A host of upcoming courses to be held by FÃS Screen Training Ireland supported by BSÉ/IFB
FÁS Screen Training Ireland, supported by Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board, is seeking participants for the following courses:
Factual Storytelling Masterclass with Robert Thirkell
24th October 2011
Based on Robert Thirkell's CONFLICT seminar, this one day masterclass identifies the key elements of factual storytelling and how to make formats work.
http://www.screentrainingireland.ie/?fuseaction=course_details&preopen=5&id=50579
Digital Workflow: Tapeless Workflow Fundamentals
25th October 2011
This course - a collaboration between FÁS Screen Training Ireland and FÁS TV & Video Production Unit, Tralee - aims to introduce participants to some basic principles of file management and storage, and the key requirements of a tapeless workflow.
http://www.screentrainingireland.ie/?fuseaction=course_details&preopen=5&id=50578
First Feature Script to Screen
24th October 2011
The Irish Playwrights & Screenwriters Guild, FÁS Screen Training Ireland and IADT present a seminar for writers focusing on the development of first features from script to screen.
https://www.screentrainingireland.ie/?fuseaction=course_details&preopen=5&id=50583
Seminar with Jeanie Finlay
21st October 2011
This seminar for Documentary Filmmakers is a collaboration between FÁS Screen Training Ireland and The Darklight Film Festival. Entitled 'Ramshackle Adventures in Filmmaking', the seminar will focus on the career of Jeanie Finlay, from Gallery to cinema Screen. Jeanie will talk through her film projects & what she's learned, from successfully crowd-funding her documentary Sound It Out via UK site IndieGoGo, to alternative distribution models and fresh approaches to production.
http://www.screentrainingireland.ie/?fuseaction=course_details&preopen=5&id=50581
Technical Colour Management and Calibration
26th and 27th October 2011
This course - a collaboration between FÁS Screen Training Ireland and FÁS TV & Video Production Unit, Tralee - This course is aimed at assistant camera personnel, DIT's and post-production personnel who wish to enhance their understanding of colour management and calibration for film and television.
http://www.screentrainingireland.ie/?fuseaction=course_details&preopen=5&id=50580
Pitching your Project
28th, 29th and 30th November 2011
This 2 day workshop will cover identifying the essence of your project, using the development of your pitch to deepen your understanding of your project, communication techniques, presentation skills, the theory of the pitch and pitching exercises.
https://www.screentrainingireland.ie/?fuseaction=course_details&preopen=5&sid=13&id=50582
Talking TV Drama: Breaking Bad in Galway
20th & 21st October 2011
Galway Film Centre, in partnership with FÁS Screen Training Ireland, GMIT, the BAI and TG4, are delighted to announce an exciting 2 day event in October 2011 for those interested in Writing for TV Drama. The event will feature writers/directors/producers from the US, Australia, the UK and Ireland.
One of the many highlights of the event will be an in depth interview with Vince Gilligan, creator and writer on Breaking Bad and also writer of multiple X-Files episodes. Breaking Bad has been named one of the best shows of 2011 by the American Film Institute and Stephen King hailed it as ‘the best of the 21st Century'. Other interesting events will include a workshop style session with Emmy winning director, Dearbhla Walsh and writer Fiona Seres focusing on The Silence, which attracted 5 million viewers in 2010.
https://www.screentrainingireland.ie/?fuseaction=fullarticle&preopen=4&cat=General&id=166&sid=36
For further details, go to www.screentrainingireland.ie