Courses

The Kaskeline Film Academy courses are designed to educate and support students with
little to no experience in the cinematic arts. Our courses provide diverse and versatile skills
for a comprehensive understanding of contemporary film production processes, from
first draft to the final edit. 

Kaskeline Film Academy courses provide an extensive foundation that will allow students to enter the film making industry on a professional level.

The Kaskeline Film Academy offers both intensive and advanced courses:
     

3 months intensive course

  

9 months advanced course
     
1 month lectures Mo-Fri full-time

2 month supervised filming and finishing		   4 month lectures on two evenings per week 18:30-22:30 and practical training
on several weekends

1 month break

4 month supervised filming and finishing
 
 
   

 
The content of the two basic courses remains the same for both the intensive and advanced courses. The advanced course offers a more rigorous foundation in practical training with additional specialized lectures, whilst providing students with the added freedom to work
or do industry related internships.
     

The programs emphasis is on Writing, Directing and Photography. It is our conviction that a successful filmmaker has to have a basic understanding of all central departments in order to understand every aspect of film making.
 
Topics covered during the course are:

Directing Working with Actors Assistant Directing
Script Writing Producing Scene Composition
Camera Technique Optics Film Stock
Lighting Design On-Location-Recording Sounddesign
Score Editing Make-Up
     
The 9 months advanced course includes a specialization on directing, producing and shooting music videos.
     
     

Why KFA Berlin?
     
- Small class sizes, relaxed atmosphere and intensive individual guidance
 
- Experienced Instructors who successfully work in their respective fields for years
 
- 100 sqm studio and professional equipment that can be used during the whole duration of the course
 

- Berlin offers a wide variety of potential collaborators with its two major Film Universities and countless Freelancers
 

- Berlin is a global city that easily accommodates native English speakers in a multicultural, vibrant city like Berlin
 

- A prospering film industry where everything from small independent films to major studio productions such as “The Ghostwriter”, “Aeon Flux”, “Mission Impossible” are produced
 

- Kaskelines Final Project Films prove successful with Festivals from small to A-Class categories
 
 

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The next 3 months intensive course will start on June 18th 2012.
The tution fee is 3800 €.

The next 9 months advanced course will start on June 05th 2012.
The tution fee is 4500 €.