Film and Television Costume Designer
54.05.02 In English and Russian
Level of education Specialist
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 6 years
Programme description
- The specialist’s programme ‘Film and Television Costume Designer’ offers an opportunity to receive professional training and get a degree in a rare profession and receive a fundamental university education
- The programme is unique in that it combines the academic system of teaching artistic disciplines with active creative training and search for new graphic forms
- Unique creative methods that are as close as possible to the contemporary practice of cinema production are used during practical training at the school of film and television designers. As a result, graduates of the programme are much-in-demand at the film studios of the country
Main courses
- Film and Television Costume Design – Composition
- Drawing
- Painting
- History of Cinematography
- Fundamentals of Film Directing
- Fundamentals of Motion Picture Photography
- History of Foreign Art and Culture
- History of Russian Art and Culture
- Surface Anatomy
- Painting and Graphics Techniques
- History of Architecture and Layout
- History of Material Culture and History of Costume
- Computer Graphics in Film Production
- Techniques and Technology of Film Set Design
- Film Properties
- Fundamentals of Dramaturgy
Our advantages
- The programme is unique in that it is the only programme in St Petersburg that provides the opportunity to receive professional education and an uncommon speciality ‘Film and Television Costume Designer’
- Students receive a fundamental university education
- The programme provides practical training at the school of film designers using unique creative techniques that are as close as possible to modern film production practices
- The academic system of teaching art disciplines is combined with active creative training and the search for new visual forms
- The teaching staff are qualified. The training is provided by prominent film and costume designers from the ‘Lenfilm’ film studio, and leading St Petersburg painters and graphic artists. Practical classes are held at film studios in St Petersburg and across the country
- Graduates are in demand in film studios across Russia
- Practical training is held at film studios in St Petersburg and across Russia
Career opportunities
Graduates of the programme are ready to work in cinema and television and in various fields of creative activities: easel, theatrical, monumental painting; easel and book graphics; design; and photo and video art.