Practical course with an extensive use of production and postproduction facilities and software, sound equipment and video cameras. Basic knowledge of technical aspects of filmmaking is recommended.

1. Knowledge of basic skills of a film director at work filming / recording. 2. Understanding the members of a team approach to address the functions and assume different professional relationships established in the context of a film shoot. Capacity and ability to clearly communicate management decisions taken in the development of filmmaking. 3. Capacity and ability to distinguish and identify the available techniques by a director for a film shoot. 4. Ability to develop strategies in the direction of creative work during the filming / recording.

Course Description: An intensive theoretical and practical study of the craft of directing for camera in film and television, filmmaking, and audiovisual creation with emphasis on developing creative camera proficiency. The course will provide analysis of contemporary visual narrative and non-narrative constructions that will be applied in the production of in-class practical exercises to develop technical and aesthetic notions for audiovisual production and postproduction. Each student will complete a final short video project applying the concepts developed during the course.

Professor: Bruno Lazaro