The craft of filmmaking and the art of being a film director will be explored at The Writing Studio’s Basic Workshop for Filmmakers, which takes place on Saturday, 28 November and 5 December from 10am until 5pm at Screen Africa’s offices in Highlands North, Johannesburg.
Presented by leading training initiative, Cape-Town based The Writing Studio, the two-day workshop takes aspirant filmmakers on a journey through the filmmaking process from pre-production, production and into post-production. The workshop is designed to introduce the basics of film production from the viewpoint of the independent filmmaker functioning as writer, producer and director.
It discusses and compares the diversity in production elements of television and film projects. The students will develop a concept in groups during the first session that they will use throughout the workshop in various exercises.
On November 28 the workshop focuses on the relationship between the writer and the producer, exploring the state of the film and television industries in South Africa and the advent and impact of high definition; how to read a film; the different mediums for presentation on film or TV; the documentary; the short film and the feature film; the breakdown of the script; budgeting of films, creating a financial package, and ways of creating awareness and finding a potential audience.
On December 5 the workshop focuses on the world of the film director. It looks at the positions of a film set; who does what?; interpreting the script and creating a visual design for your project; the director and his tools; casting the players and working with actors; the director and his camera and the art of storyboarding; how to choose your crew and the organisation and communication between cast and crew; an overview of the digital post production process; and the presentation and marketing your product.
The trainer is Dirk Fourie, an editor at e-tv, who has been teaching workshops in film directing and filmmaking the past three years.
It’s a great training ground for candidate film directors, actors and screenwriters who want to pursue a career in filmmaking, and also gives scholars and students the opportunity to make a competent choice in a career decision in the film and television industries; and to develop their independent film projects.
The cost of the workshop is R950.
For the full agenda and to sign up visit the website: www.writingstudio.co.za , or email info@writingstudio.co.za
