POST 7: Changes to my Study Program

 

In my opinion, one of the biggest problems in film and television at ICEI is the 

curriculum. From my point of view, it is not well planned in order to strengthen

 an artist's vision. There are many subjects that have to do with journalism, more

 than with what is properly artistic, in my opinion, the subject of aesthetics 

should exist throughout the career (Aesthetics 1, 2, 3, and 4, at least). 

I understand that any other art career exists in this modality, and the problem 

with this is that in general the filmmaker knows very little about art, does not 

understand the importance of being able to relate ethics, politics and aesthetics,

 does not understand its dimension philosophy, nor its impact on understanding 

contemporary cultural phenomena.

Another weak point in my opinion is the imbalance that exists between the 

importance of practice and theory, in my opinion these two aspects are not 

sophisticated enough to prepare the student. I think that all branches of cinema 

should have both facets, but it happens that in the workshop, for example, we have

 no theory, we only watch movies, this generally means that we cannot produce an

 appropriate criticism of the work we do.

Another fault that I perceive is the available equipment, and I do not mean that

 the equipment that exists is of poor quality, but it is too conventional. 

For example, there should not only be traditional cameras for cinema, there could

 be vhs, security cameras, handycam or gopro, to expand the range of possibilities 

to create. Sometimes, in the field, we don't need the best cameras, but smaller 

ones, that have a lot of zoom, or that can be put under water, or in places that

 are difficult to access, like under a car, or something like that.