workshops
The Red One camera
Released in 2007, the Red One digital cinema camera has been described as a complete game-changer—the camera of the future. Able to capture astounding imagery yet light enough to hold with one hand, the Red One has been used in such films as the Hollywood blockbuster Green Zone and the science fiction hit District 9. This interactive workshop, led by Barbadian videographer Rivelino Simmons, will have participants go through the basics of the camera, including the usage of different lenses. The workshop is recommended for directors, cinematographers and editors.
Saturday 25th September
9am–4pm
ttff office, Belmont
$300 (lunch included). Discounted price for students: $250
call 621.0709 to pre-register
About the facilitator
Rivelino Simmons has been involved in video production for almost 20 years. Currently he is a freelance videographer for international news organizations, and also develops content for regional broadcasters. He has conducted training workshops with the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation and the OECS Secretariat.
The art of adaptation
The practice of turning a work of literature into a film is almost as old as the medium of filmmaking itself. Yet the potential for using Caribbean literature as a source for making films remains largely unexplored. In this workshop, facilitated by acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Caryl Phillips, participants will get to grips with adapting a classic Caribbean short story for the screen. Phillips will take the participants through the necessary steps of adaptation before they attempt some writing of their own. Phillips will then critique the participants’ work.
Saturday 2nd October
9am–4pm
UWI, St Augustine
$300 (lunch included). Discounted price for students: $250
call 621.0709 to pre-register
About the facilitator
Caryl Phillips is a St Kitts-born British writer. His work includes the radio play The Wasted Years (1984, BBC Giles Cooper Award) and the novels Crossing the River (1993, James Tait Black Memorial Prize) and A Distant Shore (2003, Commonwealth Writers Prize). Phillips wrote the film of his own novel The Final Passage (Peter Hall, 1996), as well as the screenplay for Playing Away (Horace Ové, 1986) and the film of VS Naipaul's The Mystic Masseur (Ismail Merchant, 2001). He is presently Professor of English at Yale University.
Directing a feature film
The feature-length narrative is the most popular type of film, the one most directors aspire to make. It is also arguably the most challenging. Daniela Thomas, a Brazilian filmmaker who has directed or co-directed a series of award-winning feature films, leads this workshop in the challenges specific to making a feature film. Using excerpts from her films, research material and scripts, Ms Thomas will take participants through some of the particular obstacles she has faced in directing, and how she tackled them.
Saturday 2nd October
9am–12noon
ttff office, Belmont
$150 (refreshments included)
call 621.0709 to pre-register
About the facilitator
Daniela Thomas is an award-winning director, screenwriter and editor. She co-directed her first feature film, Terra Estrangeira, alongside Walter Salles in 1996. In 2006 she co-directed—again with Salles—a segment of the portmanteau film Paris je t’aime. Linha de Passe (2008, co-directed with Salles) was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Her most recent film is Insolação (2009), which she made with Felipe Hirsch.
Film festivals 101
It is one of the ultimate achievements for an independent filmmaker: to have your film accepted into a prestigious festival, and perhaps even win an award. But how do you make it happen? What are the film festivals looking for, and how do you give your entry the best possible chance of being accepted? In this unique workshop, Martin Mhando (Director, Zanzibar International Film Festival) and Mike Plante (Associate Programmer, Sundance Film Festival) will reveal the dos and don’ts for attaining film festival success.
Saturday 2nd October
1pm–4pm
ttff office, Belmont
$150 (refreshments included)
call 621.0709 to pre-register
About the facilitators
Martin Mhando is a film director, producer and academic from Tanzania. His film Maangamizi (2001) was the first sub-Saharan African film to be accepted into the Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Film category. A senior lecturer in media studies at Murdoch University, Australia, Martin is also the Director of the Zanzibar International Film Festival.
Mike Plante has worked for a variety of film festivals in the US since 1993. Since 2001, he has worked at the Sundance Film Festival, and is currently an Associate Programmer. In 1998 he founded Cinemad magazine, a homemade journal that covered the fringes of film.
Directing and producing independent films and music videos
In this unique day-long event, Ty Hodges, a US film producer, director, writer and actor, will takes participants through the steps to achieving success in independent filmmaking and music video production. His presentation will include topics such as identifying projects, raising finance, getting the most out of your talent, and developing your filmmaking style. He will also speak to effective international film community networking.
About the facilitator
Ty Hodges is a producer, director, writer, actor and musician. He directed the film Video Girl (2010) starring Meagan Good, and is in post-production for the film You, Me & the Circus, which he produced (with Omar Epps), directed and co-wrote, and also stars in. He has been involved in numerous music video productions both in the US and the Caribbean.
Saturday 2nd October
9am–4pm
Grafton Beach Resort, Tobago
$300 (lunch included)
call 621.0709 to pre-register
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