Visual Storytelling & Cinematic Rome Certificate 

Live as you dream of 
The city of Rome hosts the Cinecittà Studios, the largest film and television production facility in continental Europe and the centre of the Italian cinema, where a large number of today’s biggest box office hits are filmed. Cinecittà is second only to Hollywood, with well over 5,000 professionals, and it is the only studio in the world with pre-production, production, and full post-production facilities on one lot, allowing directors and producers to walk in with their script and “walk out” with completed film.

Taking advantage of such concentration of knowledge, people and resources in the city, BAU International Academy of Rome offers programs aimed to transfer concept, tools and skills for creating and analyzing fiction and non-fiction audio-visual products for cinema, television, radio and new media. 

This program can suit the interests of a variety of students interested to positions such as directors of photography, artists, writers and scenarists, editors, television programmers, screenwriters, movie producers and advertising directors, producers of commercials, documentaries, trailers, teasers and music videos. 


What will I learn?  
Program contents include: 

  • Film theory and history of Italian Cinema 
  • The Italian Art of storytelling, Italian narration and genres, neorealistic, non-realistic and popular culture 
  • Writing a script in different forms and formats, throughout the different stages of film making (opening - first/second/third act - metaphor - subtext - characters - dialogues - atmosphere and narrative elements) 
  • Pre-production, production and post-production issues in the Italian Cinema through case studies analysis. At the end of the program students will be required to write the script of a short audiovisual product, prepare a photo-storyboard of the main scenes, produce and shoot the audiovisual product, apply post-production techniques, present and defend their project in class 

Intakes:

FALL 2018: DEC 3 - DEC 21

SPRING 2019: APR 8 - APR 26

MODULE 1

  • The Italian Film Industry, history and current trends 

MODULE 2

  • The Italian Art of storytelling, main narration techniques and genres 

MODULE 3

  • Script writing, team and individual exercises 

MODULE 4

  • Camera, lights and set construction 

MODULE 5

  • How to raise funds for your film, marketing and distribution through conventional and non-conventional channels 

MODULE 6

  • City Tour with keynote Italian author, outdoor shooting 

MODULE 7

  • Outdoor shooting

MODULE 8

  • Case Study

MODULE 9

  • Case Study

MODULE 10

  • Guest Speaker

MODULE 11

  • Guest Speaker 


MODULE 12

  • Indoor Visual Project Editing


MODULE 13

  • Indoor Visual Project Editing


MODULE 14

  • Wrap up and conclusions


MODULE 15

  • Final Jury

Tailor your learning experience

This certificate requires 42 contact hours. Contact us to know more about promotional prices and scholarships available through the BAU Foundation, and to customise your program. 

Non european applicants are strongly suggested to complete the enrollment process at least 40 days before the beginning of the selected course. 

  • Minimum number of participants to activate the certificate: 15 students 
  • Accommodation can be arranged upon request  

Tuition fee: 900 € 

Application fee: 150 € that will not be refunded in case of visa denial
 

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