AT A GLANCE
Gissy Michael
Professor
Area of Practice:
Film, Screen writing, Sound, Education
OVERVIEW
Gissy has worked for 20 years in the film Industry in Mumbai as a Sound Recordist/Designer for films ranging from commercial films to art house and documentaries to shorts and Tv programs. She got into writing seriously and developed and wrote a few screenplays. She has been a faculty in Srishti Manipal Institute for over 6 years facilitating film courses.
EDUCATION
Master’s in film making from FTII Pune, BSc Physics from Assumption college Changanasseri
WORK EXPERIENCE
Faculty at Srishti Manipal Institute for six years. Has been facilitating film courses during this time.
Worked for over 20 years in the Mumbai film industry as a Sound recordist/Sound designer for feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Feature films include Beyond the Clouds, Lessons in Forgetting, Parmanu. Documentaries like Fireflies in the Abyss,When Harry got Married, Ladies Special etc. Few TV shows are Satyameva Jayate, Under the sun, Yeh hai India meri Jaan
INTEREST AREAS
Filmmaking, Writing and Education
Curriculum development
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
Mentor for Semester 7 and Semester 8 Film projects. These are semester long projects at the end of which each student has a completed short film. Students are mentored through developing ideas, writing stories & screenplays and then making their films. Units taught – Introduction to Film Language, Audio Narratives, Field Recording, Sound for Film, Elements of Direction etc for BFA. Treatment of a subject, Developing an idea etc for MA. Interim – Four week intensive unit between the two semesters Study of Social Ecology and Nazariya Film Festival
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
Semester 8 Film Project (2024) – Winners and Losers
Semester 7 Film Project (2023) – Connections
Semester 7 Film Project (2022) – A room of one’s own
Treatment of a Subject – MA
Developing an Idea – MA
Working with Sound – MA
Introduction to Film Language – BFA
Audio Narratives – BFA
Elements of Direction – BFA
Sound for Film – BFA
Field Recording – BFA
Anatomy of Films -BFA
Introduction to Film – BVoc
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
- Researched, developed and wrote screenplay for an urban romantic comedy and a historical fiction set in Kerala.
- Writing a book on sound in films in India. Conducting interviews, collecting materials and writing for the book.
- Part of the Jury for Kerala State Film Awards 2021
