programme partners
dffb - Deutsche Film-
und Fernsehakademie Berlin
The German Film and Television Academy Berlin, founded in 1966, offers a professional training program for creative careers in film and television and has since become one of the most renowned institutes in this area. Many of its graduates have strongly influenced the media scene in Germany and Europe.
The programme is practically oriented "learning by doing". It gives students the possibility to become familiar with all aspects of film and television production. Experienced professionals build the teaching staff as for example Michael Ballhaus, Slawomir Idziak, Bela Tarr, Dick Ross, Wolfgang Becker, Dani Levy, Tilda Swinton, Volker Schlöndorff, Emil Knebel, Mogens Ruckov, Buddy Giovinazzo, and Ken Dancyger. All of them offer a wide knowledge and experience to convey the latest aesthetic and technical developments to the students.
- The dffb regularly offers screening series to discuss new films and analyse them together with directors, authors, cinematographers (eg. Ken Loach, Tsai Min Lang, Aleksandr Sokurov, Tom Tykwer, Mike Leigh, Curt Siodmak, Werner Herzog)
- The dffb also encourages the students to develop their specific artistic talents as individual creativity and artistic consciousness are considered to be evenly important as technical know-how.
- The dffb admits 34 students per year which guarantees efficient, flexible and interdisciplinary group work.
- With international students from nearly 30 different countries the dffb offers a remarkable atmosphere of cultural diversity.
- The dffb promotes academic exchange with numerous international film schools, eg. USC (Los Angeles), JFTS (Jerusalem), NFTS (London) and FEMIS (Paris).
The Studies Program
The four year programme focuses on directing, camerawork, scriptwriting, and production. An additional two year programme for professional scriptwriting was established in February 1997 and since 1999 the dffb also offers a one year programme for TV-producers. Another important step is the recent development of a media lab for digital and interactive technologies in film and television.
Classes are taught in blocks taking one to eight weeks by experienced directors, authors, screen writers, cinematographers, sound engineers, editors and production managers. Along with theoretical discussions to develop analytical awareness, seminars on production, marketing, sponsorship and film right as well as internships on professional productions offered.
The short films and full length graduation films are co-produced with the dffb and renowned German and European TV-stations. Twice a year, the film academy presents a selection of these films to television and film producers as well as to editors. The productions are invited to more than 60 festivals around the world and have won a considerable number of awards.
contact
dffb - Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Potsdamer Straße 2
10785 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49(0)30-25 75 9113
www.dffb.de
- hauff@dffb.de
Master School Drehbuch
GmbH
The Master School Drehbuch GmbH was founded in 1996 as a non-profit organisation with the support of the Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg. The goal was the professionalisation of the film and television industry by offering professional training and continued education. Target groups are persons involved in film and the media: writers, directors, dramaturgists, editors and producers. The Master School Drehbuch gives these people the chance to learn the specific tools of their trade and to expand their knowledge as enter the media network. The seminars offered are aimed at professionals in the field and young potential.
Activities offered by Master School Drehbuch
- Step by Step, a development program for writers and producers.
- The continued education program SCRIPT trains highly qualified script consultants.
- regular Series of Seminars: "The Art of Script Appraisal", "The Practice of Writing a Script", "Film Marketing", "Project Management"
- Workshops, Seminars and Chats on specialised topics
- script!FORUM - specialised trade fair for script writing and development
The Master School Drehbuch is specialised in offering high-quality training courses for writers. It has at its disposal the structural capacity, facilities and the necessary expertise for the organisation and implementation of seminars dedicated to the needs of the film industry. Today, it is the new media that is the new challenge for film and media professionals since the evolving formats are changing the archetypes of both story telling and its consumption. Interactive devices and communication technologies are breaking up traditional dramaturgical set ups. Film and Internet do not only merge in a technical sense, it is the content that is driving convergence. By co-founding the academy of converging media the Master School Drehbuch wants to train and prepare writers, concept designers and new media professionals for future professions in a changing media landscape.
contact
Master School Drehbuch
Linienstr. 155
10115 Berlin, Germany
Tel. +49(0)30-308 793 15
Fax +49(0)30-308 793 14
www.masterschool.de
- info@masterschool.de
ProjectScope
ProjectScope services to the needs of companies entering and working in the field of new media. The focal point of consultation is the design of content and implementation of entertainment to create brands, support customer relationships and facilitate business transactions. Our clients profit from our expertise in analysis, concept design and content development. We help them understand the principles of interaction, communication and community building and thus support them to successfully expand their business and/or organisation into cyberspace.
In seminars and workshops ProjectScope trains client employees and executives to meet the new requirements of their professions as well as writers, directors, producers and new media experts to create content for cross medial application and new formats for the converging technologies.
In the course of these activities the need for continued education for professionals of the media industry has become increasingly apparent. ProjectScope is the instigator of the academy of converging media and Inga von Staden is responsible for the implementation of the curriculum and the course contents.
contact
Linienstr. 155
10115 Berlin, Germany
Tel. +49(0)30-226 519 13
Fax: +49(0)30-226 519 14
www.projectscope.de
istaden@projectscope.de
Pixelpark AG
As one of Europe's leading e-service companies, Pixelpark AG (http://www.pixelpark.com) offers integrated e-business solutions targeted particularly at the corporate areas of marketing, sales and customer services. Founded in 1991 as a multimedia agency, it is now established as an innovative service provider, specialising in the realisation of customer-specific Internet benefits and focusing on the four industry groups of Media & Communications, Financial Institutions, Product Industries and Service Industries. Since October 1999, Pixelpark AG has been listed on the Neuer Markt exchange in Frankfurt and currently employs around 800 employees in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain as well as Brazil. With customers such as BASF, Credit Suisse, Envia, Lloyds TSB, Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, Swisscom and ZDF, Pixelpark recorded a turnover of EUR 67 million between 1 January and 30 September 2001.
Pixelpark provided job profiles and consultation for the course content and helped broadcast the programme in Germany and Europe. They sent one of their employees to participate in the courses.
contact
Pixelpark AG
Jerome Niemeyer
head of personel
Rotherstr. 8
10245 Berlin, Germany
Tel +49-30-50 58 0
niemeyer@pixelpark.com
IDEC Ltd
IDEC Ltd is a Greek training company based in Piraeus, the port of Athens, and
their main activities consist in promoting training on management and new technologies
as well as in the production of multimedia and development of internet applications.
Their experience in EU projects, but also national contacts to the policy makers
of initial and continuing training strategies, allow them to have a vast network
of partnerships and their personnel are mainly post-graduated professionals with
long-term training experience.
In the framework of the ARISTA seminar (MEDIA program), which was about script process and script editors training and took place in Hydra, Greece, 18-26/04/2000, IDEC was responsible for the equipment supply and also for the technical support of the seminar's implementation.
Besides training, IDEC is also active in consulting, having to do with personnel training, adoption of IT and also reengineering of SMEs and industries so as they adapt the ISO system. Within their tasks for the project, will be to select experts to act as jury member, lecturers and tutors for the training. Their responsibility will be to brief them on the character of the project and the expected progress, activities that will be realized with their own funds. Given their various contacts in the greek entreprise world, IDEC took care of the broad dissemination of the seminars and also of the project products in Greece and sent two employees to participate in the course.
Contact
IDEC ltd
96 Iron Plytehniou Av
185 36, Piraeus, Greece
Tel +301-428-6227
info@idec.gr
cine-plus Media Service
& Co. KG
cine plus covers all areas of film production from concept development to production to digital post production and compositing. Their media center at Lützowufer houses over 3,000 square meters linear and non-linear editing and special effects suites, digital sound studios, a live studio and a fully equipped camera department. Their clients are well-known companies from the entertainment industry such as television broadcaster, film and television production houses, convention and event promoters and advertising agencies. Their services cover camera work, editing, graphics-effects, sound, transfer of all audio and video standards, live broadcasts, DVD and CD-ROM production as well as technological research.
Cine plus supported the program by renting out PCs and software licenses to the dffb (academy of converging media, content + creation intensive course). They financed the configuration and transport of the hardware and installation of the software packages, supplied the course with copies of the manuals and hire the technical tutor for the two courses and the demonstration of and training with the 3D Software.
contact
cine-plus Media Service & Co. KG
Herr Ernst Feiler
head of productions
Lützowufer 12
D-10785 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49-30-26 480 100
Ernst.Feiler@cine-plus.de