film studies The City of Light in Alicante presented this Monday the foundations of the Cinematic Professions Training School with the start of the first training courses for technicians covering all stages of the cinematographic and audiovisual process. This professional training at the Old Study Center comes from one of the most prestigious film teaching centers in Spain, Escac (Cinema and Audiovisual Higher School of Catalonia), with thirty years of experience and commitment. The University of Barcelona, which provided lecturers for the first four courses and the other ten courses planned to take place in 2024.
“Our aim is to create Teams of well-trained people meeting demand for productions that will start arriving immediately”General Manager Fermín Crespo said: Community Projects for Digital Transformation (SPTD)in the presentation of lessons Escac Fast Forwardwho would trust this Actors’ and actresses’ strike ends After completing the screenwriting program in Hollywood, both national and international shoots begin to arrive.
four beginner courses They are intended to educate lighting and camera technicians, production coordinators, audiovisual assembly technicians And drone and aerial machine operators. They registered 170 studentsThey had the opportunity to tour the facilities today. All courses free -they require a deposit of 150 to 350 euros in advance and is refunded at the end of the training- and are financed by European funds Next generation Through the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
“Like Americans”
“Let them be free For the students, this is a miracle. because these courses can be costly Between 8,000 and 12,000 Euros. After this year and a half, it will be necessary to decide whether it is the Generalitat or the student who pays the money,” said the director of Escac. Sergi CasamitjanaHe added that he “did not understand Ciudad de la Luz without an associated school that allowed for the creation of a school.” industrial structure of local technicians Providing the necessary tools for production. “We need to create a quality technical workforce like the Americans have.” after recalling that there are already many audiovisual communication training projects for directors, screenwriters or cinematographers“But what we need are technicians, focusers, sound engineers, men on perches…qualified technicians at the peak of future productions and that they value all of this. “There is no point in bringing lighting guys or carpenters from Madrid when they are needed for a shoot here.”
Casamitjana recalled that “cinema is taught and learned” and that there is a “semi-voluntary tradition” in Spain amateur“It now needs to be structured, organized and shaped. “We must move from the cinema of geniuses to the industrial cinema.” In this sense, he noted, “the City of Light is thirty years ahead of other communities that have established film studios, such as Galicia or the Canary Islands.”
Fermín Crespo emphasized: After a decade of waiting, the importance of education recovery He thanked Escac for its assistance in “this center, which is a reference in Europe and the world” and in this context as the main support in “reactivating the educational space and covering all areas needed by audiovisual productions”. “The first stone of the skilled trade center of the future for the film industry”It is complemented by the “great locations, good communication and hotel services” that the province offers.
The courses starting today are as follows: 15 ETCS credits It includes subsequent internships (almost half a semester) with Escac certification and face-to-face and hybrid method, with 150 specific hours and 300 global hours. “600 students can be trained every year, but there is no need for this. It is planned to provide training to approximately 150 people per year. and in the long term they will be updated and supplemented from time to time over a period of three to five years.”
As for future filming, Crespo did not give any new information and speculated that even national productions will not start until the Hollywood strike is over, as even national productions have international actors in their cast, but he assured that there will be visits every week, with interest in film studios continuing. From manufacturing companies to facilities. The first planned national film Bad influence.