This course aims to develop a new professional community, which will create a visually and content-wise rich project at the end (a book about travel across Russia), to develop an awareness of both theory and practice of journalistic illustration and help participants get information about Russian art history. Most of what students learn from this course is applicable to their future professional careers and other types of art and illustration.

Topics of the course:
• journalistic illustration
• different sketching techniques
• art journal and sketchbooks
• reviews Russian art history from the icons to avante-garde artists
• from painting to contemporary illustrators

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Participants will learn through a hands on approach, the necessary skills to create a professional quality level video. A small experienced group will guide students through the necessary steps of cinematic creation - from concept to research, shooting and editing. Throughout the trip there will be several workshops, such as: Photography, video shooting and editing, sound recording and editing and creating cinematic images with drones.

Train travel hours will be filled with workshops and lectures/lessons that will pass important information in an engaging way. From the basics of photography to structuring a project, writing the narrative - there will also be time dedicated to brainstorming, discussing ideas and putting them into practice.

Location visits, of cities and places, will be filled with visiting but also researching and filming. The beautiful scenery is inspiring to anyone what ambitions to do creative work. While visiting institutions and interesting personalities we will have the opportunity to conduct interviews, learning about history and art directly for the source.

Students will learn
- The Principles of Storytelling
- Script Writing
- Photography
- Cinematography
- Drone Cinematography
- Sound Capture and Sound Design
- Conducting interviews
- Video and sound editing

We will be equipped with all necessary tools necessary for filming, documenting, surveying, measuring and visualizing the various scenes of the expedition and will ensure all participants take an active part in the diverse stages of video creation.

Participants can expect to have an overview of video creation and to have a finished project by the end of the journey. Throughout the trip we ensure participants will switch roles to take part in all different roles in a filming crew (for example: director, camera operator, sound recordist, producer, etc).

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By exploring, analyzing and documenting the interaction between the production and export of energy resources and its impacts on the social dynamics of the countries they are produced in we will be able to render and comprehend contingencies and their impacts on local and global challenges. The value of these forgotten landscapes is indeed hidden within the places where a large part of the country's GDP is or was produced.

The workshop is aimed at graduates and professionals with specific interest in exploring challenges related to these global energy landscapes – young professionals from the fields of Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering and, critical thinking researchers and professionals with a background in social sciences (Economics, Political Sciences, Sociology, Human Geography, Anthropology or other).

The railway infrastructure, as one of the main agents of distribution, has shaped the movement of natural resources around the world. It is often stated that the railway system is directly tied with industrial development, since the countries that earliest adopted this means of transportation were the ones with the fastest growth rate during the industrialisation era.

The train, as a symbol of the industrial revolution, with its tracks and carriages made from transformed metal, is indivisible from the processes and products of industrialisation and mining, such as metal and coal. In other words, the very things it transports and accelerates are the genesis of its construction.

The results of a 21 days expedition will result in:

- A movie documentary as a compilation of the research and expeditions.
- Participation with the movie at the Film Festivals;
- International relationship with lead universities, organisations, institutions;
- Possibility to include the theoretical research into conferences and symposiums

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