The New Look,on the Web

The new-look website will include a social networking aspect too. Sarah Cyriac,who heads the faculty for Research,Innovation and Outreach at the FTII,says,“In the manner in which the students are currently active on social networking websites to stay in touch with their colleagues and seniors,the website will have a similar feature that the students can avail of after they are given unique id’s and passwords. Ex-students and members of GRAFTII will also be able to connect with the current crop in the same manner.”

The website as of now gets over 1.5 lakh hits a month and according to the authorities there is a probability of advertisements being posted on the website that will help in generating more revenue. The institute will also initiate a designing contest wherein they will be inviting students from Symbiosis,National Institute of Design,Sir JJ School of Arts as well as the students at FTII to design a template for the website. “We will have a contest for the same with three prizes of Rs 21,000,Rs 15,000,and Rs 10,000 for the same,” says Cyriac. Another interesting concept that the director hopes will materialise is the creation of an online library of all the films made by the students. that will also be available to the general public for a nominal fee. In addition work is also on to generate institute based email ids for the students and the members so that they can stay in touch with their colleagues and their seniors and industry personnel,along with an in-house blog where industry personnel can post requirements for their movies,and where the students can upload their resumes so that everyone within the industry can have access to it.