Equip­ment and Facil­i­ties

At the DFFB, there is an emphasis on using professional film technology.

The production and post-production technology is the optimal foundation to prepare students for their professional filmmaking practices. From the beginning of their studies, DFFB students learn technical skills during the production and post-production processes. The entire film production process is taught, from shooting through all stages of production to the production of a DCP.

 

Recording technologies and camera equipment

Students­—particularly cinematography students—have access to recording technologies, ranging from inexpensive consumer systems (for example, Canon C300, Sony Alpha7s) to high-quality Cinestyle camera technology (Amira, Alexa35).  Alongside digital technology, the DFFB still offers the option for students to shoot on film (35mm or 16mm). For example, the first-year film is shot on S16 mm and in various cinematography seminars films or excerises are shot on 35 mm or 16 mm.

Through this approach, students are able to learn the various requirements of these different recording technologies. The DFFB also has an equipment depot with sound recording equipment and accessories (Sounddevice 883, Mixpre6, Ton-Zoom), and lights (HMI, Tungsten, Kinoflo, LED full Range und Bi- Color).

 

These cameras are available to students

  • N 16 mm film:
    Bolex (available at the Bolex workshop instructor: Ute Arand)
  • S16 mm film:
    ARRI SR3 High Speed (possibly external rental of objective set)
    ARRI 416
  • DSLR camera:
    Sony Alpha 7S
  • Digital Cinestyle:
    ARRI Alexa35
    ARRI Amira
    Canon C-300

 

Post-Production

A dense infrastructure of signal paths as well as a central storage system enable flexible workflows and networked procedures within the post-production process. High definition and data-based work processes were introduced as a streamlined production standard.

A high-end grading system with digital projection according to the DCI standard enables the colour grading of student film projects for cinema and TV. A colour management system ensures reliable, consistent image display.  Calibration of the film processing by a Berlin film laboratory enables precise colouring for developed films.

At our interim location in Adlershof, we cooperate with Christian Riegel and his team from Tonbüro for all cinema sound mixes.