From the 12th to the 18th of September, the picturesque mountain town of Banská Štiavnica in Central Slovakia was the location for the 3rd workshop of the Erasmus+ OIRFET-project [Open Innovative Resources for Filmmaking Education and Training]
This long-term partnership between 4 Central-European Filmschools: ADU-Zagreb, FAMU-Prague, PWSTTViF-Lodz, VSMU-Bratislava and was formed to improve film editing teaching programs and to create innovative and open, internet film resources for students, teachers and the broader European public.
Film editing students, who will be future film editors worked on the movie „Surprise – Point of view“ a thriller in parallel with elements of comedy and social drama. Filmed material was prepared by VSMU students and pedagogues in August 2020 with around 4 hours of uncut film. The director was VSMU MA student Kristián Ružička.
Every day the students, who were mixed in international groups of 5 students, worked on the editing of the material, which was led by pedagogues from the 5 different participating schools. The days were intensive: including editing workshops, team building, brain storming and intercultural activities. The project has had a long previous history active in 2019 – 2021 supported by the Program: Erasmus+, Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, Action Type: Strategic Partnerships for higher education.
As a representative of one of the involved schools I would say that this can be taken as an example of excellent international practice of film schools (PWSTTViF from Łódź, Poland, FAMU from Prague, VSMU from Bratislava and ADU from Zagreb). Added to this collective of participating schools were 3 students and 2 pedagogues from RITCS, Brussel who actively participated in the workshop in Banská Štiavnica. The main dimension of the workshop is focused on its educational value, with interwoven cultural and artistic aspects, students exchange good practices from their schools, contribute with their original views and importantly develop the ability to cooperate. For many of the students this will be their first actual experience of working on a co-production plus the support and diverse creative input of pedagogues from different countries and schools.
Jana Keeble – Vice-dean for foreign affairs – VSMU
Students words:
Bruno [Croatia]
“For the first time in my life, I had the opportunity to edit a thriller. I really enjoyed it! “
Ruben [Belgium]
“The lecturers gave me very useful advice during my work, which I will definitely use in the future. They are really professionals in their field. “
Marcelina [Poland]
“It was very beneficial for me to discuss during the work, whether with lecturers or students. During the final presentation of our works, I was very pleased that the audience really liked my comic adaptation and then I had the opportunity to discuss it. “
Yu-Ying [Czech Republic]
“I really enjoyed this week in beautiful Banská Štiavnica and I am happy to meet so many amazing people.”
Martin [VŠMU – Slovakia]
“Over the course of one week, we not only worked on the same assignment, which allowed us to get feedback from different people, but we also learned a lot about study conditions and professional activities in other countries. “
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