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1. 1 University of Amsterdam
Professional MA Programme in Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image
The Professional Master's programme ‘Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image’ aims at teaching the practical skills and theoretical knowledge necessary to archive audiovisual material (film, video, digital media) in an institutional context and to present it to a public. The first year focuses on the history and theory of media as well as on the historical and contemporary practices of programming and archiving. The knowledge acquired in the first year will be put into practice during a 10 to 14 week period of work experience in the second year.
The programme cooperates with various local and regional audiovisual institutes, such as archives, museums and film festivals (e.g. the Film Museum, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, International Film Festival Rotterdam, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Montevideo TBA/The Netherlands Media Art Institute).
Degree Requirements:
The programme is intended for students with a Bachelor in fields of media or culture or an equivalent programme of at least three years of full-time study at university level. Because of the restricted number of places available (15 in total), applicants will have to undergo a selection procedure. The examining board will take into consideration the bachelor qualification, exam results and the motivation of the student. The degree programme is also an ideal opportunity for those who already work in the professional field of preservation and/or presentation and are looking for additional qualification. Special consideration will be given to such applications.
Grade Average:
- B/3.0 (American system),
- 2.1 (an upper second class degree in the British system),
- C (ECTS-system), or
- 7.0 (Dutch system).
Duration: 1.5 year.
Dual, Day classes, Full-time
Instruction language: English
Credits: 80
Programme Outline:
The curriculum entails 80 ECTS comprising the following modules:
Media Archaeology (10 EC- sem. 1)
Preservation and the Archive I + II (10 EC- sem .1)
Film Theory (5 EC- sem. 1)
Theory Archives and Media (5 EC- sem. 1)
Preservation and the Archive III (5 EC + sem 2)
Curating the Moving Image I (5 EC + sem 2)
Seminar Audiovisual Sources (5 EC- sem.2)
Curating the Moving Image I (5 EC + sem 2)
Research Project and Thesis (10 EC- sem. 2)
Work Placement (20 EC- sem 1. 2nd year)
Work Placement/Internship:
10 to 14 weeks, 36 hours per week on the terrains of archiving, presentation or a combination of both.
Fees:
Application fee: € 100 per year
Tuition fee: €1.600 for EU/EEA students (€ 1.900 for EU/EEA students 30 years and older) and € 3.950 for non-EU /EEA students .
Tuition Fee Grant for EEA students: Tuition fee paying students who come from an EEA country may be eligible to apply for a tuition fee grant. This grant can be up to € 800 euro per academic year. (see: Informatie Beheer Group)
Application:
There are two application deadlines: 1. January: Early Bird deadline. Applicants will be notified around 1 February; 1. April: General deadline. Applicants will be notified around 15 June.
Application Information
The application form can be downloaded here as pdf-file
Contact:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Onderwijssecretariaat Mediastudies
Turfdraagsterpad 9
T: +31-20-525 4962
info-media-fgw(at)uva.nl
1.2 University of East Anglia, Norwich
MA in Film and Television Studies: Archiv Option (2005-2006)
This is a variant of the established Film and Television MA, introduced in the early 1990s in response to demand from within the film archive world for a course of training that would combine practical and critical elements. UEA was the ideal place for this because of the presence on campus of the pioneering regional set-up, the East Anglian Film Archive, and because of our established MA programme with its strong film and television history component.
Grade Average: BA honours degree: First class or 2.1 (second class, division one) for UK students.
Duration: 12 months divided into 3 terms
Instruction language: English
Programme Outline:
Students take two of the Film and Television units plus two specialist units of archival training, production of a compilation videotape, and a one-month archival placement. Please note that, because of the intensive hands-on nature of the course, places on this option are limited, and competition for them is especially strong.
Fees:
Home/EU students: £ 3.010 (per year)
International students: £8,175 (per year)
Applying to the AHRB for funding (only for students based in England or Wales). Others should approach appropriate grant-awarding bodies in their own country.
Application:
You have to demonstrate a strong commitment to the study of film and/or television history and theory. Actual experience of film archive work is not necessary, but you need some understanding of what is involved, and a clear personal motivation for applying.
Application Deadline:
Recommended deadline is early May, later applications can be considered, assuming that there are still places left.
The application form can be downloaded here as pdf-file
The reference form can be downloaded here as pdf-file
Contact:
Jane Alvey
The East Anglian Film Archive
The Arts Building
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
T: +44-01603-592664
eafa(at)uea.ac.uk
1.3 University of Athens
Faculty of Communication and Mass Media Studies.
MA programme in Media and Communication: "Cultural Studies and Human Communication"
Elective "Organisation and Management of Film and Audiovisual archives in the digital era" (winter semester 2005).
Degree Requirements: BA in Media, Cultural Studies, Film Studies or Fine Arts
Duration: 2 years
Instruction language: Greek
Contact:
Dr. Myrto Rigou
University of Athens
Faculty of Communication and Mass Media Studies
5 Stadiou str., office 707
Athens 10562
T: (+30) 210 368 9421
F: (+30) 210 3220820
1.4 Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU Prague)
Center of Audivisual Studies (CAS)
Restoration of (audio-) visual media
(restoration of film materials, 2 semesters, 56 classes)
Start: 1st of October 2006
Curriculum:
Introduction
- history of restoration of works of art
- current approaches to restoration of works of art, with emphasis on basic works in the subject field
- definition of the four values in restored objects: aesthetic, historical, ancientness value and use value
- International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (the Venice Charter, 1964) and other recommendations
- new trends in restoration in the 20th century when photography and cinema enter the cultural heritage treatment.
Theory of Film Restoration Compared to Restoration of Classic Artworks
- what is a film, its specific characteristics and its structures
- status of film works in the past and their significance for the present in the context of the shift in their aesthetic evaluation in time
- double historicity of works of art
- original works in cinematography and goals of film restoration.
Technology and its History
- terminology in Czechoslovak cinematography, terminology used in Europe
- historical review of the emergence and development of film machines – cameras and projection apparatus, copying machines
- development towards celluloid film, types of film materials – nitrate, diacetate, triacetate, polyester
- frame formats (aspect ratio)
- B&W film, tinted film, toned film, combination of tinting and toning, hand-painted, stencil-painted, colour (Technicolor,…..)
- examples of these materials.
Presentation of Film Works in the Past up to the Present
Film Archives as Guaranty for Safeguarding of the Film Heritage
- historical review of the establishment of the first film archives
- establishment of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)
- establishment of the Association of European Cinémathèques (ACE)
- activities of both organisations in the field of film restoration
- inclusion of film into the UNESCO scope of cultural heritage
- UNESCO and European Council Recommendations
- establishment of Czech film archive, its forms (structures) and changes over time
- historical review of the restoration activities of the archive
Film Treatment
- preservation (conservation, preventive restoration)
- continual control of preserved materials
- repairs of impaired materials
- basic types of impairments of film-strip – of the base and the emulsion: scratches, shrinking, non-functional perforation, mould, up to decomposition of materials
- preparatory works for copying nitrate and acetate films
- examination of films for copying after colour procedures
- reconstruction and restoration of films requiring restoration action
Restoration Procedures and Methods
- definitions of the terminology – film artwork, restoration (restoration action, reconstruction, technical restoration, facsimile and other terms)
- terminology used in Europe
- identification of a film
- gathering all available film and non-film materials concerning the to-be-restored work
- analysis of these materials
- selection of the procedure of the reconstruction and technical restoration based on the analysis reconstruction
- intertitles in silent films
- preparatory works for copying
- colour procedures (tinting, toning, combinations, painting)
- documentation of the restoration process and commentary
Variants of Restoration Cases
- silent cinematography
- sound cinematography
- determination of the selection of restoration procedure by the quantity and quality of film materials that enter the restoration act
Ethic Questions of the Restoration and Introduction to Deontology (study of moral obligations)
Practise
- acquainting with technical equipment used for repairs of film materials and reconstruction
- acquainting with film material repairs
- acquainting with materials and examples of colour procedures
- working on a selected title from the beginning to the completion of the restoration
The studies should result in a completed reconstruction of film material (short film, part of or a whole feature film).
Notes: The final result can be influenced by unpredictable circumstances:
- the assignment may show to be particularly intricate
- laboratory and colour processes may last longer that expected.
Contact:
Vit Janecek
Center of Audivisual Studies
Smetanovo nabrezi 2
116 65 Praha 1
Czech Republic
T: +420 221 197 211
F: +420 221 197 222
janecek(at)famu.cz
2. Forthcoming Programmes in Film and Media Archiving
2.1 School of Arts, Architecture, Conservation and Restoration of UNL (Universidade Nova de Lisboa):
European School of Film and Audiovisual Heritage/École Européenne du Patrimoine Cinématographique et Audiovisuel (2006-2008). In cooperation with the Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE).
This foreseen area of the new school should arise as a European platform where the world of audiovisual archiving encounters, at last on academic terms, instruction in film, music and, specially, art conservation and restoration. Audiovisual conservation should figure as a genuine European school (meeting point of both teachers and students from all over Europe, where classes and lectures are conveyed in at least two major European languages) and that it reflects, from its very inception, the approach of the professionals currently dealing with the sound and film archiving.
Goals and Guidelines:
- Training teachers, performers and researchers in the several areas of artistic expression, giving advanced and innovative instruction, strongly based in theory and critique, and a solid inter-disciplinary foundation in wide-ranging areas of knowledge
- Offering state-of-the-art teaching in areas of artistic endeavor that are unexplored in Portugal.
- Shaping the image of the new UNL School through a specific program of action and intervention that makes it distinct from other arts schools
- Pursuing the strategy of permanent artistic and academic production that requires “hands-on” student involvement, and invests the students with a momentum that carries on after graduation
- Drawing upon existing empirical knowledge, practices and technologies that lie beyond the scope of academia
- Offering courses and projects in close collaboration with the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia and other teaching units of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- Establishing partnerships with institutions of teaching, research and artistic creativity in Portugal and abroad
- Promoting life-long learning as a fundamental element of the School’s curriculum, offering active professionals various opportunities for “recycling” and sharpening their skills.
Degree: Master of Arts
Admission Requirements:
- Licenciatura (Undergraduate Degree, or equivalent)
- Presentation of a portfolio of original artistic work and/or an audition in the area in which the applicant intends to study
- Personal interview.
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 60-120 ECTS
Instruction Language: English and a second European Language
Contact:
Salwa El-Shawan Castelo Branco
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Campolide Campus
1099-085 Lisboa
T: +352 213715600
F: +351 213715614
reitoria(at)unl.pt
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