Challenge-based learning

Instead of teaching conventional subjects, we immerse you in real-life situations so you can explore each discipline from the inside before choosing your specialisation.

8 weeks, a new challenge.

Challenge-based learning is how ESCAC gamifies your training during the first two years of the degree. We turn specialisations into challenges: concrete situations with their own rules and a clear objective, which require you to understand a discipline by doing it, not by listening to someone talk about it. Every eight weeks, the group takes on a new challenge. In each cycle, you’ll delve into a different specialisation (Directing, Cinematography, Sound, Editing, Production, Screenwriting, Art Direction or Documentary). You’ll acquire the skills for each one, not through a superficial overview, but with the real depth each discipline demands.

Let go of your preconceptions.

The challenge format removes any initial resistance. A student who thought Art Direction wasn’t for them may discover it because the challenge has led them to it naturally. Many arrive with a clear specialisation in mind and confirm their choice, while others change direction completely after a challenge that they didn’t expect to be passionate about.

An informed
decision.

Each challenge is a learning experience that informs your big decision down the line: choosing your specialisation in your third and fourth years. As a result, when you reach that stage, you’ll have not only chosen a specialisation, but also gained firsthand, practical knowledge of the entire filmmaking process. And that radically changes the quality of your work.

How will this pillar contribute to your development?

Goodbye, boring theory.

During your first two years, you won’t sit passively at a desk watching slide presentations about how films are made. You’ll “play” at filmmaking. Each challenge will require you to get your hands dirty and overcome specific obstacles under pressure. It’s an exhilarating way to learn that will keep you active, motivated and creating from your very first day of class.

Take the pressure off.

Deciding what you want to do for the rest of your professional life when you’ve only just arrived at school is almost impossible. This system takes that pressure off and requires you to try absolutely everything first. When it’s time to choose your final specialisation in your third year, you won’t do it on instinct; you’ll do it with the confidence of someone who has experienced every department from the inside.

You’ll be an all-rounder.

Having been required to rotate through sound, screenwriting, cinematography or editing, you’ll reach your final shoots knowing exactly what your classmates are going through. You won’t be a director or producer making impossible demands out of ignorance. You’ll become an empathetic, efficient and resourceful professional, able to bring out the best in every member of your team.

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