Film language summer school 2024

Link for the final presentations of the films 2021 2020/1 2020/2 2019
Films of the Film Language Summer School
The winning films of the Summer Schools
One-frame films of Summer Schools

The program will be provided by the following teachers, among others:

Certificate
A closer characterization of the teaching program
Instructions to participants
From the comments of LŠFJ
Movies from previous years

Registration address: vizualneefekty@vsmu.sk

FEE PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALREADY REGISTERED LŠFJ PARTICIPANTS only after the organizer's request

Determination.

All interested parties can participate in the training course, regardless of experience or job classification. Interested applicants for film education at the VŠMU FTF are welcome. The course is also intended for workers in the field of audio-media creation in Slovakia, Bohemia and Moravia. Completion of secondary school education or its near future completion is assumed. The lower age limit is 16-17 years, the upper limit is unlimited.

Certificate.

After completing the summer training program, participants will receive a certificate of completion of the LŠFJ. This certificate is a document of the FTF VŠMU on the acquisition of basic creative experience in the field of film art.

A closer characterization of the teaching program.

During 12 working days, the participants of the program will acquire basic knowledge in the field of screenwriting, dramaturgy, directing, camera work, editing and sound post-production processing by means of video technologies in the basic genre areas of news, journalism, documentary production, feature film and television production.

The teaching method is lectures, seminars, exercises, analysis and creation of practical audiovisual products. Participants have the opportunity to bring their own works, in which they are interested in analysis. The participants will prepare preliminary documentary and drama topics in their home environment, which can be realized in improvised conditions in the streets of Bratislava or in the premises of the school.

On the last day of the LŠFJ, there will be a presentation of the created films with expert analysis by the teachers of the FTF VŠMU. At the same time, the participants will vote for the most popular film of the Summer School. The winner of the vote will receive a commemorative plaque. The films will then be uploaded to the FTF VŠMU school server.

The main prize of the popularity vote of the created films.

Fee for the educational program.

The price of the training program is EUR 390. Pedagogical guidance and technical support of the program are included in the price. Accommodation, transport and food are at the own expense of the course participants.

Instructions to interested parties.

Registration address: vizualneefekty@vsmu.sk
1) From the offered areas, choose two that you prefer.
a) Screenwriting
b) Directing production
c) Documentary production
d) Animated work
e) Cinematography
f) Cutting composition
g) Sound track
h) Visual effects and Game design
i) Production
j) Film science
3) State your relationship with the film in one sentence.
4) The environment in which the applicant moves.
5) Indicate the possibility of using your own camera and laptop with or without the option of editing.
6) E-mail address and postal address of the interested party for return communication + phone. mobile phone number.

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2024

...I want to thank you and your colleagues for the entire 12 days of the summer school, exactly as mentioned, diamonds and lifelong friendships were formed under pressure. It was a wonderful experience, thank you. 💯🤠🙏 (10 signed)

... I am happy to announce that together with Ján Ž. and other guys, we started shooting our first feature film last week. I am sending you some pictures and short videos from the shooting in the attachment. We plan to finish filming by the end of October, and together with post-production it will probably be finished sometime in the first part of 2025. M.

Sample from filming.

From the comments of LŠFJ 2023

LŠFJ is an absolutely great project, thanks to which I think that I am a director at all, so I feel very grateful to LŠFJ and to you. :) I still remember how years ago I wrote to you on the weekend after the deadline for registering at LŠFJ, whether I could still come and you wrote that no problem. And on Monday, LŠFJ already started, at the end of which I decided that I would go into directing, although it had never occurred to me until then... so many memories :))

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2022

...I want to thank you again for these two weeks, I learned a lot. Anyway, I'm sorry that I didn't make my own work, and also that I didn't show my own works from the past.

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2021
...I would very much like to thank you for everything you have done for us. It's been an amazing 2 weeks of my life and I'm sorry it's over. But that's life. ...

From the comments of LŠFJ 2020
I would like to apply for the annual study. I would also welcome the opportunity to attend your lectures, do you have a schedule? The summer school exceeded my expectations. Thank you for your professional approach and guidance

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2019
Final analyses

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2018
Attitudes of students after the final analyses.

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2017
"I would like to thank you once again for the excellent twelve days, which not only taught me a lot, but also gave me the desire to continue learning and creating."
"I would like to thank you very much for the opportunity to participate in the LŠFJ, it was really wonderful, it gave me a lot of experience and I can definitely say that the LŠFJ showed me the path I want to follow."

From the responses of LŠFJ 2016.
"I personally signed up for the course because I work in the field and I felt the gaps in my knowledge and skills so far. 12 days gave me a lot of knowledge, experience and skills that I will definitely use in the future. ... The summer school is a great option for people from the industry who want to learn more and find out where they make mistakes, learn new things, as well as for future students preparing for admissions."
"I learned a lot and made my first short film."
"It certainly brought all the areas of focus closer together, and an applicant for studies at VŠMU can decide and reevaluate which field he is interested in during 12 days. We briefly outlined all the programs at the summer school, but I certainly do not speak for myself when I say that I he received a lot of useful advice for the future. Yes, it was meaningful and I wish you that every year will be fulfilled, because in my opinion, you are sowing the seeds of future, top-notch people in the field of film in Slovakia."

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2015.
"Well, of course, I will certainly be happy to send you everything that I have already finished. Otherwise, my short film about advertising was also wanted and it is possible that we will shoot another short film on this topic, so you see , how quickly it all starts thanks to the summer school! I'll shoot."
"I want to thank you once again for the great experience that your summer school was for me. I took away a lot of valuable knowledge and experience from you, but also fun memories. ... At the same time, I want to ask for your advice. ..."
"I want to brag to you that thanks to my experience at LŠFJ, I got a nice internship at Municipal Television in TT, so there is a robot waiting for me next to school that (as I said) interested me so much :-)"
"Once again I want to thank you for the summer school. It helped me a lot. Since then I look at movies differently."

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2014.
"On July 3, I expressed my enthusiasm and honor that I could be at LŠ. I also stated my relationship to this educational program in Zuzka's survey... However, I did not expect that I would be dreaming of pictures all week, dreaming of how I cut film. conscience that I didn't get to intensive cutting until Saturday lunchtime. For now, I'm doing preparatory, practice sequences."
"Thank you once again for the opportunity to participate in this wonderful workshop."

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2012.
"Thank you again for everything, it was great."
"...after a wonderful experience at LSFJ, I would also like to apply for DVFJ. I hope that enough of us will gather to hold the course again this year."
"Once again I want to thank you for the summer school, it gave me more than I expected and opened up a whole new world for me that I only had a very distant idea about :) I believe that it will be reflected in my work as well."
"I would like to thank you once again for the Film Language Summer School, which certainly broadened my horizons and knowledge in many areas related to film, and especially I found out what I still don't know...
I will definitely continue to practice and learn the acquired knowledge :-)."
"...I just want to modestly brag that I have been accepted to the faculty - the field of sound production. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, without the summer school of film language, I would probably never have fully returned to this dream from my youth. And at the same time, I would probably without a "window" into the world of film language, he didn't do it either..."

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2010.
"...I want to thank you for the amazing time spent at the summer school. It was a great idea to organize something like this. It's a shame that it's all over and you have to focus on another reality. Please, thank me for me.... ., that he helped me cut and edit the film so that it was watchable, even though there were so many mistakes (I don't mean only the shots; there were many other things that were not thought through and wrong done, but I didn't expect much from it, since it was my first film; I'm sure the next one will be better. And I admire you for organizing it all."
"...on behalf of our son ......., who graduated from LŠFJ 2010, we would like to sincerely thank everyone who has been involved in organizing this event for several years. For ......., t.no. It was very beneficial for the 3rd year student, and he gained new experiences and stimuli the fact that he is among those interested in studies at the FTF VŠMU, after the end of the LŠFJ 2010, he started to work in this field so that he had something to present himself at the consultations with applicants for studies.
Once again to all of you - heartfelt thanks."

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2009
"...I would like to thank you for the wonderful opportunity to "get a taste" of filmmaking. The course exceeded all my expectations from both a professional and a human perspective (i.e., the approach of the pedagogues)."
"Very satisfied, great people, a lot of experiences, only exhausted to the max. It was an amazing experience, a brilliant 12 days of vacation. I will miss it here."
"...I want to thank you for the fact that I could participate in the course. I think
you think it's a brilliant idea and above all it makes sense..."

From the reviews of LŠFJ 2008.
"I will forever remember LŠFJ only in good ways, the experiences and contacts I gained are irreplaceable, and thanks to the excellent guidance of all the teachers, I learned to perceive film and film art not only with my eyes, but also with all my other senses. My efforts to join of the filmmaking environment has increased even more after the past weeks and I will make every effort to improve myself with each film venture your school and I firmly believe that it will be successful, even though I know that the competition is strong :-"
"thanks for lifting the mood"
"the summer school was perfect, it's just a pity that it's over. I'm on the radio again, with sound, but no picture. It seems kind of poor to me:)"
"I didn't have time to thank you, thank you for you, it is precious and wonderful that there are people who live, work and sacrifice their time and energy for their convictions, thank you for the time with you, it was precious for me and I value it"
"I also thank you for starting a similar project at all.. I'm glad that I could take part in it.. "
"The whole two weeks were (in all respects) EXCELLENT, I'm glad I could sign up for this course. Since Saturday, I've been sad that it didn't last longer."
"...despite the fact that I didn't manage to shoot anything during 2 weeks, it gave me a lot and I definitely changed my view of the film..."
"For me, it was all the more precious because I really missed the connection with our culture, and this way I touched it at least a little bit."

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