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Day Taster Workshops Making the Short Film Directing
Workshop Introduction to Final Cut Pro Beginner’s Crash
Course Video Sound
Recording by Design
Intermediate Final Cut
Pro The Art of Editing Making
the Documentary
The next school will take place from
Monday 5th November to Friday 9th November.
To be considered click on http://www.northernvisions.org/courses/ for an application form. Participants must be available between 10.00am and 5.00pm each day. Please note that there are no exceptions to this rule. This course is aimed at individuals in organisations who use video as a communication tool.
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Would your community like to get more involved in making programmes?
Training for groups in the digital technologies either on location or in the studio. Includes camera, sound recording, digital editing, interview and journalism techniques and television studio production. Click here for more details.
Write to info@northernvisions.org with details of your group and why you would like to take up the opportunity.
New Media Workshops
All workshops take place at Northern Visions, 23 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2FF From 10.00am - 5.00pm Lunch provided.
If you are interested in particular workshops please fill out the form below and post to us with your remittance.
Workshops are on a strictly first come, first served basis.
Making the Short Film (This is a one-day workshop)
Monday October 29th
Tutor Hugh McGrory * 10 participants * Workshop Fee £20 Concession £10 * 10.00am – 5.00pm
This intensive one-day workshop is designed to give you all the know how on what it takes to make the short film. The process of producing a short drama film is complex and demanding and this workshop gives a fundamental understanding of what is required including script development, storyboarding, preparing a budget, organising a shoot, postproduction and distribution.
Hugh McGrory is an experienced Director/Producer and former Production Executive for Northern Ireland Screen’s DEVIATE short film scheme.
Directing Workshop (This is a one day workshop)
Tuesday October 30th
Tutor Hugh McGrory * 10 participants * Workshop Fee £20 Concession £10 * 10.00 am – 5.00pm
This introductory workshop for those interested in film direction and who want to gain greater control over their films covers what is expected of a director in pre-production, casting and rehearsal, script break down and analysis and the collaboration necessary with other key departments.
Hugh McGrory is an experienced Director/Producer and former Production Executive for Northern Ireland Screen’s DEVIATE short film scheme.
Introduction to Final Cut Pro (This is a two-day workshop)
Monday November 12th and Tuesday November 13th OR
Tuesday February 12th and Wednesday February 13th
Tutor Brian Davis * 6 participants * Workshop Fee £70 Concession £45 10.00 am – 5.00pm
Final Cut Pro has become popular software for non-linear editing on Apple Computers because of its smooth integration of firewire and its undoubted ease of use and versatility. The workshop covers all the basics of Final Cut Pro. Previous editing experience preferred but not essential.
Brian Davis is an experienced editor of film, television and music video, and lecturer of Visual Communication at the University of Ulster.
Beginner’s Crash Course Video (This is a one-day workshop)
Monday November 19th OR Friday January 11th 10.00am – 5.00pm
Tutor Simon Wood * 6 participants * Workshop Fee £35 Concession £20
An introductory workshop to digital video. Topics include camera options, tape formats and sound options. Practical hands on experience, including short location shoot. Suitable for those who want to get the best out of their video camcorder. No experience necessary.
Simon Wood has many years of experience recording for documentary, factual and news programming.
Sound Recording by Design (This is a one-day workshop)
Friday November 30th OR Monday February 4th
Tutor Simon Wood * 6 participants * Workshop Fee £35 Concession £25 10.00 am – 5.00pm
Uncover the hidden dimension of good film and video production! This intensive workshop explores the techniques of sound recording, use of mixes, booming, mic select6ion, wild track and ambience. Participants will record sound in a team approach with everyone having an opportunity for hands on experience. The results will be analysed and discussed. Difficult sound recording situations and audio problems will be addressed.
Simon Wood has many years of experience recording for documentary, factual and news programming.
Intermediate Final Cut Pro (This is a one day workshop)
Tuesday December 4th
Tutor Brian Davis * 6 participants * Workshop Fee £30 Concession £20 10.00 am – 5.00pm
This workshop builds on skills acquired in Introduction to Final Cut Pro. Using documentary footage, participants take an in depth look at how to finesse edits in the timeline, colour correct footage, import graphics, use match frame commands, video filters, key frames for motion, work with audio wave forms, audio mixing, maintain sync and rendering.
Brian Davis is an experienced editor of film, television and music video, and lecturer of Visual Communication at the University of Ulster.
Tuesday December 11th
Tutor Brian Davis * 10 participants * Workshop Fee £20 Concession £10 10.00 am – 5.00pm
For filmmakers and artists alike this class looks at editing as an art form using finished pieces as examples and working backwards to see how they were constructed. From traditional narrative film to music video and experimental video art this class explores various ways in which clips can be sequenced to achieve different reactions. Intended for those who want to express themselves and make a statement through moving image.
Brian Davis is an experienced editor of film, television and music video, and lecturer of Visual Communication at the University of Ulster.
Making
the Documentary (This is a one-day workshop)
Friday 14th December 10.00am -
5.00pm
Tutors Michael Hewitt &
Dermot Lavery of Double Bnad Films * Workshop Fee £25 Concession £15
Overview of
the process of documentary production discussing the elements of film style and
subjectivity. Interview techniques, narrative and documentary structure,
editing, use of music, teamwork and ethics of documentary filmmaking.
Illustrated with examples from the filmmakers' work.
Double Band Films'
producer/directors Dermot Lavery and Michael Hewitt have a long track record in
making documentaries for a range of broadcasters including Channel Four, BBC NI
and RTE. The company's recent credits include From Belfast to Dachau (BBC NI,
winner of the RTS Best Regional Documentary, 2006), Face-Off: de Valera v
Churchill (RTE, 2007), Making the Monkees (C4, 2007) and Monkey Love (C4, 2005)
and most recently The Poppy Day Bomb (BBC 2007)
COMING
UP
Getting Started
- Production Information Seminar with Northern Ireland Screen (This
workshop is free but we still need your name and address for confirmation on
the form below) An
opportunity to meet Andrew Reid and Elsie Brown from the NIFTC to discuss the
current funding opportunities available from the Commission and to put
your questions and ideas. Are showreels and pilots a good thing
to do? What film ideas are more likely to succeed? What sort of timescale
should you aim for? Need terminology explained? Help understanding budget
headings? There will be an opportunity to see excerpts from recent works that
the Commission has supported. Please fill out the form below and
send with your remittance to Workshops, Northern Visions, 23
Donegall Street, Belfast, BT1 2FF Name.......................................................................................................................................................................... Address..................................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Workshop
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