摄影系自1950年北京电影学院成立之日即已设立。50多年来，经过几代专业教师的不懈努力，培养了大批影视艺术和技术人才，许多毕业生已经成为了中国影视界的佼佼者，他们创作的众多作品，不仅在本土观众当中产生了广泛的影响，也为中国电影赢得了世界声誉，成为传播中国文化的有力载体。

　　电影摄影专业的教学并不仅仅是单纯地教授专业的摄影技术和技巧，同时还重视培养学生艺术创作的能力和艺术鉴赏的品位。因此在教学实践中，不仅认真地实施影视摄影技术与艺术理论的教学方案，同时更加注重学生专业素质的养成和艺术构思的开发。

　　摄影系的教师，既有理论教学扎实深入、学术成果显著的著名学者，更有创作经验丰富、作品影响广泛、理论与实践能力兼备的知名教授。不但具有一支年龄和能力结构合理的教师队伍，而且还依靠理论与实践高层次结合的师资优势，总结出了一套有特色、有成效的教学经验。

　　摄影系目前在教学上，将数字技术引入教学和创作当中，拓展传统电影制作手段，招收影视照明专业，同时招收境外生源，有步骤地开始实施双语教学。

　　培养目标

　　为适应当今社会对专业人才全方位的素质要求，摄影系于2001年重新确定了培养目标，培养具有影视制作能力的职业摄影师。

　　课程设置

　　选修课：《影片赏析》、《中国电影史》、《外国电影史》、《剧作基础》、《电影声音》、《制片与市场》等课程，以培养学生的电影基础素养。本系的必修科中，《摄影镜头的使用技巧》、《曝光技术与技巧》、《感光材料应用原理》、《摄影机滤光镜》、《电影摄影机》、《电影照明技术》、《造型艺术构思》、《电影摄影技巧》、《电影照明技巧》、《摄录像基础》、《电影摄影画面创作》、《计算机图形》和《非线性编辑》等课程能够保证学生熟练地掌握本专业的基本技术和设备的使用，并在此基础上增强学生的动手实践能力。同时，在必修课中也开设了《导演基础》，以拓宽学生的创作思路。而本系的专业课《纪录片创作》、《广告、MTV拍摄》和《电影摄影创作》为学生提供了更多的拍摄实践的机会，使其能够最终成为成熟的摄影师。

　　　 Cinematography Department

　　Cinematography Department was set up along with the establishment of Beijing Film Academy in 1950. For more than 50 years， with the teachers' efforts of several generations， the department has educated a large number of film and television art and technical talents， and most graduates have become outstanding persons in Chinese film and television domains. Many of their works， have not only made big impact on the domestic audience， but also enjoyed an international fame for Chinese film and become an excellent vehicle in communicating Chinese culture.

　　The educational expertise of film cinematography does not lies only in teaching special techniques and skills of cinematography， but also very much in cultivating good taste of the students in art creations and appreciations. So in the practical training， the teachers act not only upon the principle of teaching， which is based on its combination of film and television technology with art theories， but also pay more attention to shaping of students' professional qualifications and exploration of their artistic imaginations.

　　Among the teachers in Cinematography， there are not only famous scholars， who are provided with well-set and embedded teaching theories as well as remarkable academic achievements， but also well known professors， who possess rich theoretical and practical experiences with works that have produced a big impact on the public. The department has a teaching faculty that is reasonably made of different aged group with various knowledge structure and capabilities. With the advantage of the higher-level faculty teachers both in theory and practice， the department has adopted a whole set of effective teaching methods over the years.

　　Right now， the Cinematography Department is executing a series of teaching reforms， such as engaging actively in pioneering a new major of Image Studies that will turn digital technology into teaching and creations， so as to further explore the traditional ways of film making. The department has begun to enroll students for lighting specialty to meet the urgent need of film and television industry， and at the same time it enrolls students from foreign countries， gradually to carry out the plan of bilingual education.

　　In order to conform to the overall professional demand of our society， Cinematography Department redefined its training directions in 2001： training professional cinematographers in both film and television making.

　　Courses：

　　The optional courses are： Film Appreciation， Chinese Film History， Foreign Film History， The Basics Of Drama， The Film Sound， Film Making and Market and so on. The required courses are arranged to ensure that the students will be enabled to acquire the basic filmic skills and skills to use the equipments， so as to increase their practical capabilities， which include Photographic Lens Skills； Exposure Techniques and Skills， Application Principles For Sensitive Materials， On Camera Filters， Movie Camera， Film Lighting Techniques， Image Art Design， Skills in Cinematograph， Skills In Film Lighting， Basics of Film Shooting and Videotaping， Picture Framing， Computer Graphics， and Non-linear Editing and so on. In the mean time， among the required courses， in order to promote the thought of creation， some other courses are added， including The Basics Making a Director. The special courses set by the department， such as Documentary Making， Advertisement and MTV Shooting， and Creative Basics of Cinematography， provide more practical opportunities for the students to be with camera， which works in line with our goal of teaching to make them eventually become skilled cinematographers.