Film Production Advanced Diploma
Location
Amsterdam
Duration(s)
24 months
Film Production Advanced Diploma
Course Durations
24 months
Start Date(s)
March and September 2025
Film Production Advanced Diploma
Start Dates
Amsterdam
March and September 2025
Fees
Film Production Advanced Diploma
Domestic Fees
Students studying higher education courses may be eligible for various forms of funding, including student loans and grants. There may be some differences depending on the region you come from.
Entry Requirements
Film Production Advanced Diploma
Domestic Entry Requirements
Domestic students must meet the following criteria:
Advanced Diploma entry
Minimum age of 18 years
For non-EU students, a valid VISA for the entire duration of the selected course is required before enrolment. The registration at SAE Institute cannot grant you a Student Visa in the Netherlands.
Applicants must have achieved an intermediate level of education
English language skills: minimum TOEFL score of 80, or, minimum IELTS score of 6,5 (or equivalent)
Film Production Advanced Diploma
International Entry Requirements
Non-EU Applicants
For non-EU students, a valid VISA for the entire duration of the selected course is required before enrolment. The registration at SAE Institute cannot grant you a Student Visa in the Netherlands.
For over 47 years, the SAE Diploma has been the direct ticket to the media industry. With a focused hands-on practical approach, the diploma provides you with the technical and craft skills for a successful career start.
On this page, you will get a detailed insight into the course content of the Film Production Advanced Diploma. You will find out everything you need to know to get started straight away.
On this page, you will get a detailed insight into the course content of the Film Production Advanced Diploma. You will find out everything you need to know to get started straight away.
The film Production Advanced Diploma Course includes:
Directing
Audio for Film
Cinematography
Visual Effects Skills
Camera and Lighting Techniques
Production and Post Production
Industry-relevant workflows
Short films and narrative structures
Storyboarding
Learn in a collaborative enviroment with industry-grade equipment and studios, under the expert guidance of our industry-leading staff.
You will be producing real-world projects in small creative teams; meaning you will have a real competitive edge and an impressive portfolio when entering the workplace.
Learn the art of filmmaking using industry-relevant software, including Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
In an additional semester, you’ll create your masterpiece—an elaborate film production at the industry level that shows the world what you’re made of.
Course Structure
Semester 1
Develop the essential film skills and the knowledge required to collaborate with other creative media students and professionals.
This module aims to enable students to explore the various creative and organisational elements that must be completed before being able to advance into the next phase of the production process. The development of a film concept, and the planning associated with communicating a narrative, is essential in ensuring the production has the best opportunity to succeed.
This module aims to introduce students to a range of fundamental practices and processes within film production, gaining an overview of the film industry and its workflows. They will develop knowledge and skills across several core competencies through theoretical and practical instruction.
The module aims to develop a sense of what areas of work you may later take up in the industry and how to market your work within a team to a specific target group. In the beginning, a vision/idea of a fictitious media product in the creative industry is developed as a team.
The group members should then divide themselves into the corresponding roles within the researched positions and define which software they need for this and what salary they would receive for it.
What is the cost of the position you hold in the company, together with the resources you need for it? Which group members are permanent employees and which are freelancers?
In the course of the module, the team develops branding for the product, considers possible distribution channels for the release, and prepares the individual pieces of work of the group members from a marketing point of view so that content can be used for a possible advertising campaign.
By the end of the module, you will have an overview of all job positions within your industry, be able to assess your work financially and market yourself and your portfolio appropriately. You will get an overview of the workflow, how freelance and permanent activities work in the industry, and know how to use basic marketing techniques.
The group members should then divide themselves into the corresponding roles within the researched positions and define which software they need for this and what salary they would receive for it.
What is the cost of the position you hold in the company, together with the resources you need for it? Which group members are permanent employees and which are freelancers?
In the course of the module, the team develops branding for the product, considers possible distribution channels for the release, and prepares the individual pieces of work of the group members from a marketing point of view so that content can be used for a possible advertising campaign.
By the end of the module, you will have an overview of all job positions within your industry, be able to assess your work financially and market yourself and your portfolio appropriately. You will get an overview of the workflow, how freelance and permanent activities work in the industry, and know how to use basic marketing techniques.
Semester 2
Throughout the second semester, you will broaden your scope to work on more complex multidisciplinary projects with industry-standard practices.
In this module, you will produce the material (pre-production + production) for a short film based on your chosen script. This submission is individual work, but one person from your course has to be engaged as camera operator (camera + light) and another person as sound assistant, so that all of them are responsible once for the direction, once for the camera, and once for the sound during the module.
Module learning outcomes will be achieved by completing post-production for a film including editing, compositing, motion graphics, colour grading, and writing a research paper.
This module aims to enable students to undertake a collaborative media project, gaining experience in the production of a dedicated creative media item and having an opportunity to reflect critically on both the production process and their creative practice.
In the module, students will experience teamwork across creative media disciplines, and potentially remotely across various campus locations. The module will also introduce key differences between production strategies for the arts or sciences, preparing students to develop their specialization.
Students can choose from a range of possible projects, the availability of which is determined by the location of the campus, the needs of the local industry, and/or the student’s learning requirements.
In the module, students will experience teamwork across creative media disciplines, and potentially remotely across various campus locations. The module will also introduce key differences between production strategies for the arts or sciences, preparing students to develop their specialization.
Students can choose from a range of possible projects, the availability of which is determined by the location of the campus, the needs of the local industry, and/or the student’s learning requirements.
Semester 3
Semester 3 introduces you to a professional working environment where you will undertake several project briefs using a project-based ‘creative studio’ approach. Creative Studios provide a practically focused approach to your education, through the engagement with authentic assessment activities that reflect industry practises.
This module aims to enable students to utilise complex and industry-relevant workflows for producing media projects in a simulated workplace setting. They will explore best-practice project planning, production techniques, and project execution methods as they complete studio work.
Throughout this module, students will be encouraged to engage in self-reflective processes to improve their creative and collaborative work practices and to build the core skills necessary for a successful career in the creative industries. With the guidance of studio facilitators, students will complete a set of project briefs designed to build on the foundation skills acquired and to further enhance their competencies within their discipline area.
Throughout this module, students will be encouraged to engage in self-reflective processes to improve their creative and collaborative work practices and to build the core skills necessary for a successful career in the creative industries. With the guidance of studio facilitators, students will complete a set of project briefs designed to build on the foundation skills acquired and to further enhance their competencies within their discipline area.
Semester 4
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of team processes and team dynamics. To collaboratively produce complex digital media products of a high standard and present and effectively communicate outcomes to an audience.
This module aims to enable students to undertake a collaborative media project, gain experience in the production of a dedicated creative media subject, and have the opportunity to reflect critically on both the production process and their creative practice.
Students will experience teamwork across creative media disciplines, and potentially remotely across various campus locations, preparing them that way to develop their specialisation.
In the beginning, a vision/idea of a fictitious media product in the creative industry is developed as a team. The group members should then divide themselves into the corresponding roles within the researched positions.
In the course of the module, the team develops branding for the product, considers possible distribution channels for the release, and prepares the individual pieces of work of the group members from a marketing point of view so that content can be used for a possible advertising campaign. By the end of the module, students will have an overview of all job positions within the industry.
Students will experience teamwork across creative media disciplines, and potentially remotely across various campus locations, preparing them that way to develop their specialisation.
In the beginning, a vision/idea of a fictitious media product in the creative industry is developed as a team. The group members should then divide themselves into the corresponding roles within the researched positions.
In the course of the module, the team develops branding for the product, considers possible distribution channels for the release, and prepares the individual pieces of work of the group members from a marketing point of view so that content can be used for a possible advertising campaign. By the end of the module, students will have an overview of all job positions within the industry.
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