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The Wendelin Sachtler Academy exists since 2005. Since that time numerous Workshops were staged there with national and international attendance. Even oscar laureates gladly visit the Academy, because everyone enjoyes the flair of easy knowledge transfer. Our informative features shows how various these workshops are. Current Workshops.

ECHING

“Always prepared the director´s ideas”

Basic Camera Stabilizing Systems Workshop under the management of Curt O. Schaller: an interview with participant Markus Kambeck - directly from the Wendelin Sachtler Academy.

Home-made vests and lots of enthusiasm

In cooperation with Sachtler the DNK-dealer Timur Musaev organised a camera stabilizing system workshop in Russia. He reports about his experiences.

Academy goes to Switzerland

The University for Television and Film Munich has co-organized a workshop for camera stabilizing systems in Ascona, together with the School of Art and Design in Zurich.

Concentrating on camera balance

The 16 participants at the camera stabilizing systems workshop learned how to use the systems and quickly discovered that only practice makes perfect.

Camera direction à la artemis

Cameraman Kay Kramme demonstrated the camera stabilising system to fascinated students at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences.

KHARTOUM, SUDAN

Soft light for optimal contrasts

During the Lighting Design Academy Workshop, Leo W. Borchard created a new lighting design for the news studio of Sudan-TV-Khartoum in Africa.

ECHING
From A to Z: the first workshop all about HD

It was the first time that the Academy had featured the subject of HD, so the course took an in-depth look at every aspect of this new technology.

"Good lighting is like playing billiards"

Five participants and one presenter: there was no shortage of opportunity for questions and discussions at this intensive lighting workshop. Leo W. Borchard always found time.

Sachtler meets the frogs

The Wendelin Sachtler Academy was able to obtain the services of Oscar-winner Billy Williams for the seminar held at Cameraimage in Lodz.

The old guard meets the avant-garde

Walter Lassally passed on his experience to students of the Munich Film Academy at the Academy in Eching.

Lighting effects: sometimes hard, sometimes smooth as velvet

The Academy was extensively lit up at the basic industrial lighting workshop. Michael Huss demonstrated how every scene can appear in the best light.

ECHING

“Always prepared the director´s ideas”

MOSCOW

Home-made vests and lots of enthusiasm

ASCONA

Academy goes to Switzerland

Eching

Concentrating on camera balance

Dortmund

Camera direction à la artemis

KHARTOUM, SUDAN

Eching

"Good lighting is like playing billiards"

Lodz

Sachtler meets the frogs

Eching

The old guard meets the avant-garde

Eching

Lighting effects: sometimes hard, sometimes smooth as velvet