DRAMATIC TIME, REAL TIME, POETIC TIME... IN NO TIME!
OPEN TO SERIOUS ASPIRING AND PRACTISING WRITER/SCREENWRITERS
MUST BE OPEN MINDED.
HAS A FAIRLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF SCREENWRITING AND THE REALITIES OF FILM/MOVIE
PRODUCTION
COMMITTED TO FINISH THE 3 MONTH INTENSIVE COURSE.
REQUIRED OUTPUT FOR CERTIFICICATION IS
A FEATURE-LENGTH SCREENPLAY
BY THE END OF THE WORKSHOP ON DECEMBER 2009
APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL SEPT 2.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
JUNE 30, Penguin Cafe-Bar, Malate, Tuesday 8pm (Graduation Recital)
JULY 4, Tomato Bomb, Xavierville Ave, Saturday, 8pm (Exhibit Opening)
RESERVE your Tickets NOW!
for inquiries: 0920-6081949
LIMITED SLOTS OFFERED FOR “K’WENTO: WRITING YOUR FILM STORY” WORKSHOP BATCH 2 OF THE UFO FILMKMAKING SERIES, CONDUCTED BY EMMAN DELA CRUZ(Sarong Banggi, Imagining Edsa, Gabon and 1434456; The Singalong Singhs, Palanca Awards, Best Screenplay) or Call: 0920-6081949
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Louie Quirino is a working cinematographer with credits in commercials, TV, theatrical features, and music videos. A graduate of UP Film as well as the Los Angeles Film School, he is also known as a feature film colorist with credits in both the indie as well as the commercial industry. His credits as Director of Photography include episodes of Shake, Rattle and Roll, Rounin, Tulad ng Dati, and Altar. As a colorist his work can be seen in Independencia, Big Time, Shake Rattle and Roll, and Altar.
Course description
This course is designed as a practical guide for beginning cinematographers in the independent film field. It will begin with a recap of the cinematographers aesthetic and production duties. Examples from films will be screened and discussed to clarify the cinematographer’s role in today’s world of digital imaging.
Emphasis will be made on visualization and the proper use of the cinematographer’s tools to achieve the photographic look required by each project he may encounter. Shooting exercises in aid of visualization are planned.
The course will also deal with real world problem solving for the cinematographer in the different phases of film production (pre-production, production, and post-production). Shooting assignments will be given and the class will be asked to constructively critique each others work.
APPLICATIONS EXTENDED TILL JUNE 3O.!
12, 000php (Open Schedule). Classes will be held apprenticeship style.
UFO SUMMER FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS
present
Finding Your Way in Filmmaking
Beginning to Explore and Apply Your Own Filmmaking Process
Course Description
The workshop is an optional two part course divided into 18 hours++ each that shall use multidisciplinary, holistic, philosophical, practical and creative exercises to help the participant discover, explore and implement their own unique artistic filmmaking process. The course shall focus mainly on the possibilities of film as an art form and how the participant can responsibly express and sustain their own unique vision of the world and life by studying and applying eight values of film that the facilitator has observed and experienced through the greatest examples of the medium: Subtlety, Subtext, Simplicity (Complexity), Intimacy, Immediacy, Intensity, Flexibility and Specific/Particular.
Workshop Facilitator
Jan Philippe “JP” V. Carpio is a self taught writer, filmmaker and performer living in Metro Manila, Philippines. He has written and directed three full length films shot on video. The first in 2000, Girl of My Dreams, the second Balay Dakû in 2002, and the third Hilo (thread) in 2007. He is a National Commission for Culture and the Arts Cinema Grant Recipient for the first full length film in the Ilonggo language Balay Dakû. Apart from a number of pending short films and full lengths, his fourth full length film Palanggâ (the beloved) is currently in post production. His films have been screened at local film festivals like the eKsperim[E]nto Film & Video Festival, Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival and .MOV International Digital Film Festival as well as international film festivals like the Chicago Filipino American Film Festival. His writing has been published in national publications like Philippine Graphic and The Philippine Star. His short story “Bundle” was the runner up for Best Published First Short Story at the 2001 NVM Gonzalez Awards. He collaborates on occasion with actor and dancer Vanni Liwanag on improvised movement pieces which they have performed in venues such as the I Love You Store, Lav Diaz’s award winning film Melancholia and the painting exhibit opening of Dante Perez’s Versus at Alliance Francaise Manila. He performs regularly with Soliman Cruz’s Actors’ Pleygrawnd. He is currently a freelance videographer and editor, a contributing writer on film and art to spacephilippines.com, a member of Actor’s Pleygrawnd and a member of Free Expression Philippines.
APPLICATIONS TILL MAY 11!
Two acclaimed veterans of the performance art forms, acting and stand up comedy, share their talent, experience and knowledge at UFO Workshops this May 4-31.
A self proclaimed and unapologetic acting addict, Soliman Cruz has been inspiring and moving audiences of stage, television and film for nearly forty years, most recently in his performances in award winning films like Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, Death in the Land of the Encantos and Melancholia as well as one of the founders of the multidisciplinary performance troupe Actors’ Pleygrawnd. Please come experience Sol sharing “life acting” in
“PINTIGAN” WORKSHOP (ACTING) - Soliman Cruz and the Actor’s Pleygrawnd (36 ++) 6,000php MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS / 9AM-12NN / SATURDAYS / 5:00-8:00PM
SESSIONS START MAY 11-16, 18-23, 25-30
(PINTIGAN workshop combines a multi-disciplinary approach to acting and performance from stage to screen (TV&FILM) with intensive sessions in poetry, percussion, Inner Dance and even the art of Arnis… Students are encouraged to develop their own personal pieces that will be showcased in select performance venue)
A rare bird in the local comedy landscape where tasteless slapstick and degrading insult humor seem to dominate, Wilson Go believes that laughter is one of mankind’s primary instincts along with crying and sex. Go also sees comedy as a way of dealing with and examining our personal pains and insecurities. Please come share the laughter and truth with him in his
“STAND BY ME” A STAND-UP COMEDY WORKSHOP - Wilson Go (Sic’o Clock News) (15 hours ++) 5,000php MONDAYS/WEDNESDAYS/FRIDAYS / 6-8PM
SESSIONS START MAY 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29
links:
http://momentaries.multiply.com/calendar/item/10129
htt://actorspleygrawnd.wordpress.com
DISCOUNTED RATES FOR ACTING & STAND-UP COMEDY!
ACTING WORKSHOP (INTENSIVE 2wks session) FROM P8000 to P6000!!!
STAND-UP COMEDY WORKSHOP FROM P6000 to P5000!!!
-EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS & PAYMENT FOR ACTING & STAND-UP COMEDY WORKSHOPS TILL MAY 9, 2009!
Louie Quirino is a working cinematographer with credits in commercials, TV, theatrical features, and music videos. A graduate of UP Film as well as the Los Angeles Film School, he is also known as a feature film colorist with credits in both the indie as well as the commercial industry. His credits as Director of Photography include episodes of Shake, Rattle and Roll, Rounin, Tulad ng Dati, and Altar. As a colorist his work can be seen in Independencia, Big Time, Shake Rattle and Roll, and Altar.
Course description
This course is designed as a practical guide for beginning cinematographers in the independent film field. It will begin with a recap of the cinematographers aesthetic and production duties. Examples from films will be screened and discussed to clarify the cinematographer’s role in today’s world of digital imaging.
Emphasis will be made on visualization and the proper use of the cinematographer’s tools to achieve the photographic look required by each project he may encounter. Shooting exercises in aid of visualization are planned.
The course will also deal with real world problem solving for the cinematographer in the different phases of film production (pre-production, production, and post-production). Shooting assignments will be given and the class will be asked to constructively critique each others work.
FEW SLOTS LEFT FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY CLASS! ACCEPTING APPLICANTS TILL MAY 8 or earlier till all slots are filled!
-SESSIONS START MAY 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31
-SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS 9:00AM-12:00NN
