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The Visual Effects Production (VFX) Postgraduate Degree provides advanced training not only in industry-specific software, but also teaches students on the development of the artistic vision and attention to detail needed to work on relevant projects and companies in the field (national and international).

Direção

Diretor - Nuno Crespo
Vice-diretor - Pedro Alves
Vogal - Joana Teixeira

3D Computer Modeling and Animation Lab

The CCD has a 3D Computer Modeling and Animation Lab, equipped with 10 high-performance workstations, inlcuding Wacom Cintiq drawing tablets, and installed with industry standard and state-of-the-art software (e.g. AUTODESK Maya, Smoke, V-Ray, Nuke; Unity 4, Blender).

a. Characteristics

• Focus on the development of projects, in groups, allowing the acquisition of different artistic and technical skills of cinema: documentary, fiction, experimental, film-essay, among others.

• Technical and artistic support with directors and professionals from different areas of cinema

• State of the art facilities and equipment

• Production budget for the final project.

a. Characteristics

a. Characteristics

  • Framework and approach focused on the fundamental themes of curation, related to the worlds of production, circulation and reception of contemporary arts, and focus on the universes of creative values, cultural and market institutions, intermediary agents and also their audiences
  • Novelty of positioning in the national context and application of international artistic pedagogy models.
  • Theoretical-practical orientation and organization that reflect the centrality of curatorship studies in the context of art history and cultural studies, as well as the specificity of their fields of study and their professional practices
  • Project methodology based on a direct relationship with authors, benefiting from the project-based teaching model
  • Focus on research and implementation of a curatorial project. Use of the technical and artistic resources of the Escola das Artes (image and sound capture material; image and sound post-production laboratories; exhibition hall; library)
  • Unique facilities for the development of complex projects: Ilídio Pinho Auditorium, Exhibition Room and Pátio das Artes
  • Strong involvement of the community and cultural practices of the region
  • Different guests belonging to the national and international artistic milieu that will allow students to develop their projects in the broad and current context of curatorial practices and studies
  • Teaching with a strong presence and collaboration, through constant initiatives (Artistic Residencies, Seminars, Summer School, Exhibition Program) by international artists, directors and specialists in the fields of contemporary art and cinema
  • Own teaching staff with great organizational, research and creative capacity, including prestigious artists and researchers
  • Partnership with the Serralves Foundation.

a. Characteristics

• Participation in workshops, master classes and other advanced training actions promoted by the School, under advantageous conditions

• Proximity and privileged access to the Conservation and Restoration Center, where students can intern and with which many alumni collaborate regularly.

• Proximity work with ancient and contemporary artistic and cultural heritage.

• Development of technical-motor skills: manual dexterity, visual acuity and motor coordination

• Development of transversal skills: problem solving, teamwork, research and organization

a. Characteristics

Broadband course that enables the recruitment of candidates with different training profiles in the area of ​​Heritage Sciences, promoting the crossing of interdisciplinary and transversal perspectives and experiences

Faculty that brings together specialists from the School of Arts and invited researchers with recognized academic and professional experience in the various specialty areas of the course

The doctoral plan works in a multidisciplinary context by nature, which allows for an offer of syllabus that covers several artistic and research areas

Association with the activity in the focus area of ​​Heritage, Conservation and Restoration of CITAR, classified as excellent by the FCT. This classification, in addition to representing a high quality of research, also represents greater access to funding for projects and theses

The doctoral plan works fully in the English language, which makes it possible to cover a universe, both of doctoral students and guests, not limited by the language

EA and CITAR maintain a very strong and dynamic partnership with cultural institutions of the northern region of Portugal with a worldwide artistic dimension, such as Fundação de Serralves, Casa da Música and Gnration/Braga Media Arts. These partnerships allow doctoral students to have a privileged contact with contemporary production as observers and researchers, as well as allowing them to have privileged access to institutions and programmers as artists and creators

There is great diversity in geographic and cultural origin, as well as in the scientific preparation and previous development activity of the vast majority of doctoral candidates. This diversity creates a unique synergy and context, favoring the development process of research and artistic projects.

EA, with its offer of degrees and masters in the area, integrates students in a dynamic and lively environment, with opportunities to develop more complete academic skills profiles

Support for the development of applied research in the theoretical and practical scope through the CCD that integrates the national FCT roadmap for research infrastructures of strategic interest. In addition to the exclusive subjects, doctoral students can attend all the curricular units offered in the different areas of specialization of the Master in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets, which will allow doctoral students to obtain technical and practical knowledge that are decisive for the development of their theses.

 

a. Characteristics

  • Innovative and differentiated pedagogical model, inspired by project based and artistic based learning references, which combines highly specialized advanced training, research and project practices appropriate to the artistic context
  • Regularly awarded and distinguished faculty members, in a variety of festivals and cultural circles, combining research and professional experience with extensive artistic practice
  • Furthermore, measures are underway to consolidate the teaching career. The relationship between internal professors and external guests (directors, artists, technicians, professionals) is already an EA practice with visible results in supporting the development of artistic and research projects
  • This synergy is reinforced in a sustained way by the regular organization of several international initiatives, such as the Summer School, Open Classes Program, Artist Residencies and the Visiting Artist program or Spring Seminar
  • Candidates benefit from a technological park and up-to-date equipment and from a dynamic and comprehensive plan of scientific, artistic and cultural activities, promoted either by CITAR or by the EA itself
  • The doctoral plan works in a multidisciplinary context by nature, which allows for an offer of syllabus that covers several artistic and research areas
  • CITAR is rated excellent by FCT, the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation. This classification, in addition to representing a high quality of research, also represents greater access to funding for projects and theses.
  • The doctoral plan works fully in the English language, which makes it possible to cover a universe, both of doctoral students and guests, not limited by the language
  • EA and CITAR maintain a very strong and dynamic partnership with cultural institutions of the northern region of Portugal with a worldwide artistic dimension, such as Fundação de Serralves, Casa da Música and Gnration/Braga Media Arts. These partnerships allow doctoral students to have a privileged contact with contemporary production as observers and researchers, as well as allowing them to have privileged access to institutions and programmers as artists and creators
  • There is great diversity in geographic and cultural origin, as well as in the scientific preparation and previous development activity of the vast majority of doctoral candidates. This diversity creates a unique synergy and context, favoring the development process of research and artistic projects
  • EA, with its offer of degrees and masters in the area, integrates students in a dynamic and lively environment, with opportunities to develop more complete academic skills profiles
  • Support for the development of applied research in the theoretical and practical scope through the CCD that integrates the national FCT roadmap for research infrastructures of strategic interest. In addition to the exclusive subjects, doctoral students can attend all the curricular units offered in the different areas of specialization of the Masters in Sound and Image, Cinema, Photography and Creative Industries, which will allow doctoral students to obtain technical and practical knowledge that are decisive for the development of their theses.

a. Characteristics

  • Novelty offer in the national context
  • Strong involvement of the community and cultural practices of the region. Participation, through constant initiatives (Artistic Residencies, Seminars, Summer School) of artists, directors and international specialists in the fields of cinema and Visual Effects Production (VFX). It combines the experience of professors from the School of Arts (PhDs, specialists and award-winners) with international professionals of equal relevance
  • Dynamic cultural context (Artistic Residencies, film cycles, cinematic exhibitions)
  • Faculty with great organizational and creative capacity, including internationally renowned artists and researchers
  • Use of the technical and artistic resources of the School (audiovisual laboratories, digital filming equipment, chroma-key studio, MoCap Laboratory, sound studios, video post-production and VFX laboratories).
  • Teaching aimed at the development of individual projects both in the area of artistic creation and professional training.
  • Possibility of teaching entirely in English (international student recruitment).
  • Project methodology based on direct relationship with faculty.

a. Characteristics

The curriculum of the Master's in Enterprise Management for the Creative Industries is diverse and interdisciplinary, covering courses such as:

• Business Management and Strategy in Creative Industries
• Art, Culture, and Creative Industries
• Legislation in Cultural and Creative Sectors
• Creativity
• Marketing, Branding, and Business
• Technologies in Creative Practices
• Project Management and Business Planning

In the first year, students develop skills in creativity, business management, financing, marketing, technologies, and impact evaluation. In the second year, they can choose between:

• Creative entrepreneurship pathway (Final Project)
• Research pathway (Dissertation)
• Professional pathway (Internship)

a. Characteristics

• Continuous and preferential access to equipment such as: Motion Capture Laboratory, Surround Sound Mixing Studio, Interactive Art and Digital Fabrication Laboratory, Film/TV Studio with Chroma-Keying; 

• Integration into EA's creative community, transversal to its courses; Possibility of collaboration and integration in CITAR Research Projects

• Possibility of collaboration and integration in knowledge transfer projects and artistic production, at CCD

• Faculty that includes recognized professionals and artists in the global market, as well as experienced university advisors

a. Characteristics

• Focus on the development of individual artistic projects

• Tutorial follow-up with visiting artists and directors

• Professional-grade facilities and equipment, including shooting, image and sound post-production

• A workshop with conditions for the construction of physical elements for installations

• A production budget for the final project, from both the School and the Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual (ICA)

a. Characteristics

Proximity to the School's intense cultural program:

a. Characteristics

  • The only training program of the sort, nationally.
  • Theoretical-practical approach to the study and documentation of contemporary art.
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  • Articulation with the Master's in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets and with the Post-Graduation in Curation and Art Markets, with which they share some curricular units, thus promoting a unique interdisciplinarity.
  • Participation of several guests who, through specialized seminars, complement the training through contact with the professional reality.
  • Link to city institutions, which can be deepened with examples and documentation practices.
  • Partnership with the Serralves Foundation and the Centro de Arte Oliva.

a. Expected candidate profile

• Interest in classical and contemporary artistic and cultural heritage

• Interest in a diversified theoretical-practical training, based on a broad vision of Cultural Heritage

• Willingness to work in a team with professionals from the same area and from other areas of knowledge

• Taste for working in different contexts: workshops, on-site work, laboratories.

• Manual dexterity, visual acuity and motor coordination.

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b. Characteristics

• Deepening of knowledge and experiences for the exercise of the profession, through the development of practices in the areas of interest

• Development of research, through the elaboration of a dissertation and the stimulation of scientific publication

• Projects and intervention activities in art and heritage in a real context

• Specialized training that allows understanding the artistic techniques, composition and behavior of materials, knowing their degradation and carrying out the most appropriate treatments for their conservation

• Possibility to develop skills in the areas of: Painting, Mural Painting, Sculpture, Carving, Contemporary Art, Integrated Heritage, Documentary Heritage, Archaeological Heritage, Scientific Collections, among others

• Erasmus programs at European schools and universities

• Participation in Technical Conferences and Advanced Training Workshops on cutting-edge technologies and methodologies with international experts

• Contribution to research projects and collaboration with researchers from the Center for Research in Science and Technology of the Arts

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b. Facilties and Equipment

• 24/7 access to all studios and facilities

• Individual video editing studios

• Audio Capture and Mix Studios with Stereo and Surround Sound

• Motion Capture Lab

• Digital Fabrication Lab (3D printers, CNC, electronics)

• Film/TV Studio with Chroma-Keying

• Large Cinema Auditorium (400px) equipped with Surround Sound and 2K Digital Projection System

b. Main Objectives

 

The program's main objectives are:

• To train specialists in the financial, legal, and operational management of the creative sector;
• To enhance the efficiency and socio-economic impact of cultural and creative projects;
• To foster critical reflection on the creative industries, encouraging innovative thinking;
• To equip students to identify new business opportunities and address the sector's challenges.

By the end of the program, students will be prepared to critically analyze the sector, propose innovative solutions, and lead creative projects with impact on both national and international levels.

b. Main Objectives

• Acquire technical and artistic knowledge of the pre-production, production and post-production process of an audiovisual work.

• Develop technical and artistic skills in the areas of direction, production, script, cinematography, script, sound direction, art direction, editing and post-production.

• Develop knowledge and aesthetic skills for the creation of an audiovisual work.

• Acquire and develop knowledge about the cinematographic and artistic market, its distribution and marketing.

• Critically understand the history of art and cinema as a way of sustaining an informed visual culture.

• Develop skills for the criticism and analysis of cinematographic works.

• Acquire informed knowledge about different genres, styles and cinematographies and their interconnection with practice.

• Develop structured thinking about the great questions of history and human thought, which can be reflected in an audiovisual creation.

b. Main Objectives

•  Development of professional competences in different areas of artistic creation:
Video - directing, capturing and editing video for different purposes in the audiovisual industry (TV Studio, institutional, advertising, social networks, etc.)
Animation – animation cinema, 3D modeling and textures Digital arts – interactive installations, video game art
Audio – Capture, edit and mix sound for different purposes (Television, Film, Concert, Studio)
Develop theoretical and technological and practical exploration skills, as well as critical thinking about Art and Society.

b. Main Objectives

The Program aims to offer complete training in curatorial practices, combining a strong theoretical component and a historical perspective on curatorship to the development of a curatorial project, from its conception, production, and public presentation.

  •      Develop an artistic, conceptual and critical identity.
  •      Critically understand the history of art and curation as a way of sustaining a strong visual culture.
  •      Develop structured thinking about the great questions of history and human thought, which can be reflected in an artistic creation.
  •      Develop skills for the criticism and analysis of a cinematographic work.
  •      Acquire technical and curatorial knowledge of the design, reflection, production and communication process of an exhibition.

b. Main Objectives

• Understand artistic techniques, composition and behavior of materials

• Know the degradation processes and phases and perform the most appropriate treatments for the conservation of different works

• Be able to work as a team to solve problems related to the conservation and restoration of works of art Identify the historical, technical and cultural framework of artistic objects and heritage

• Carry out diagnostic tests to identify works and evaluate intervention techniques

b. Main Objectives

  • Study Plan that seeks to respond to the challenges currently faced by research in the fields of conservation and restoration and management of cultural heritage.
  • Students are encouraged to build his research path within a more flexible curriculum structure, but which generates fundamental skills for the realization of a final work of an unprecedented doctoral thesis whose results have repercussions in the scientific and professional communities

b. Main Objectives

  • Multidisciplinary research environment, promoting convergence between various research areas (Fine Arts, Cinema, Sound and Image, Music, New Media Art, Engineering, and others)
  • Program designed to meet the needs of students/researchers with a varied profile who present work and artistic practice already developed and/or a professional path linked to research in the area of Science and Technology of the Arts
  • Taking these aspects into account, the program invests in a high-level research profile and aims to provide systematic research capabilities as well as specialized tools in the field of technologies applied to creation and the arts. In this context, doctoral education and training aims to involve those dedicated to critical thinking, history, aesthetics and theory of the arts.

b. Principais objetivos

The Program aims to systematize and offer a generic approach to the technical, material and conceptual diversity of contemporary art, through training with a theoretical-practical nature with analysis of case studies, contact with the different realities and actors and documentation practices.

  •      Develop a solid base of technical and material knowledge associated with the creation process.
  •      Strengthen interpretive capacity in technical/material and conceptual aspects.
  •      Develop the analysis of the different typologies of contemporary artistic creation.
  •      Apply documentation methods and techniques.
  •      Establish links between the various participants participating in the documentation process.
  •      Develop the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams.

b. Main Objectives

• Develop skills for the understanding, criticism and analysis of a cinematographic work and/or work that crosses between cinema and the visual arts.

• Acquire an informed knowledge about contemporary cinema and its relationship with contemporary art.

• Develop structured thinking about the great issues of contemporary time, which can be reflected in an artistic creation.

• Understand the cinema space in the contemporary cultural context and the dynamics of artistic programming and curation.

• Develop complex, technical and artistic skills in the field of cinema (direction, production, cinematography, script writing, art direction and post-production), as well as in its expanded field (installation).

• Develop an artistic, conceptual and critical identity.

b. Main Objectives

Acquisition and development of skills, such as:

  •      Mastery of photographic techniques from lighting, treatment, image editing and printing
  •      Production of photographic series and elaboration of an artistic portfolio
  •      Realization of an exhibition project
  •      Design and publication of an author/monograph book
  •      Theoretical-practical investigation into currents of contemporary photography

Professional/artistic portfolio development in:

  •      Practical Project in Photography
  •      Research and development of Dissertation in Photography

b. Professional Outlets

For every complex and surprising scene you see in cinema or TV, there are 2D/3D and “Compositing” artists who use real images captured by the camera and integrate computer generated elements to create incredible shots and sequences that deceive and dazzle our eyes. perception.

c. Scholarships and Grants

Candidates may request the study of their individual situation, and evaluate the possibilities of support available.

c. Competências

  • Formar especialistas nas diferentes áreas dos estudos de curadoria;
  • Desenvolver o ensino e investigação avançados da história da curadoria e das disciplinas com ela relacionadas como: antropologia, arquitetura, design expositivo, filosofia, história da arte, museologia, etc.;
  • Preparar especialistas que assumam a curadoria não só como campo de conhecimentos e investigação, mas igualmente como domínio prático profissional;
  • Desenvolver competências indispensáveis ao estudo da curadoria nomeadamente na organização de exposições;
  • Promover a capacidade de realizar exposições através do conhecimento dos diferentes elementos exigidos para a conceção, implementação, desenvolvimento, produção e receção de eventos expositivos;
  • Dotar especialistas das ferramentas necessárias à melhor compreensão da curadoria de arte, nomeadamente através do aprofundamento do conhecimento dos diferentes meios artísticos, das suas instituições, agentes e dinâmicas;
  • Proporcionar formação de base na área da gestão e produção de projetos de curadoria;
  • Capacitar os estudantes a operar em instituições públicas e privadas como autarquias, museus, fundações e outros espaços expositivos com vocação cultural;
  • Promover junto de profissionais a formação ao longo da vida.

c. Competences

  • Establish relationships based on the experience of several specialists and professionals from the various areas related to contemporary art
  • Offer training that exposes the dynamics and diversity of the creative context and the respective implications of study and documentation
  • Train specialists through a theoretical-practical approach that helps to deepen technical, material and conceptual knowledge
  • Provide tools that provide the correct choice of documentation methods and techniques consistent with the different realities of contemporary art
  • Create dynamic and interdisciplinary training through the involvement of various stakeholders
  • Provide specialized training that will enable the student to perform technical functions in public or private institutions that hold contemporary art collections.
  • Promoting lifelong training among professionals.

c. Research

The Postgraduate course is be integrated into the infrastructure of the Center for Digital Creativity, benefiting from its connection to the creative industry, cultural entities and audiovisual producers, and in the context of research, at CITAR - Center for Research in Science and Technology of the Arts.

The Center has, in its research activities, a team of researchers working in the field of cinema and cinematic art, producing articles, projects and artistic creations within this context. This group of researchers has, in recent years, a relevant scientific production in areas such as contemporary cinema, Portuguese cinema, experimental cinema, visual arts, photography, curation, aesthetics, etc.

Graduates benefit from a broad cultural program already in place that includes Artist Residencies, film sessions, regular exhibitions, interdisciplinary seminars and a Summer School. It will also benefit from collaboration protocols with different cultural entities, such as: Serralves Museum, Porto City Council, Porto/Post/Doc, Solar - Cinematic Art Gallery, Curtas Vila do Conde, Future Places, etc.

c. Professional Outlets

Film production, in one or more of its aspects:

• Directing
• Production
• Photography directing
• Sound design
• Post-production
• Scriptwriting

Artistic Production with a strong emphasis on moving image works;
 
Freelance Audiovisual Production, in its various components:

• Image capture / photography direction
• Image/sound post-production
• Production

 

c. Professional Outlets

• Film Production in one or more of its areas:
Directing
Production
Scriptwriting
Photography Direction
Sound Design
Editing
Post-Production

• Artistic Production with a strong emphasis on moving image works;

• Audiovisual production in the various areas described above and in institutional, corporate, advertising, television or music videos

 

 

 

c. Professional Outlets

As a continuation of the Undergraduate's Degree in Art, Conservation and Restoration, the Master's program, lasting two years, provides a specialization that allows for independent and autonomous entry into the profession.

• Integration in teams in public or private cultural institutions, such as museums, galleries, archives, libraries, foundations, monuments, etc., that have workshops, conservation and restoration laboratories or that develop preventive conservation programs.

• Integration in teams of private conservation and restoration companies.

• Coordination of conservation and restoration projects, prepares preventive conservation plans.

• Carrying out diagnoses, defines intervention methodologies and carries out the most appropriate treatments for heritage conservation.

• Developing applied research in the search for innovative solutions for heritage preservation.

• Participation in multidisciplinary teams in the rehabilitation of built and integrated heritage and in interventions for the preservation of ancient and contemporary art and heritage.

c. Professional Outlets

Alumni have different profiles, including:

  • Entrepeneurs /company owners / independent professionals in the audiovisual field
  • Highly-skilled specialized Professionals in communication and advertising companies (television, radio, film production companies)
  • Professionals specialized in the promotion of shows and entertainment (video recording, live sound, event producers).
  • Producers and technicians in recording studios (studio production

The Employability Service organizes activities to contact companies and enter the job market.

Students and alumni enjoy special conditions in the use of the School's spaces and equipment, upon request for support and presentation of a project.

c. Professional Outlets

• Cultural institutions such as museums, galleries, archives, libraries and foundations that have workshops, conservation and restoration laboratories or that develop preventive conservation programs.

• Private conservation and restoration companies.

• Multidisciplinary teams, in the rehabilitation of built and integrated heritage and in interventions for the preservation of ancient and contemporary art and heritage.

c. Professional Outlets

Graduates of the Master's in Enterprise Management for the Creative Industries will be qualified to:

• Develop technical and scientific activities in identifying business opportunities in the cultural and creative sector;
• Act as researchers in the design and analysis of sector-specific activities;
• Analyze prospective scenarios and organizational contexts within the creative sector;
• Manage processes and organizational routines in the creative industries;
• Create and execute sustainable projects aligned with the sector's economic and cultural dynamics;
• Develop resource mobilization and funding projects;
• Critically reflect on the role of creative industries in contemporary society;
• Collaborate on projects with public, private, and other organizations.

c. Professional Outlets

  • Artistic practice
  • Commercial Photography services: capturing and editing

c. Professional Outlets

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to build a career:

• Artistic – development of own works as an author in the areas of Animation Film, Audio Production (Cinema, Radio, Concert, Installation), New Media (interactive installation, brand activation, Augmented and Virtual Reality content).

• Scientific – They can join CITAR or CCD research teams, develop R&D work that will define the future of the area. Progress to PhD.

• Professional - Create or intern and join companies in your area of expertise. In this sense, the aforementioned internship agreements are highlighted.

 

Comunicação

Joana Sampaio Silva

d. Schedule a Visit

Joana Silva
jssilva@ucp.pt
Tel: 935 370 331

d. Schedule a Visit

send an email to artes@ucp.pt to schedule or call +351 935 370 331

Digital and Interactive Arts Lab

This 50 m2 acoustically treated lab has a Yamaha Disklavier Grand Piano Robotic Performance System, a Notomoton Percussion Robot, two Reactable Live and one Reactable Media Bench Systems, various Microsoft Kinects, Nintendo Wiimotes, LeapMotion sensors, Webcameras, Arduino and Raspberry Pi systems, and various sensors and actuators for Digital and Interactive Digital Projects. It includes a 30m2 atelier for hardware and electronics projects.

Digital Photography Lab

The CCD has a small Digital Photograpy Lab, equipped with a large format photo-quality plotter, 2 high-performance workstations with calibrated 21’ ands 27’ LCD screens, and  industry standard software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, etc.). The studio includes 5 CANON EOS6D cameras (with assorted lenses).

e. Scholarships and Social Support

Financial support applications are individually analyzed, according to the applicants' specific situation.

• Directorate General for Higher Education Scolarships
• UCP Social Support
• Merit and Portfolio Scholarships

e. Scholarships and Social Support

Financial support applications are individually analyzed, according to the applicants' specific situation

• Directorate General for Higher Education Scolarships
• UCP Social Support
• Merit and Portfolio Scholarships

e. Scholarships and Social Support

Financial support applications are individually analyzed, according to the applicants' specific situation

• Directorate General for Higher Education Scolarships
• UCP Social Support
• Merit and Portfolio Scholarships

 

Edições e Logística

Maria Ferreira

Equipa Técnica

Direção Técnica - João Pereira
Apoio Técnico - Nuno Fonseca, Pedro Oliveira
Conservação e Restauro - Cristina Basto

Exhibition Room

The CCD is also equipped with a fully-equipped Exhibition Room with 125.40 m2 (11.40m x 10m). From photography and painting exhibitions, to immersive video and sound art installations, the Exhibition’s Room can be used in a broad-range of settings, according to the most appropriate fashion. Artists such as Jonathan Uliel Saldanha, Nuno da Luz, Salomé Lamas, Francisco Tropa and João Paulo Feliciano already exhibited there.

f. Erasmus

• Partner Institutions
• Regulations and Useful information

g. Internships

The internship is considered as part of the academic course, integrated in the training plan in the 2nd year of the study cycle (Training Curricular Unit - 60 ECTS). It is seen as structuring the professional attitude of a student of the Sound and Image course towards his future work activity. It must be structuring not only in view of the versatility of the basic and interdisciplinary subjects of the course, but also as a strong link between the University and the job market. The Curricular Internship is developed in the Hosting Entities according to each student's area of specialization, and lasts for a minimum of 24 weeks. An Internship Agreement is signed between the Hosting Entities and the Catholic University, which commits the two institutions involved in the duration of the internship, the student and the professor who accompanies him in this Curricular Unit.

 

 

Computor Animation
• Sardinha em Lata 
• Solid Média 
• Pix Mix 
• Bando à Parte 
• Cimbalino 
• Farol de Ideias 
• Filbox 
• Filmes do Tejo 
• Fronteira Filmes 
• Garage Films 
• Guerrilha Filmes 
• Lightbox 
• O Som e a Fúria 
• Utopia Filmes 
• Vende-se Filmes


New Media Art 
• Be-Active 
• Designarte 
• Easy-Art 
• Gema Interative 
• Landka 
• Menina Design ​

 

Sound Design
• ElitPalco 
• Worten Digitópia Casa da Música
• Indigo Música 
• Loudness Studios
• Lourisom 
• SomNorte 
• Soundtrapp 
• Warehouse Studios (República Checa)
• Ad-hoc Studios (Espanha

g. Internship Agreements and Partnerships

Companies and Institutions with Internship Agreements:

• Alexandre Manuel Viegas Maniés – Conservação e Restauro
• Archeofactu – Arqueologia e Arte, Lda
• CaCO3, Conservação do Património Artístico, Lda
• Era Arqueologia SA
• NCREP - Consultoria em Reabilitação do Edificado e Património Lda
• Nova Conservação – Restauro e Conservação do Património Artístico-Cultural, Lda
• N-Restauros, Conservação e Restauro Lda
• Porto Restauro – Conservação e Restauro e Objetos de Arte
• XpectralTEK
• Diocese do Porto
• Fundação de Serralves
• Município de Ovar
• Museu de Arqueologia D. Diogo de Sousa
• Museu Nacional do Azulejo


Partnerships:

• ACRA - Atelier de Conservação e Restauro de Azulejo - Câmara Municipal de Ovar 
• Câmaras Municipais (Porto, Matosinhos, Ovar) 
• Celestial Ordem Terceira da Santíssima Trindade 
• Dioceses, Paróquias e Ordens (Diocese de Bragança e Miranda, Sé Patriarcal do Porto 
• Direção Geral do Património Cultural 
• Direção Geral do Património Cultural, Laboratório José de Figueiredo 
• Direção Regional da Cultura do Norte 
• Escola Superior de Conservação e Restauro de Bens Culturais da Galiza, Espanha 
• Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) - Department of Photography, Prague 
• Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 
• Fundação de Serralves 
• Fundação Osvaldo Fio Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 
• Geobiotech, Universidade de Aveiro 
• Instituto del Patrimonio Histórico Español 
• Inúmeras paróquias 
• IVACOR- Valencia, Espanha 
• Laboratório Hércules, Universidade de Évora 
• Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) 
• Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Barcelona (MACBA), Espanha 
• Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Espanha
• Museu D. Diogo de Sousa 
• Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis 
• Museu Santa Maria de Lamas 
• NCREP - Consultoria em Reabilitação do Edificado e Património Lda. 
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto 
• Universidade Complutense de Madrid (Belas Artes), Espanha 
• Universidade de Sevilha (Belas Artes), Espanha 
• Universidade de Vigo, Espanha 
• Universidade do Minho 
• Venerável Ordem Terceira de S. Francisco

 

g. Continue your journey!

The Master in Cinema is an advanced training in contemporary cinema, deepening the technical and creative skills developed throughout the Degree. It allows choosing a specific focus of work, within the area, with the realization of author projects. The course is concluded with the completion of a final project, a theoretical dissertation or a curricular internship.

Also, check out the other EA master programes.

g. Further Studies

The Degree in Sound and Image guarantees the development of the necessary skills to enter the job market. However, this training can be complemented through the advanced training offer of the Escola das Artes:
Master in Sound and Image
Master in Cinema
Master in Photography
Master In Creative Industries Management

g. ​Further Studies

• The Undergraduate Program guarantees the development of the necessary skills to enter the job market, allowing you to work under the supervision of a conservator-restorer who has an academic degree equal to or higher than a master's degree.

• To access more advanced opportunities, we advise you to complement and deepen your training, through the Master in Conservation and Restoration,
which confers a specialization that allows the entry into professional life, in an autonomous and individual way.

Motion Capture (MoCap) Lab

This 60 m2 studio is equipped with: a Vicon Motion Capture System; ten Vicon T40S-NR18, 4 Mega pixel cameras; full body suits and equipment for MoCap; two Dell T7500 Workstations; two High Speed Video Cameras; twelve GigE Gigabit Ethernet with 210 FPS frame rates; and a 25m3 service lift with direct access to the outdoor parking lot. This Lab also includes a 16.1 Genelec speaker sound system for multichannel sound reproduction, which can be used for surround interactive sound projects.

Multi-purpose Auditorium for Cinema, Music, Sound Performances and General Events

The Ilídio Pinho Auditorium (AIP) is a large Auditorium with  a capacity of 470 seats, divided between audience, 1st balcony and 2nd balcony; - Stage with 15 x 13 m (195m2 including backstage); - Projection Screen with 9 x 5 m; - Projection system of digital technology DCP * (Projector NEC 2K, 8000 Lumens); - Dolby Surround sound system with 24 speakers; - Capacity for 18,000 watts of illumination; - Digital Recording and / or Streaming on Régie de TV;

* The DCP (Digital Cinema Package) system is a prime technology for cinematic projection, allowing the display of contents with high quality of sound and image.

Serviços Académicos

Contacto Telefónico (2ª a 6ª feira 09:30–12:30 / 14:30-17:30) - 939030036
Email: sa.artes.porto@ucp.pt
Cristina Souto – Ext. 308
Filipa Barradas – Ext. 137
Vânia Fernandes – Ext. 137

Sound and Video Production Cells

The CCD has 10 sound and video production cells (~10m2 each), which include audio and video computer workstations installed with industry standard software (Apple Final Cut X, AVID ProTools 10, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop,  etc.), where sound and video editing and postproduction projects can be developed. Most cells include a small sound recording booth for simple tasks as voice overs, narration recording, etc.

Student Care e Eventos

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Surround Music and Sound Recording and Mixing Studio

A 50 m2 acoustically treated studio regie with: an ICON 64 Fader D- Control ES Bundle System; Pro Tools HD with 16 preamplified inputs; 7.1 Blue Sky preamplified sound monitors with Sky System One 5.1 + two SAT 12 monitors; Hardware Dolby Surround (DP570 - Multichannel Audio Tool, DP564 - Multichannel Audio Decoder, DP570 - Multichannel Dolby Digital Enc.); and sound synthesis software, including Waves Diamond, Native Instruments Komplete 8 Ultimate and Vienna Symphonic Orchestra.

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TV, Cinema and Chroma-Keying Studio

This 50m2 Video Recording studio includes a Chroma-Keying wall, a camera crane, and a high ceiling, where a lighting grid is installed. This studio is equipped with several lighting systems, including a recent state-of-the-art DEDOLIGHT led lighting system for motion picture, television, still photography, architectural lighting and fine art display. It also includes a 10m2 analogic TV regie (which at some point should be upgrade to a digital solution, with capacity for live webTV productions).

Video Production Systems for Cinema, TV, Videomapping and Outdoors Video Productions

CDD has a Sony Anycast Station AWS-G500HD portable video switching and audio mixing system, two Panasonic – AW-HE100E Robotic Cameras, one Sony Digital Cinema F3 camera, three Sony HD EX1 cameras, a Barco FLM HD14 Projector (14.000 ANSI Lumen), 3 Sony VPL-FH35 HD Video Projects (5400 ANSI Lumen). Video editing and post-production software licenses include Apple Final Cut X, Adobe After Effects, Davinci Resolve, Resolume Arena 4, (also available in the 7 CCD video editing cells).