CIFFworkshops
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Drone Cinematography
Dates – 18-20 March 2024 | Location – Shivalik Country Club, Panchkula
Fees – 8,000 INR (Inclusive of GST)
Registrations Closed
He is an Emmy-winning drone Videographer, Award-winning Aerial Photographer, UAV expert, author, writer, lecturer and instructor. Three-time recipient and first American to win Young Travel Photographer of the Year, a prestigious international competition judged by museum curators and magazine editors, Guttman was named a World’s Top Travel Photographer by Condé Nast Traveler, a Rising Star by Instagram and won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Storytelling and Exploration—a lifetime achievement level honor.The former Chief of Photography for a drone research and development lab, Guttman is a FAA Part 107 licensed drone pilot. With a decade of flying experience, he won an Emmy Award as the Director of Aerial Cinematography for a PBS documentary.
About the Workshop
Drones are one of the hottest technological forces of the 21st century. These incredible marvels have democratized perspective, taking exclusive ownership over that unique slice of airspace sandwiched between the reach of the longest selfie stick and the lowest hovering helicopter. Join award-winning aerial photographer, Chase Guttman, author of The Handbook of Drone Photography, as he guides you through the airspace of the newest photographic and technological frontier.
Dissecting the Audition process with Madhurjeet Sarghi
Dates – 26 and 27th March 2024 | Location – GMAG
Fees – 3,000 INR (Inclusive of GST)
Registrations Closed
Madhurjeet Sarghi is a theater, film and TV actress as well as a casting director. She has worked in the Bollywood entertainment industry and her artwork has been released in English and Hindi language movies such as Chhapaak, Manto and Agneepath.
About the Workshop
The two-day extensive workshop will explore the basics of auditioning hygiene. The process will have some practical exercises for a better hold of the craft. Moderator Madhurjeet Sarghi will also be sharing her own actionable strategies to navigate through the process as she has worked on both sides of the camera as an actress and a casting director. She will also share the tools and techniques she has picked up in the course of her career as an actor in the last 20 years.
Identifying and analyzing scripts from a production perspective by Julian Friedman (For Producers)
Limited Seats
Registrations Closed
Julian Friedmann is co-owner of the Blake Friedmann Literary Agency and was the publisher of ScriptWriter magazine, which became the premiere magazine for screenwriters in the UK and Europe. He represents both book and scriptwriters and also acts as executive producer for and with clients. Friedmann is the author of the Make Money Screenwriting series (an updated version of the previous How to Make Money Scriptwriting), co-author of The Insider’s Guide to Writing for Television, and editor of two volumes on Writing Long-Running Television series. He has taught at universities and film schools all over the world. He designed the MA in Television Scriptwriting at De Montfort University, and pilots (for developing long-running television series) for the EU Media Programme. He has been on both Emmy and Grierson Juries and is senior adviser to the London Screenwriting Festival.
About the Workshop (For Producers)
In the first part of this workshop we will look at one of the two critical considerations in considering a screenplay: will it clearly please the audience, in which case financiers and streamers are more likely to fund it? In the second part of the workshop, we will explore whether the writer is someone you as producer want by your side when things go wrong, which they usually do. What do producers need to look for in writers? How can they identify the right writer for a film or TV series and how do they need to analyze scripts to make sure that the final script will attract the finance from investors and streamers?
I have been an agent for nearly 50 years and agents’ careers depend on making good choices in selecting writers: what are the tricks to making better choices and what are the dangers? Why showrunners may be the wrong choice and how to develop long-standing relationships with talent that will be the key to developing a producing career.
Fundamentals on how to Make Money in Screenwriting by Julian Friedmann (For Writers)
Dates – 29th March 2024 | Location – Taj, Sector 17 Chandigarh
Limited Seats
Registrations Closed
Julian Friedmann is co-owner of the Blake Friedmann Literary Agency and was the publisher of ScriptWriter magazine, which became the premiere magazine for screenwriters in the UK and Europe. He represents both book and scriptwriters and also acts as executive producer for and with clients. Friedmann is the author of the Make Money Screenwriting series (an updated version of the previous How to Make Money Scriptwriting), co-author of The Insider’s Guide to Writing for Television, and editor of two volumes on Writing Long-Running Television series. He has taught at universities and film schools all over the world. He designed the MA in Television Scriptwriting at De Montfort University, and pilots (for developing long-running television series) for the EU Media Programme. He has been on both Emmy and Grierson Juries and is senior adviser to the London Screenwriting Festival.
About the Workshop (For Writers)
Films are narrative stories, told using journeys taken by characters. Plots describe what actions happen on that journey. The mentor is more interested in why those actions happened, in the emotional journey of the characters. What happens in a movie happens because of who the characters are. By enabling audiences to connect, identify, empathize, to almost become those characters, you can achieve success. And that is one of the keys to being a successful writer, as well as having talent Which cannot be taught), understanding what producers need from you and having some knowledge of the market.
In the first part of the Writers’ Workshop, we will look at how to provoke an emotional and physiological response (over which the audience has no control) in the audience. In the second part we will look at what preparations you can make to demonstrate that you have the talent and the understanding of the market and the needs of producers.
Film Production Design with Vandana Kataria
Dates – 26 and 27th March 2024 | Location – CCA Campus, Chandigarh
Exclusively for CCA Students
Registrations Closed
Vandana Kataria, an esteemed production designer and filmmaker, graduated in film and visual communications from the National Institute of Design (NID). She has directed television commercials, TV shows, music videos and shorts. In her earlier years she worked in production design and was chief assistant director for Dibakar Banerjee’s film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, for which she won a Filmfare award in 2008. Kataria has also worked as a production designer for Indian feature films; Shanghai (2012), and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015). In 2016, she started working on Noblemen soon after winning accolades for the production design of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!. Now her first feature film as a writer/ director Noblemen has traveled to several festivals and is available on Netflix.