Postgraduate Studies
POSTGRADUATE COURSE ON AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION AND DIRECTION

- 5th edition -

Coordinators
Jaume Benet, producer and director, teacher at the Facultat de Comunicació Blanquerna (URL)
Ramon Millà, producer and director, teacher at the Facultat de Comunicació Blanquerna (URL)

 

Beginning: 15th October 2004
End: June 2005
Credits: 22
Places: 20
Timetable: Friday 18 to 21pm., Saturday from 9 to 14pm.
(To the decision of the coordinators and when it is necessary for the practical papers, the timetable will be concentrated on Saturdays).
Fee: 2.200 Euros

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Postgraduate Course on Production in Advertising and Below-the-line (6th edition)
Postgraduate Course in Reporterism (5th edition)
Postgraduate Course on Cinema and Pop Music Criticism (3rd edition)
Postgraduate course on Script and Project Analysis for Cinema and Television (2nd edition)
Postgraduate Degree in Direct Advertising & Interactive Communications (NEW)

Introduction and Aims of the course

The aim of this postgraduate course is to prepare professionals in the knowledge of the methods and the technologies used in the audiovisual production and direction. This is a way to complement the knowledge acquired at the Audiovisual Communication studies and the knowledge acquired in similar areas. For this purpose professionals of the sector give a practical background.

Methodology

The course is structured in three modules that comprise the most relevant action scopes of the audiovisual producer and director.

We are aware of the variety and complexity of the tasks carried out by these professionals. This is why the first module is focussed on the learning of the common foundations to production and direction of any audiovisual product. The two following modules get the student into the two main areas of audiovisual production: the fiction and the non-fiction products.

The first module puts some restrictions to the character of the producer and the director in the chain of audiovisual production. The common technologies and procedures to all genres will also be explained on this first module.
The next module is devoted to the production and direction of fiction. Special attention is paid to the production and direction of television dramatics.

The next module is about non-fiction production and direction. On this part special attention will be paid to the direction of news reports on television and the direction and production of documentaries. We must not forget that the production and direction of documentaries will not only consist of a theoretical introduction and a practical exercise. The students will be also expected to produce and direct a television diffusion quality documentary (in teams of 3/4 people).
All along the course the students will do exercises related to the subjects they have studied. The same subjects appear in several modules as they include common methodologies for all specialties.

In the rest of the modules, they will do specific exercises complemented by visits to centres of audiovisual production (such as television stations and producers).

Profile

Bachelors of Journalism, Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Public Relations, Humanities, Philology, professionals of the media and business communication, etc.

Syllabus Credits

Foundations and technologies

• The character of the producer and the director. Historical antecedents.
• The television producer and director. The cinematographic producer.
• Tools:
-Technologies
-Methods
-Visual identity of the product
.graphic design
.stage design
.Illumination
.postproduction
-Sound raising / musical montage

8

Fiction

• Television dramatics
-Multi-camera
-Mono-camera
• Television genres:
-Sitcom
-Television serial
-"Dramedia"

6

Non-Fiction

• News reports
Daily (direction of a daily multi-camera news report and attendance to the
direction of a television news report live).
• Non-daily
-Reportages and documentaries (production and direction of a reportage)
-Debates (production and direction of a multi-camera debate)
-Specials
• The documentary (Production and direction of a documentary)
• Other genres:
-Advertising
-Musical


6

Teachers

- Fernando de Izuzquiza, microphonist
- Toni Colomer,
Audiovisual designer
- Rafel Ràfols:
Audiovisual designer
- J.C.Lausín:
Head of photography
- Jesús Font:
Dramatics producer and director
- Lluis Miquel García:
ENG
- Llorenç Soler:
Documentalist / cinema director
- Manu Balaguer:
Documentalist / cinema director
- Toni Doy:
Space designer / stage designer
- Toni Matas:
News report director
- Lluís Manyoses:
Dramatics producer and director TV
- Ramon Millà:
Producer and director TV
- Antonio Urrutia:
Multimedia design