Amateur filmmakers within Kyung Hee University
University, and the Korea National University of Arts. These institutions have systematic curricula and talented faculty churning out accomplished graduates to serve as the Korean film leaders of tomorrow. Then there is the Korea Academy of Film Arts, which some have dubbed the “West Point of Korean film.” Founded by the Korean Film Council in 1984 for the purpose of training specialized film workers, it is famously choosy – after all, it has to train key professionals through a brief but rigorous specialized curriculum. Meanwhile, a number of private institutions are also at work developing education film professionals. Seoul Media Center, MEDIACT, the Hankyoreh Education and Culture Center, and the KT&G Sangsangmadang Academy are just a few of the places offering regular coursework on every aspect of cinema production, from practical areas like screenwriting, directing, cinematography, lighting, and editing to more abstract fields like criticism and theory, producing, marketing, and publicity.
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