Class Advanced Workshop in Audiovisual and Film Production

This course is part of advanced film production training, providing a hands-on laboratory experience in the creation of short films. It focuses on team organization and management, budgeting, and production strategies, integrating artistic and market perspectives. Through practical work and real case analysis, students develop essential skills for all production stages, from pre-production to post-production. This course is a key component of the study program, preparing students for industry challenges and fostering a creative and strategic approach to film production.

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This advanced workshop with a practical component aims to enable students to adopt a strategic and creative vision in the preparation and conduction of projects through collaborative work on concrete cases of short films. The students start by analysing the projects from the perspective of creative production to find the best way to explore the specific potential of each project. The analysis work also includes understanding the different functions in the production sector, from the role of the producer to the assistant, passing through the different functions of a more practical or administrative nature in the management of the projects. In the UC, the students accompany all the phases of production, from pre-production, with the analysis of the projects, their planning, budgeting and team formation and management, to the shooting and post-production phases.

Supervision in a tutoring regime of the work to be executed by the students during the pre-production, shooting and editing of short films. Assessment: result of the work developed, according to the following criteria: - pre-production documents and presentations in class (50%) - performance during production (10%) - result of the finished film (20%) - final self-evaluation report to be presented individually (20%).

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