An in-depth and detailed analysis of the characteristics and development of Transnational Cinema and Documentary Films"

In order to work in the audiovisual field, it is necessary to have a good knowledge of how to accommodate the visual and narrative discourse in an optimal way in each of the contexts in which it is produced. In this sense, knowing the social, cultural and economic origins of each film production in the transnational context provides the essential keys to understanding the productions in each different time and place.

This comprehensive TECH program will take the student through a very complete tour through different historical periods, movements, styles and main authors of the most interesting and influential films from different countries and continents.

This exciting analysis will reveal how the different evolutionary moments of each society have led to the emergence of many other movements and styles that became ways of telling and transmitting information through a transnational panorama of great impact. 

All the aspects that the audiovisual professional should know about Transnational Cinema and Documentary Films”

This postgraduate diploma in Transnational Cinema and Documentary Films offers you the characteristics of a program of high teaching and technological level. These are some of its most notable features:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program

We don't settle for theory: we take you to the most practical and competent know-how"

Our teaching staff is made up of working professionals. In this way TECH ensures to offer you the updating objective it intends. A multidisciplinary team of professors trained and experienced in different environments, who will develop theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will bring their practical knowledge derived from their own experience to the course: one of the differential qualities of this training.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodology used in the design of this course. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-Learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, students will be able to study with a range of convenient and versatile multimedia tools that will give them the operational skills they need for their qualification.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that views learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, TECH will use telepractice: with the help of an innovative interactive video system and Learning from an Expert, the student will be able to acquire the knowledge as if they were facing the scenario they are learning at that moment. A concept that will allow students to integrate and memorize what they have learnt in a more realistic and permanent way.

A contextualized and real educational program that will allow you to put your learning into practice through new skills"

The forms of Transnational Cinema and Documentary Filmss and the interpretation of its message, in a program of high interest for the professional in this field"

The objectives that TECH proposes in each of its programs are focused on achieving a global impulse to the development of its students, not only in the academic field, in which the highest quality standards are set, but also in the personal field. To this end, TECH offers a stimulating and flexible development that allows students to achieve the satisfaction of completing their goals in an effective manner. 

Learn in an efficient and stimulating way and achieve your professional goals with the quality of a high-impact program"

General Objective

• Recognize the different communicative codes of Transnational Cinema and analyze their particular characteristics

Specific Objectives

Module 1. American and European Cinema

• Learn about the development and evolution of the main audiovisual media (cinema and television) throughout history
• Learn the historical keys of the audiovisual processes and their relevance for the understanding of the contemporary panorama
• Distinguish the affiliations and kinships in the great audiovisual family according to their historical, social and cultural context
• Know how to analyze and interpret audiovisual products from a more integrated perspective, taking into account their socio-historical dimension
• Have a panoramic knowledge of American cinema in its early years
• Identify the different historical periods, genres, movements, styles and main authors of American cinema
• Know the fundamental approaches to the theory of film genres, as well as the history and problems of the main Hollywood film genres
• Know the traditions, themes and problems of European cinema
• Analyze and interpret contemporary American cinema

Module 2. Latin American, Asian and African Cinema  

• Know the history and contemporary problems of Hispanic American cinema
• Identify the different historical periods, movements, styles and main authors of Hispanic American cinema
• Contextualize, analyze and interpret contemporary Hispanic American cinema, taking into account its growing transnational dimensions
• Know the history and contemporary problems of cinema in the East, Africa and India
• Distinguish the different geopolitical contexts and their corresponding historical periods, movements and styles
• Contextualize, analyze and interpret the aforementioned cinema in view of its growing transnational dimensions

Module 3. Informative and Documentary Films

• Know the theory and technique of documentary filmmaking
• Acquire a global perspective on documentary film and its evolution
• Learn about the main topics of debate surrounding the documentary film
• Recognize the different documentary genres and styles
• Learn about new documentary trends and formats
• Identify the main elements of documentary narrative
• Be able to plan and manage the technical and human resources in film and television productions, as well as the techniques and processes of creation
• Acquire the ability to explore the technical and expressive possibilities of documentary filmmaking

We boost your professional growth with this postgraduate diploma in Transnational Cinema and Documentary Films"