STUDENT ACHEIVEMENTS

Department Activities:

Chennai International Film Festival 2021

• The students of the department of visual communication attended the Chennai International Film Festival held its 18th annual event from February 18th to 25th, 2021. It was a movie screening event that screened various movies from around the world. It also included the first ever Chennai’s master class about films. They held 8 sessions of the master class that was conducted by eminent personalities and experts from the film industry and literature. The film fest organizers appreciated the students for their participation in film fest.

• Medios: 

To lift up the dull mood of the pandemic, the Department of Visual Communication held its association called “MEDIOS’21”, on April 19th and 20th, 2021.Even if the usual physical activities and events couldn’t be held, many other interesting online events took place with the help of the staff and students. This year’s Medios was very informative and delivered a lot of knowledge to the students through guest speakers who were experts in various fields. The inaugural speech was given by the Head of the Department, Mrs. V.Shridevi , as she welcomed the inaugural chief guest and the first speaker, Mr. Mohan Raja, Director of blockbuster films “Thani Oruvan” and “Velaikaran”.

• The first session was an informative talk session with the inaugural chief guest, Mr. Mohan Raja, who spoke about the concept “Critical analysis of Political texts in Tamil films”. He shared his wide knowledge regarding political messages in films and the film industry, continued by an informative question and answer session with the students.

• The second session featured guest speaker , Ms. Jeeva Subramanian, an actor and media personality. She delivered a speech about “Gender representation in Media vs Reality”. Her speech gave an insight into how different genders are treated in media and the entertainment industry.

• The third session began with the guest speaker, Ms. Aysha Rau, a theatre artist. She talked about “Women in Media”, and her experience working in the theatre arts industry, how being a woman makes things different and sometimes difficult. An interactive question and answer was followed by the end of Day 1. 

  

• Day 2 began with the first session featuring the guest speaker, Mr. Srinivas Visvamatham, a User Experience Designer. He talked about “Discover your Zenith of Success” and how having a specific mindset can lead us to have a positive life. The first event ended with an interactive question and answer session with the students.

• The second session featured the guest speaker and the keynote speaker, Mr.  R.Vijayasankar, the chief editor of FRONTLINE Magazine. He spoke about “Constraints of Real news and Rise of Fake news” and his experience as an editor coming across fake news, how they should be handled and taken care of. He gave insights about how working in press would be like.

• The third session started with the guest speaker, Ms. Veni Krishnamoorthy, an Instructional Designer, working for The Royal School of Military Engineering, London. She spoke about “Scope of e-Learning” and convenience online learning can offer students from around the world. She also spoke about the importance of encouraging e-Learning.

• The last session of the event featured the valedictory chief guest, Mr. D.R.K Kiran, an art director and actor, who is currently working on Thalapathy 65. He talked about his experience as an actor who wanted to pursue art direction and how that led him to working as a successful art director. He also spoke about the “Scope in Film Production for Career Positioning” and what students who pursue this field could expect in their future. The event ended successfully after this and everyone was pleased with their experience.

Documentary :  ETHIRAJ COLLEGE DOCUMENTARY

The students of Department of Visual Communication came together to create an informative and creative documentary for Ethiraj College , showcasing the college grounds, the different facilities that the college offers, the beautiful greenery, the grand auditorium, the library filled with thousands of interesting books and many more. Students filmed these areas with the help of gadgets such as video cameras, tripods and even drones. Drones where used to capture high shots of the college area to highlight key areas of the college grounds. The students have also worked on editing the video clips to make it into an informative documentary. The documentary ceases to help people understand the college’s goals and achievements

Photography field trip to Gingee fort

Workshop on Water colour painting for the I BSc VisCom students by Artist Amudha on 18 Sep 2019

Session by Mr. Saravanan on Audiography on 26 Sep 2019

Industry visit to E-Magic Animation Company, Dr. Ezhil Vendhan lead session on Animation followed by Screening of the 3D movie Hanuman vs Mahiravan on 28 Sep 2019

Industry Visit to Jaya TV on 21 Sep 2019

Workshop on ‘Lighting; the technique and art in video production’ done by Mr. Feroz Khan 13 Sep 2019

Photography exhibition on World Photography Day 19 Aug 2019

Workshop on street photography by Mr. Naveen Kumar on 14 Aug 2019

FACULTY PROFILE

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

No.of students Completed M.Phil and Ph.D. , (2014-2019):

M.Phil-4
Ph.D-6

Major or Minor or Government funded

Name of the person: Dr.S.Kothai
Title of the Project: Synthesis & characterization of certain chalcone based
photocrosslinkablecopolyesters.

Duration: August 2016- March 2017

Amount: 10,000

Funding agency: Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology(TNSCST)
Ongoing or completed: completed.

Name of the person: Dr.S.Sudha parimala
Title of the Project: “Functionalization of graphene with hetero atoms of O,S,N by green method for pollution management and industrial applications

Duration: 2 years

Amount: 3,40,000/-

Funding agency: TNSCST-S&T (TamilNadu State council for science and technology)

Ongoing or completed:Ongoing (current academic year)

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