The Municipal Center for the Arts (CMA) of Mazatlán announces the sixth edition of the Diploma in Cinematography, a unique opportunity to learn the secrets of the seventh art from outstanding teachers and with access to professional equipment: cameras, sound, lighting and equipment to produce cinematographic material.
Classes will begin on Saturday, February 8th at 10:00 a.m. and will conclude in July. The diploma will be taught at the CMA’s “Marco Lugo” Cinematograph and is aimed at people interested in cinematography, without the need for previous knowledge.
Teacher Edén Martínez highlighted that the diploma is made up of six subjects: Script, Production, Direction, Cinematography, Sound and Postproduction.
Students will work on real projects and will have the opportunity to develop their skills in a professional environment.
The requirements to enroll are to be over 15 years old, pay the registration fee of 1,050 pesos and pay monthly payments of 750 pesos, submit child-sized photos, a copy of a birth certificate, a copy of CURP, proof of address and fill out a registration form with the requested information, deliver it to the CMA offices, on Carnaval Street, next to the Ángela Peralta Theater.
“No previous knowledge is necessary, this diploma is aimed at those who have already studied an audiovisual career, or are studying it. In the subject of scriptwriting, we seek to start working on the ideas that they bring for a story, it does not matter if they already have it, or develop it in the module, what we want is for them to learn the importance of the script and to choose at least two projects to work on them,” Edén Martínez.
