(4 academic years)
Become a director of photography
Delve into different styles and creative possibilities while learning to use lighting tools and photographic equipment, whether in television or film formats.
A unique and exclusive training in a reference school where more than 450 film practices are filmed every year with the most innovative technology and under the mentoring of great active professionals who bring the current reality of the industry to the classroom.
Learn to express yourself artistically through the audiovisual medium from an immersion in the concepts and instruments involved in film photography and in mastering the most advanced technologies in terms of cameras and optics.
This comprehensive training includes individualized monitoring throughout your entire training process that will allow you to achieve artistic and personal maturity to advance in your professional career.
At the end of the program, you will have access to your first employment contract linked to the industry.
Six reasons
to study in TAI

Build an artistic and aesthetic space
Understands the possibilities of filming technology and lighting resources for creating environments and atmospheres.

First employment contract, internships in companies, entrepreneurship projects and international stays
Access your first employment contract linked to the industry and acquire new skills that prepare you for the world of work in various areas of the artistic and audiovisual sector through tutored internships, entrepreneurship projects and mobility programs at art universities around the world. .

Design and manage the optimal quality of each environment
Handles different image capture technologies according to the needs of specific projects.

Train yourself under the eyes of the great geniuses of the industry
Learn alongside active professionals with extensive artistic careers at a national and international level and discover all the keys to the sector to connect your creations with the industry. encounters, masterexclusive classes and workshops with artists of the caliber of David Lynch, Isabel Coixet, Gaspar Noé, Julie Delpy, Tim Burton and many more.

Create a network in a multidisciplinary creative environment
Participate in transversal projects generating unique experiences and professional teams for the future. Work on interdisciplinary productions and creations and diversify your artistic and work possibilities by coming into direct contact with professionals from the audiovisual, photographic, performing arts and musical sectors.

Expand your training with one of our masters
Specialize with a Master TAI in Direction, Script, Artistic Direction, Photography and Camera, Production, Editing and Color Correction or Post-production and VFX, programs designed based on the knowledge of what the industry expects from a contemporary professional in the different trades and disciplines of the cinematography.
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Direction of Photography and Camera Itinerary of the Official Bachelor's Degree in Filmmaking. Specialize and work in film, TV, advertising or virtual environments.
Study Plan
Course 1
History of cinema I
cinematographic aesthetic
Assembly theory and technology I
Film script
Professional Ethics and Equality
Audiovisual Narrative
sound and musical expression
Fundamentals of Photography
Audiovisual Production
Projects I. Filming of fiction
Course 2
History of Film II
Expanded Cinema
Modern Language
Film Creation and Mise-en-scène
The Film Image: Technique and Aesthetics
Art Direction
Workshop: Screenwriting for Film and Fiction Series
Production and the Market
Editing II: Theory and Technology
Sound Technology
Projects II. Filming Fiction
Course 3
Direction of Photography I
Camera I
Light Engineering and Grip
Television Formats Aesthetics and Technology
DIT (Digital Imaging Technician)
Color Grading Introduction
Film Analysis
Projects III. Filming Fiction and Non-Fiction
Entrepreneurship and Professional Development
Course 4
Direction of Photography II
Camera II
Advertising Photography Workshop
Workshop: Lighting in the Virtual Environment
Color Grading and Editing
Current Trends in Film and Series
Academic Recognition of Credits
External Internships
Undergraduate Thesis Project
Access
Student profile
Individuals endowed with awareness, creativity, and commitment who are willing to explore opportunities to develop their technical, artistic, and intellectual capacities.
Students who enjoy and dedicate themselves to “workshop” work, capable of also developing a creative personality, and a team vision intrinsically associated with cinematography.
Future professionals who want to take their passion for cinematography to the next level through official university studies, thus giving themselves the qualifications to not only practice a profession, but also to be able to embark on a career in academia/research.
Requirements
An academic orientation interview must be conducted, and you must meet the requirements of one of the admission routes:
Official Spanish University Entrance Exam (EvAU), Vocational Training qualification, or a certification of other studies carried out in Spain.
Applicants with a non-EU secondary school diploma are required to get their degree officially recognized.
The UNED credential is necessary for students from the European Union in possession of an International Baccalaureate.
Professors
Career Opportunities
Director of photography and camera
Director of photography. Camera operator in film and TV. Assistant and / or camera assistant. Video-assist. DIT (digital imaging technician). Traveling machinist. TV set lighting. Gaffer and/or electric.
Teaching
Teacher and/or academic researcher.
Facilities
Documentation Bachelor's Degrees
Official degree documentation
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- Registration and permanence regulations
- Language requirements for admission to degrees in Spanish
- Language requirements for admission to degrees in English
- Undergraduate Thesis Project Regulations
- Modern Language Regulations
- Modern Language Regulations
- SGIC regulations
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- Summary of survey results 2022-2023