Cinematography and Camera Direction

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of Photography
and Cinematographic Cameras

Third Year of the Degree in Cinematography
Own Degree

Third Year of the Degree
in Cinematography
Own Degree

Duration
An Academic Year
From October 2026 to July 2027
Home
October 2026
Opening hours
Mornings from 9am to 15pm
12 hours of classes + practical sessions + filming

The year you define your visual style
This course offers comprehensive training in the creative and technical processes of cinematography and camera operation. Throughout this third year, you will learn to create atmosphere with light, master framing and camera movement with a narrative purpose, and lead the photography department on a professional film set.
Through continuous practical projects and work with high-end equipment, you will integrate all the knowledge acquired during the degree and develop your own recognizable vision, with the necessary skills to tackle any film project from visual conception to screen premiere.

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Open Enrollment Academic Year 2026/27
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Curriculum

Images also tell stories.

The third year of the Photography and Camera specialization is the year in which training becomes real-world practice. You will work with the best cameras on the market: Red One, Red Epic, and Alexa; you will experience all the roles within the photography and camera department; and you will build a professional reel that you will premiere in cinemas and at specialized festivals.

Throughout the course you will be trained in the key career paths in the sector: camera operator, focus puller, gaffer, image technician, with direct access to active directors of photography who can open doors for you in the industry.

A year to master light, framing and cinematic imagery, and make the leap to professional cinema.

Core Subjects

The art of directing the gaze. You'll master the advanced editing and directing techniques that transform good films into masterpieces. Every cut counts, every gesture matters.

From the Nouvelle Vague to digital cinema, you'll understand the cinematic revolutions that have defined modern cinema and how contemporary masters continue to redefine the rules.

Reality as raw material. Explore how great documentary filmmakers have captured truth and changed the world with their cameras, from Flaherty to today's creators.

When drawings come to life. Discover the evolution of animated art, from Disney's pioneers to the digital techniques that are revolutionizing visual storytelling.

You'll learn to decipher every creative decision made by great directors and apply that knowledge to your own work.

Specialty Subjects

Understand the technological principles, formats, and standards that define today's professional cinematographic image capture.

Professional cinematographic camera management. Master the operation, configuration, and operation of the most commonly used capture equipment in audiovisual productions.

Learn how to design a project's aesthetic proposal, from conceptualization to final color grading and filming.

Technical knowledge of film equipment. Master lenses, accessories, support systems, and specialized tools necessary for professional image capture.

Cinematographic lighting techniques. Use professional lighting equipment and learn to create lighting schemes that support the narrative and define the visual aesthetic.

Master color correction and color grading techniques to achieve the ultimate visual finish for your film projects.

Learn the quality control, backup, and file management processes that ensure technical integrity during production.

Develop the communication skills necessary to present film projects and gain support for your ideas as a director of photography.

Where there's a picture, there's a place for you.

The audiovisual industry needs people who know how to build visual worlds and translate a story into images. Mastery of cinematography and camera operation opens doors in all formats where content is produced today: from feature films and documentaries to series, advertising, and music videos.
The most in-demand profiles for those training in this specialty encompass both creative image direction and specialized technical trades within the camera department:

  • Director of Photography
  • Camera Operator
  • focus puller
  • Gaffer and Electrical Chief
  • Image Technician
  • Director of Photography in Advertising and Digital Content

Different profiles, one common denominator: the ability to construct images that the viewer feels before understanding.

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and Script

Write captivating stories, direct with discernment, and lead teams that turn your vision into reality. Because filmmaking is, above all, the art of making decisions.

Mounting,
Sound
and Post-production

Master rhythm, tempo, and sound design to transform the footage into a complete cinematic work. Because the best films are also written in the editing room.

Final Degree Projects

Here you will find a selection of Master's theses that showcase the moment a filmmaker discovers their own voice. Stories born from the effort, vision, and evolution of each student.

Synopsis

It is a love triangle between Rosita, Elmer and her twin brother Tolomeo. They are pest exterminators who travel around the city in a motorcycle van, while their relationships become tangled and some of them end up exploding.

Data

Script: dario perez
Director of photography: Marc Gutierrez
Production Management: Uriel Wisnia
Image Montage: Jaime Taborda
Sound Editing: Agata Moreno
Actors: José Miguel Martos, Susanna Millán.

Festivals

  • World Extreme Film Festival from San Sebastián de Veracruz (Mexico) (2013)
  • Morbid Film Festival (Mexico) (2012)
  • Cycle Parking Terror (Barcelona) (2012)
  • OBUXO film festival (Javierrelatre – Huesca) (2012)
  • Villa de Leyv International Film Festivalto (Colombia) (2011)

Synopsis

Biel starts from the ineffectiveness of conventional and alternative therapies against claustrophobia, and crossing the line of the ridiculous, decides to follow his own treatment.

Data

Script: Gemma Sellarés
Direction of photography: Andrea Nolla
Art director: Dailo Barco
Production Management: Gemma Rodriguez
Image Montage: Ruben Rios
Sound Editing: Aria Ors
Actors: Carlos Francino, Antonia Mº Perelló, Jaume de Sants, Diego Rodríguez, Montserrat de Pedro

Synopsis

When his town is infected by an epidemic that transforms the inhabitants into the living dead, Alfredo will do everything possible to make his daughter believe that the terrible situation is just a game.

Data

Script: Christopher Cartagena
Director of photography: Michele Falci
Art director: Ferdinand Contreras
Production Management: Uriel Wisnia
Image Montage: Aimar Galdos
Sound Editing: Pau Hernandez
Actors: Pep Munné, Raquel Dalmases.

Festivals

  • Best Fiction Short Film Euro Film Festival (2015)
  • Best Director of International Short Film BARS – Blood Red Festival (Argentina) (2015)
  • Best Short Film – HEMOGLOZINE (Spain) (2015)
  • Best Sound – Terrifyingly Dead – Palencia (Spain) (2015)

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