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Çocuk Sinema Okulu
Courses

A course from every branch of cinema

All of these courses are part of the 35-week programme and every student takes them all. From acting to editing, from music to posters, children experience every stage of a film. Click a course to see what it covers.

On-Camera Acting
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On-Camera Acting

Acting for the camera, not the stage.

Children learn to stay natural in front of the camera, work with lines, move between emotions and play off a scene partner. Headshot sessions and audition practice prepare them for the professional process.

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Film Music
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Film Music

Telling the scene with music.

Children discover how music builds the emotion of a scene and compose a theme for their own film, learning rhythm, instrumentation and how to work in sync with the edit.

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Voice Acting / Dubbing
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Voice Acting / Dubbing

Acting with the voice.

Breath, tempo and character work at the microphone. In the dubbing studio children voice their own films and existing scenes, discovering that the voice is a stage of its own.

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Directing
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Directing

The person who brings the story to set.

Shot planning, directing actors, staging scenes and running the set. Children take the director's chair for their own film and run the shoot day from start to finish.

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Screenwriting & Storyboard
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Screenwriting & Storyboard

Story first, camera second.

From idea to character, from character to scene. Children write their own stories, build dialogue and draw storyboards to see the film on paper before shooting it.

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Camera & Drone
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Camera & Drone

The hand that shapes the image.

Framing, light, movement and lens choice. Alongside professional cameras, children also shoot aerial footage with a drone and see how the same story changes from different angles.

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Editing & Post-production
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Editing & Post-production

A film is finished at the edit.

The footage becomes a film on the editing desk. Children practise cutting, colour, sound mixing and post-production to prepare the film for its premiere.

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Posters, Sets, Costume & Make-up
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Posters, Sets, Costume & Make-up

The visible face of the film.

Every part of art direction: designing the film poster, building the set, choosing costumes for each character and on-camera make-up. Children build the world of their film with their own hands.

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Producing
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Producing

Owning the project.

Budget, schedule, crew and calendar. Through shooting schedules, call sheets and crew coordination, children learn that a film is an organisational job as well as an art.

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Poster Design
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Poster Design

Telling the film in a single image.

A poster is a film's first impression. Children design the poster for their own film and learn typography, composition and colour hands-on.

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One programme, every course

No separate applications needed

All the courses above are included in the programme. You apply with a single pre-registration form, and we go through the programme and schedule together at the introductory meeting.