Beijing & BFA

[Sakat]

Hello everyone,

I'm opening this thread to ask some advices.

I'm currently studying cinema in Tokyo but I'll move next year with my girlfriend in China. I plan to keep on studying film there and after a quick research the Beijing Film Academy seems to be a good university. Has anyone heard about that university? Any feedback?

I'll have to learn Chinese to do so. I studied Japanese that helps a little for hanzis. Btw, I'm not so worried about the language. But I'm more concerned where I should learn it. There is the possibility to study Chinese at BFA. The good point (I think but might be wrong) is that I would already have a connexion with the school. I suppose that should help to be admitted in the undergraduate program? Or there is a very good place to study Chinese in Beijing I should definitively go?

To be admitted in the Academy there are several tests. I know that many chinese students apply every year but only a few are selected; pretty selective.. After checking these examinations it seems (not sure about it) that foreigners have a slighty different one. Here is the 2010 examinations for cinematography:

摄 影

电影摄影方向

2月25日下午

初试

笔试：文艺及综合知识（文学、美术、戏剧、音乐、电影、摄影、智力测试等内容，考生自备2B铅笔）

2月28日下午

复试

笔试：1.影片读解（观摩故事片后回答与此影片内容相关的

问题）

3月1日下午

2.命题创作（根据命题故事内容，创作画出6-8幅画面，

叙述故事情节。绘画形式不限，自带画具）

3月4日起

三试

面试：综合素质考察（考生可自带本人美术、摄影作品）

(Complete informations: http://www.bfa.edu.cn/yx/site1/20091208/000ae43ac9320c88545001.doc)

I've some apprehension about these entry tests. If I'm asked about Chinese litterature well... :blink: Did anyone pass that kind of examinations?

That's all about the current issues. If someone has any advice, idea, remark (or also a funny joke but I prefer an advice) it's more than welcome!

Thank you in advance,

Sakat

[Xiwang]

sthubbar seems to have really enjoyed his/her experiences there:

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/28215-beijing-film-academy/

[Sakat]

Yeah I saw that topic.