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GUIDANCE FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS

Join instructors Peg Campbell and Walter Quan (from the BC Arts Council) as they delve into the domain of public funding for film and video projects, and grant writing for arts councils.

The morning session will see an overview of the kinds of funding available from the public sector for short films with up-to-date information on guidelines, expectations and application closing dates. The afternoon is hands-on as participants judge a set of three funding applications from a jury’s perspective. The participants will be divided into groups and evaluate the proposals in a mock jury style. After they have made their decisions the instructors will hold a post-mortem with the groups to discuss the results.

This workshop is a great way to see what the funders see in the many applications they receive so that you can make sure yours is among the few that stand out.

GRANTWRITING DEMYSTIFIED
Saturday, 13 March 2010, 10am-5pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
Members: $75, Non-members: $125

REGISTRATION: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 10 March 2010

INSTRUCTORS: PEG CAMPBELL has been directing and producing award winning documentaries and narrative films since 1975.  Her latest film was 2009’s award winning Your Mother Should Know. For over 30 years, Campbell has been active since 1979 in film and video co-operatives and is currently an Associate Professor in the Film, Video + Integrated Media Progamme, Faculty of Culture and Community at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

WALTER QUAN has been Coordinator–Arts Awards Programs at the British Columbia Arts Council for nearly eighteen years.  He is a native Vancouverite who makes lanterns out of used CDs and DVDs; candles that look like sushi;  and knits madly... He is in a long-term relationship with the Queen of Saanich.

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR THE ADVANCING EDITOR

In this two weekend seminar, learn the secrets to cutting faster with an in-depth look at the editing tools and techniques, multicam editing and the Media Manager in Final Cut Pro. Move beyond the basic edit and discover the Final Cut Studio workflow, Using advanced effects, Matting/incorporation with Photoshop and Outputting using Compressor.

Great for users with any experience working in FCP who want to move beyond the basic edit.

The workshop includes one week of practice time between sessions so that participants can explore some basic hands-on exercises and concludes with instructor feedback.

INTERMEDIATE FINAL CUT PRO
31 January 2010, 10am-5pm
07 February 2010, 10am-5pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
Cost is $175 for members / $225 for non-members

REGISTRATION: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 27 January 2010

Instructor: MEGAN BODALY

ESPECIALLY FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS

This introduction to the Arriflex 35mm BL4 is an orientation on using the 35mm camera system available at Cineworks to members and non-members.

Workshop participants will leave this introduction competent enough to use Cineworks's 35mm film equipment to later shoot on their own, with confidence. Topics include loading and unloading film, cleaning and threading the gate, shutter adjustments, speed control, lens handling and accessories available at Cineworks.

Workshop participants should have some previous experience determining exposure, either photographic, digital or video, as lighting will not be covered in the context of the workshop. Also, while we will touch on many of a camera assistant's responsibilities, this orientation is intended for those working independently, and artists who would like to use the 35mm medium.

Accessories and some studio lighting will be available, but please do bring your own ideas and questions.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE 35MM ARRIFLEX BL4 CAMERA
31 January 2010, 10am-5pm
Cineworks Studio [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
Cost is $25 for members, $50 for non-members

Registration Deadline: 27 January 2010

Registration: Please contact Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604.685.3841.

Instructors: ROB SIMPSON is a graduate of Emily Carr and has worked behind cameras for years.

KATHLEEN HEPBURN, founding member of the non-profit collective The Suspension of Disbelief Film Society and chair of the Cineworks board of directors, is an independent filmmaker and photographer from Vancouver, BC. She is currently hard at work on numerous projects, including a dramatic narrative based on her travels through Asia, a feature length documentary on the world of show ponies, and a feature length dramatic script about the great Canadian North.

CORE BASICS FOR THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER

In this two day workshop students will learn capturing, basic editing, titling and effects, as well as outputting options for tape and DVD. This workshop features a mix of seminar, hands-on training and practice time, giving students plenty of opportunity to take notes and hone their new skills. Great for the first time user or the self taught FCP editor looking to improve their techniques.

The workshop includes one week of practice time between sessions so that participants can explore some basic hands-on exercises and concludes with instructor feedback.

INTRODUCTION TO FINAL CUT PRO
30 January 2010, 10am-5pm
06 February 2010, 10am-5pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
Cost is $175 for members / $225 for non-members

REGISTRATON: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 27 January 2010

Instructor: HEATHER TRAWICK

"The eye stops at the screen.

It is sheer fantasy to suppose that the mind can be equally obliging.”

–Sidney Peterson

In this workshop, the variously dimensioned spaces in the trajectory between the spectator and projected image, through lamplight, will be rediscovered as boundaries where work can be made. What is typically misunderstood as a conduit for narrative pathways will become the subject of a new relationship between the eye and the mechanical counterparts of cinema. Beginning with simple protocinematic devices like the phenakistascope, we will re-examine the limits from which stroboscopic experience yield a moving image.

After having re-invented the wheel, participants will cross the threshold leading to the 16mm projector. Beginning with the two dimensional emulsive film frame, participants will shift the line of light contained in the projector housing to experiment with how it behaves in the dimensions of the room. Meanwhile, the optical soundtrack will be offered as another path of entry into the dimensional space of a theatre.

The workshop, then, will explore the roots of cinematic experience as well as a theatrical enfilade for deliberate obstructions. Like the polar explorer whose destination lies where a directing compass indifferently respects all points of the horizon alike, these seminars will offer an imaginary wilderness in which to lose one’s own bearing in contingent tracts of intermittent light and concomitant sound. Stress will be given to the immediacy of possibility. Technological prerequisites will be de-emphasized in favour of physiological experience.

WORKING THE ROOM
12 + 13 December 2009, 10am-5pm
Cineworks Studio [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
Cost is $75 for members / $125 for non-members

Registration: Please contact Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604.685.3841.

Registration Deadline: 09 December

Instructor: Since 1996, BRUCE MCCLURE has worked almost exclusively with specially adapted 16mm projectors modified and adorned to exploit their sound and light capabilities, creating physiological impacts on theater audiences.  His projector performances have been included in the Whitney Biennial, the Rotterdam Film Festival, Image Forum, and the Performa Biennial.

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop has been CANCELLED.

"Know your lines, hit your mark and don't bump into the furniture.”
-Spencer Tracey

Well, that’s one way of looking at it. But not every actor works the same.

This two evening course is designed for emerging directors to help them develop their directorial communication skills with actors. The first evening is to discuss actor issues, methods and how to be more sensitive to the actors needs while still trying to “make their day.” Later, the directors will experience what actors go through in the audition process by auditioning themselves in front of the camera.

The second class, you will apply your directing skills utilizing professional actors, under the guidance of the facilitator, and directing them in scenes from established films. Afterwards, you will receive feedback from both the actors and facilitator.

Take the time, in this relaxed atmosphere, to learn about the different acting techniques you'll come across with actors - if any at all! Discuss the various issues that may arise including actors making the transition from stage to film, to the actor who has never set foot on a set before, to the professional who's been around the block a few times. The purpose of this course is to help improve the directors understanding of the actors process and the best way to communicate with them in order to get the best results for your film. Yes, time is money, but good acting can make all the difference in making a good film great!

DIRECTORS WORKING WITH ACTORS
This workshop has been CANCELLED

REGISTRATION: Please contact Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604.685.3841.

Instructor: STEPHEN ADAMS has been an actor/writer/producer and director in Canada for over 25 years. He recently produced the feature film The Baby Formula and has written, produced and directed plays and several short films. Adams is president of Dreamstate Productions, past President of ACTRA B.C. and a former Board member of the British Columbia Motion Picture Association and at MAIN FILM, an indie co-op in Montreal. He recently sat on the board of directors at LIFT, an independent filmmaker's co-op in Toronto. See more about Adams here: http://www.dreamstateproductions.ca and http://www.steveadams.tv

A co-presentation between DIM Cinema, VIVO Media Arts and Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society

Facilitated by Brad Butler, filmmaker, social practices artist and Programmer of the no.w.here Media Arts Centre in London UK.

Anthropologist Anna Grimshaw said, "Films are not about what you see, but how you see". This cross-media practice based workshop refers to the history of filmmaking to explore the construction of anthropological truth. Drawing on the genre of Experimental Ethnography, participants will consider the ambiguous relationship between image, narration, sound, and text and explore ways of re-contextualizing or disrupting visual evidence through the creative use multiple audio and visual voices.

Please bring materials that reflect your practice, or a new practice you would like to experiment with: pen and paper, laptop, camera, video camera, film camera, audio recording.

EXPERIMENTAL ETHNOGRAPHY
21 November 2009, 12-6pm
Cineworks Studio [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
$50 for member, $75 for non-members

REGISTRATION: Please contact Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604.685.3841.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 18 November

Instructor: BRAD BUTLER graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Documentary Filmmaking. He also has a 1st class degree in Anthropology. In September 2000 he was the winner of BBC2’s Documentary talent 2000 competition, as well as winning the National Student Television Award in 1998. Since 1998 he has been creating a body of work in collaboration with Karen Mirza that has moved between the documentary form and artists film. This ongoing dialogue about practice has manifested itself in artistic work presented in exhibitions, events and the cinema as well as the creation of the unique space www.no-w-here.org.uk. Brads most recent work is a return to issues raised in Anthropology having spent 10 years as an active participant in the ideas of experimental film. Brad’s new solo work In Search of Structure is the first of a new body of work that brings together his experience in both fields.

QUALITY INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING ON THE CHEAP

A crash course in independent feature filmmaking with independent/no-budget film director Sean MacPherson.

Gain the skills, learn the basics, visualize your film and bring it to life–without a budget.

If you have had a feature film idea burning in your brain, and need the proper push to go out and get it done, while also acquiring the skills to manage and execute a clever and poignant no-budget film, this is the course for you. From technical specs, story structure, acting, postproduction and marketing, MacPherson will take you through the makings of a no-budget film and will help you develop a finished treatment and plan to start your own no-budget masterpiece!

MAKING A FEATURE WITH NO MONEY AND MAKING IT GOOD
19 + 26 September, 10am-5pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
Cost is $100 for members, $150 for non-members

REGISTRATION: Please contact Brenda at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604.685.3841

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 18 September

Instructor: SEAN MACPHERSON is the writer, director, producer and actor in Happy to be Here, a no-budget feature film that has appeared at Cannes, and is represented by Madison Entertainment Group, LA, and Slumberland Factory, Paris.

A Workshop for Independent Filmmakers

A cut can make us laugh or cry. It can make us sick or angry, happy or sad. A film's editing can take us on an emotional journey into our inner selves.

Through hands-on workshops and practical demonstrations, instructor Stephen Philipson will explore the theory and practice of editing feature dramas. Over three days, participants will learn how to combine compelling scenes into compelling sequences, and pace stories effectively over two hours. They will practice cutting for different genres (including comedy and documentary), and hone their skills by crafting sequences from supplied footage.

Participants must be able to use Final Cut Pro.

EDITING: THE LANGUAGE OF EMOTION

Friday, 21 August: 7-9pm

Saturday 22 August + Sunday 23 August: 10am-4pm

Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]

$175 for Members, $225 for Non-members

REGISTRATION: Please contact Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604.685.3841

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 19 August 2009

Instructor: STEPHEN PHILIPSON is a Picture Editor with a penchant for writing and directing. A graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and the Canadian Film Centre, Stephen edited the feature documentary Prom Night In Mississippi (starring Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman). Prom Night premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won Best Documentary at the AFI Dallas Film Festival and recently premiered on HBO. He has also edited many award-winning short films, including the festival favorites Can You Wave Bye Bye? (which was nominated for a Genie Award and won Best Canadian Short Film at the Worldwide Short Film Festival), Congratulations Daisy Graham, White Out, Terminal Venus, Berlin and Troll Concerto, all of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. He worked extensively in television, most recently on the office comedy Three Chords From The Truth, The Smart Woman Survival Guide, So Chic With Steven And Chris, and the Gemini award winning series The Wilkinsons. Stephen's most recent work includes the Telefilm-funded feature dramas Hammer Of Thor (by Alexandre Franchi), and Grown Up Movie Star (by Adriana Maggs), both of which are in post-production. Stephen is also finishing his fifth short film as a director entitled The Twilight Express.

The Newest Addition to Cineworks's Camera Fleet

This beginner/intermediate workshop with Cineworks's new tape-less digital video camera is an orientation to the Sony EX3 camera package available at Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society to members and non-members.

Workshop participants will leave this workshop confident and competent to master the options available with the Sony EX3. Topics covered will include tape-less shooting, buttons, batteries, memory cards, the viewfinder, menus, scene files, on-set workflow and archiving.

Workshop participants should have some previous experience determining exposure, either photographic, digital or video.

Accessories and some studio lighting will be available, bring your own ideas and questions.

AN ORIENTATION TO THE SONY EX3 HD CAMERA PACKAGE
15 August 2009, 10am-5pm
Cineworks Studio [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
Cost is $50 for members, $75 for non-members

REGISTRATION: Please contact Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604.685.3841.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 12 August

Instructor: ROB SIMPSON is a graduate of Emily Carr and has worked behind cameras for years.

***This workshop has been cancelled***

SOUND EDITING FOR THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER

This introductory workshop is geared towards the independent filmmaker with a focus on proper set-up of a ProTools project and is intended for those unfamiliar with the program. Participants will learn the basics of industry standard sound design, using demonstration and hands-on play to explore the program. Workflow will be discussed, beginning with importing audio tracks from the picture edit, editing dialogue, and using sound effects libraries. A short sample scene, to be supplied by the instructor or of the student's own in-progress work, will be sound edited and mixed, applying basic effects. Students will gain an understanding of how to successfully mix audio for their own work.

The workshop includes one-on-one time with the instructor, one week of practice time between sessions so that participants can explore some basic hands-on exercises, and concludes with instructor feedback.

INTRODUCTION TO PROTOOLS
25 July, 10am-5pm [full day instruction]
26-31 July, 24-hour practice time
01 August, 10am-1pm [half-day instruction]
02-07 August, 24-hour practice time
08 August, 10am-1pm [half-day instruction]
Cost is $225 for members or $275 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 22 July 2009

Instructor: Michael Filimowicz is an interdisciplinary artist, and Chicago transplant, who teaches in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. He has over ten years experience as a sound designer, and has mixed over 250 documentaries. His audio post-production experience includes long form television, independent film and animation, and he has scored for film and dance as well. His documentary work has been nominated for multiple Emmys in the Music and Sound Category, and he is a recipient of the Illinois Arts Council Media Arts Fellowship.

FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTISTS

***THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED***

This two-day workshop will demonstrate typical project workflows on the latest version of Avid, from digitizing tape-based dailies (such as Betacam and DVCAM) and ingesting file-based formats (such as XDCAM EX and Red One's R3D), to creating personalized settings, organizing bins, media management, video resolutions, effects, rough cuts, trimming, adding titles, colour correction, importing, exporting and EDLs, and consolidating projects. Students will become familiar with the industry standard Avid interface and will gain an understanding of how the Avid processes digital media.

The workshop includes one week of practice time between sessions so that participants can explore some basic hands-on exercises and concludes with instructor feedback.

Basic knowledge of the Mac or Windows platform or previous digital editing experience is recommended.

INTRODUCTION TO AVID MEDIA COMPOSER / XPRESS PRO
11+18 July 2009, 10am-5pm
Members: $155, Non-members: $225

REGISTRATION: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 08 July 2009

INSTRUCTOR: Jean-Denis Rouette is a Vancouver-based editor and producer for the Knowledge Network.

CORE BASICS FOR THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER

In this 2 day workshop students will learn capturing, basic editing, titling and effects, as well as outputting options for tape and DVD. This workshop features a mix of seminar, hands-on training and practice time, giving students plenty of opportunity to take notes and hone their new skills. Great for the first time user or the self taught FCP editor looking to improve their techniques.

Participants are encouraged to work with their own footage, though this is not necessary. Participants will have 24-hour access to Cineworks’s Final Cut Pro edit suite for the week between classes to come in and practice their newly acquired skills.

INTRO TO FINAL CUT PRO
04 + 05 July: 10am-5pm [instruction]
06-12 July [24 hour practice time]
Cineworks Studio [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $175 for members/$235 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 02 July 2009

Instructor: Coming from a small town in rural Nova Scotia, Evan Warner got caught up by the westerly wind and ended up with a film degree from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Along the way Evan dabbled in documentary filmmaking, cinematography, directing and increasingly postproduction arts. More then anything, he likes to think of himself as a filmmaker but has most recently being working as an assistant editor on several features and TV shows. Evan is currently the Digital Media Coordinator at Cineworks.

CINEMATIC CARTOGRAPHIES
AN INTENSIVE HANDS-ON WORKSHOP AND SCREENING

Over the course of the Cinematic Cartographies workshop, participants will produce a video that explores the places where their own personal lives intersect the abstract maps of global capitalism. Part aesthetic exploration of film form, part activist practicum, this workshop will show one way of turning the observation of our immediate surroundings into a powerful way to engage with the seemingly disconnected contemporary problems and issues of our world.

Session one will look at examples of films and videos that propose their own maps at various scales from the very immediate [a building, a neighborhood] to the somewhat larger size of a city, and finally to the fully abstract mappings of nations and flows of global capital. These maps will highlight the odd sense of inclusion and exclusion made by invisible lines on the earth [state and national borders] and invisible webs of circulation–of goods, of money, of information–in which we are all enmeshed. After this introduction, students will go out into the city to find the places where their own maps intersect with these other bigger maps, exploring the connection between the local and the global via moving image documentation.

At the second session, we'll look at these various maps and begin the fast + furious work of editing them, to give them cinematic form.

In the third section, we'll look at rough cuts and discuss fine-tuning in preparation for the presentation of the works, which will take place on 05 May 2009 at 7:30pm at the Cineworks annex space in the Ironworks building.

Use of cameras and editing suites is included with the registration fee.

CINEMATIC CARTOGRAPHIES
01 May, 6-10pm instruction
02 May, participants shoot their cartographic footage
03 May, 10am-6pm instruction + editing
04 May, 24-hour post-production access
05 May, 7:30pm, screening of works [those produced in the workshop, as well as a curated component]
Cineworks Annex [235 Alexander Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $175 for members/$235 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 29 April 2009

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Final Cut Pro or fluency with Avid.

Instructor: Roger Beebe is an Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Florida. His work has been shown around the globe at such unlikely venues as McMurdo Station in Antarctica and the CBS Jumbotron in Times Square, and at more likely ones such as the Museum of Modern Art, Anthology Film Archives, and the Pacific Film Archive, as well as numerous festivals including Ann Arbor, NY Underground, Sundance, Images, the European Media Arts Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. From 1997-2000 he ran Flicker, a bi-monthly festival of small gauge film in Chapel Hill, NC, and he is currently artistic director of FLEX, the Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival.

A special thanks goes out to VIVO Media Arts Centre for their support of this programming.

A SEMINAR FOR INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILMMAKERS

Business Analysts Pam Kowarsky and Christine Larsen from BC Film will give a basic tutorial on the provincial film and television tax credit programs. Topics to be covered include program overview, eligibility, how to apply and the definition of a complete application. The history and mandate of BC Film will also be discussed.

Film + Television Tax Credits Seminar
15 April 2009, 6-7:30pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $5 for members, $10 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 14 April 2009

Instructor: Pam Kowarsky [Business Analyst, Tax Credit Program] graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Music degree and also completed an M.B.A from Simon Fraser University. She has more than ten years experience in administration and business affairs throughout the animation, film and television industries.

Christine Larsen [Business Analyst] has worked in the film industry since 1999 in a variety of positions including accounting, production coordinating and locations. In 2006, Christine worked at the Greater Victoria Film Commission and was responsible for marketing, development and administration. She studied at UVIC from 1990-1994 and completed a certificate in Entertainment Administration at UBC in 2007.

Especially for Independent Filmmakers

This introductory course on Bolex cameras is an orientation to using the Bolex 16mm camera system available at Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society to members and non-members.

Workshop participants will leave this introductory class feeling competent enough using Bolex camera equipment to later shoot on their own with confidence. Topics include loading and unloading film, breaking down film loads, adjusting camera settings, stop-motion, lap-dissolves, macro-cinemtography with extension tubes and Cineworks's time-lapse accessories. Different light meters, tripods and accessories will be available.

Participants will use dummy film loads during instruction, but those who wish to experiment shooting unexposed film in the optional portion of the workshop should contact an instructor ahead of time.

INTRODUCTION TO BOLEX CAMERAS
28 February 2009, 11am-2pm [instruction], 2:30-4:30pm [optional practice time]
Cineworks [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $50 for members/$75 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 25 February 2009

Instructors: JURGEN BEERWALD attended Simon Fraser University and has worked on countless films as a gaffer and grip. As the gate-keeper for all of Cineworks gear, he also performs routine maintenance and repairs and provides members with technical information and advice.

ROB SIMPSON is a graduate of Emily Carr and has worked behind cameras for years.

WORKSHOPS IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR NEW FILMMAKERS

Is Rosemary’s Baby any relation to David Lynch’s Grandmother?

A script is a seedbed or a minefield or a map. Its outcome is a production committed to stages, either live or screened. This workshop takes you through the intuitive and methodical processes that connect words to vision.

Film design is both practical and conceptual. Using reading skills, analysis and discussion this workshop will apply useful methods and basic principles that can be used for any scale of project. The difference between a no-budget digital short and a feature film is a question of proportion.

Over the course of three sessions, with additional time for one-to-one consultation, participants will learn to:

• break down a script into dynamic sets in practical locations and working studios
• examine how an aesthetic design choice affects legal issues, including property and safety
• communicate visual concepts verbally and by using picture
• be creative within budget restraints

Participants may want to use this workshop as a pre-production planning session for a project already in development.

CINEMATIC STAGECRAFT
07 + 08 + 15 February 2009
Cineworks [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $175 for members/$235 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 04 February 2009

Instructor: LISA CELOTTO a filmmaker and teacher who has coached the design and staging of over 200 short dramatic films as a teacher at VFS, Canadian College, and Langara. In 2003 she won the NSI drama prize for her short Any Niagara. Lisa has producing, writing, sound mixing, art direction and production design screen credits all with first-time filmmakers. Working with new filmmakers always offers a unique perspective to the art of filmmaking because each step of the process is invented and discovered within the context of creative possibility.

Electronic Animation for Independent Filmmakers

Adobe After Effects is a powerful application used to create motion graphics and visual effects for film and video. It is an industry-standard application, widely used in broadcast graphics, music videos, feature films and corporate films to elevate projects beyond basic editing to a whole new level of dynamic visual interest.

In this introductory course, you will learn how to use After Effects to create sophisticated motion graphics, including text and object animations, compositing videos and images, adding effects and manipulating time. You'll learn how to set keyframes on a timeline and work with transform properties, motion paths, masks, and effects, developing a solid foundation.  Because of the versatility of the program and the small class size the course can be tailored to address the specific interests and questions of students.

Practice time is included with the workshop, allowing students to explore the program and come back with questions for a final day of instruction.

INTRODUCTION TO AFTER EFFECTS
31 January + 07 February 2009, 10am-4pm [instruction]
01-06 February 2009 [practice time]
Cineworks [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $150 for members/$200 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 28 January 2009

Instructor: Jason De Groote is a freelance editor, motion graphics artist, producer and director.  He is a graduate of the Communication Studies Film program at Concordia University in Montreal and has plied his crafts on all types of projects from music videos, documentaries and corporate films, to narrative film, television and commercial projects.

www.jasondegroote.com

This two-day workshop will demonstrate typical project workflows on the latest version of Avid, from digitizing BetaSP dailies (for a 24 fps film project), capturing DVCAM footage (for a 29.97 fps video project) and ingesting tapeless HD footage, to creating personalized settings, organizing bins, media management, video resolutions, effects, rough cuts, trimming, adding titles, colour correction, importing, outputting work tape and EDLs and consolidating a project. Students will become familiar with the industry standard Avid interface, and will understand how the Avid processes digital media. The workshop concludes with some basic hands-on exercises.

Basic knowledge of the Mac or Windows platform or previous digital editing experience is recommended.

Instructor: Jean-Denis Rouette
Jean-Denis is a Vancouver-based editor and producer for the Knowledge Network. He also serves as Cineworks’s digital media coordinator.

Two Days: November 22-23, 2008
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Cineworks, 1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance
Cost: $155 Cineworks members; $225 non-members

Pre-registration is required. To register, contact Leanne at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Registration Deadline: November 19, 2008

INTRO TO FINAL CUT PRO FOR LAPTOPS

LEARN THE CORE BASICS OF FINAL CUT PRO USING YOUR OWN LAPTOP, SOFTWARE + FOOTAGE

In this 2-day workshop students will learn capturing, basic editing, titling and effects, as well as outputting options for tape and DVD. Featuring a mix of seminar, hands-on training and practice time, this workshop will give students plenty of opportunity to take notes and hone their new skills. Great for the first time user or the self taught FCP editor looking to improve their techniques.

This class is especially for filmmakers who use laptops. Participants will meet at Cineworks with their FCP-equipped laptops and all work will be carried out on your own computer, editing your own footage.

Optional recommended additional materials if you would like to edit your own footage:
• Your own footage to capture from and edit with
• A firewire camera or deck to capture your footage
• A firewire or USB external hard drive to store your captured footage (you will only be able to store a limited amount of footage on your laptop’s internal hard drive)

INTRO TO FINAL CUT PRO FOR LAPTOPS

08 + 09 November 2008, 11am-5pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $175 for members/$235 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne.

Registration Deadline: 05 November 2008

Instructor: Jason De Groote is a freelance editor, motion graphics artist, producer and director. He is a graduate of the Communication Studies Film program at Concordia University in Montreal and has plied his crafts on all types of projects from corporate videos and documentaries to independent films, television projects and commercials. Jason’s films have screened at festivals around the globe and he has won several awards, including top prizes for commercials he wrote, directed and edited for contests for Z95.3 radio, Shaftebury Beer and The CBC series Intelligence, all of which were edited on his laptop.

EDITING: THE LANGUAGE OF EMOTION
A Workshop for Independent Filmmakers

A cut can make us laugh or cry. It can make us sick or angry, happy or sad. A film's editing can take us on an emotional journey into our inner selves.

Through hands-on workshops and practical demonstrations, instructor Stephen Philipson will explore the theory and practice of editing emotional stories. Over 2.5 days, participants will learn the practicalities of working with producers and directors, practice cutting for different genres (including comedy and documentary), and hone their skills by crafting scenes from supplied footage, or working on projects of their own.

Guest instructor Ileana Pietrobruno will lecture on Sunday afternoon about her experiences as an editor as well.

Participants must be able to use Final Cut Pro.

EDITING: THE LANGUAGE OF EMOTION
19 September: 7-9pm
20 + 21 September: 10am-4pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
$175 for Members, $200 for Non-members

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

Registration Deadline: 17 September 2008

Instructor: Stephen Philipson is a Picture Editor with a penchant for writing and directing. A graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and the Canadian Film Centre, Stephen has edited many award-winning films, including Can You Wave Bye Bye, Congratulations Daisy Graham, White Out, Terminal Venus, Berlin and Troll Concerto. He has also worked extensively in television, most recently on the hit show The Smart Woman Survival Guide, So Chis with Steven and Chris, and the Gemini award winning series The Wilkinsons. Stephen is currently working on a feature documentary by two-time Emmy award winning director Paul Saltzman entitled Prom Night in Mississippi. He is also finishing his fifth short film as a director entitled The Twilight Express.

Ileana Pietrobruno is a writer/director/editor/producer who has made several shorts and three features: the faux-documentary Girlfriend Experience, The Adventure Girl King, and the surreal Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! Her films have won awards and screened at hundreds of festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.

INTRODUCTION TO PRO TOOLS
SOUND EDITING FOR THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER

This introductory workshop is geared towards the independent filmmaker with a focus on proper set-up of a Pro Tools project and is intended for those unfamiliar with the program. Participants will learn the basics of industry standard sound design, using demonstration and hands on play to explore the program. Workflow will be discussed, beginning with importing audio tracks from the picture edit, editing dialogue, and using sound effects libraries. A short sample scene, to be supplied by the instructor or of the student's own in-progress work, will be sound edited and mixed, applying basic effects. Students will gain an understanding of how to successfully mix audio for their own work.

INTRODUCTION TO PRO TOOLS
08 August, 7-9pm: Introductory lecture
09 August, 10am-5pm: Full-day instruction
10 August – 15 August: Open-studio practice time
16 August, 10am-5pm: Full-day instruction
Cineworks Studio [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]

Cost is $150 for members or $200 for non-members

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

Registration Deadline: 05 August 2008

Instructor: Michael Filimowicz is an interdisciplinary artist, and Chicago transplant, who teaches in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. He has over ten years experience as a sound designer, and has mixed over 250 documentaries. His audio post-production experience includes long form television, independent film and animation, and he has scored for film and dance as well. His documentary work has been nominated for multiple Emmys in the Music and Sound Category, and he is a recipient of the Illinois Arts Council Media Arts Fellowship.

Secrets of the Production Office
All the tips and hints you didn't get at film school!

This two-day workshop will be an introduction to the entry-level positions available in a standard film production office, specifically catering to those who have no prior knowledge of the workings of the film industry. Details of the job of the office PA and the duties of other jobs available in unionized film will be covered, including the standard business model film productions adopt, everything an office production assistant should know about business etiquette, standard production paperwork, and the details of day to day operations on the job. Students will learn what is expected in terms of their work kit, their knowledge of industry terms and their professional attitude. The workshop will conclude with details of union and guild entry requirements and how to go about obtaining work.

The course is also suited to those operating as service contractors or vendors to the film industry. Learn the lingo and get to know about the inner-workings of a production in order to serve film clients more effectively.

Instructor: Sarah Collins
Sarah has over 14 years of production experience on set and in the production office, mostly outside of Canada. Her experience is varied and includes everything from high end commercials, TV series, feature films, to newsreel work. For the past 6 years she has worked in the production offices of the studio shows filming in Vancouver.

26+27 July 2008, 10:30am-6pm
Members: $75, Non-members: $125
Location: Cineworks Studio, 1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance

Pre-registration is required. To register, please call 604.685.3841 or email Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 23 July 2008

INTRODUCTION TO AVID MEDIA COMPOSER/EXPRESS PRO

This two-day workshop will demonstrate typical project workflows on the latest version of Avid, from digitizing BetaSP dailies (for a 24 fps film project), capturing DVCAM footage (for a 29.97 fps video project) and HDV 1080i footage, to creating personalized settings, organizing bins, media management, video resolutions, effects, rough cuts, trimming, adding titles, colour correction, importing, outputting work tape and EDLs and consolidating a project. Students will become familiar with the industry standard Avid interface, and will understand how the Avid processes digital media. The workshop concludes with some basic hands-on exercises.

Basic knowledge of the Mac or Windows platform or previous digital editing experience is recommended.

Instructor: Jean-Denis Rouette
Jean-Denis is a Vancouver-based editor and producer for the Knowledge Network. He also serves as Cineworks’s digital media coordinator.

Two Days: July 19-20, 2008
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Cineworks, 1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance
Cost: $155 Cineworks members; $225 non-members

Pre-registration is required. To register, contact Leanne at: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Registration Deadline: 16 July 2008

FINAL CUT PRO–INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR THE ADVANCING EDITOR

In this weekend seminar learn the secrets to cutting faster with an in-depth look at the editing tools and techniques, multicam editing and the Media Manager in Final Cut Pro. Move beyond the basic edit and discover the Final Cut Studio workflow, seamlessly using Motion for titling and Soundtrack Pro for audio editing.

Great for users with any experience working in FCP who want to move beyond the basic edit.

Intermediate Final Cut Pro
5 + 6 July 2008
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
Members: $155, Non-members: $225

Pre-registration is required. To register, please contact Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604.685.3841

Registration Deadline: 02 July 2008

Instructor: Using the software for the last nine years, Alec MacNeill Richardson is a Final Cut Pro veteran. He currently works at Rugged Media as senior editor and digital post supervisor.

BEYOND THE MOVING IMAGE
A CINEMATOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Behind the Moving Image is a condensed workshop that breaks down the technology, techniques, styles and theories behind the cinematographic practice over a two-day series of lectures, demonstrations, screenings and discussions. A comprehensive overview of the tools of cinematography, and how they can be combined and controlled to help tell a story, create a mood, and convey an emotion, will be of central focus. Special attention will be given to lens characteristics, lighting techniques, compositional skills, and the implications of camera movements, with the aim of providing a balanced introduction to the practical and theoretical sides to this specialized form of artistic expression.

BEYOND THE MOVING IMAGE
24+25 May 2008, 10:00-16:00
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
$100 Members, $135 Non-members

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

Registration Deadline: 21 May 2008

Instructor: Derek Howard graduated from Simon Fraser University’s Contemporary Arts School where he earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts with a major in Film. Working as in independent cinematographer, as well as in Vancouver’s unionized film industry, he has gained experiences in a wide range film production contexts, continually pushing his practice towards a form of purely visual communication that can express a given emotion, concept or theme, in visceral terms that are unique to the properties of filmic renditions. His cinematography on numerous short films has led to exhibitions at the Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal International Film Festivals. In addition to his university training, Derek has worked for the Vancouver Internatinal Film Festival, the Vancouver Film School, Blinding Light Cinema, the Schädel Schule (Frankfurt, Germany), and was awarded the annual SFU Noel Archambault memorial award for experimentation in the spring of 2006.

EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION
WITH AUSTRALIAN NEW-MEDIA ARTISTS EMMA STERLING + DAN MONCEAUX

This workshop tears apart the dominant formulae for music video production, and encourages artistic re-invention of the form. Instructors Dan Monceaux and Emma Sterling deconstruct pieces from their own oeuvre, and presents works from other artists who have taken risks with their productions and reaped the rewards. They will address the relationship between video maker and musician, finding an audience for your work, and will offer production advice specific to participants levels of experience. People with ideas, completed works or works in progress are encouraged to bring their work along for this collaborative session.

EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION
Tuesday 08 April 2008, 6:30-9:30pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
$25 Members, $35 Non-members

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

Registration Deadline: 04 April 2008

Instructors: For the past two years, South Australian artists Dan Monceaux and Emma Sterling have been developing an exciting new body of work in the new media sphere. Founder of Danimations, Dan Monceaux is a freelance artist who has worked in a broad range of media. He enjoys seeking out and crafting pieces grounded in reality as much as he does exploring the formal relationships of sound and moving image. Emma Sterling is an accomplished artist, photgrapher, editor, and experimental and documentary filmmaker. She is currently editing new fine art moving image works for exhibition and performance.

See here for an interview w/ Emma + Dan, or here for a review of their Supermarket new-media show.

BODIES IN MOTION, BODIES AT REST
A DANCE FILM WORKSHOP WITH DANIEL CONRAD

Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society and the Dance Centre are excited to present a workshop for dancers, choreographers and filmmakers who want to make dance film–that is, they want to work with a truly hybrid form.

Most dance films try to film dance that was originally choreographed for stage. This usually fails: film cuts the world into shots from many angles, but stage-dance is made as a continuum from one angle. Going from stage to film must start with filmic choreography, montage, angles, camera movement, and locations. The best solutions are to re-choreograph a stage work for the camera, or to compose de-novo, in fragments with “sticky ends,” shot by shot. In both cases, the choreographer must understand film form. For example, time runs more quickly on film than on stage. Space changes too. A small movement, which on stage is subtle, can rush across the screen violently in a close-up.

A powerful non-stage approach to filming dance is to shoot in a location that is not normally associated with dance. These locations become dance partners, determining the repertoire of available movement. Other unstageable methods involve manipulating the camera with speed changes or superimposition.

All this and much more will be explained in the workshop, with films and film clips to watch, and some hands-on practice with camera, lights and a dancer.

BODIES IN MOTION, BODIES AT REST
Co-sponsored by the Dance Centre
Sunday 06 April 2008
10am-6pm
The Birmingham Studio at the Scotiabank Dance Centre [677 Davie] and Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
$85 Cineworks + Dance Centre Members, $125 Non-members

Registration Deadline: 02 April 2008

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

Instructor: Daniel Conrad has Master’s degrees in cinema and molecular immunology, giving his films an unusual slant. His work has screened in scores of festivals and been sold to broadcasters and museums worldwide.

HE ART OF THE SHORT FILM
AN EXPLORATORY WORKSHOP

This condensed course will explore the special characteristics of short films. Some technique will be discussed, particularly lighting and camerawork, but the focus will be on how to design a film that works as art.

The class will start with aesthetic principles (symmetry, complexity, harmony, dissonance, rhythm, concision, theme and variations). We will look at how early Russian filmmakers used montage as a means of expression–not just a way to move across a plot line, and how Sergei Eisentein made the cuts between shots as important as the shots themselves, creating what he called “ecstasy.”

Using film clips, we will explore how directors can achieve aesthetic power from cinematography, lighting, and sound; how narrative and non-narrative arcs are cut into scenes, the scenes cut into shots, and the shots rendered graphically (composition within the frame); how montage creates rhythm, meaning, and structure; and how visual shorthand establishes character or tone.

Finally, we will follow a typical production cycle, including writing, casting, shot lists, schedules, sets and locations, directing the cast, and post-production.

THE ART OF THE SHORT FILM
Saturday 05 April 2008, 10am-5pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
$65 Members, $85 Non-members

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

Registration Deadline: 02 April 2008

Instructor: Daniel Conrad has Master’s degrees in cinema and molecular immunology, giving his films an unusual slant. His work has screened in scores of festivals and been sold to broadcasters and museums worldwide.

DVD AUTHORING
LEARN THE SECRETS

Learn the secrets of DVD authoring. During this one-day workshop, the main features of DVD Studio Pro will be explored, from application workflow from Final Cut Pro and Compressor, to basic and custom menu design. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to properly output their projects to DVD, create menus and buttons, and add a little custom pizazz to their final DVD.

Helpful prerequisites: some knowledge of Final Cut Pro and Photoshop

DVD AUTHORING
30 March 2008, 10am-5pm
Cineworks Studio [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
$90 Cineworks members, $110 Non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 26 March 2008

Instructor: Alec MacNeill Richardson has worked as an editor in Film and Television for the past nine years and has authored hundreds of custom DVDs using DVD Studio Pro.

INTRO TO FINAL CUT PRO FOR LAPTOPS!!!
LEARN THE CORE BASICS OF FINAL CUT PRO USING YOUR OWN LAPTOP, SOFTWARE + FOOTAGE

In this 2-1/2 day workshop students will learn capturing, basic editing, titling and effects, as well as outputting options for tape and DVD. This workshop features a mix of seminar, hands-on training and practice time, giving students plenty of opportunity to take notes and hone their new skills. Great for the first time user or the self taught FCP editor looking to improve their techniques.

This class is especially for filmmakers who use laptops. Participants will meet at Cineworks with their FCP-equipped laptops and all work will be carried out on your own computer, editing your own footage.

Please note that Cineworks is also offering a introduction to Final Cut Pro for users who do not have FCP software or prefer a more traditional classroom setting. See our workshop listings for more details.

INTRO TO FINAL CUT PRO FOR LAPTOPS!!!
07 March-09 March 2008
Cineworks Studio [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $175 for members/$235 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 05 March 2008

Instructor: Gwendal Castellan is a Vancouver based filmmaker whose feature length documentary film Long Road North is due out this spring. His varied experience, from remote sensing and geomatics to grassroots community organizing has led him to discover film and its ability to break down barriers. After two years in the editing room, he has learned the importance of showing the world how easy it is to step out of our lives and gain a new perspective about them.

GRANT WRITING DEMYSTIFIED

Join instructors Peg Campbell (from the Emily Carr Institute) and Walter Quan (from the BC Arts Council) as we delve into the domain of public funding for film and video projects, and grant writing for arts councils.

The morning session will see an overview of the kinds of funding available from the public sector for short films with up-to-date information on guidelines, expectations and application closing dates. The afternoon is hands-on as participants judge a set of three funding applications from a jury’s perspective. The participants will be divided into groups and evaluate the proposals in a mock jury style. After they have made their decisions the instructors will hold a post-mortem with the groups to discuss the results.

This workshop is a great way to see what the funders see in the many applications they receive so that you can make sure yours is among the few that stand out.

Space is limited, so sign up soon!

GRANT WRITING DEMYSTIFIED
01 MARCH 2008, 10:00
Cineworks Studios [1131 Howe, back lane entrance] $70 Cineworks Members, $90 Non-members

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop has been cancelled.

NTRODUCTION TO FINAL CUT PRO
LEARN THE CORE BASICS OF APPLE’S FINAL CUT PRO EDITING SOFTWARE

In this 2-1/2 day workshop, spread out over the course of two weekends, students will learn capturing, basic editing, titling and effects, as well as outputting options for tape and DVD. This workshop features a mix of seminar, hands-on training and practice time, giving students plenty of opportunity to take notes and hone their new skills. Great for the first time user or the self taught FCP editor looking to improve their techniques.

Please note that Cineworks is also offering an introduction to Final Cut Pro for Laptops for users who would prefer to learn on their own FCP-equipped laptops. See our workshop listings for more details.

INTRODUCTION TO FINAL CUT PRO
22 February, 7-9pm: Introductory lecture
23 February, 10am-5pm: Full-day instruction
24 Febryary-29 February: Open-studio practice time
02 March, 10am-5pm: Full-day instruction
Cineworks Studio [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $175 for members/$235 for non-members

Registration: Please call 604.685.3841 or send an electronic message to Leanne at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Registration Deadline: 20 February 2008

Instructor: Alec MacNeill Richardson is a Final Cut Pro veteran of the past nine years who edits exclusively with Final Cut Pro for film and TV in Vancouver.

The second lecture in a series, this seminar will cover the principles that lie behind dramatic three-act structure and uses examples such as Capturing the Friedmans to examine how these principles can be applied to documentary film.
Topics discussed include the nature and movement of dramatic acts, how dramatic units are combined to define the total structure, the different functions of major turning points and how character development and conflict carry viewers inescapably from start to finish. The emphasis will be on the practical and the seminar will outline an easily grasped method for filmmakers to use in moving from a basic three-act documentary structure.

Instructor: Don White has been a writer, director, producer, consultant, mentor, and teacher for over thirty years in the documentary film and video industries. He has written and/or directed drama, corporate, and major educational documentaries and has won over 20 international awards for film and video production. Numerous films on which he has consulted or workshopped have been broadcast on national and international television and many have garnered major awards.

22 January 2008, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Alliance for Arts and Culture Board Room
#100, 938 Howe Street
Preregistration: $25 for members, $30 for non-members + tax

At the Door: $31.50 [tax included] for member, $36.75 [tax included] for non-members
PLEASE BRING EXACT PAYMENT TO THE DOOR AS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CHANGE. Thanks...

For more information, visit www.documentarystorystructure.com.

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