Clapperboard… travel around the world
Film production workshop 10 January-13 March 2020
A series of eight meetings to learn about the world of film production through the creation of a video on an environmental theme.
We’ll analyse the film “Tomorrow” by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent, an exciting and evocative journey around the world in search of effective solutions to demonstrate that a “better TOMORROW” is both desirable and possible.
Then we’ll imagine “Our Best Future” led by Professor Adriano Sforzi, winner of Donatello’s 2011 David as Best Short Film. We’ll discover the lives of those who are already committed to a different future, in the name of sustainability and respect for the environment.We’ll give life to our idea of future through the creation of a short film, experimenting with all the phases of a film’s production: from the choice of the subject to the script, from the formation of the crew to the filming and editing of the film.
Below is Come Farfalle (Like Butterflies), the short film made by the workshop participants.
Written film. From the idea to the subject
- Friday 10 January 2020 at 17:30 - 19:00
How do you write a film? Review and discussion of some sequences of the film “Tomorrow”, full of suggestions and ideas to work on: innovation, sustainability, mobility and new technologies.
Learning to watch
- Friday 17 January 2020 at 17:00 - 19:00
We’ll learn the language of cinema: framing and editing, analysis of the grammar of moving images. Discussion of the proposed subjects.
Our film
- Friday 31 January 2020 at 17:30 - 19:30
We’ll choose the subject of the short film that we’ll make during the workshop and start working on the first draft of the script and the list of shots.
Scene requirements
- Friday 7 February 2020 at 17:30 - 19:00
We will become familiar with the equipment needed for filming. We’ll identify scene requirements, such as locations, costumes and objects.
Towards shooting
- Friday 14 February 2020 at 17:30 - 19:00
Stripping the script: the search for locations, the choice of actors and rehearsals. Formation of the crew and drafting of the work plan.
Lights, camera, action!
- Friday 21 February 2020 at 17:00 - 20:00
We’ll work as if we were on set, each with his own role: director, assistant and camera operator, director of photography. We will set up the lights and shoot the scene.
Editing and post-production
- Friday 6 March 2020 at 17:30 - 19:00
From the practical elements of cinematographic assembly to the first draft of the short film and post-production setting.
Film screening!
- Friday 13 March 2020 at 19:00 - 20:00
The last meeting is for enjoying our work: participants, along with friends and relatives, are invited to watch the short film created.
**Following the worldwide health emergency, this meeting has been cancelled.**
