Club Description:

MIST Drama and Film Society (MDFS) is an extra-curricular activity platform related to Drama and Film for the students of MIST. This club was founded originally in 2011 by Shamim Hasan Sarkar and his fellow mates. It started as a Facebook group by a bunch of drama and film enthusiasts. But it started official journey in 2016-2017. At this transition period, to give this club a national platform our ex-president Md. Mobassir Hossain Irteza and club panel decided to arrange our very first national event. The event was “Bioscope”, a short film and standup comedy competition which was organized in 2017. It was a huge success and gave the decedent.

From the beginning MDFS is dedicated to hone the interests of students in mass media. Students join the club to develop skills of various interests, to learn, discover and enjoy! Drama is a conflict or friction. A lot of teenagers love drama. Like the he said she said stuff that causes fights to happen. Drama can be caused by the truth, and with lies. It can be described as many things. It can be a theatrical performance that tells a serious story, or it can be something that has the quality of being very dramatic. The main elements of drama include strong emotional conflicts, suspense, and personal understanding. The more the reader can relate to the emotions of the characters, the more dramatic. It is a common word these days meaning excitement, commotion, fuss and a real spectacle. It can also mean plays, tragedy, comedy, and performance.

Short film, semi long movie and documentary are also treated as the same way that drama is treated. We help to develop technical skills as well to earn qualities to implement in real life.

Workshop on basic video editing software is arranged by the club every year. MIST Drama and Film Society also arranges national short film contest “CINEMASCOPE” and various intra MIST competitions. MDFS regularly launches stage drama and short films. MDFS also is affiliated to Star Cineplex, the largest movie theatre here in Bangladesh. Members of the club compete regularly in national competitions and also secure prizes. We at MDFS, always promote content creators, so it is absolutely the right platform for those who want to explore the world of mass media.

Purpose:

The purpose of MDFS is to inspire basic cinematography, video editing, script writing, acting, stage drama, short films, etc. MIST Drama and Film Society has objectives to spread knowledge about Films, Dramas and Documentaries.

Activities:

1.    Indoor Filmoid [MAY 4, 2020]
2.    Stage Drama and Quiz Contest | Campus Hour with MDFS [FEBRUARY 26, 2020]
3.    Got honorable mention for the film ''Smriticharona'' in ''Mujib IT carnival-2020'' [FEBRUARY 26, 2020]
4.    Prize in Star-Bracu Short Film Contest 2019 [October 26, 2019]
5.    Workshop on Video Editing and 2D Animation [Sep 8, 2019 – Sep 11, 2019]
6.    Campus Hour Stage Drama [SEPTEMBER 11, 2019]
7.    MDFS Orientation 2019 [April 29, 2019]
8.    Campaign of STAR CINEPLEX [SEPTEMBER 11, 2018]
9.    MDFS Orientation 2018 [April 26, 2018]
10.    Workshop on Video, Sound & Photo Editing & Basic Animation 2018 [APRIL 5, 2018]
11.    Cinemascope [FEBRUARY 4, 2018]
12.    Free Stage Drama show for MISTians [JANUARY 11, 2018]
13.    Free Movie at Star Cineplex [December 16, 2017]
14.    Bioscope - Film Festival 2017 [SEPTEMBER 9, 2017]

MDFS presents Video editing and Graphics animation workshop 2017 [APR 24, 2017– APR 26, 2017]

Events:

Indoor Filmoid [MAY 4, 2020]

Description: As Covid-19 is contagious and may spread via anything coming in contact with our body, remaining clean and isolated for the time being is a must. So, to make this quarantined period quite exciting we, MIST Drama and Film Society (MDFS), have come up with a contest.

The contest is divided into 3 segments,

1. Script Writing Contest

2. Quiz Contest

3. Video Making Contest

Stage Drama and Quiz Contest | Campus Hour with MDFS [FEBRUARY 26, 2020]

Description: There were several segments on Campus Hour with MDFS. Main 2 events were,

1. Quiz Contest on Films and Movies

2. Stage Drama

 Workshop on Video Editing and 2D Animation [Sep 8, 2019 – Sep 11, 2019]

Description: MIST Drama & Film Society always wants to create a link bridge between technology & passion. Just like previous years, MDFS is arranging a workshop on "Basic Video Editing and 2D Animation".

It was a 4 Days’ workshop. We worked with following softwares,

1. Adobe Premiere Pro

2. Adobe After Effects

3. Wondershare Filmora

4. Adobe Animate

5. VideoScribe.

Following contents had been covered,

Day-1: Introduction with video editing software user interface.

Basic operation of software. (Importing video, slow motion & Fast forward, Cropping, cutting, adding.)

Day-2: Introduction with effects and overlays in videos.

Day-3: Video Sound Editing.

Basic Color grading and cinematic video making.

Day-4: Introduction to animation.

Basic 2D animation videos.

4.Campus Hour Stage Drama [SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

5.  MDFS Orientation 2019 [April 29, 2019]

Description: MDFS welcome fresh recruits of 2019 in the ceremony. There was a contest for the new member. The segments of the competition were,

1. Prize giving ceremony of Short Film Contest

2. Stage Drama

3. Short Quiz