Workshop Description:

The workshop will be hands-on experience where participants will participate in a learning how to craft and produce a short fictional film. During the workshop there will be a hands-on exercises to help participants create their own film.

Students will be guided and advised through the process by the instructor.

Key Takeaways:

• Story – how to create a short story.

• Preproduction – the tools involved in preproduction (storyboard, meetings, auditions).

• Production – lights, camera, action with utilising locations, equipment, crew and crafting the visual story.

• Postproduction – editing a film, adding music and the final changes.

• Marketing (film festivals, social media, and promotion) – how to market your film for the festival circuit, premiere events, and online environment.

Activity:

• Attendees will complete a creative brainstorming and writing activity.

• Attendees will create a storyboard.

• Attendees will shoot a scene of a film.

• Attendees will edit a scene of a film.

• Attendees will share a scene of a film.

Length of workshop:

• Two hours.

Mark has conducted this workshop for the City of Mandurah (local government) in 2022.