HONE YOUR SKILLS WITH HIGHLY
EXPERIENCED
PRACTITIONERS x TRAINERS
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Always have a flair for photography but unsure if you are doing it the right or professional way? Learn how to create the best photos for your clients while building a portfolio that, not only impress your potential clients, but also your future prospective employers.
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In MAD School, there is no examination but only project-based learning so as to make sure our students learn real skills when learning from very experienced professionals in an adult learning environment.
We are also glad to be the top ad design/photography school (non-government funded) in Singapore for the second consecutive year according to the number of awards won by our students at the prestigious annual Crowbar Awards.
Professional Studio.
Real Models. Shoot.
Our project-based-no-examinations learning methodology makes sure real skills are being transferred from our practitioner-trainers to our students effectively, and that every student who graduates from the programme not only knows how to execute, but also thoroughly enjoyed the process of learning.
Diploma in Photography & Digital Imaging
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Digital Imaging
(Editing photos professionally using Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom)
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Natural & Artificial Lighting
(Knowing how many lights you need and where to place them for every shoot)
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Fundamentals of Photography
(Learn everything you need to know about handling the camera and photography perspective)
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Product Photography
(Understanding how to shoot products for commercial gigs)
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Portraiture Photography
(Shooting humans the right way with your lens)
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Fashion Photography
(One of the most important part of your portfolio if working for a magazine publisher is what you want)
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Documentary Photography
(Enough said)
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Visual Communication
(Skills is nothing without the aesthetic sense)
AWARDS WON BY OUR
STUDENTS
LECTURERS
Being industry players, active in their respective fields, our lecturers stay abreast with their fast-evolving industries and impart their most up-to-date knowledge to students. Featuring an array of award winners, from recipients of internationally acclaimed creative awards to honorable media accolades, our lecturers are well- versed in the do’s and don’ts in winning awards, and use only such lofty standards as benchmarks for their teaching.
GLOBAL
MadGlobal subscribes to that, connecting us to the matrix of The globalized world. It’s an independent entity armed with an altruistic vision of exposing students all over world to all things creative, sans geographical boundaries.
From overseas learning trips to New York, conference in Bali, advertising awards competition such as Adfest in Thailand and Adstars Korea; to global networking lunches, we have the students’ expansion of their creative minds at heart.
AWARDS-LAB
At Awards Lab, everyone’s a winner! Even without bagging an award. It’s a boiler room where students are subject to the rigours of agency environment. And the demands of producing award-winning work.
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In consecutive 2 years, we are crowned the top design school (non-government funded) in terms of number of awards won in the prestigious Crowbar Awards competition.
Awards or not, walk away with a winning portfolio.
DO-GOOD
Love what you do so much? Why not do projects and campaigns that will be running live and get paid through Make The Change?
Through Make The Change, students can:
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Make use of their design skills to help ngos & other social enterprises
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Take part in real projects for various companies
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Guided by experienced industrial practitioners
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Get paid for their work
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Enhanced their portfolio with projects completed under make the change
Featured Trainers
Jayaprakash Bojan is the grand prize title winner of the National Geographic nature photographer of the year 2017, Winner of the Singapore wildlife photographer of the year 2017 and several other international awards over the years.
He has also been published by Natgeo, BBC and several other international magazines, He has also featured in a live TV interview with BBC talking about his award-winning images. His passion for nature and wildlife photography has also led him to work on conservation and he currently works with Orangutan Allianze, an NGO that creates awareness on the plight of the orang-utans and habitat destruction in Borneo.
With near to 10 years of experience working as a full-time photographer in 2 of the largest media owners in Singapore, Singapore Press Holdings & MediaCorp, Mark has in-depth experience taking photos of both celebrities and products for fashion magazines, online media, etc.
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Mark brings with him professional photography experience where our students get to benefit greatly from.
Barry is a lead photographer in commercial and photography works and is also featured as one of the Canon EOS Professionals in commercial photography.
With his knowledge in photography equipment in and out of the studio, Barry was also the official photographer for Singapore Manhunt 2013, covering the event shots and portraits of the winners/sponsors.
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
SEE WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do."
- Steve Jobs
