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DIRECTORS' SERIES
ShortCourses@ NFTS is proud to announce this year’s Directors’ Series, the script-to-screen intensive four-week directing course that will give you the creative confidence to realise your film.
The series is limited to six participants—giving you exceptional opportunities to practice your technique and have access to our tutors, Brian Gilbert, Udayan Prasad and Sean Bobbitt. Using professional actors and crews as well as specially constructed sets, you will have the opportunity to rehearse professional actors, direct a professional crew, and most importantly, receive feedback on your work.
What our previous participants have said about Brian and Udayan:
“Udayan was unstinting in his generosity, energy and encouragement”
“It has been extremely stimulating to have been tutored by people of vision and experience”
“Brian is passionate and he really helps inspire – he makes the learning process a complete pleasure and absorbing his enthusiasm and love of film and the profession encourages so much creativity and deeper learning”
What previous participants have said about The Directors’ Series’:
“Thoughtful, engaging…the actors are experienced and a joy to work with”
“We have been given the information and the blueprints, now we just need to make the plane fly – Wonderful, thank you ”.
“Absolutely wonderful, with fantastic tutor. For me it’s day and night compared to how I directed actors before”.
Week One: Focus’s on how to read a script and how to work with actors to get performance you want. You will have two days to work with professional actors as well as the opportunity to study and review scenes from the original films.
Week Two: The emphasis this week is on staging. Participants will learn how to block actors, how to find the dramatic beats of a scene and will finish the week with shooting and editing a scene with analysis of staging options.
Week Three: Explores film directing fundamentals from composition to light and from lenses to angles and movement. Using examples of lighting and camera styles, participants will be able to experiment through exercises and scenes filmed with actors.
Week Four: Concentrates on telling a story in cinematic images from the grammar of shots, to cinema language to the dynamics of camera movement. Participants will have the opportunity to test their skills directing a complex scene which will then be edited for review and feedback.
This Series’ has a separate application procedure – please DO NOT APPLY ONLINE, but send an email to shortcourses@nfts.co.uk attaching a copy of your CV and a letter stating your reasons for applying and your future intentions.
Next Course Dates
To be scheduled.
!! APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED !!ShortCourses@ NFTS is proud to announce this year’s Directors’ Series, the script-to-screen intensive four-week directing course that will give you the creative confidence to realise your film.
The series is limited to six participants—giving you exceptional opportunities to practice your technique and have access to our tutors, Brian Gilbert, Udayan Prasad and Sean Bobbitt. Using professional actors and crews as well as specially constructed sets, you will have the opportunity to rehearse professional actors, direct a professional crew, and most importantly, receive feedback on your work.
What our previous participants have said about Brian and Udayan:
“Udayan was unstinting in his generosity, energy and encouragement”
“It has been extremely stimulating to have been tutored by people of vision and experience”
“Brian is passionate and he really helps inspire – he makes the learning process a complete pleasure and absorbing his enthusiasm and love of film and the profession encourages so much creativity and deeper learning”
What previous participants have said about The Directors’ Series’:
“Thoughtful, engaging…the actors are experienced and a joy to work with”
“We have been given the information and the blueprints, now we just need to make the plane fly – Wonderful, thank you ”.
“Absolutely wonderful, with fantastic tutor. For me it’s day and night compared to how I directed actors before”.
Week One: Focus’s on how to read a script and how to work with actors to get performance you want. You will have two days to work with professional actors as well as the opportunity to study and review scenes from the original films.
Week Two: The emphasis this week is on staging. Participants will learn how to block actors, how to find the dramatic beats of a scene and will finish the week with shooting and editing a scene with analysis of staging options.
Week Three: Explores film directing fundamentals from composition to light and from lenses to angles and movement. Using examples of lighting and camera styles, participants will be able to experiment through exercises and scenes filmed with actors.
Week Four: Concentrates on telling a story in cinematic images from the grammar of shots, to cinema language to the dynamics of camera movement. Participants will have the opportunity to test their skills directing a complex scene which will then be edited for review and feedback.
This Series’ has a separate application procedure – please DO NOT APPLY ONLINE, but send an email to shortcourses@nfts.co.uk attaching a copy of your CV and a letter stating your reasons for applying and your future intentions.
Number of Places: 6 Length: 20 days
Full fee: £6000Click on a course title from the list below to view full details. Courses highlighted in yellow are currently available for booking.
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DRAMA
- Budgeting on EP
- Developing & Pitching Drama
- Directing Actors
- DIRECTORS' SERIES
- Drama Production Accounting
- Drama Production Management
- Fact-Based Fiction
- Fact-Based Fiction Writing Workshop
- Head of Production
- Location Management
- Planning and Preparing a Multi-Camera Drama Script
- Post-Production Supervisors
- Producing a Low Budget Film
- Scheduling on EP
- Script Development Workshop
- Script Supervisors
- Scriptwriting for Film and Television
- Storyline Plot & Development
- Two-Camera Drama Directing
- Understanding Post Production
- Web-based Drama