The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) is a film school located on a dual campus in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, and Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. AFDA is a full member of CILECT.

It offers two three year undergraduate degree programmes - a BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LIVE PERFORMANCE and a BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MOTION PICTURE MEDIUM and a graduate degree in MASTER OF FINE ARTS (MFA).

AFDA also has an entrepreneurial history, formalized strategic relationships with the industry and the ability to train talent to a high level of technical, attitudinal,aesthetic, craft and intellectual ability. This is coupled with a prolific output and creation of quality entertainment products. AFDA also aims to create business skills to train future leaders in film and television.

The AFDA student film ?ELALINI?, has been selected as the winning film in the 33rd annual Student Academy Awards Honorary Foreign Film category.

All AFDA degrees are recognized internationally.

Courses

• SCREEN ACTING
• MEDIA MUSIC PRODUCTION
• PRODUCING
• SCRIPTWRITING
• DIRECTING
• CINEMATOGRAPHY
• PRODUCTION DESIGN
• COSTUME, MAKEUP & STYLING
• EDITING
• ANIMATION DIRECTING
• VISUAL EFFECTS
• SOUND DESIGN
• TELEVISION PRODUCTION

Facilities

• 4 Lecture Halls
• Film Studio
• Television Studio
• Music Studio
• Edit Suites
• 1 X Fully-equipped fixed rake 75 seater theatre: MX 24 Lighting Board. Lighting Rig and 12 Channel Mixing Desks. 1 x Fully-equipped floating-rake studio: Rehearsal Rooms.
• Special Effects Studio
• MPM/LP Research Centre with access to 10 computer work stations and a soft area where students can relax with a book or magazine in deep leather chairs. 3 Producer meeting Pods with Viewing Facilities.MPM/LP Research centre with double volume ceilings, light airy conditions.
• Production Design Workspace
• Cinematography Equipment includes a 35mm Mitchell Animation camera 35mm Arri camera BL with b/w video take-off, Arri 2C camera b/w video-tape, full set of lenses and accessories. Super 16mm Arri SR camera and Aaton LTR54 with full set of lenses and accessories. Arri-M 16mm film cameras with lenses and accessories. Light meters. Griphouse Crane with swivel seat assembly and docking mount of Elemack Dolly.

External links

• AFDA Website

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