American Film Institute Campus.

Founded in 1969, AFI Conservatory is a division of the American Film Institute, located in Hollywood's Griffith Park. Dubbed by some as "Juilliard for Filmmakers," the school is the only existing Master of Fine Arts conservatory in advanced film education. It is ranked in the top 5 graduate film programs along with UCLA, USC, NYU and Columbia University by Princeton Review and US News and World Report. Over the years, the program has graduated 3,000 fellows, many of whom went on to become influential Hollywood filmmakers, such as Peter Deming, Caleb Deschanel, Robert Elswit, Janusz Kaminski, Robert Richardson, Darren Aronofsky, Martin Brest, John Dahl, Bill Duke, Todd Field, Carl Franklin, Amy Heckerling, Mimi Leder, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, John McTiernan, Paul Schrader, Edward Zwick, Scott Frank, and Eric Red. The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded program that offers support and funding for projects that exhibit artistic excellence. ... 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Conservatory Program

AFI Conservatory is a five-term Master of Fine Arts program in six disciplines: Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting.

First Year - Fellows from all disciplines work on at least three digital video or high definition short films (up to 30 minutes). Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital, rather than analog, representation of the video signal. ... It has been suggested that High Definition Video be merged into this article or section. ...

Second Year - Fellows work on at least one Thesis short film, shot on digital video, high definition, 35mm film, or 16mm film, and develop portolio materials (such as a reel and a feature film screenplay). Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital, rather than analog, representation of the video signal. ... It has been suggested that High Definition Video be merged into this article or section. ... Simulated 35 mm film with soundtracks _ The outermost strips (on either side) contain the SDDS soundtrack as an image of a digital signal. ... 16 mm film was introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1923 as an inexpensive amateur alternative to the conventional 35 mm film format. ...

Student Work

AFI Conservatory student films can be seen at the AFI Los Angeles International Festival