The
course in direction of photography at our school is a consolidated,
full-time MA course. It lasts 5 years and prepares students for the
profession of director of photography. During their studies students,
under the supervision of experienced and famous directors of
photography, artists from other areas of art, as well as specialists
in humanities and film technology, acquire the practical and
theoretical knowledge needed to shoot a film or make a television
production.
Each year of the course has a
strictly defined practical work program.
The
students under their professors’ guidance and supervision make
various films and television productions of their own and also work
as directors of photography on the film projects (including diploma
films) of direction students.
All these projects are made professionally on 35mm filmstock, or
electronically.
The opportunity of working on 35mm
is highly appreciated by both Polish as well as international
students, the numbers of the latter constitute a significant amount
among our school’s students.
On graduation, after five years of
study, the students having presented their diploma work (film, or tv
production, accompanied by a theoretical thesis) are granted the MA
degree.
The school owns modern equipment for
practical projects e.g. cameras, three studios with facilities –
two film and one television studio - lighting equipment and its own
transport. There are computer classrooms available for the students
to be used for pre-visualization, postproduction and special effects.
The fully-equipped school units of
shooting equipment, sound and editing participate in making of each
project from the shooting stage to producing the final print, or
digital screening format.
What distinguishes our school from
other film schools is providing our students with the possibility to
make films on professional 35 mm filmstock. The school
Student Film Production Unit deals with production organization of
student projects in all film and television techniques.
During the
course of the studies we organize workshops run by famous
cinematographers or reputable film equipment firms. We make effors to
have our students acquainted with each modern technology used in
cinematography and television production as it becomes available.
