MFA Program

MFA Program 1st Year - 1st Semester

 

Main Course

 

Sub courses (and content)

Hours

ECTS
per sem

*T

*P

*C

FILM DIRECTING

Lectures

2h

6h

3h

9

Workshops and Modules:
Stranger in Town
Visual Art and Communication
Director’s Poetic Master Class

Consultations

SCRIPTWRITING

Lectures

2h

2h

4h

6

Workshops and Modules:
Stranger in Town
Developing a Scenario

Consultations

CAMERA

Lectures

2h

3h

 

5

Workshops and Modules:
Film Lab
Camera and Lighting – Visual Unity and Unity of Style

EDITING

Lectures

2h

3h

 

5

Workshops and Modules:
Film Lab
Editing

FILM AND SOCIETY

Lectures

2h

 

 

3

Workshops and Modules:

The Importance of Storytelling
Artist (Maker, Shaper, Shaker and Healer of the Society)
Experience of Exile (Preparation and Research for the “Stranger in Town” Exercise)
The World of A.P.Chekov
(Preparation and Research for the “Three Sisters” exercise)

PRODUCTION

Lectures

1h

1h

1h

2

Workshops and Modules:
Stranger in Town
Location Scouting
Casting

Consultations

*T = Theory; *P = Practical work; *C = Consultations and tutorial work

NOTE: Workshops and modules are an integral part of the courses, organized in 1 to 4 week sections and conducted by guest lecturers and visiting professors. List of workshops is newly prepared each year and includes a pool of visiting filmmakers and film professionals, often engaged multiple times. Workshops and master-classes for each given academic year are updated throughout the year. Please see WORSKHOPS.


MFA Program 1st Year - 2nd Semester

 

Main Course

 

Sub courses (and content)

Hours

ECTS
per sem

*T

*P

*C

FILM DIRECTING

Lectures

2h

4h

3h

9

Workshops and Modules:
Student projects (short films)

Consultations

SCRIPTWRITING

Lectures

2h

2h

4h

6

Workshops and Modules:
Psychology and Analyses of Characters
Character Development

Consultations

EDITING

Lectures

2h

2h

 

5

Workshops and Modules:
Editing
Sound Design

FILM THEORY

Lectures

2h

 

 

2

Modules:
Early film theories and Structuralism 

Auteur Theory

Psychoanalytical theory and Queer theories

WORKING WITH ACTORS

Lectures

2h

2h

 

3

Workshops and Modules:

Difference Between Theatre and Film Acting (Technical and Emotional Differences and Details)
Character Analysis and Preparation for Rehearsals
Working with Actors 

PRODUCTION

Lectures

2h

1h

1h

2

Workshops and Modules:
Production Phases of Film Shooting
Organization of the Film Production
No Budget Film, Low Budget Film and High Budget Film Master Class

Shooting end of year films

Consultations

FILM AND SOCIETY

Lectures

2h

 

 

3

Workshops and Modules:
Film History
Sociology
Philosophy
Ethics

*T = Theory; *P = Practical work; *C = Consultations and tutorial work

NOTE: Workshops and modules are an integral part of the courses, organized in 1 to 4 week sections and conducted by guest lecturers and visiting professors. List of workshops is newly prepared each year and includes a pool of visiting filmmakers and film professionals, often engaged multiple times. Workshops and master-classes for each given academic year are updated throughout the year. Please see WORSKHOPS.


MFA Program 2nd Year - 1st Semester

 

Main Course

 

Sub courses (and content)

Hours

ECTS per sem

*T

*P

*C

FILM DIRECTING

Lectures

2h

6h

3h

9

Workshops and Modules:
Directing: Styles and Genres
Film Analyses
Director’s Poetic Master Class Development of graduation projects with mentors

Consultations

SCRIPTWRITING

Lectures

2h

2h

4h

6

Workshops and Modules:
Unity of Style
Genres
Development of graduation projects with mentors

Consultations

WORKING WITH ACTORS

Lectures

3h

2h

1h

4

Workshops and Modules:

Relationship Directing/Acting;
Precision of Instructions and Discovering the Full Potential of an Actor
Director/Actor Master Class

Consultations

SET DESIGN AND COSTUME DESIGN

Lectures

2h

2h

 

4

Workshops and Modules:
Actors selection
Location scouting
Visual Unity of Film
Set Design
Costume Design
Make Up

PRODUCTION

Lectures

2h

1h

1h

4

Workshops and Modules:
Budgeting
Basics of Film Marketing
Film Distribution
Final phase of preparation for shooting of graduation films

Consultations

POSTPRODUCTION

Workshops and Modules:
Editing
Grading
Masterization

 

3h

1h

2

Consultations

MUSIC

Lectures

1h

1h

 

1

Workshops and Modules
Film Music Master Class

*T = Theory; *P = Practical work; *C = Consultations and tutorial work

NOTE: Workshops and modules are an integral part of the courses, organized in 1 to 4 week sections and conducted by guest lecturers and visiting professors. List of workshops is newly prepared each year and includes a pool of visiting filmmakers and film professionals, often engaged multiple times. Workshops and master-classes for each given academic year are updated throughout the year. Please see WORSKHOPS.


MFA Program 2nd Year - 2nd Semester

 

Main Course

 

Sub courses (and content)

Hours

ECTS per sem

*T

*P

*C

FILM DIRECTING

Workshops and Modules:
Directing Master Class

 

8h

4h

12

Consultations and graduation films mentorship

SCRIPTWRITING

Workshops and Modules:
Working with Script Doctors

 

4h

4h

8

Consultations and graduation films mentorship

ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF FILM

Preproduction for the graduation films

 

4h

4h

6

Consultations and graduation films mentorship

PRODUCTION

Preproduction and production of the graduation films

 

2h

2h

4

Consultations

*T = Theory; *P = Practical work; *C = Consultations and tutorial work

NOTE: Workshops and modules are an integral part of the courses, organized in 1 to 4 week sections and conducted by guest lecturers and visiting professors. List of workshops is newly prepared each year and includes a pool of visiting filmmakers and film professionals, often engaged multiple times. Workshops and master-classes for each given academic year are updated throughout the year. Please see WORSKHOPS.