Closer to what counts

    In the centre of the media location Munich-Unterföhring and in close proximity to all the important television centres and production companies: The Bayerische Akademie für Fernsehen trains the television experts of the future: closer to real life best practice, closer to the industry, closer to future developments – and clearly closer to success.

BAF - Bayerische Akademie für Fernsehen

    Founded in 1993, BAF has a straightforward philosophy: it offers hands-on professional training for sought-after jobs in television. Where university might be too long or too theoretical, but just "learning by doing" or "training on the job" isn't enough, BAF's vocational training builds a rock-solid foundation for a career in television.

    BAF focusses on the journalistic genres – news, magazines and documentaries – and gives training in four key disciplines:

TELEVISION JOURNALISM

CINEMATOGRAPHY

EDITING

ANIMATION + VFX

Peoples and methods

    The Academys concept is based on small numbers of students taught by experienced professional practitioners. This ensures that students can be given close individual guidance by skilled tutors in day-to-day touch with the real world of television. The language of instruction is German, but there are BAF graduates working throughout the world.

Facilities

    BAFs technical infrastructure is equivalent to that of a small TV station or production company. All the Academys technology meets the professional standards expected in todays television industry.

Beyond the basics

    Apart from entry-level training, BAF is also actively engaged in professional development for those already working in television. This includes:

• a TV Production Management course offered as job-enhancement training
• a variety of workshops on selected TV topics

A track record that speaks for itself

    The success of a vocational training institute is the success of its graduates on the job market. BAF is proud of the fact that around 90% of its graduates have found employment in the television industry. Whether they are now in public television or at private TV stations, BAF graduates can look back on their year at the Academy as just the right start to their career in television.

Students

    Each of the three annual classes takes only 15 students, who are selected by admission test. Because classes are kept small in number, every student has the opportunity of working frequently with BAFs production technology.

Assessment

    After an intermediate exam about halfway through the year, overall performance is assessed in a final exam. Both exams comprise practical and theoretical parts. Everyone successfully graduating from the course, besides being awarded a certificate of qualification, receives a demo tape containing his or her own productions for job application purposes.

For further questions please contact us:

Mrs. Irmi Freier

Tel.: +49/89-42 74 32 10

irmi.freier@fernsehakademie.de

Mrs. Rosalia Kreppel

Tel.: +49/89-42 74 32 15

rosalia.kreppel@fernsehakademie.de