CINEMATOGRAPHY
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Cinematographers bring art and technology together as they work with directors to tell stories...
The Cinematography department at AFTRS currently offers the following postgraduate level courses specifically for cinematographers:
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FUNDAMENTALS
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF
CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR THE SCREEN.
If you are an emerging cinematographer keen to expand and deepen
your knowledge and training, this course will teach you to
visualise, frame, light and interpret stories visually. If you are
already working in a related area, such as camera assisting and
stills photography, this course will support your development to
become a cinematographer. You will also explore the important roles
of the camera assistant and data wrangler, and the professional and
technical attributes required to work as a cinematographer.
Get more information about the AFTRS Graduate Certificate in Cinematography Fundamentals>
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
EXTEND YOURSELF TO A NEW LEVEL OF CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT IN
VISUAL STORYTELLING.
Combine your prior experience with opportunities to investigate
and deepen your understanding of cinematography through
collaborations with students from other specialisations in a
variety of drama and documentary workshops, complex exercises, and
research in screen histories. You will gain comprehensive
experience across a broad span of digital and film formats. You
will also have intensive 'hands on' experience to improve and
develop your skills in lighting, operating, 3D image formation and
VFX.
Get more information about the AFTRS Graduate Diploma in Cinematography >
MASTER OF SCREEN ARTS*
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A REAL IMPACT AND CREATE EXCELLENT WORK THAT
CUTS THROUGH?
You will initiate and realise a major project that is only limited
by your imagination and the resources AFTRS is able to provide.
Hone your specialist skills through a tailored, in-depth and
intensely practically focused course that will help you achieve
mastery in your chosen area of specialisation, and also investigate
Australian screen history and big philosophical and sociological
ideas in action for context and meaning,. You will be supported to
map out your own path in what is an increasingly competitive
marketplace as you collaborate with others to achieve genuinely
innovative work.
* Only open to AFTRS Graduates who completed a Graduate Diploma
between 2009 and 2011. Applicants will need to have demonstrated a
high degree of originality and assured craft skills to gain entry
into the course.
Get more information about the AFTRS Master of Screen Arts course>
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