HipCinema Labs

Learn about the process of directing narrative cinema in a one day intensive workshop in Mt. Airy Philadelphia at the MaMa Studios (corner of Carpenter Lane and Greene Street).

$95 for registration. PIFVA Members pay $85 per session. Class is designed for filmmakers who have made at least one film/video and taken entry level production courses. It is also for documentary makers who want to transition into doing narrative work. Please wear comfortable clothes and be prepared to move. This is a participatory workshop where you are expected to act as well as direct! There is no better way to understand the actor’s craft than to actually do it.

$95  November 5, 2011 9:30am to 2pm

Please email hipcinema23@yahoo.com for more information and complete registration.

Note: Cell phones must be turned off during class. You are stealing time from your classmates and yourself when you talk on the phone. Plan your Saturday accordingly.

The curriculum will cover the following:

Acting for Camera

Making Choices

Working with Your Producer

Discovering How You See Things: Composition, Lenses, Lighting

The Process of Interpretation: Working with Actors & Crew

Blocking dramatic action

Placing the Camera

Breaking Down the Scene for Coverage

Shoot to Edit

Sound Advice

Taking Care of Yourself & Others During Production

Recommended Reading:

Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen by Steve Katz

Michael Caine - Acting in Film: An Actor’s Take on Movie Making by Michael Caine

The Rules of Management by Richard Templar

Catching The Big Fish by David Lynch

The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Film Editing by Michael Ondaatje

Making Movies by Sidney Lumet

On Directing Film by David Mamet

Filmmaking for Dummies by Bryan Michael Stoller

About the Instructor: Nadine Patterson has taught video/film production for the past 22 years. She completed principal photography on her first feature film as writer/director Tango Macbeth. She actively engages her students in the process of production during each class. She has made over 20 independent films. She earned a BA in Drama from Franklin & Marshall College, a Masters of Science from West Chester University, and a Masters of Art (MFA equivalent) from the prestigious London Film School in 2005.