Film design is both practical and conceptual. This workshop helps you to develop methodical ways to transpose a screenplay into a game plan for production design.  Using reading skills, analysis and application, we will cover methods and principles that can be used for any scale of project.  Participants may want to use the session as an opportunity for pre-production planning for a project already in development.  The preceding workshops “Pictorial Zones” and “Chroma and Action Mapping” are recommended as complimentary sessions in the Cinematic Stagecraft Series.

In this three hour evening workshop participants learn how to:

* Classify sets, props, costume, special effects with regard to screen direction * Prepare a staging area * Format a budget and crewing plan * Anticipate legal and clearance issues * Put together an expendables kit * Assemble a tool kit

CINEMATIC STAGECRAFT SERIES: CHROMA AND ACTION MAPPING
THURSDAY SEPT. 2^nd

7 pm-10 pm
Cineworks Screening Room[1131 Howe, back lane entrance]

Instructor: LISA CELOTTO is a filmmaker and teacher who has  coached the design and staging of over 300 short dramatic films as a teacher at VFS, Canadian College, and Langara. Lisa has producing, writing, sound mixing, art direction and production design screen credits and has been teaching new filmmakers for 14 years. Working with new filmmakers always offers a unique perspective to the art of filmmaking because each step of the process is invented and discovered as the medium changes.

$80 for members / $120 for non-members

$60 members before Aug. 19^th /$100 non-members before Aug. 19^th

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, Aug. 31st

To register, please call 604.685.3841 or contact Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

That’s a great song/I can visualize how it would look/Where do I go from here?  ‘Seeing’ a song in your head is one thing; producing that vision is another.  This workshop aims to take the mystery out of creating a music video by detailing all the stages of teaming a great song with great visuals.  A music video can range from a literal interpretation of a song to an abstract embodiment of the emotion or themes involved.  Current trends show highly developed narrative elements and seemingly unrelated, wild scenarios. As most filmmakers these days are required to wear many hats, this workshop will cover the full spectrum of creative problem-solving from all angles and for any scale production or budget.  The course will be a jam-packed full-day workshop with time for one-on-one consultation, and covers the following areas:

-       Manifesting the concept

-       From concept to treatment

-       The treatment’s relationship to cost and production schedule

-       Building your budget (or lack thereof) and team

-       The actual production

-       Post Production

DATE & TIME:  SATURDAY SEPT. 25,  10 am-4 pm

LOCATION: Cineworks Screening Room (1131 Howe St., Vancouver BC)

COST: $80 for members before Sept. 11

$100 for members/ $140 non-members after Sept. 11

Registration deadline Sept. 22

Instructor: AARON MALLIN is a local Vancouver Director.  From artistic endeavors and video production to national broadcast campaigns, Aaron is a unique balance of creative energy and output. Aaron has dozens of commercial broadcast credits and several music videos to his name.  Although his preferred media is video it isn't uncommon to find him drawing, writing or doing graphic design.