Film Academy Baden-Württemberg
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The Film Academy Baden- Württemberg is a film school in Ludwigsburg founded, state 1991. The Film Academy is one of the most renowned German film schools, which has an excellent reputation internationally. Since 2005, Thomas Schadt is the managing director. The Film Academy Baden- Württemberg is organized in the legal form of a non-profit company and is funded by the state of Baden -Württemberg.
In 2010, the renowned trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter, the film academy as the only German institution on the list of the best film schools around the world. In Focus ranking (22/ 2006) of the German film schools is the Film Academy Baden- Württemberg with 78 out of 100 points in the first place - followed by the dffb in Berlin, the ifs Cologne, the KHM Cologne and the HFF Potsdam. Evaluation criteria in addition to the reputation of the university, the care situation of students, the technical equipment and the number of prizes won. 2003 chose the Art Directors Club, the Film Academy for creative university in Germany.
Study
Courses
The Film Academy Baden- Württemberg offers graduate degree programs at four -year full-time study, which is divided into a two-year foundation course and a two-year project study. For applicants with bachelor's or bachelor's degree, a lateral entry in diploma project courses (mid-course ) is possible.
- Screenplay scenic Film
- Series formats
- TV Journalism - Cultural Education Sciences
- Scenic Film
- Documentary
- Advertising Film
- Transmedia / Games Directing (conception )
- Transmedia / Games Artist ( design )
- Transmedia / Producing Games (production )
- Concept & Design
- Character Animation
- Visual Effects by
- Creative Producing
- International Producing
- Series Producing
- Advertising Film Producing
- Screenplay scenic Film
- Series formats
- TV Journalism - Cultural Education Sciences
- Documentary
- Advertising Film
- Transmedia / Games Directing (conception )
- Transmedia / Games Artist ( design )
- Transmedia / Producing Games (production )
- Technical Director
- Concept & Design
- Character Animation
- Visual Effects by
- Animation / Effects Producing
- Movie soundtrack / sound design
- Film Music
Atelier Ludwigsburg- Paris
The Atelier Ludwigsburg- Paris is a one year post-graduate training in the field of film production and film distribution. It is jointly organized by the Film Academy Baden- Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, and the French film school La fémis, Paris, and in cooperation with the National Film and Television School, London. Study leaders are Gerhard Meixner and Roman Paul on German and Marc Nicolas and Christine Ghazarian on the French side.
Filmacting
The film acting workshop at the Film Academy place in cooperation rather than with the Academy of Performing Arts Baden- Württemberg, located on the campus shared with the Film Academy. The workshop is aimed at young talents who want to expand their classically completed acting training to the professional film acting.
Animation Institute
To Film Academy is one of the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction, an internationally renowned animation institute.
It is responsible for training in the majors in animation and interactive media within the Course Film & Media. The course lasts four and a half years and includes a basic training in the areas of screenplay, cinematography, directing, film and editing, before the main study areas digital effects, compositing, animation, puppet animation, 3D animation and digital content can be learned.
In addition, the Institute is responsible for the digital post-production ( online editing, grading, mastering) all student projects at the Film Academy, is active in research and development and organized the FMX Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Interactive Media.
Prizes and awards
A number of successful films were made in the context of study at the Film Academy, which received major awards at national and international festivals. Many of them were, for example, already been awarded at the annual Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart. (Directed by Toke Constantin Hebbeln ) 2006, the film Nimmermeer was awarded the Student Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. With the diploma film castling ( Director: Thorsten Schmid) went back in 1998, this important award of the Oscars students to a production of the Film Academy. A year earlier were Volker Engel and 14 students and graduates of the Film Academy won the Academy Award for Visual Effects for the movie Independence Day by Roland Emmerich. In the 2012 which won the Oscar for best visual effects film Hugo Cabret by Martin Scorsese also more the Film Academy graduates have worked at Pixomondo on the visual effects.
Numerous films from Ludwigsburg won the most important young German Film Award, the First Steps. Between 2005 and 2009, there were nine of the 25 awards to students of the Film Academy.
Application
Applicants in High School and at least one year of practical experience in film or media provided (for the production study two years). Applicants for postgraduate programs must also demonstrate a bachelor's degree in certain subjects. The entrance exam will be held in April / May and places particularly high demands.