Basic Facts
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Year of Foundation:
2005
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Year of Receiving CILECT Full Membership:
2006
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Year of Receiving Last State Accreditation:
2006
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Name of Director (Rector, Dean, Head of School):
Takeshi Kiriyama
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Address:
4-44 Honcho Naka-ku Yokohama Kanagawa Japan 231-0005
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Country:
Japan
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Website:
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Points of Contact
CILECT Contact Person:Saori TakenakaTelephone:+81 50 55 25 26 83Email:takenaka.saori@fm.geidai.ac.jpEmail:geidaimovie@gmail.com
Mission & Strategy
What does it mean to study film in the Graduate School of Film? Many people who have worked with video in their undergraduate studies or have practical experience in the field might wonder why one would choose to pursue video research at the graduate level. After all, with the right equipment and technical skills, it’s possible to create videos without the need for formal research. So, why would someone opt to study video at a university?
If we take a look back, until the establishment of the Graduate School of Film in 2005, Tokyo University of the Arts had only the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Music. Both of these faculties have a long history dating back to the Meiji era and now encompass numerous specialized fields. The division into specialized fields reflects the maturity of those areas of study. Each field has its own theories and techniques, allowing newcomers to efficiently acquire the accumulated knowledge.
In contrast, the field of video has been expanding, making it challenging to fix specialized fields. For organizational purposes, the Master’s program has three majors: Film, Media Images, and Animation, while the Doctoral program has a major in Video Media Studies. However, questions such as whether a documentary should be shot as a film or animated have little meaning. You can explore documentary through filmmaking or animation. The same applies to stage direction, game production, virtual reality experiences, and many other areas where film, media, and animation can all contribute. Whether it’s what you’re talking about (the “what” in H), or how you’re depicting it (the technique), the field of video is still evolving.
In this context, the role of the Graduate School of Film is to explore new fields while researching theories and techniques. Research might sound grandiose, but essentially, it’s about elucidating how you thought and realized your work. Each analysis may be specific to individual works, but the process of analysis serves as a useful guide for future creators. Accumulated knowledge eventually transcends individual production and becomes theory and technique. While the issues to be addressed in research are left to the individual, there are countless areas to explore, from entertaining the audience, offering unprecedented experiences, uncovering overlooked problems, to visualizing the unseen.
What is common among the students of the Graduate School of Film, however, is the stance of thinking while creating. It is widely known that thinking through practice is highly valuable for making discoveries. However, it can be challenging to achieve this in a university setting. The Graduate School of Film provides an environment where thinking while creating is possible, and it is hoped that each participant will not only create excellent works but also accumulate new knowledge through research. This accumulation will eventually become part of the history, referred to as the history of the Heisei era, in the years to come.
Degree Areas
Film
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Degree Awarded
MA
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Training Type
Full-Time
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Portfolio & Interview
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Animation
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MA
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Full-Time
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
Admission Requirements
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Portfolio & Interview
No information
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Agreements with Foreign Governments
No information
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High Institution Matriculation
No information
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Recognized Prior Expertise
No information
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Talent Entrance Exams
No information
Language of Studies
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Language of Studies
Student Practical Work Obligations
Graduation Obligations per Student
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Practical Work
No information
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Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
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Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
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Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Media
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Degree Awarded
MA
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
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Non-Residents
Number of Students
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Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
Admission Requirements
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Portfolio & Interview
No information
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Agreements with Foreign Governments
No information
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High Institution Matriculation
No information
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Recognized Prior Expertise
No information
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Talent Entrance Exams
No information
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Student Practical Work Obligations
Graduation Obligations per Student
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Practical Work
No information
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Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
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Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
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Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student