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Bachelor's Degree4-year course of full-time studies
Mission:
Training directors and assistant directors for the making of fiction, documentary, scientific and educational films, live and recorded TV programmes, TV series and serials, commercials and music videos; dubbing and editing.
Each academic year the students are required to direct short films and TV projects in different genres at the Training Audio-visual Complex of NATFA and at professional film companies and TV stations.
Graduation Project: Written theoretical study of minimum 25 pages. Practical realization of an audiovisual project of minimum 20 min.
Compulsory Subjects:
Fundamentals of Film Directing
Work with the Actor in the Screen Arts
Documentary Film Directing
Fiction Film Directing
Adaptation Directing
TV Commercials Directing
Music Video Directing
TV Program Directing
TV Series Directing
TV Adaptation Directing
Fundamentals of Screenwriting
Team work – Scriptwriter – Director
Fundamentals of Cinematography – Shooting equipment and Technologies
Fundamentals of Cinematography – Art Lightening
Fundamentals of Screen Editing
Computer Editing Software
Theory of Screen Sound
Screen Sound – Shooting on location
Screen Sound – Post-production
Screen Music
Screen Design
Fundamentals of Acting
Introduction to History of Cinema
History of Bulgarian Cinema
History of Art
Aesthetics
History of Philosophy
History of Mythology and Religion
Fundamentals of Psychology
Copyright Law and Contract Types in the Screen Arts
Diploma Project
Elective subjects
Directing of Screen Comedy Genres
Directing of Childrens’ Screen Genres
Casting Directing
Directing of Crowd Scenes
Directing of Stunt Scenes
Directing of TV dubbing
Introduction to History of European literature
Writing for Interactive Media
Screenwriting for TV Programs
Dramaturgy and Psychology
Screenwriting for TV Reality Show
Theory of Show Forms
Theory of Screen Images
Semiotics: Word and Vision
Introduction to History of European Theatre
History of Western European Cinema
History of Eastern European Cinema
History of American Cinema
History of Russian Cinema
History of Documentary Cinema
Genre and Style of the Film
Fundamentals of Photography
History of Music
History of Dance
Media Theory and History
Speech Culture
History of Civilizations
Management in Screen Arts
Marketing and Advertising