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Filmmaking Basic Course

Opis kierunku

We teach the art and craft of filmmaking through a dynamic blend of classroom instruction, hands-on film workshops, and immediate directing experience.
It is possible to learn Polish in parallel, which ensures continuation of regular studies or work in the film industry.
The field of study is carried out at AMA Warszawa.

Filmmaking Basic Course

Filmmaking that gives basic skills in directing, filming, editing and authoring of various audiovisual forms. The field of study is carried out at AMA Warszawa.

Additionally

It is possible to learn Polish in parallel, which ensures continuation of regular studies or work in the film industry
Works on the film set.

Duration

1 year, 2 semesters. One semester consists of 8 meetings every 2 weeks, each lasting 2 days. Classes are conducted on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m

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Comprehensive Filmmaking Education at AMA Film Academy

From day one, students at AMA Film Academy are immersed in the world of filmmaking, stepping behind the camera to tackle the visual, dramatic, and technical challenges faced by directors. They gain hands-on experience by writing, producing, directing, and editing their own films. Additionally, students collaborate on projects in various crew roles, including director of photography, assistant cameraperson, and gaffer/grip, ensuring extensive on-set experience for everyone involved. Our intensive, hands-on instruction is designed to empower students to tell stories artfully, cinematically, and originally.

Practical and Theoretical Foundations

While our education is primarily practical, the professional skills of our graduates are underpinned by a solid theoretical foundation. The AMA Filmmaking program provides essential skills for creating audiovisual content for film and television. Students learn to work with industry-standard equipment and software, mirroring the tools used in the entertainment industry, making them career-ready from the start.

Expert Instruction

Our faculty comprises active industry professionals, including TV producers, directors, cinematographers, scriptwriters, sound engineers, editors, and specialists in special effects and post-production, as well as film and television producers.

Real-World Experience and Unique Opportunities

At AMA Film Academy, we believe in learning by doing. Our project-based curriculum combines classroom study with practical filmmaking experience using professional equipment. As part of the AMA Film Academy, students have the opportunity to participate in additional programs such as professional film set visits, production participation, special film screenings, workshops, master classes, and guest lectures.

Career-Ready Training

Developing employable skills in the film industry is akin to any other vocational trade. With dedication and the right training, anyone can learn these skills. Many transferable skills from various backgrounds, such as logistics, tactical planning, teamwork, time management, and technical expertise, are highly valuable in the film industry. Even entry-level film industry jobs often pay significantly higher than traditional specialty trades, providing substantial opportunities for career growth.

Hands-On Learning

Students engage with real-world challenges in film imagery, dramaturgy, and technology from the very beginning. They not only produce their own graduation films but also support their peers in roles like production manager, director, cinematographer, and sound engineer.

Diploma at AMA Filmmaking

To earn their diploma, students must complete and present a graduation film at an open exam and pass a theoretical examination. Graduates who meet these requirements receive the AMA Film Academy Diploma.

State-of-the-Art Resources

AMA Film Academy provides access to a well-equipped rental service for film, lighting, sound, and grip equipment, advanced editing stations, and a professional film studio. This ensures that our students have the resources they need to succeed in the competitive field of filmmaking.

Education is primarily of a practical nature. The professional skills of graduates, however, are based on solid theoretical foundations.

The AMA Filmmaking gives basic skills in the field of implementation of audiovisual forms for film and television.
The lecturers at the AMA Filmmaking are professionally active film-makers: Tv producers, directors, cinematographers, scriptwriters, sound engineers, editors, specialists in special effects and post-production as well as film and television producers.

Our Film Academy students learn to work with industry-standard equipment and software, comparable to what is used in the entertainment industry.

The audience at the Film Direction are behind the camera on the first day of class, undertaking numerous challenges in the field of film image, dramaturgy and technology. In addition to writing, directing, filming, editing and producing your own graduation film, participants take part in productions made by other students of AMA Film Academy as assistants to: production manager, director, cinematographer and sound engineer.

Join us at AMA Film Academy and start your journey towards a fulfilling and lucrative career in the entertainment industry. Whether in Warsaw or Krakow, our programs will equip you with the skills, knowledge, and experience needed to thrive in the world of filmmaking.

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Registration booklet

Registration from: 01.02.2025

Recruitment online from:01.02.2025

Time: 11.10.2025 – 28.06.2026

Examination fee: EUR 40

Entry fee: EUR 800

 

Semester Costs:

EUR / semester EUR 2500
EUR / year EUR 2500
Paid per semester in advance to:
October 1 and February 15 of each year,
or in monthly installments payable by the 5th of each month
October – June EUR 638

Practice

During the study, practical issues will be discussed:

  • camera technique: video
  • film exercises: mastershot, in-camera editing, multi-camera systems
  • cameraoperator’s work on the set
  • making of film light
  • cooperation with  film crew
  • multi-discipline staging
  • reportage photography, creative photography
  • film dramaturgy
  • workshop – analysis of the film
  • work with an actor
  • basics of film  post-production
  • film editing: Final Cut, Adobe Premiere, Avid
  •  TV studio directing
  • projections
  • film exercises: three film genres
  • performance of the diploma film – first year

 

Theory

During the study, theoretical issues will be discussed:

  • Learn the art and technique of visual storytelling, including directing, cinematography, editing, and postproduction sound design.
  • Learn the fundamentals of digital video production and digital editing.
  • Fundamental training in acting craft and directing actors.
  • Immersion in screenwriting craft.
  • Fundamental training in acting craft and directing actors.
  • Immersion in screenwriting craft.
  • directing feature film
  • directing a documentary
  • director of an advertising movie
  • visual concept of the film
  • film design – workshops
  • movie trailer construction
  • work with a crew on the set
  • working with a camera
  • VFX special effects bases
  • It is possible to learn Polish in parallel, which ensures continuation of regular studies or work
    in the film industry

Classes lead

Lecturers conducting classes:

  • Greg Zgliński
  • Hubert Pusek
  • Amadeusz Andrzejewski
  • Krzysztof Mieszkowski
  • Małgorzata Imielska
  • Filip Kovcin

Recruitment conditions

The condition for applying for admission to the Filmmaking Basic Course is to take the entrance examination in the form of an interview and send a CV specifying the candidate’s predispositions in advance.

The date of the recruitment interview is set individually. The interview takes place ONLINE

Please send your CV to the e-mail address: rekrutacja@amafilmacademy.pl

Registration booklet

Registration from: 01.02.2025

Recruitment online from:01.02.2025

Time: 11.10.2025 – 28.06.2026

Examination fee: EUR 40

Entry fee: EUR 800

 

Semester Costs:

EUR / semester EUR 2500
EUR / year EUR 2500
Paid per semester in advance to:
October 1 and February 15 of each year,
or in monthly installments payable by the 5th of each month
October – June EUR 638

Practice

During the study, practical issues will be discussed:

  • camera technique: video
  • film exercises: mastershot, in-camera editing, multi-camera systems
  • cameraoperator’s work on the set
  • making of film light
  • cooperation with  film crew
  • multi-discipline staging
  • reportage photography, creative photography
  • film dramaturgy
  • workshop – analysis of the film
  • work with an actor
  • basics of film  post-production
  • film editing: Final Cut, Adobe Premiere, Avid
  •  TV studio directing
  • projections
  • film exercises: three film genres
  • performance of the diploma film – first year

 

Theory

During the study, theoretical issues will be discussed:

  • Learn the art and technique of visual storytelling, including directing, cinematography, editing, and postproduction sound design.
  • Learn the fundamentals of digital video production and digital editing.
  • Fundamental training in acting craft and directing actors.
  • Immersion in screenwriting craft.
  • Fundamental training in acting craft and directing actors.
  • Immersion in screenwriting craft.
  • directing feature film
  • directing a documentary
  • director of an advertising movie
  • visual concept of the film
  • film design – workshops
  • movie trailer construction
  • work with a crew on the set
  • working with a camera
  • VFX special effects bases
  • It is possible to learn Polish in parallel, which ensures continuation of regular studies or work
    in the film industry

Classes lead

Lecturers conducting classes:

  • Greg Zgliński
  • Hubert Pusek
  • Amadeusz Andrzejewski
  • Krzysztof Mieszkowski
  • Małgorzata Imielska
  • Filip Kovcin

Recruitment conditions

The condition for applying for admission to the Filmmaking Basic Course is to take the entrance examination in the form of an interview and send a CV specifying the candidate’s predispositions in advance.

The date of the recruitment interview is set individually. The interview takes place ONLINE

Please send your CV to the e-mail address: rekrutacja@amafilmacademy.pl

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Imię: Jan

Nazwisko: Kowalski

Data urodzenia: 2021-09-10

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Numer telefonu: +48 123-453-789

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