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Franc, this was a terrific class. I really enjoyed the time spending in the classes and didn’t even miss any of them. By Shi Fen (former photography student) The class was very well organized and easy for us to understand, not to mention about bursts of laugh because of your humor throughout the lessons. It’s…

I have been keen to learn photography for a long time, and always thought i was good with a compact camera. I went on to buy a DSLR camera, not realizing that i had no idea at all how to use it! By Liam (former photography student) So there came a time in my life…

I started off a near novice when I first took your ten week course and learnt so much from you. Not only did I learn how to control my camera and make it do what I want to do but I also learnt about composition and how to structure a photo. By Nathan Ullah (former…

My big Thank you to Franc for his Art of photography class. By Jana Machackova-Oey (Former Essential Photography student) He brought such a joyful and very interesting way to share with us his professional experience in taking pictures. We learnt different aspects of taking great pictures and learnt how to improve our skills, how to see…

I dropped this question on my facebook timeline and I got so many interesting comments that I wanted to share to everyone on my website. By Franc peret and his student Did my teaching changed your life (even a bit)? Did you start your own photography career or activities after your participation to my class?…

[vimeo clip_id=84391124 ] This short film is the final result of my 2013 Spring Term ELC Shanghai Filmmaking Class. By Franc Peret I did as usual, meeting my students first, to discover their personality, their availability and their motivation to be part of the project both beside and in front of the camera. Film Course…

[vimeo clip_id=56455617 ] This short story has been shot during my 25 hours filmmaking course I am teaching in Shanghai (China). By Franc Peret As usual, actors were selected among the students who had no experience of acting prior to this course. As usual, they were just amazing, skillful, patient and eager to learn while…

[vimeo clip_id=18313336 ] This is a fake commercial, done in the frame of the movie-making class I am organizing in Shanghai. I did this 1 minute video in 5 x 5 hours class program involving students in both production and acting parts. By Franc Peret As I could not monitor the working process with the GH1,…

[vimeo clip_id=12316839 ] This is the very first short movie I had done during my film making course. It was shot in 18 hours only. It was my first experience of teaching while shooting. By Franc Peret This is the story of a matrices room, a place which can give you more insight about your…

[vimeo clip_id=43369131 ] This 30 second video is a fake commercial I shot in one afternoon with 2 students from my filmmaking class as actors. I wanted to render it as a video game kind of short. By Franc Peret Sound design is important as it supposed to be a commercial for sound recording device.…