Digital Filmmaking – (Certificate)

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This course uses a hands-on approach to teach you to see the world through the lens of the camera. The three weeks are divided into 3 cycles of film production. During the first week, you will receive a quick introduction to the craft of filmmaking and will work on your own creative ideas. Together with an experienced practitioner, you will then develop a script for a short film. The second week will be spent on capturing the ideas with the camera. While shooting your own film, you will receive expert tips from professional cameramen. The shots start telling a story during the third week, which focuses on editing. After having lectures on the different approaches to montage, you will cut your own film using the modern post-production facilities of BFM.

Students will work in small groups and write, produce, direct and digitally edit a short film, while at the same time gaining experience in the different roles of a film crew while working on the films of the other participants. The program consists of full days of hands-on exercises and work supervised by professional tutors, leading to a series of finalised shorts of up to 10 minutes in duration. The course will end with the screening of the films, analysed by the tutors and fellow participants.