Three-Year Academic Course

The Three-Year Academic Program is designed to prepare the student for photography as a profession. Covering many different fields of photography, the course strongly focuses on the commercial aspects of the profession, as well as the creative side needed to pursue photography as an art form.Our school is renowned for the high quality of its programs and high level of its instructors. The school's programs reflect the competence and diversity of the instructors; all individually professional photographers, they aided in the creation of the courses, drawing from their specialization in diverse fields to create a complete and comprehensive study of many different types of photography. Maintaining a high standard, the school requires the students to work of projects that they will be able to use as portfolios for entry into the world of professional photography.

FIRST YEAR

PHOTOGRAPHY, ART AND SOCIETY’

HISTORY OF CINEMA

SEMIOTICS

HISTORY OF JOURNALISM

HISTORY AND TECHNIQUES OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

VISUAL LANGUAGE AND PERCEPTION TECHNIQUES

AESTHETICS AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION

ANALYSIS OF PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGY

LIGHTING

COMPOSITION

SHOOTING TECHNIQUES

DARKROOM AND LAB I

INFORMATICS

DIGITAL SYSTEMS

ITALIAN LANGUAGE CONVERSATION

ANALYSIS OF ITALIAN PRESS

PORTFOLIO 

CRITICS AND STYLE DEVELOPMENT I

EXHIBITION

 

From the second year the course is held in Italian language only

 

SECOND YEAR

RIGHT AND INFORMATION

CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN ITALY

MARKETING

ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF THE FREE PROFESSION

COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISEMENT’

DARKROOM AND LAB II

LIGHTING TECHNICS

MACROPHOTOGRAPHY

STILL LIFE

LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURAL AND NOCTURNAL PHOTOGRAPHY

ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY 

PHOTOSHOP

INTRODUCTION TO COMMERCIAL AND ADVERTISEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY 

INTRODUCTION TO FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY 

INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOJOURNALISM

STOCK AND MICROSTOCK

EXPERIMENTAL AND CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY 

CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONCEPTUAL ART 

JOURNALISTIC WRITING FOR THE MEDIA

VIDEOPRODUCTION I

WEB DESIGN I

GRAPHIC DESIGN I

CRITICS AND STYLE DEVELOPMENT II

EXHIBITION

 

THIRD YEAR

MAGAZINE CREATION

SCENOGRAPHY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SET

COMMERCIAL AND ADVERTISEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOJOURNALISM

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY

ART CRAFT REPRODUCTION

FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

THEATRICAL PHOTOGRAPHY

SPORT AND NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

CEREMONY PHOTOGRAPHY

GLAMOUR AND PORTRAITURE PHOTOGRAPHY

EXTREME DARKROOM TECHNIQUES

VIDEOPRODUCTION II

WEB DESIGN II 

GRAPHIC DESIGN II 

COMMERCIAL PRINTING TECHNIQUES 

PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION

SELF PROMOTION

EXHIBITION

INTERNSHIP

DISSERTATION PROJECTS (mandatory):

• COMMERCIAL AND ADVERTISEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY
• PHOTOJOURNALISM
• FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY 
• WEB DESIGN
• GRAPHIC DESIGN

 

 

Useful informations

Starting date (day/month/year): 25/10/2010

Three Year Photography And Visual Communication Course
First year

• Time: 32 weeks
• Course rate: Euro 6800

Three Year Photography And Visual Communication Course
Second year

• Time: 32 weeks
• Course rate: Euro 6800

Three Year Photography And Visual Communication Course
Third year

• Time: 32 weeks
• Course rate: Euro 4900

Professional course

• LENGHT: 3 years, 32 weeks a year, from October till June (two quadrimesters), 512 hours
• NUMBER OF HOURS: 16 per week, 64 per month + open studio
• SCHEDULES: can be chosen among morning, afternoon or evening (schedule for working students)
• MINIMUM ATTENDANCE: one year
• MINIMUM ATTENDANCE TO ACHIEVE A CERTIFICATE: 3 years
• 1st YEAR CLASSES RUN IN ITALIAN AND ENGLISH
• 2nd AND 3rd YEAR CLASSES RUN ONLY IN ITALIAN

First and Second year: 1° advance by October 10th euro 2.000,00; 2° advance by December 10th euro 2.400,00; 3° advance by April 10th euro 2.400,00.

Third year: 1° advance by October 10th euro 1.500,00; 2° advance by December 10th euro 1.700,00; 3° advance by April 10th euro 1.700,00.

The fee for the course includes 24 hours OPEN STUDIO and ALL THE CHEMICALS, provided by TheDarkroom.