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Tuesday Night 12th October 6.30pm – 9.30pm   Production Management One – Part One – Prepare the Movie Shoot – Scott Jacobs 

As we are only 2.5 weeks from Shoot, Day One of your movie, the focus is now on how to produce the 10-minute film by actually producing it.

Producer Preparation –

• Casting Finalisation – Final cast chosen: 30 minutes
• The Shoot Schedule – The Script shall be broken down and set into 3 Shooting Days.
• Locations – How to lock down final locations
• Location Scouting & Negotiation.

Tuesday Night  – 19th October 2021 – 6.30pm – 9.30pm  –    Directing Actors. –  The Full Breakdown   Colm O’Murchu.

With only 10 Days left to the big 3 Day Shoot, tonight’s focus is firmly placed on working with actors.Production Design on a Budget.

• Actor Blocking and how it will determine the shot list.
• Top 10 Tips for working with actors on set.
• How to direct Actors effectively when you are starting out.

Part Two Rehearsals with the  actual actors cast for the film.
Actors for the Short film will arrive at 7.30pm

• Costumes for the actors finalised.
• Rehearsals with the actors How to rehearse
• Learn by rehearsing with the Actors

Tuesday Night  26th October 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Final Shoot Preparations: Scott Jacobs 
Ready Steady Go.  All Final Preparations for the Shoot:  Scott Jacobs

Tonight you will complete all the final preparations and the preproduction for the movie that you will shoot.

• Final Schedule organised.
• Final checklist for the following – Locations – Crew – Production Design
• Equipment Set Up.
• Call Sheets and how they are prepared
• The Essential Crew – Itemised Director, DOP , Focus Puller, Clapper, Sound Recordist, Boom Swinger, Gaffer x 2,  Grips , Continuity Production Co-ordinator.
• Rotations for the Shoot organised

The  Three Day Film Shoot –  On Real Location Learn how to shoot a Movie by doing it for real.

Saturday 30th October    8am – 6pm    On Location: Shoot Day One 

You will direct a scene and  you will work as a crew member on a real film with real actors on real locations. Every person revolves through the 10 Person Crew roles over the three shooting days. A designated time is allotted for each crew role. This will be from the film script you developed and the actors you cast. 

Director & Crew Roles for the Film Shoot that you will do:

1. Director
2. DOP
3. Focus Puller
4. Clapper
5. Sound Recordist
6. Boom Swinger
7. Gaffer
8. Grips
9. Continuity
10. Make up

Tuesday Night – 2nd November    6.30pm – 9.30pm  Shoot Review and Preparation for Weekend Two  Edit Session One 

First Hour 

• Review of shooting Day One.
• Prepare Shoot Day 2 & 3

Hour Two and Three 

• Adobe Premier Pro Set up Preparation for Start of Post Production 
• How to Data Manage your Footage 
• How to sync your audio and video 
• Prepare to edit 
• Watch Rushes

Saturday 6th November – 8am – 6pm  : Shoot Day Two On Location

Today you will work as a crew member, as a Director and as a DOP  on a real film. Every person revolves through the 10 Person Crew roles over the three shooting days. A designated time is allotted for each crew role. This is 100% hands-on practical.

Director & Crew Roles for the Film Shoot that you will do:

1. Director
2. DOP
3. Focus Puller
4. Clapper
5. Sound Recordist
6. Boom Swinger
7. Gaffer
8. Grips
9. Continuity
10. Make up

Shoot Day Three –  Sunday 7th November   8am – 6pm   The Film Shoot on location

Today the Crew shoot on their own. You will work as a crew member on a real film. Every person revolves through the 10 Person Crew roles over the three shooting days. A designated time is allotted for each crew role. This is 100% hands-on practical.

The Three Week challenge:   Edit the entire Short Film 10 minutes long Voluntary

Thursday Night 11th November –  6.30pm – 9.30pm  Edit Class Two  Learn How to Edit your Film.  Tim Main

You learn to edit the movie, on Adobe Premiere Pro.
We currently have a video tutorial series of 11 tutorials, only available to people on the 4 Month Filmmaking Course. One must use these tutorials with the editing course lessons  and the footage from the film. This way you will edit the entire short film.

Editing a short film takes time and enthusiasm to complete outside of class time.   Therefore it is voluntary section of the course and also the edit itself is a voluntary to complete. 

Allow 20 – 30 voluntary hours over a month, to complete an edit outside of course time.

Please note that editing is a great skill to learn and there is so much work in the film and video business for talented editors. It also pays well.
Focus here for opportunity.

You will need a Laptop or Desktop computer with a minimum of 8GB of Ram and the Adobe Premiere Pro Software available from Adobe.

You learn to edit the movie, on Adobe Premier Pro.  Editing continues on the film.
You will learn how a film is edited and how to make the film look and sound professional.

• Edit the film
• How to edit the material into a complete scene
• You actually edit the film on Adobe Premiere Pro

Please note that editing and colouring is a very valuable skill to learn. There is plenty of work for very good editors in the film business. Postproduction has the most jobs

Tuesday 23rd November 2020 6.30pm – 9.30pm  Colm O’Murchu  Film Career and Opportunity 

After your short Film is complete, how do you find the audience and how do you find work in the film business.

• Film Festivals and your strategy for entering
• What is the best site for Film Festivals
• Earning money on Stock Video Sites
• Where is the work in the film industry
• Your plan for getting work in the film industry
• Film Markets and how feature films are sold and make money.

Thursday Night 25th November  – 6.30pm – 9.30pm    Edit Night Three  Finish the post on the film. 

• Colouring the film to make the film look great.
• Music and how to use Stock Sites to source your music.
• Adding music to your film
• Credits and Titles
• Preparing for Sound Mix
• Exporting your final Film.

Sound Post Saturday 4th December 10am – 4pm  John Hresc in his  Sound Studio

Sound Post and Music mix Session with one of Australia’s great Sound mixers and designers

This session takes place at John’s studio.  This is what makes the difference between a good film and a great film and will make the difference between success and not succeeding.

Friday Night 10th December    6 pm – 10pm  The Final Night Celebration:        Screening of the complete finished film and Certificates

• Future Opportunities
• Screening of the Finished Completed Film
• 4 MonthFilm Making Certificate” Presentation.
• Photos of group.
• Social Mixer and Celebration

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At the end of 4 Months, you will have worked on and created a 10 – 12 minute movie