Filmmaking is the process of making a film, generally in the sense of films intended for extensive theatrical exhibition. Filmmaking involves a number of discrete stages including an initial story, idea, or commission, through screenwriting, casting, shooting, sound recording and pre-production, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and exhibition. Filmmaking takes place in many places around the world in a range of economic, social, and political contexts, and using a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques. Typically, it involves many people, and can take from a few months to several years to complete.
A film school is any educational institution dedicated to teaching aspects of filmmaking, including such subjects as film production, film theory, digital media production, and screenwriting. Film history courses and hands-on technical training are usually incorporated into most film school curricula. Technical training may include instruction in the use and operation of cameras, lighting equipment, film or video editing equipment and software, and other relevant equipment. Film schools may also include courses and training in such subjects as television production, broadcasting, audio engineering, and animation.
Columbia College Hollywood is a private, nonprofit liberal arts college located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., with Flashpoint Chicago, a campus of Columbia College Hollywood, located in Chicago, Illinois.
Cinema in Estonia is the film industry of the Republic of Estonia. The motion pictures have won international awards and each year new Estonian films are seen at film festivals around the globe.
The Northwest Film Center (NWFC) is a regional media arts resource and service organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States that was founded to encourage the study, appreciation, and utilization of film. The center provides a variety of film and video exhibition, education and information programs primarily directed to the residents of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
The Northwestern University School of Communication is an undergraduate and graduate institution devoted to the academic study of communication arts and sciences, located on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Illinois, United States, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago. The School also has a campus in Education City in Doha, Qatar, as part of Northwestern's Qatar Campus.
A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre is a mass communication research center located in New Delhi, India and a constituent institute of Jamia Millia Islamia.
The Estonian Culture Film was a state-subsidized movie studio established in Estonia in 1931 by the Ministry of Culture. During the first years of existence the studio mostly distributed films.
A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking. Under European Union law, the director is viewed as the author of the film.
The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, a division of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University, is a film school located in Montreal, Quebec. It is informally identified as MHSoC, and accepts 200 students a year, for study in the fields of animation, film production and film studies. It is the largest university-based centre for the study of film animation, film production and film studies in Canada.
The Island Media Arts Cooperative is a non-profit media organization that began with the Island Music Co-operative which was incorporated in 1978 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The Island Media Arts Co-op evolved in 1982 when the co-op became oriented toward film production. Since then IMAC has operated as a non-profit filmmaker’s organization. Though the emphasis on film has changed over time to branch into a wider array of media arts disciplines, the objectives have remained the same; to provide a space where artists can hone their skills and exchange ideas.
Flashpoint Chicago is a campus of Columbia College Hollywood, a private for-profit liberal arts college with a focus on communication, media arts, and contemporary storytelling. Flashpoint Chicago is located in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
The Department of Radio–Television–Film at the University of Texas at Austin located in Austin, Texas, is one of the five departments comprising the Moody College of Communication. The department was founded in 1965 and has become one of the nation's premiere film schools, consistently ranking in the top 5 for graduate programs and the top 10 for undergraduate studies. The department has a very selective admissions policy, accepting fewer than 25% of applicants in its undergraduate program, and fewer than 15% of applicants in its graduate programs.
University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy is an Estonian institution of higher education, situated in the provincial town of Viljandi, central Estonia. The UT Viljandi Culture Academy merged with the University of Tartu in 2005. The UT VCA has been teaching professional higher education and performing applied research within information science, culture education and creative arts since 1952. The academy has about 1000 students, half of whom are open university students. The teaching and instruction are based on the continuity and sustainability of Estonian native culture enriched by new impulses which widen the notion of traditional culture. Director of the UT VCA is Dr. Iñaki Sandoval Campillo.
The School of Cinema is housed in the College of Liberal & Creative Arts at San Francisco State University (SFSU). It is located in San Francisco, California, USA and offers a Bachelor of Arts, a Master of Arts, and Master of Fine Arts in Cinema. The program has been included in the list of "Top 25 Film Schools" by The Hollywood Reporter every year since 2014.
Dodge College of Film and Media Arts is one of ten schools constituting Chapman University, located in Orange, California, 40 miles (64 km) south of Los Angeles. The school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, with programs in film production, screenwriting, creative producing, news and documentary, public relations and advertising, digital arts, film studies, television writing and producing, and screen acting.
Annapurna International School of Film and Media is a Film School based in Hyderabad, India. It's India’s first private, non-profit media school. The institute was founded by the Akkineni family, including Akkineni Nagarjuna and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
The Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) is a film school belonging to Mexico's National Council for Culture and Arts. It was founded in 1975 with the aim of providing technical and artistic training for those entering the film industry. It is one of Mexico's two major film schools, the other being the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
