<div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 2%; padding: 0; width: 800px; border: solid 1px #999999;"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: #C3C1C1;"> <tr> <td width="100%" height="249"><img src="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/wir/atmo.jpg" alt="" title="HFF Muenchen" height="249" width="800" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="24" class="hauptmenue" valign="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <td style="padding-left: 25px;"> <a href="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/wir/index.html" target="_top"><img src="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/wir/nav_ov.gif" alt="HFF München" title="" height="22" width="88" id="wir" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 25px;"> <a href="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/studium/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/studium/nav.gif" alt="Studium" title="" height="22" width="57" id="studium" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 25px;"> <a href="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/bewerbung/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/bewerbung/nav.gif" alt="Bewerbung" title="" height="22" width="78" id="bewerbung" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 25px;"> <a href="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/filme/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/filme/nav.gif" alt="Filme" title="" height="22" width="36" id="filme" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 25px;"> <a href="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/organisation/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/organisation/nav.gif" alt="Organisation" title="" height="22" width="96" id="organisation" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 25px;"> <a href="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/dialog/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/dialog/nav.gif" alt="HFF im Dialog" title="" height="22" width="47" id="dialog" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 25px;"> <a href="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/alumni/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/alumni/nav.gif" alt="Alumni" title="" height="22" width="49" id="alumni" /></a> </td> <td style="padding-left: 25px;"> <a href="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/kontakt/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.hff-muenchen.de/kontakt/nav.gif" alt="Kontakt" title="" height="22" width="57" id="kontakt" /></a> </td> </table></td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top: 1em;"></div> <div style="margin-top: 2em;"> <h1>Department VII - Cinematography</h1> <p><br/><strong>Heads:</strong><br/> <strong>Professor Michael Ballhaus</strong><br/> <strong>Professor Axel Block</strong><br/></p> <p><img src="cinematography.jpg" alt="Beispielbild" border="0"> </p> <p>The courses offered in the department Cinematography cover all areas of camera work. <br/></p> <p>The main areas of focus are:<br/></p> <ul> <li><strong>Evaluation of the screenplay according to optical criteria</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>Equipment planning</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>Appraisal of rushes</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>Visual effects and digital image processing</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>Film laboratory technology and techniques</strong><br/></li> </ul> <p>Special emphasis is given to lighting placement and lighting design. Students gain a profound understanding of the important role lighting plays in dramatic design and film style.<br/></p> <p>There have always been cinematographers among the HFF graduates. But meanwhile the demands placed on cinematographers have increased: Technical applications are now highly complex; and the additional field of digital image processing has become increasingly important. The artistic demands have grown accordingly. The specialization Cinematography addresses this development.<br/></p> <p><strong>Only a handful of students are accepted from the Feature Film and Television Feature, and Film and Television Documentary programs. This makes it possible for our instructors to give the future camera people very individual training.</strong><br/> </p> <p>During their basic course of studies, students focus mainly on the required subjects in their particular program. In addition, they acquire a deeper understanding of aspects of camera technique and image composition by attending practical cinematography seminars. <br/></p> <p>Full specialization takes place during the main course of studies: At this point, students majoring in Cinematography are fully confronted with the demands of production practice. In professionally produced exercise productions, they prepare for real-world conditions and train everyday shooting in all its facets (shooting on location, at night, in the studio...). <br/></p> <p>The courses include:<br/> </p> <ul> <li><strong>workshops with renowned cinematographers on theoretical and practical questions</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>theory of camera work (e.g. in film analysis)</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>shot breakdown and film style</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>documentary cinematography</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>technical means of design (e.g. special optical attachments, working with filters, skip-bleach technique)</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>lighting placement</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>use of CAD programs to create lighting plans (pilot project)</strong><br/></li> <li><strong>film-shooting practice, on all standard formats (16mm, 35mm, cinemascope, video)</strong><br/></li> </ul> <p>In providing this technical foundation, i.e. a proficiency in camera craft, the program aims to animate future camera people to find their own aesthetic-artistic visual expression.<br/></p> <p></p> </div> </div>