International Training Program for Directors of Photography Begins at JMI

6 Aug 2017<br /> <br /> A training program titled &quot;International Directors of Photography License&quot; has begun at the Jordan Media Institute (JMI). The program is implemented by the JMI, in cooperation with the Hourglass Foundation, BINCAM, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Photographers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iraq are taking part.<br /> <br /> The program, which is within the JMI strategy to improve media content in Jordan and the Arab region, aims at enabling the participants to acquire advanced skills in the field of professional TV filming and cinematography and upgrading their instruments to match international skills and instruments.<br /> <br /> Dr. Basim Tweissi, dean of the JMI, who opened the training program, affirmed that the TV scene is still number one despite the great domination and huge reputation of digital media. He noted that the products of video camera are the basic material and main feeder of social media sites, which attract the masses in large numbers.<br /> <br /> Abdelaziz al Sheikh, director of BINCAM, said that the training program has all three basic elements since the JMI is a serious training incubator with high-level outputs. It befits the level of training and qualification that produces advanced staff, matching international counterparts. Second, Abdul Khalek Geware, international director and trainer, is skilled and innovative. He also has great experiences and capacities. The third element is the need for promoting skills in regard to the Arab TV scene.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> He added: Through our strategic partnership with the JMI, we can fulfill our ambition by providing visual nourishment, which satisfies the sense of taste. We can present an Arab product that befits it and that keeps up with international content.<br /> <br /> Geware, who works with the German media academy MiCT, said that this course seeks to develop the capacities of Arab TV producers and cinematographers toward international professionalism. It is held in Arabic for the first time in order to make sure that correct information is delivered to the participants, who generally have weakness in foreign languages.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> According to Geware, who has produced over 100 documentaries, the 10-day training program includes a number of theoretical and practical aspects by using the most advanced cameras in the world RED and ARRI, as well as field visits to a number of vital places in the capital, Amman.&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;