Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School      |      kieslowski.pl

The studies include 1,200 didactic hours in four thematic areas:

  • artistic and creative area (script writing techniques, animated film, music video, advertising film, television and film genres, new media journalism, film editing, sound production, the basics of cinematography, basics of directing, cooperation with an actor, basics of design graphics, film history and television, music in the film),
  • social media area (copywriting, social media technology, media project management, new media development directions, self-promotion techniques in social media, content management in social media, social media marketing, social media analysis, e-Commerce),
  • business area (business plan of the media undertaking, social psychology basics, production team management, conducting business negotiations, multimedia project budget, multimedia art sales techniques, obtaining funds and sponsoring, creative thinking techniques),
  • legal area (copyright, intellectual property protection in the network, information security management)
  • film, TV and new media workshops (30h per semester) conducted as part of the study program,
  • workshops conducted by foreign lecturers (60 hours per semester).

The program and study plan were also developed based on the ongoing international cooperation in the field of student education in the discipline of film and theatre arts, as well as the results of the current monitoring of graduate careers.

Teaching modules, the contents of which are related to various aspects of media and audio-visual law, correspond to scientific research on copyright, civil-legal contracts in the audio-visual sector, and protection of the right to image. The media and social media communication modules as well as media management correspond to the research on communication processes in the use of new media, in particular on network media. The projects relate to changes in the social, cultural and political space in the context of technological changes, first of all digitization and convergence. Topics taken up by younger researchers concern the issue of activating local communities using new media in Poland, Germany and the United Kingdom.

creative manage program

Courses in 1 semester:

Course Type Study hours Hours in total ECTS

Social media analysis

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Animated film

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Film Development

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

4

Basics of directing

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Basics of cinematography

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Copyright

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Modern art aesthetic problems

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Video Game Production

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Script-writing techniques

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Workshop 1 (optional courses: Pitching workshop 1 or Producer's workshop 1)

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

5

 

300

30

 

Courses in 2 semester:

Course Type Study hours Hours in total ECTS

Project Budgeting (optional courses: Audiovisual Project Budgeting or Event Budgeting)

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Copywriting

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Sound in Motion Pictures

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Post-production Management

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Production Management

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Pitching

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Post-production

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Funds Raising and Sponsoring

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Negotiations (optional courses: Conducting business negotiations or Conducting employee negotiations)

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

3

Workshop 2 (optional courses: Pitching workshop 2 or Producer's workshop 2)

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

5

 

300

30

 

Courses in 3 semester:

Course Type Study hours Hours in total ECTS

Film Editing (optional courses: Feature Film Editing or Documentary Film Editing)

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Music in Motion Pictures (optional courses: Music in feature film or Music in video game)

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Protection of intellectual property

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Video game design - logic and game mechanics

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

MA seminar 1

lecture

30

30

4

Self-presentation in social media

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Technology in social media

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Extended Reality Technologies

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Workshop 3 (optional courses: Cinematography workshop 1 or Directing workshop 1)

workshop

30

30

7

Cooperation with actors

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

5

 

300

30

 

Courses in 4 semester:

Course Type Study hours Hours in total ECTS

Advertising film

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

4

New media development

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Marketing in social media

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Social and Cognitive Psychology

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

MA seminar 1

lecture

30

30

4

Sales techniques of multimedia products

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Creative thinking techniques (optional courses: Creative thinking techniques - individual or Creative thinking techniques - group techniques)

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Workshop 4 (optional courses: Cinematography workshop 2 or Directing workshop 2)

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

2

Director-producer cooperation

workshop

30

30

7

Team Management (optional courses: Multimedia Team Management or Production Team Management)

lecture + workshop

15 + 15

30

5

 

300

30