Map of studies
Diploma in Filmmaking

Aesthetic keys and narrative concepts extracted from a journey through different milestones of audiovisual culture, from technical and artistic paradigms.

Bases of cinematographic language to understand the operation at the expressive level of a film. Constituent elements of the staging and its incidence on the moving image, to carry out a good audiovisual narration.

Approach to cinematographic photography: lighting techniques, introduction to camera management, study of the main types and models of cameras to define the visual style. Learning for the creation of the visual style of a film piece.

Fundamentals of sound in the cinema, through the analysis of the narrative functions of sound and its expressive possibilities. Management of the essential equipment for direct sound capture and sound design and editing bases.

Fundamentals of dramatic writing in audiovisual works based on classical structure models as the basis for the creation of the literary script.

Introduction to audiovisual production and the process of making a film, studying the different departments involved, their functions and the relationship between them. Special attention to the members of the production team.

Approach to cinematographic grammar and the bases of audiovisual editing through the use of professional software.

Two film practices shot indoors and outdoors in which, with scripts written by the students, the bases of cinematographic language are worked on and consolidated:
- Film practice I (outdoors): audiovisual piece of 2-3 minutes, shot outdoors and that will be the adaptation of a literary text.
- Film practice II (story in 3'): piece of free creation with a maximum duration of 3 minutes.

Analytical tour of aesthetics of audiovisual art in its different stages, styles, trends and manifestations at a global level, taking into account its cultural, social, economic and political influence. A dialogue between cinematography and the rest of the audiovisual disciplines in order to assess the different visual mechanisms that characterize the medium, rethinking its models of visual expression, its composition and its interference from other perspectives.

Study of new models of cinematographic production in national and international markets; legal aspects, needs and obligations of the producer when developing audiovisual projects.

Theoretical and practical tour of staging, acting direction through the definition of tone, rhythm and style of cinematographic works.

Study of the dramatic forms of contemporary audiovisual language that allow us to approach the writing of literary scripts following the keys of current production. Deepening of the narrative and aesthetic elements through theoretical and practical exercises, reading texts and viewing different materials.

Theory and practice of editing, color grading, creation of visual effects and 2D and 3D composition.

Basic theoretical and practical training for dialogue editing, foley and mixes.

Photography and camera work, with special attention to light and color control, image capture and lighting techniques, and the use of optics, among other fundamental elements in a shoot.

Use of electrical energy in audiovisual productions, its distribution, connection and handling of devices taking safety into account. Basic lighting tools. Assembly and execution of a traveling shot.

- Film practice III (sequence shot): audiovisual piece of 2-3 minutes with planning in sequence shot.
- Final project (story in 6'): piece of free creation between 5 and 6 minutes.