Dimapur: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune, in collaboration with Nagaland information and public relations department, will conduct a 10-day training programme in screen acting for Scheduled Tribes participants residing in Nagaland at the directorate of information and public relations in Kohima from October 30 to November 10.
The training will cover topics including the movement of actors, improvisation, voice/ speech/ diction, monologue, physical culture, sense memory and imagination, observation and character study, technical aspects of screen acting etc.
The resource person will be Anita Salim, who is an alumnus of FTII Pune.
She has performed in various plays and has been conducting various workshops for students, amateurs and professionals since 1984.
She co-founded The Phoenix Players, where she is also an actor, mentor and producer.
Salim has handled costume design and done mime, dance and storytelling. She has been a pioneer in the working of Prithvi Summertime Theatre for Children since 1992.
Certificates will be issued by FTII upon successful completion of the course.