One year residential course
Professional Diploma inPhotography and Cinematography
A one-year residential diploma in Photography and Cinematography, where you master both still and moving images, receive on-campus mentorship, and launch your career in the industry.
Duration1 YearÂ
Eligibility12th / Degree
LanguagesEN · HI · ML
Placement100% Assistance
During the year
Master Visual Storytelling,
the visual language.
You read an image, light it, move the camera, cut it, then grade it. Every week, on industry-grade gear, on-field and inside our studios.
01DroneAerial coverage and flight planning.
02GimbalCinematic, stabilised movement.
03Green ScreenChroma keying and compositing.
04Live StreamingMulticam switching and broadcast.
05Studio LightingPortrait, product and film light.
06Colour GradingMood and tone on DaVinci Resolve.
07Editing LabsAdobe Premiere and Photoshop.
0812+ SpecialisationsWildlife, fashion, travel and more.
The curriculum
The one-year photography and cinematography syllabus.
MONDAY TO FRIDAY · TWO SEMESTERS · ONE BREAK HOME · FULLY RESIDENTIAL
Saturdays are added only when a project or workshop calls for it.
How an image carries meaning: its vocabulary, grammar, and structure. The foundation every module after this one builds on.
Command the camera, lenses, and exposure until the settings disappear and only the picture remains. Daily shooting across portrait, product, and location.
Learn to read and shape light for the camera. Natural light, three- and four-point studio setups, portrait and product, and the clean, controlled looks a working photographer delivers on brief.
The post-production craft. Colour, composition, and clean finishing in Lightroom and Photoshop, turning raw frames into a publish-ready image.
Choose your genre and build a signature body of work in it. Practise across wildlife, fashion, product, travel, and more, and graduate known for something.
Move from stills to motion. Cinematic language, camera for video, log profiles, and movement, handheld, tripod, slider, gimbal, and drone.
Cut clean, fast, platform-aware edits. Edit logic, rhythm, transitions, and sound, exported for Instagram, YouTube, OTT, and broadcast.
Plan a film before you shoot it. Story, script, storyboard, and shot division, turning an idea into a production the whole crew can execute.
Direct and shoot real documentary and short film projects on the floor. From first frame to final cut, on live productions.
Step up to DaVinci Resolve. Primary correction, secondary grading, Power Windows, and cinematic looks, with skin-tone control tuned for Indian skin diversity.
Industry Readiness · 111 to 112
Professional communication and the working habits that make you employable from day one.
Supervised projects across photography, videography, and editing, completed as part of the course before you graduate.
Capstone
Assemble a publish-ready photography portfolio, your first real entry point into the industry.
Graduate with a finished documentary or short film to your name, the work that gets you hired.
Drone · Gimbal · Green screen · Live streaming
The KGTE and NCVET-MESC subjects run alongside the diploma as nationally recognised skill certifications, mapped to the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF). Their examinations are conducted and certified separately: KGTE by the Department of Technical Education, Government of Kerala, and the NSQF levels by the Media and Entertainment Skills Council under NCVET. NSQF levels are awarded by entry qualification: Level 3 for Class 12 entrants, Level 6 for degree entrants.
Four credentials,Â
one year.
Recognised by government and industry, awarded alongside your Creative Hut diploma.
Twelve genres
Photography Specialisations.
Select your specialisation based on your own preference. You will be guided to build a portfolio in that genre during the course, making you graduate ready to work in it.
More than a campus. Feel at home.
Course fees
The year you become a Photographer and Cinematographer.
Choosing this year is a big decision, often a family one. So we have put every rupee in plain sight, one fee with three ways to pay it.
Instalment Registration fee, tuition fee, 18% GST, hostel & food. Check the easy instalment schedules below.
Early-bird Scholarship ₹20,000 scholarship on the standard program fee.
Last date 31st Dec 2026.
Full Fee in Advance ₹30,000 less than the standard program fee.
Pay the complete program fee in advance.
Every payment plan is subject to an additional ₹10,000 refundable caution deposit, which will be returned along with your final course certificate. For details about scholarships, please contact our Admissions Office.
Fees once paid are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Food is available from campus only on working class days.
Apply
Ready to begin? It's four steps.
30 seats · One batch a year
01
Fill the form
Quick application form. ₹6,555 registration fee.
02
Personal Interview
A counsellor calls you within 24 hours.
03
Seat Confirmation
Submit documents and the first instalment.
04
Join the batch
You get the welcome letter. Ready to begin your year.
The people you learn beside
Faculty who still shoot, still teach, still ship real work.
You learn beside working photographers, cinematographers and film-makers, not from a slideshow. Every one of them still practises what they teach.
Abin Alex
Anu Joseph
Rahul Rao
Punnia Jones
Plus visiting mentors across wildlife, fashion, advertising and sound.
Student Work
Proof, not just promises.
Documentaries shot, cut and finished by our students, the work that matters when you are choosing a film and photography school.
Attappadiyan
DOP & edit · Agrah S Deth
Pancha Gramalu
DOP & edit · Sesetty Shanmuka Sri Uday Mani
Changaram Wetlands
DOP & edit · John Thomas
The software you master
Editing Software for Photo Editing and Video Editing.
You master the craft on the real industry software, made faster with AI.
AI sits alongside each one to make the work faster; never to replace the skill.
Photoshop
Retouching, compositing, masking, colour and print prep.
ChatGPT and Claude for generative fill, retouching and batch actions.
Premiere Pro
Edit logic, rhythm, transitions, titles and export.
Claude, Kling and Seedance for pacing and generated shots.
DaVinci Resolve
Primary correction, secondary grading, Power Windows and node trees.
Claude, Kling and Seedance for grade planning and shots.
Lightroom
Cataloguing, RAW develop, presets and batch export.
AI culling and ChatGPT to sort thousands of frames fast.
Trained here. Working everywhere.
Placement Assistance
From a focused batch of just 30 students a year, here is where our graduates go.
65%+
In media, production and ad or brand agencies.
30%
Freelance or running their own studio.
5%
Go on to higher studies.
What families ask before they visit.
Who can join the diploma?
Anyone after the 12th, from any stream. No prior experience is needed. Students come from across India, fifteen states were represented in the last batch.
Is it fully residential?
Yes. It is one year on campus in Kottayam, Kerala. Hostel and food are included in the fee.
Do I need my own camera and gear?
Yes. A personal camera and lens are strongly preferred for full-time practice, assignments, and portfolio building. The college will provide cameras and lenses, subject to availability, for coursework only until you acquire your own equipment. However, bringing a personal laptop and maintaining the necessary software subscriptions throughout the course is mandatory for every student.
What certifications will I get?
Upon successful completion of the course, students can earn KGTE, NCVET-MESC, and Adobe, along with the Diploma Certification from Creative Hut Academy.
Do you teach AI filmmaking too?
Yes. You learn current AI-assisted tools alongside core photography and cinematography craft. Creative Hut Academy made Rising Embers, the world’s first AI feature film made inside a film school.
What does the fee cover, and are there scholarships?
The published fee is all-inclusive: tuition fee, hostel, food and GST. Scholarships are available for early admissions. The full breakdown is in the Course Fees section above.
When does the batch start and how do I apply?
One batch a year, thirty seats. Fill the enquiry form below or message us on WhatsApp, and a counsellor will walk you through the steps and current intake dates.
What about jobs and placements after the diploma?
Yes. Creative Hut provides placement assistance to all its students. You get placement support and build a professional portfolio across the year. Graduates work as photographers, cinematographers, editors and AI-assisted creators. Students gain real production experience on campus projects like Rising Embers.Â