New Workshop! Directing 4Film. Learn about the process of directing narrative cinema. Each Saturday session will focus on practical directing techniques from 10:00am to 2:00pm. On Wednesday evenings (after 5pm) we will see films in Center City Philadelphia, and then discuss the films.
Tuition is $250 for early registration. $255 on the first day of class. The class fee includes production equipment and tickets to screenings (plus one cup of coffee or tea afterwards). Space is limited to six participants per class. Class is designed for filmmakers who have made at least one film/video and taken entry level production courses. It is also for documentary makers who want to transition into doing narrative work. Actors who want to learn more about the directors’ process and acting for film/video are welcome.
Dates: Saturdays: September 11,18,25. Wednesdays: September 15, 22, 29.
Location of Saturday classes to be announced.
Note: Cell phones must be turned off during class. You are stealing time from your classmates and yourself when you talk on the phone.
The curriculum will cover the following:
Making Choices
Discovering How You See Things: Composition, Lenses, Lighting
The Process of Interpretation: Working with Actors & Crew
Blocking dramatic action
Placing the Camera
Breaking Down the Scene for Coverage
Storyboarding Basics
Techniques for Moving the Camera: Handheld, Tripod, Dolly
Shoot to Edit
Sound Advice
Science of the Image: Film, Light, and Codecs
Taking Care of Yourself & Others During Production
Recommended reading:
Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen by Steve Katz
Michael Caine – Acting in Film: An Actor’s Take on Movie Making by Michael Caine
The Rules of Management by Richard Templar
Catching The Big Fish by David Lynch
The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Film Editing by Michael Ondaatje
Making Movies by Sidney Lumet
On Directing Film by David Mamet
Filmmaking for Dummies by Bryan Michael Stoller
About the Instructor: Nadine Patterson has taught video/film production for the past 20 years. She actively engages her students in the process of production during each class. She has made over 20 independent films. She earned a BA in Drama from Franklin & Marshall College, a Masters of Science from West Chester University, and a Masters of Art (MFA equivalent) from the prestigious London Film School in 2005. She is a life long learner.
About the class: The directing and the screenwriting workshop are part of a new initiative of Harmony Image Productions called HipCinema Labs.