Film and Television Director’s Course

Delivery: Part-Time

Course Title: The Director

Venue: Byron Bay

Intended Audience: Aspiring Directors & Filmmakers

Pre-Requisites: None

Mark Piper Exclusive Course

Outline:

Mark Piper presents a unique 8 week course, which is a rare opportunity to learn from award winning Producer and Director, Mark Piper and industry guests.

How directors interact with their actors is crucial to the success of any production. This course develops the skills needed for leading a creative team, motivating actors, and inspiring audiences. It also provides valuable guidance on how to cast and rehearse actors and how to facilitate great performances. The program covers the director’s roles and responsibilities, principles of effective storytelling, characterisation, planning, production skills and working with other creative roles such as designers, writers, choreographers and composers.

During the course you will work with actors in both the intermediate and advanced classes . The courses will run each Tuesday and Wednesday with preparation work during the week.

One on one mentoring with Mark Piper during the course – 4 hours minimum per person.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Increase your passion for the industry
• Gain from a writers, directors, actors and editors perspective
• Receive realistic feedback and encouragement from a director’s perspective
• An understanding of the facets of the process of making a film or television production.

Guest Presenters:

Seasoned industry professionals will present on aspects of casting, acting, voice, auditioning, camera, screenwriting and editing. Previous guest presenters have included Anthony Young Ivana Chubbuck method of Acting; Dean Frances Actor / Filmmaker; Martin Sacks Director / Actor; Sam Atwell Actor / Director Home & Away; Andrea Moor Practical Aesthetics; Paul Goddard Actor / Director; Michael Futcher; Actor / Director; and Chris Haywood Actor/ Filmmaker.

What you can expect to achieve:

Based on the feedback from participants from previous Mark Piper workshops you can expect to develop and boost your confidence as a Director or filmmaker, clarify your vision and become more determined and motivated to succeed in a highly competitive industry.

Complimentary DVD: Each participant will receive a free copy of Mark Piper’s Actors, Directors and Filmmakers handbook and a DVD of their work from the workshop.

Booking Details:

• Bookings $1500 inclusive
• Payment plan available
• Dates October 2011 for 8 weeks – up to 3  classes per week
• Strictly limited places available
• Pay by direct deposit to         Byron Bay Film & Television School BSB 032573 Account No 252578
• or PAYPAL

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Detailed Course Description:

For those interested in either stage or screen, this course develops skills and confidence for leading a creative team, motivating a company of performers, and inspiring audiences. The course covers the director’s role and responsibilities, principles of effective storytelling and characterisation and working with others – designers, writers, choreographers, composers. Planning, communication and production skills are also developed. There will be particular focus on selection of material, developing a concept and ways of working with actors through the rehearsal process.

Tutor: Mark Piper

About Mark Piper:

Spanning over three decades in the international Theatre, Film and Television industry, Mark Piper’s award-winning career has seen him on the initial teams Producing and Directing many international drama programs. Water Rats (Australia), Mercy Peak (NZ), Beastmaster (USA), Ponderosa (USA), Neighbours, Home and Away, All Saints, Blue Heelers, Always Greener, Halifax F.P (Australia), and Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten (Germany), are just some of the popular series that Mark has directed.

Course Curriculum:

	Orientation / Safety
	Directing for the Screen – overview
	Watch Short Films
	Breaking down the script / script meeting / The Directors Schedule
	Directing Actors
	The Power of the Actor – Overall Objectives, scene objectives, obstacles
	Technology & you – CELTX  -  www.celtex.com , camera, sound, post production
	Plan short film – Student Project, Establish Heads Of Departments, Prepare 10 minute pitch of your project

	Performance and screen: the director – actor relationship, the actor / director’s checklist
	Substitutions, Inner Objects, Beats and Actions
	Plan short film – Writing, Story, Narrative, The Heroes Journey, The Art of Story Creation, Psychological subtext
	10 minute pitch each student, casting discussions, pre survey Locations – photos / video

	Rehearsing the shoot/blocking, The Grammar of Television and Film, Composition
	Plan short film
	Guest Speaker 3 x short films an analysis Shoot short Character pieces

	Planning & communication/schedule & call sheets/ shot lists/Story Boards/Mise-en-Scene
	Plan short film
	Shoot short character pieces

	Auditions for short film
	Auditions for short film
	Final Casting

	Shoot x 2 scenes
:	Shoot x 2 scenes

	Shoot x 2 scenes

	Shoot x 2 scenes
	Shoot x 2 scenes

	Editing & Review
	Editing & Review

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