishida Sahir
Faculty members - Dr Asha achy
joseph, Shino varghese, Shana Susan
Ninan and student Nishida Sahir

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27th Feb- 1st March 2015, 3 days Padam Pidikkam - II

Padam Pidikkam - II

Director Ranjith Sanker and Swedish
lmmaker Mattias Low

Padam Pidikam’-II, a
three-day film making
workshop organized by
SHSC was inaugurated by
Director Ranjith Sanker
and Swedish filmmaker
Mattias Low on 27th
February. The inaugural
event was followed by
an interactive session by
Ranjith Sanker.
14 participants from di erent parts
of kerala

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The workshop, with focus
on Script Writing, will
be led by Swedish film
maker Mattias Löw, the
director of internationally
acclaimed films and
documentaries like The
Referee, Ice Carosello
and Wounder Land.
Interactive sessions were
led by veteran script
writer John Paul, writer
Unni R and director Jayan
Cherian. participants
from different parts of
Kerala attended the three
day workshop.

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20th Feb 2015, 1 day

5th Script International
Short Film Festival
- Rotary club

Students of SH School of
Communication attended
the International Short
film festival “SCRIPT 2015”.
Documentaries and short
films were screened at
the venue. The main
themes were Education,
CSR, Environment and
Geriartric Care.
Anamay Prakash, Ananthu, Aswathi,
Aagia, Aravind, Hamsa, Abinanth,
Sarath Menon, Ubitha, Akshay,
Kevin, Kiran, Adithi

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1-Mar 2015, 1 day

Oral Pokkam Public
screening

A touring talkies
travelling across south
India, screening. A
people’s film, based on
life and relationships.

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Swedish lmmaker Mattias Low 3rd March 2015, 1 day

Faculty Enchancement
Programe with
Mattias Low

Swedish lmmaker Mattias Low

SHSC faculty members
had an interactive session
with Swedish filmmaker
Mattias Low, conducted
SWOC Analysis. Each
team member presented
their 5 year plan with the
department.

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7th - 9th Mar 2015, 3 days Typoday 2015, Mu

Typoday 2015, Mumbai

International conference
on Typography,
Sensitivity and Fineness
2015 featured workshops
and paper presentations,
design comeptitions and
exhibitions.
Faculty members Rohit Sivan and
Anu Cherian

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8th March, 2015, 1 day With a view to encourage
women to positively
Women’s Day, 2015 use public spaces at
night, we organized an
Bose Krishnamachari, Curator and International Women’ s
Artist, Dr. C.J. John, psychologist, , Celebration on Saturday
Beena Sebastian, Chairperson, Cultural at the Durbar Hall
Academy for Peace, Francis Perera, SI, Grounds. Five working
Cyber Cell, Shine T Mani, Kudumbas- women of the city –
ree Co-ordinator, Priyanka Idikkula, who work late into the
Founder, Birth Village and Midwife, Dr. night and use public
Rajiv Jayadev, Secretary , IMA, Kochi, space and transport
Sangeetha, Trust member ,NGO Bodhi- - Chitra Krishnan,
ni, Babu Joseph, Director, SH School Caterer, Gracy Simon,
of Communication andDr. Asha Achy Social worker, Mumtaz
Joseph, HoD, SH School of Communica- teacher, Councilor, Kochi
tion were present at the event. Corporation, Maya
Devi, Irikkal samaram
organizing committee Women’s Day, 2015
secretary and Jaya Sabu,
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were honored at the
event

Participants- Public and SH College
students

Women’s Day, 2015

An interaction with these
women was also held
and they shared their
experiences about the
city at night. In order to
address the issues faced
by working women in
the city, the deliberations
of the interaction will
be submitted to the
Corporation of Cochin.
A flash mob dance
was performed by the
students of School
of Communication
followed by a street play.
Screening of the films
Pyramid of Women and
Ladies Special and an
interaction based on it
was also held.

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11th Mar 2015 FMesGtiUvnailveWrisnitnyer- Youth

MG University - Youth
Festival Winner

International conference
on Typography,
Sensitivity and Fineness
2015 featured workshops
and paper presentations,
design comeptitions and
exhibitions.
Participants- Femy Alex student of
MCJ 2013 batch

Femy Alex

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14th Mar 2015 March, 2 days Books to Kichangani

Books to Kichangani

Collecting and sending
books to African country
Tanzania, to students
who can’t afford
education, a different
social activity which was
covered widely by the
media.

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19th March 2015, 2 days “Leadership/ Capacity
Building Workshop
Outbound Activity Suryanelly, Munnar and Camp planned for
the BA AGD first and
Training by Kalypso Adventures second year students
at Suryanelly, Munnar.
Experiential Learning is
based on the ‘Adult Learning
Cycle’ conceptualized by
David A Kolb provides an
opportunity to:
(a) Engage in an Activity.
(b) Reflect on the Activity
with regard to Individual
Behavioural pattern and
Team Processes.
(c) Conceptualise the
required Behaviour for future
similar scenarios.
(d) Experiment the Concept
in a new situation. The
Learning Cycle continues
with further reflection.”

Partiicipants- 4 sta members
and BAAGD‘14 and BAAGD‘13
students

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Training by Kalypso Adventures

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19th June 2015

Mural Painting
Workshop

Adapting the real life
characters into graphic
characters, all the 37
students of the BAAGD 14
were divided into groups
to make this charismatic
visual treat on the SHSC
walls. Ms Niranjana Varma,
artist from PALAVAKA,
Thrissur, was the mentor
for this creative workshop.
Partiicipants- 4 sta members
and BAAGD‘14 and BAAGD‘13
students

Mural Painting

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Fresher’s Day

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Fresher’s Day 2015

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15th Aug 2015

Fort Kochi
Cleaning Day

MCJ first years and
second years students
undertook cleaning of
Fort Kochi Beach Area on
Independence day.
Participants- MCJ 14 , 15

Cleaning Day

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15th - 17th Aug 2015, 1 day Animation Jury

Animation Jury

Chief Guest- Mr Fahad and
Mrs.Sunaina Fahad from NID

BA Animation and
Graphic Design Third year
students had Mr. Fahad
and Mrs.Sunaina Fahad
from NID and the faculty
in charge Ms.Niranjana
Varma in their jury of 2D
Animation.

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20th Aug 2015, 1 day Art and Heriatge Club

Art and Heriatge Club
Inaugration

The Art and Heritage
Club at SH School
of Communication
was inaugurated by
Unnikrishna Pakkanar, on
20 August 2015.
Unnikrishna Pakkanar
is a Bamboo Musician
and sculptor based in
Kuttanellor, a tiny hamlet
in central Kerala. He is
the founder of the band,
The Creator and is an avid
designer of percussion
instruments – he has
more than 60 bamboo
drums, flutes and Congos
to his credit. At the
inaugural function he
enthralled the audience
by performing on his
flute and involving the
students in the rendition
as well.

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Art and Heriatge Club Pakkanar Kali, along with
the Pakkanar Kolam, was
performed by Thenadi
Thekkan pattukootam
from Kottarakara, Kollam.
Actress Reshmi Sathish
of 22 Female Kottayam
fame was also present.
Her soulful delivery of the
folk numbers, ‘Paatum
Parunthakkettum’
and ‘Inivarunnoru
Thalamuraykku’ enlivened
the whole place. Her
vivacious songs set the
mood for the day. After
the inaugural function,
the students of SHSC
performed a folk fusion
and Vattapattu.

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21-Aug 2015, 1 day Onam

Onam Celebration Celebration

Colourful floral carpets,
ladies in Settum
Mundum, guys in their
gold-bordered Mundu…
a sumptious sadya and
lots of music and fun… at
Onam 2015, SHSC.
Participants- All students and sta

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Cinematography 26th Aug 2015, 3 day
Workshop
Cinematography Workshop

Cinematographer Manoj Narayanan and Team

A cinematography
workshop led by Manoj
Narayanan Sir. The in
demand movie camera
Red Epic accompanied
with full Filler Kit ranging
from prime lenses to DJI
Inspire Ronin Stabilizer.
Participants- MA Students

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All students got the Cinematography Workshop
opportunity to personally
operate and direct
individual shots
and lead an entire film
crew for entire three days.
The cinematography
workshop with student in
the helm took their Onam
to Epic proportions.

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Animation Jury 24th Aug 2015, 1 day

Animation Jury

Dhaneesh Jamesson and Vinay Giridhar

BA Animation and
Graphic Design students
had a great time
discussing the works of
Animators Dhaneesh
Jamesson and Vinay
Giridhar, Along with
Felix Devasia, Niranjana
Varma and Malu Mohan,
for the first Jury session
of Second year BA
Animation Students.
Participants- BA students along
with, Felix Devasia, Niranjana
Varma and Malu Mohan.

Dhaneesh Jamesson and Vinay Giridhar

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Dhaneesh, alumini of
National Institute of
Design, did his Masters
in Computer Animation
from RIT (Rochester
Institute of Technology),
United States. Vinay
Giridhar Completed his
Animation education
from the famous
Vancouver Film School.

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8th September 2015

Documentary Making
Interactive Session

Jayan Cherian, Documentary Film Maker

An interactive session
with the MA 2015 batch
on documentary making
and on how to choose a
documentary topic and
how to excute it.
Participants- MA 2015

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8th Sep 2015

Let’s Talk Series by Kochi Biennale
Foundation - Dr Amareswar Galla.

Research Coordinator of Kochi Muziris Biennale, Bonny Thomas

“Interaction with
renowned heritage
conservator and
curator, and Director of
International Inclusive
Museum, Dr Amareswar
Galla at David Hall, Fort
Kochi “

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H&asGheiormgPeadiyath 1st Oct 2015

Calligraphy Workshop

Hashim Padiyath and George

Caligraphy Workshop- Art
of Writing was introduced
to students , which is a
part of their Cirriculam
Participants- BA and MA

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2nd October 2015 and 3rd october 2015, 2 days VFX study tour

VFX study tour

“Projects on Digital
Matte Painting (DMP) /
Compositing and Editing
(Digital Matte Paintings
are digitally manipulated
representations of
environments used
in film and television
productions; assembling
and combining filmed or
rendered elements from
multiple sources, to create
a final lifelike illusion,
delivered as a set of still or
moving pictures.)
This two-day workshop
covered Idukki Reservoir
& Ramakkalmedu,
Cumbum, Thekkady &
Eagle rock.”
BA Final year and MA Multimedia
First year students

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Digital
Matte
Painting

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12th Oct 2015, 1 days illustrations done by students

Aadu Jeevitham
Book Cover Illustration

Exhibition of book
cover illustrations done
by students 1st BA
Animation and Graphic
Design.
Participants- BA AGD 15 students
and faculty member Shana Susan

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12th and 13th October 2015, 2 days

DC Books -Metro Book festival
Book fair and and Author
Interaction

“Students organised a aBBAfenoousdootthikkvaoanfraldir
Book fair in association Interaction
with DC books at Sacred
Heart College as part of
their Public Relations
practical assignment.
There was a book release
of T.D. Ramakrishnan’s
Francis Itti kora and
discussion on Sugandhi
enna andaal devanayaki
and book exhibition.
Chief Guest was Capt.
Amit Sanyal from Souther
Naval Command, Kochi”

Participants- MCJ’15 Batch and
Faculty member Shana Susan

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23rd Oct 2015, 1 day

Photo Exhibition at SHSC

Our students Ubitha,
Aditi, Sarath Menon,
Ananthu and Govind
and St Teresa’s college
students met and
interacted with the artist
Ms Priti Vadakkath and
discussed her works.
Participants- BA AGD 14

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25th Oct 2015

Playback and dialogue
sequence - workshop

As part of the Third
Semester MA CINEMA
& TELEVISION projects
students of SHSC were
introduced to Film
making process of highest
professional standards
for three days guided
by National Award
winning film maker
VINOD SUKUMARAN
and acclaimed
Cinematographer SAJI
NAIR.
Participants- MACTV rst years and
second years

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Such a program was
devised to give on field
exposure for students
about various steps in
wholesome Cinematic
experience. How an idea
transcends from “Scratch
to Screen” and how one’s
own creation evolves.
The idea for a Dialogue &
Playback Sequence were
developed by students
under supervision of
Vinod Sukumaran and
a final Screenplay was
churned out. The students
also work as assistants in
production serving duties
of various departments.

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Interaction with Ms. 22nd, 23rd,24th,25th,26th & 27th Oct’15
Caroline Lopes Pires 1week

Mastering the art of
VFX

Visual FX Jury and
Interaction with Ms.
Caroline Lopes Pires
(VFX supervisor, London)
based on Digital Matte
Paints done by BA final
year students under
the guidance of Mr. Sijo
Joseph at SH School of
Communication, Thevara,
Kochi.

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Holographic event 12th Nov 2015, 1 day

Holographic event

Srinivas Laxman chief marketing manager of
Times of India distributed the certi cates to
the students.

Times of India and Cloud Qube
team together joined hands with
SHSC and took an initiative to
organize a program on hologram
presentation. Program was
conducted at Sacred Heart College
Thevara on 12th November at
melesius hall. The program was
about augment reality project
undertaken by Cloud Qube from
startup village. Students of SHSC
did an internship at Times of India
on Holographic presentation.
Typically, a hologram is a
photographic recording of a light
field, rather than of an image
formed by a lens, and it is used to
display a fully three-dimensional
image of the holographed
subject, which is seen without
the aid of special glasses or other
intermediate optics.

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