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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 9-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 12th and 13th October 2010 for 9 weeks
- Strictly limited places available
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:
October 2010
| 11:00am - 1:00pm | Orientation / Safety |
| Directing for the Screen – overview | |
| Watch Short Films | |
| 1:45pm - 5:00pm | 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 |
Saturday 31st July 2010
| 11:00am - 1:00pm | Performance and screen: the director – actor relationship, the actor / director’s checklist |
| Substitutions, Inner Objects, Beats and Actions | |
| 2:00pm - 5:00pm | 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 |
Saturday 7th August 2010
| 11:00am – 12 noon | Rehearsing the shoot/blocking, The Grammar of Television and Film, Composition |
| Plan short film | |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Guest Speaker 3 x short films an analysis
Shoot short Character pieces |
Saturday 14th August 2010
| 11:00am – 12 noon | Planning & communication/schedule & call sheets/ shot lists/Story Boards/Mise-en-Scene |
| Plan short film | |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Shoot short character pieces |
Saturday 21st August 2010
| 11:00am – 1:00pm | Auditions for short film |
| 1:45pm – 5:00pm | Auditions for short film |
| Final Casting |
Saturday 28th August 2010
| 10:00am – 1:00pm | Shoot x 2 scenes |
| 1:45pm – 5:00pm | Shoot x 2 scenes |
Saturday 4th September 2010
| 10:00am – 1:00pm | Shoot x 2 scenes |
| 1:45pm – 5:00pm | Shoot x 2 scenes |
Saturday 11th September 2010
| 10:00am – 1:00pm | Shoot x 2 scenes |
| 1:45pm – 5:00pm | Shoot x 2 scenes |
Saturday 18th September 2010
| 11:00am – 1:00pm | Editing & Review |
| 1:45pm – 5:00pm | Editing & Review |
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