6 MONTHS · A FINISHED SHORT
Direct and produce a short film
You have had the same film in your head for two years and have not shot a frame of it.
Proof in 30 seconds
144 hours, open to working people, built to end in a finished short film that you directed. It is not a route into a camera department; it is a route to having made something.
Filmmaker
Director
Video Editor
Illustrations of the kind of work this course builds towards, not student work. Photographs of real MAAC Whitefield student projects will replace them as batches graduate.
Is this you?
Tap whichever of these already sounds like you — there's no right answer.
What you'll make
Grounded in this course's real modules and software — not a placement promise.
Month 1
A script broken down into shots, with a schedule and a shot list — the paperwork that is the actual difference between finished and abandoned films.
Month 3
Your short shot, with direction, blocking and coverage that cuts together.
Month 6
The film edited, graded in DaVinci Resolve and sound-finished — a complete piece with your name on it at the end of six months.
Month 12
Six months past the certificate: a second film made faster and better, and a submission history at short-film festivals.
See it, don't just read about it
Reorder five shots and play the cut. Same footage, different order, different story: that is editing.
Software toolkit
The industry-standard applications this course is built around.
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- DaVinci Resolve
- Adobe After Effects
Adobe, Unity and all other product names listed are trademarks of their respective owners. MAAC Whitefield is an independent training provider and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any of these companies.
Career outcomes
The roles this course prepares you for in studios, agencies and production houses.
Filmmaker
Director
Video Editor
Before you ask
The questions we hear most about this course, answered plainly.
This course runs 6 months at 144 hours of CareerX training, offered in weekday, weekend, evening and fast-track batches so it can sit alongside school, college or a job — pick whichever mode fits your week.
Fees & EMI
Fee shared at counselling
This course's fee is confirmed one-to-one so we can factor in any scheme discount you're eligible for. Nothing is hidden — ask and we'll share it immediately.
MAAC Whitefield opens in October 2026 and does not yet have a placement record of its own — we won't pretend otherwise. What we offer is placement assistance once you graduate, not a guarantee, alongside a curriculum built around real, currently-hired roles.
Roles this course targets: Filmmaker, Director, Video Editor.
Brand-wide, MAAC India, brand-wide has trained 300,000+ students over 25 years — figures for the network, not a claim about this centre.
MAAC Whitefield operates under Aptech's accreditations and skill-council alignment, with a batch calendar, a published curriculum and a written fee quote a parent can review before enrolling — not a one-page sales pitch.
- Media & Entertainment Skills Council
- Skill India
- An Aptech brand since 1986
AI has changed these tools, not removed the need for people who understand story, composition, timing and craft — this curriculum teaches those fundamentals alongside the current AI-assisted tools of the trade, so graduates direct the tools instead of being replaced by them.
Open to students and working professionals.
- Open to graduates
- Open to working professionals
Most of this catalogue is a software and production craft, not a drawing exam — modelling, compositing, editing, level design and design tools are all taught from first principles. Where a course does lean on drawing (character design, storyboarding), it starts from basic shapes and construction, not raw talent.
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Frequently asked questions
DIGITAL FILM MAKING runs for 6 months on the CareerX track, covering 144 hours of instruction.
Open to students and working professionals.
DIGITAL FILM MAKING trains you on 3 industry-standard applications — see the full toolkit list on this page.
The fee for DIGITAL FILM MAKING is confirmed one-to-one at counselling so any scheme discount you qualify for is applied correctly. Use the enquiry form on this page to get it immediately — nothing is hidden.
Yes, no-cost and low-cost EMI plans are available. Your counsellor will confirm the exact schedule when your fee is finalised.
The next batch — Weekday Batch — November 2026 — is shown with live seat availability in the batches section above. Seats are allocated on a first-confirmed basis.
CreatorX is offered on select flagship programmes only. This course follows the CareerX studio-employment track.
Graduates of this course typically move into roles such as Filmmaker, Director, Video Editor, at studios, agencies and production houses that hire from MAAC's placement network.
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