Characteristics of Photography College of Beijing Film Academy

In the brief introduction of the School of Photography of Beijing Film Academy, it says: "Establish a curriculum system based on photography optics, chemistry and digital processing technology, with photography history and art theory as the basic research objects and practical shooting as the main body. Adhere to quality first. The purpose of teaching is "specialty". In the limited teaching time, it aims to cultivate international compound talents with rich artistic literacy, complete knowledge structure, strong subjective initiative, high professional quality, close integration of image with media and society, and adaptation to the requirements of the times and national self-esteem. " It can be seen that the courses offered by Beijing Film Academy are mostly oriented to social needs and pay attention to practical operation. In order to make students more competitive, we emphasize the practicality of photography and the connection between photography and society in teaching, and pay attention to cultivating students' ability to pay attention to real life, feedback contemporary life and complete narrative with images. Throughout today's image era, photography has been widely spread in social life, and the role of images has been paid more attention. The composition of such a teaching concept is "following the trend".

The geographical advantage of being located in Beijing enables the School of Photography of Beijing Film Academy to expand foreign exchanges, quickly and conveniently gather information resources at home and abroad, make necessary supplements to teaching, and help students broaden their horizons. Facing the rapid development of digital image, the School of Photography of Beijing Film Academy has added courses of computer and digital image to guide students to enter the development field of digital image and computer-aided design, thus broadening and deepening their understanding of digital image. In addition, DV short film and multimedia technology also have corresponding courses, and the increase and change of these courses make teaching more suitable for social needs.

The relatively comprehensive curriculum makes students have the ability to cope with various social needs, but at the same time, we also find that few works explore the deep expression space of images among students. I'm afraid this is an inevitable teaching problem that is close to the social demand and caters to the market demand. Paying attention to the rigor of technology and knowledge system can give consideration to the activity and publicity of artistic thinking at the same time, which is an eternal topic in the field of art education. As an art education closely related to the development of science and society, photography education can't get rid of such confusion.

In the graduation works of the School of Photography of Beijing Film Academy in 2003, five graduate students expressed their views on the theme of the last industry. They capture the scenes and environment of industrial life from a personal perspective, and record and express the heaviness, embarrassment and hope of the post-industrial era. Perhaps because of the unified topic selection and the limitation of the scene (all the works were shot in Anshan Iron and Steel Plant), there is little room for individuals to play, so the works of five people have some convergence in form and expression. In addition, some undergraduate students' homework is also displayed, hoping to help readers understand the teaching characteristics of the School of Photography of Beijing Film Academy comprehensively and intuitively with various works.