New York Film Academy Bilbao: Digital Filmmaking

The students attending this 4 week digital filmmaking workshop will learn the language of film and the art of filmmaking applying the digital format. Instead of being handed a book, our students begin to learn how to write, shoot, and edit their own films from their very first day onward. Different classes as Camera Use and Lightning will help the students understand know and master the the digital environment’s secrets and techniques.

In one month, each student will direct a total of three films, and for each of these films the student will have to go through the process of writing, producing, directing and editing. The first film, shot at the end of week one, focuses on the art of the shot; the second, shot at the end of week two, on continuity and the conventions of the film craft. The last of the projects, shot at the end of week three, could be a documentary or fiction film with a music track.

In addition to their directing opportunities, film students rotate among the key crew positions (director of photography, assistant camera person, and gaffer/grip) on their classmates’ projects, which will give them the greatest understanding of the functions of the various film departments.

Week four is comprised of additional editing classes and post-production. All shortfilms will be shot with Arriflex 16mm cameras, Lowel lighting packages, and edited on Apple Final Cut Pro digital editing systems.