The latvian academy of culture

THE LATVIAN ACADEMY OF CULTURE

BA Study Programme

SELF-ASSESSMENT

Subprogramme: TV and Video Cameramen

The Authors of the Subprogramme: Prof. Kalvis Zalcamanis, Ass.Prof.Alvils Indriksons

I. OBJECTIVES AND TASKS

1. 
   To provide education for professional film and television cameramen who are theoretically and practically educated, capable of independent and creative thought and who have acquired the skills of a documentary cameraman as a reporter and the features of staging and the TV genre.
   
2. 
   To provide the students with knowledge in the rapidly developing modern film and video technical equipment and technology.
   
3. 
   To introduce the students to the best works of art in the world in order to guarantee the growth of their creative potential.
   
4. 
   To enable the students to acquire the necessary additional professions and the labour safety requirements.
   
5. 
   Upon graduation the students receive a Bachelor’s Degree in the speciality of Cameramen which gives them the right to continue their MA studies.
   

II. Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course

The student’s suitability for a creative profession assessed by the selection committee: creative imagination, the speed of reaction, an ability to understand what is going on, good eyesight and physical fitness. The knowledge of foreign languages at the secondary school level.

III. The contents of the programme and the organisation of studies

The Bachelor’s Study Programme in the speciality of Cameramen has been worked out and implemented by the Screen and Drama Department of the Latvian Academy of Culture. It is based on the experience acquired when teaching bachelors both film cameramen and TV cameramen-journalists.

The Study Programme has been drafted in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Latvia “On Universities” and decisions of the Senate of the Latvian Academy of Culture.

The Study Programme includes most disciplines related to the given speciality to enable the students to become highly professional members of a creative team.

The key areas of study: the art of the cameraman, film and television technology (“Specific features of TV”), film and video editing, cooperation with the director in the implementation of the creative idea. Together with the practical training they constitute a network of mutually interconnected disciplines.

The results of the studies are manifest in annual papers and the Bachelor’s Paper, and the Bachelor’s Examination.

The Bachelor’s Paper is the work of the cameraman to implement the creative idea of the director using technologically sophisticated film or television (video) material.

The Study Programme envisages the cooperation of the students and teachers with the MA students in direction at the Latvian Academy of Culture and the students and teachers of the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Latvia.

IV. THE STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY PROGRAMME

In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Latvia “On Universities” and the decision of the Senate of the Latvian Academy of Culture the following subjects have been included in the BA Study Programme in the speciality of Cameramen:

1. 
   Group A subjects (80 credit points);
   
2. 
   Group B subjects in accordance with the speciality (100 credit points);
   
3. 
   Group C subjects: optional subjects (16 credit points).
   

In order to acquire the Bachelor’s Degree the students have to accomplish the following:

1. 
   to pass examinations and tests in Group A, B and C subjects gaining 160 credit points;
   
2. 
   to pass the Bachelor’s Examination in the Theory and History of Culture;
   
3. 
   to pass the final examinations in the foreign language, film technology and specific features of television;
   
4. 
   to present the Bachelor’s Paper in the art of the cameraman.
   

V. PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAMME

A specially equipped room (No 1) has been provided to guarantee the implementation of the Programme. Some video and film technical equipment is provided for individual use. The students have been informed that they will be requested to use their personal video equipment to do their practical tasks. Latvian Television serves as the technical basis for television equipment.
BA STUDY PROGRAMME

TV and Video Cameramen

A

Compulsory	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	Credit points	Lecturer
General Theory of Culture	48:3 T	48:3 E						96	6	Prof.R.Vilciņš
The History of Philosophy			32:2 E	32:2 E				64	4	Prof.P.Laķis
Foreign Language	64:2 E	64:2 T	32:1 T	32:1 E				192	6	Lect. E.Meija, Lect.D.Volkenšteine, Lect. I.Baiže, Lect. A.Vaišļe
The History of World Literature		32:3 E	64:4 T		32:3 E			128	10	CV. Lect.Z.Šiliņa CVI.Ass. Prof.I.Karbanova
The History of Culture of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome and Culture of the Ancient Orient	32:2 I	32 :2 E						64	4	CVII.Lect. H.Tumans
The History of World Art	32:2 T	32:2 E	32:2 E					96	6	CVIII.Ass. Prof. M.Lapiņa
The History of Latvian Literature	32:2 T	32:2 E						64	4	CIX.Ass. Prof. R.Briedis
The Trends of Western European Art in the 20^th Century							32:2 E	32	2	CX.Ass. Prof. M.Lapiņa
The Theory of Camerawork and Creative Practice	96:4 E	96:4 E	96:4 E	96:4 E	96:4 E	96:4 E	96:4 E	672	28	CXI.Prof. K.Zalcmanis
The History of World Cinema					48:3 E	48:3 E		96	6	Lect. D.Āboliņa
The History of Latvian Cinema							32:2 E	32	2	CXII.Lect. I.Pērkone
The History of Latvia	48:2 E							48	2	Ass. Prof. J.Goldmanis
Total	17	18	13	7	10	7	8		80