Master Film

Education

The standard period of study in the MA Film of the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts is 4 Semesters (2 years). This equals 120 ECTS. The maximal duration of the programme is 8 Semesters.

The programme has three specializations: Animation, Short Motion, and Interaction. The Students of all three specializations study together and chose from the same courses. Mentoring and coaching are individual and growing parts of the program are composed of eligible courses. We are specializing in storytelling and in documentary forms inside and outside the cinema. We do not specialize in live action films.

Modules

The Modules of the MA Film are explained on the Website of the Programme.

Lateral entrants/Career Jumpers

You have the possibility to study an MA Film as a lateral entrant (career jumper) with a bachelor (or equivalent) in a design-relevant topic (including social science, philological, historical and critical studies) and a strong portfolio of filmic work you have pursued.

Part-Time Studies

Due to the modular structure of our programme and the large extent of eligible content in our programme, we can offer highly individualized study paths for part-time students.

The following pages provide basic information about our courses for the students of the MA Film and give an overview of our staff and our activities for the visitors of this site.

Informations for Students

Eligible Courses in the MA Film

The programme of the MA Film can be put together individually by the students in some modules. Some parts of our teaching are clustered into Tracks. Students chose those tracks to specialize in their studies in a certain field (Film Financing; Self-Marketing; Expanded Cinema). The Fachmodule and the Exchangemodule have a list of free elective courses from which the necessary number of units to pass the module can be generated. Those courses are both provided by the MA Film and partly from other study programmes of the Lucerne University of the Arts.

Fachmodule A & B / Exchangemodule

In this module students are able to choose from the list below, different courses depending on their own goals and project approach.

Business tracks

• Self Marketing
• Film Financing
• Film Production
• Producer’s Day: Meet the Producers

Are there existing links?
Narration

• Scriptwriting

History

• Film and Media History
• FilmClub

Introductions

• Camera Introduction
• Sound Introduction
• Introduction to Editing

Skills

• Design Techniques
• Camera and Image-Making
• Character Design in Animation
• Editing & Montage
• Sound design
• Drawing as a Language
• Knowledge Mediation
• Found Footage
• Film Analysis
• WorkShops
• Sound Editing
• Drawing as a Language
• Storyboarding

Expanded Cinema

• Expanded Cinema I + II (Part of Track Expanded Cinema)
• AR/VR (Part of Track Expanded Cinema)
• Video for the Stage (Part of Track Expanded Cinema)
• Film in Spatial Contexts (Part of Track Expanded Cinema)
• Expanded Cinema Guest-Workshop (Part of Track Expanded Cinema)

Track Expanded Cinema

Fachmodule C
Fachmodul C: Viewing List: blog.hslu.ch/mafilmviewing 2 Courses of the BA Animation, which are open to MA Students (no Creditpoints given!) NAKUS (existing) 3 Exchange / studying abroad See existing pages of the BA ANimation: two pages: Partnerschulen Exchange 4 Grants, Scholarships, and Foundations See extisting page of the MA Film (https://wiki.animation- luzern.ch/Film_residencies) 5 Templates in AniWiki see existing pages from the wiki 6 Former and current Students of the MA Film see existing pages from the wiki 7 Studentfilms see existing pages from the wiki

MA Film Team please develop a template (use same structure as the BA Animation, talk to jean about this) and open a page for: Team MA Film: Robert Müller (exists probably) Jochen Ehmann (exists) Christina Zimmermann Marine Hugonnier Anja Kofmel Ted Sieger (exists) Carlos Isabel Garcia Thomas Gassmann (exists) Ruth Stofer Elke Rentemeister Florian Krautkrämer Fred Truniger External lecturers: Marcy Goldberg Andres Brütsch Brigitta Weber Chantal Molleur (exists), ... more to come here.

Rent Equipment see existing pages from the wiki

Festivals see existing pages from the wiki

Distribution and Sale see existing pages from the wiki

Contact hslu.ch/master-film [link to the website]

Miscellaneous to be continued, nothing for the time being...