Overview
As one of the Asia's most prestigious film colleges and China's only film academy, the Beijing Film Academy offers unmatched and extensive resources for your film education. You'll be part of our big family with 2,364 students including 48 PhDs and 422postgraduates, 1,894undergraduates and 84 overseas students. This offers you an unrivalled opportunity to develop peer networks with tomorrow's media leaders. BFA's 263 expert teachers make sure you can learn everything you need with personal attention and great industry connections. Our facilities include four studios equipped to professional production standards, with advanced cinematography and production equipment from recognized industry suppliers including ARRI AlEXA, ARRI Lights, Kino Flo, Panther, Steadicam, and with top-level postproduction and grading suites from Quantel and Da-Vinci. Over the last fifty years, thousands of film professionals have received their film education from BFA. Indeed, over half of China's leading film executives count themselves as BFA alumni, including international film award directors Xie Fei, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jia Zhangke, Wang Quan'an, renowned cinematographers Gu Changwei and Zhao Fei to name just a few. Together they are living proof of our educational credo "Technical mastery fostering artistic vision".

In 2013, we warmly invite international students to join our full-time undergraduate programs. All courses within the program are English-language friendly, and you will enjoy access to our advanced production facilities.

Degrees, Majors and Programs
BFA offers a Bachelor's degree in Film Production. In 2013, we will recruit 12 international students into the BA film production program.

Field	Degree Program	Number of Enrollment
Film Production Department of Cinematography, BFA	BA	12

Courses
This program is a full-time undergraduate admission taught in English during four years. Theoretical studies and shooting practice both occupy 2000 class hours. In the first two years, students in shooting practices will be allocated into different positions in turn such as screenwriter, director, cinematographer, gaffer, editor and special effect supervisor. In the 3rd an 4th year, they will be separated into specific directions: Directing, Cinematography and Digital Imaging according to their interests and performances in previous two years.

All the courses included in this program are divided into the following categories: production, technique, technology and historical theory. In each semester, there is one production course reinforced with relevant technique, technology and historical theory courses. All the courses form up a whole module which fulfills a particular learning aim of the semester. 50% time in each module is for guided student's practice shooting. Students have plenty of opportunities to make their own short film or video.

The works students finished during the program have access to the annual "Cinerent Award" and "International Student Film and Video Festival" in the academy.

Curriculum
• Photography

• Technique Basics of Cinemaography

• Digital Image-Processing

• Visual Expression and Thinking

• Camera Operating

• Editing Basics

• Commercial & Music Video Production

• Film Lighting Basics

• Digital Post-Production

• Documentary Film Production

• Sound Recording Basics

• Basic Screenwriting

• Directing (Directing Major Only)

• Stage Performing (Directing Major Only)

• Advanced Screenwriting (Directing Major Only)

• Advanced Cinematography (Cinematography Major Only)

• Intermediate Cinematography (Cinematography Major Only)

• Advanced CGI Trainings (Post-production Major Only)

• Literature

• Chinese Culture and History

• Chinese Language for International Students

• Art History

• Academic Writing

• Film History

•Film Analyzing

Professor, Supervisor & School Counselor
• Professor, Supervisor & School Counselor

All the Chinese professors who work on this program serve their best to create an English-language friendly environment. Most of them have educational backgrounds or life-experiences aboard, and they are all sophisticated film educators. During your practices, your teachers will supervise you on sets to help you out from practical shooting difficulties. Your school counselors will help you to fit in the environment and give advices on your study.

• Visiting Professors

We invite film professionals and film theorists as visiting professors from all over the world. The visiting professors will either be an English native or have English-language backgrounds. They may take roles in workshops, lectures and trainings while they may also be responsible for a particular course during the time of their visit.