OCCASIONAL COURSES
DIRECTORS SERIES
The series is limited to 8 participants—giving you exceptional opportunities to practice your technique and have 1-2-1 access to our tutors. 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 running feedback on your work.
What 2010’s participants said about last year’s Series:
“I really got a lot from the series- it’s been incredible valuable, and changed the way I think as a Director.”
“Overall I thought the course was excellent and very challenging”
“... very useful for all the work we’ve done with actors, ... (especially the final exercise) were very useful to practice ideas.”
“I very much enjoyed when tutors would demonstrate case studies and when we learned directly from existing film scenes and tutors’ own experiences of the industry.”
“Reading a script and being able to draw from it was a very important session for me. I think actors will understand me now and I them. Followed by being able to construct “metaphoric shots” to capture the feeling or emotion of characters or subject. Whereas before, I only captured the storyline.”
“Invaluable.”
Week One: Focuses on how a director reads and analyses a script in order to prepare for work with the actors; how to give playable directions, and how to get the truthful and spontaneous performances you want from your actors. You will have the chance to work with professional actors on challenging scenes as well as the opportunity to study and review those scenes from the original films.
Weeks Two & Three: Participants will be given a focused overview of the processes of film-making from the point of view of the director preparing a shoot. You will be given a screenplay that will form the basis of much of the work over the 2 weeks; there will also be camera and storytelling exercises to build on the study.
Week Four: Participants will have the opportunity to test their skills directing a complex scene of their choice in the studio with a professional cast and crew, which will then be edited for review and feedback.
This course is by selection only – and is aimed at experienced professionals for whom this course is a feasible next step.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS is 24 June 2011 and full payment is required by 8 July.
Although we require you to pay the standard £100 deposit upon application, should you NOT be offered a place, this will be refunded to you minus a standard 10% bank/admin charge. However, should you be offered a place but unable to attend we will retain 100% of the deposit.
You must apply direct to ShortCourses@NFTS using their online application system here
Number of Places: 6 Length: 20 days
ShortCourses@ NFTS is proud to announce 2011’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 8 participants—giving you exceptional opportunities to practice your technique and have 1-2-1 access to our tutors. 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 running feedback on your work.
What 2010’s participants said about last year’s Series:
“I really got a lot from the series- it’s been incredible valuable, and changed the way I think as a Director.”
“Overall I thought the course was excellent and very challenging”
“... very useful for all the work we’ve done with actors, ... (especially the final exercise) were very useful to practice ideas.”
“I very much enjoyed when tutors would demonstrate case studies and when we learned directly from existing film scenes and tutors’ own experiences of the industry.”
“Reading a script and being able to draw from it was a very important session for me. I think actors will understand me now and I them. Followed by being able to construct “metaphoric shots” to capture the feeling or emotion of characters or subject. Whereas before, I only captured the storyline.”
“Invaluable.”
Week One: Focuses on how a director reads and analyses a script in order to prepare for work with the actors; how to give playable directions, and how to get the truthful and spontaneous performances you want from your actors. You will have the chance to work with professional actors on challenging scenes as well as the opportunity to study and review those scenes from the original films.
Weeks Two & Three: Participants will be given a focused overview of the processes of film-making from the point of view of the director preparing a shoot. You will be given a screenplay that will form the basis of much of the work over the 2 weeks; there will also be camera and storytelling exercises to build on the study.
Week Four: Participants will have the opportunity to test their skills directing a complex scene of their choice in the studio with a professional cast and crew, which will then be edited for review and feedback.
This course is by selection only – and is aimed at experienced professionals for whom this course is a feasible next step.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS is 24 June 2011 and full payment is required by 8 July.
Although we require you to pay the standard £100 deposit upon application, should you NOT be offered a place, this will be refunded to you minus a standard 10% bank/admin charge. However, should you be offered a place but unable to attend we will retain 100% of the deposit.
You must apply direct to ShortCourses@NFTS using their online application system here
