Ffresh Film Festival

Wednesday 20th February 2013

During the festival I was volunteering in Ffresh stall and providing information for visitors.
There were a lot of students who came from various city. I was helping out with Ffresh passes for different sessions. It was nice to chat and meet with lots of people.

Registration Desk Shifts

Wednesday, Feb 20th

                                               

11.00 - 13.00                           Ayse & David                                      

13.00 – 15.00                          William & Mike                     

15.00 – 17.00                          James & Berwyn        

17.00 – 19.00                           Ayse            

Thursday, Feb 21st

8.30 – 10.00                            Grant & David

10.00 - 12.00                            Grant & Mike                                    

12.00 – 14.00                          Charlotte & Yusuf                  

14.00 – 16.00                          Grant & Bryony

16.00 – 18.00                           Grant

Friday, Feb 22nd

9.30 – 11.00                            Grant & Kieran           

11.00 – 13.00                          Grant & William

13.00 – 15.00                          Laura & Steph

15.00 – 17.30                          Grant & Mike

17.30 – 20.00                          Ayse & David

I attend to International Fiction 1 session. This was one of my favourite sessions among the festival. There were few memorable films like:

 F5; two dancers hoping to escape from where they live and make the big time. It explores themes of artistic integrity the distinction of high brow, low brow art and the relationship between artists,critics and audience.

Nothing Can Touch Me, was a film set in Danish town a boy is shooting all his friends in the school because of getting bullied. This film really touched me and i related it to the similar horrible attack in America.

 I managed to attend the last session of today which was Vinyl & Sara Sugarman Q&A. Unfortunately she was unable to attend due to family health issues. Although she wasn't there it was great to watch her film.

A 1980's Rock Band caused a media frenzy in 2004, when his ageing Rock group made an unknown comeback under the guise of an "up and coming young punk band" In true to form style of an image obsessed industry the youngsters were signed and entered the U.K. Charts with their first single release.Unfortunately as the media frenzy around the new group broke so did the need to explain the truth.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703923/?ref_=sr_1

Also it was nice to see some of the cast in the theatre. Personally I found the film interesting as it was based on a true story. It was funny as well as interesting. I felt happy to see Rhyl as a location in the film.

 

Thursday 21st of February

FFresh works: Dream
Luckily I wasn't volunteering on Thursday so I tried to attend sessions as much as I can.
Ffresh works: Dream series of shorts; we watched mysterious thriller Orpheus, , Memories Vives, You got beautiful. I loved the way You got beautiful was made such as photos, animation. I thought it was good to bring issues between women and their body. No matter who we are we have always got something nice inside of us.


International Fiction 2 & Elmar Imanov Q&A

I loved watching every second of his documentarty Die Schaukel des Sargmachers (The swing of coffin makers).
The documentary was shot in Azerbaijan.  I was suprised that i was actually able to understand the language used in the film as I am Turkish and it is similiar with Azerbaijanian. This documentary left a smile on my face. Knowing the events like this happening in Turkey in little villages as the people living there have no education or no self improvement. 

The Mill Masterclass

From the company The Mill we had a quest speak and visual effects artist Sid who done the latest Kia advertisement. He explained the way he worked how hard he worked and gave some tips and tricks. Also he talked about breaking in the industry, how vital the applying practical work with professionalism. He mentioned about voluntary works and work experiences as well. I really enjoyed this session and had notes taken for myself to apply in my life.



Friday 22nd of February

I was at the stall most of the day on friday as it was a busy day and getting organized for the Ffresh Awards Show in the evening.

Watching the Awards show made me ask to myself Why am i here and not getting involved in Ffresh why am i waiting for the be creative make something and enter in the Ffresh and now that what my plans for summer. Work hard, play hard.



Also recieved a nice e mail at the end of this journey :)

James Nee (James@thefestivalscompany.co.uk)

Add to contacts

07/03/2013

To: kieran.galaska@gmail.com, aysekaya@hotmail.co.uk, fishatwin@hotmail.com, bryony21@btinternet.com, grandowill@hotmail.co.uk, conroy_mj@hotmail.co.uk, charlottelizabeth@hotmail.co.uk, lauravanstone1@hotmail.co.uk, s.chambers2@hotmail.co.uk, laurenormefilms@gmail.com, amberdust.studio@gmail.com, catgwydir@msn.com, maddiematthews94@aol.co.uk

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to send you a brief note to say thank you for all your help with this year’s ffresh, which was massively appreciated.

Your support played an invaluable role in the success of the festival so we’re really grateful for you taking the time off to help us out.

Let us know if there’s anything we do to help you in the future (references, life advice, bail money, etc).

Thanks once again,

James

Creative Futures Week

Monday 4.3.2013

Sarah Mair Gates- Creative and cultural skills Wales manager

What they do ?
Research
Development of national occupational standart
Apprenticeships
Careers info and events
National Skills Academy
Indivudual relevant training


The Sector in Wales

Total employment 27.900 people
1745 business
28.6 % part time
45 % freelance
92 % of bussiness have less than 10 staff
Largest sector design, performing arts and music

Technical theatre: custome, wardrobe
Technical theatre: Sound, light and stage
Cultural venue option

www.creativechoices.co.uk

Short films
Case Studies
Job oppurtunities

Under the sea- Kursk


Creative Skillset Cymru

What's current in the creative industries?
-The sector skills council for the creative ind.
-Funding from government and ind.
-Work with ind., sector bodies and goverment depantants to ensure that training and education is responsive to sector needs.

The avarage income within Creative Media Ind. work force in Wales is 28.700 compared to UK.

13 % of employers in Creative Media Ind. in Wales have current vacancies.


Key Sector Skills Issues

Sector needs to perform at a global leve leadership and management skills.
Bussiness acument and entrepreneurship skills.
Adopting transfarable skills and multi skilling within the work force
Developing and exploiting multi perform skills
Freelance support for freelancers
Improving the employability skills of new entrants
Education needs to keep pace with sector developments
Improve careers info

Skillset Solutions

Welsh Bacc
Skillset Apprenticeships
Skillset informed provision
Offers careers advice

www.skillset.org/careers/

Growing the creative industries
Recent DCMS publication; Case programme
Understanding the drivers, impacts and value of engagement in culture and sport

Plato explained in under a minute
Classical Greek Philosopher

Co-operative Creativity
                ?
Pre-distibution

-Employer collective networks or groups to improve locally in response to conditions inspiring demanding arrange

-Employ creative ( artistic methods as tools for social enterprise stimulation)

-Generate dynamic economic relationships

-Design app. for engaging ind.


www.gunstogoods.org

Guns to goods

Actions

-Recyling gun metal from arms in held in police custody

-Network building- a lead local charity

www.showmetal.co.uk


Action

-A developing social enterprise relating to gun crime reduction
-Design for manufacture project: creative solutions and ideas for developing perlacible low volume
-Narrative brand construction

www.colouredge.org

Brenda Rattcliffe

Colouredge
Action
Landscape colour survey and design of responsible colour key
Narrative construction relating colour pallate to place indetitiy.
Photographying of product

www.secretgardenfestival.net


Wednesday 6.3.2013

Working as a freelance photographer- Alison Mclean

www.thephotofoundry.com

-She sut up after graduated
-Worked for commercial in her first year

One year on

-Master in Photography, Cumbria
-Workshops with Simon Roberts, Roge Ballen, Roy Chan
-Lightbox 2
-Press officer, Mold camera club
-Mart in Parr Lecture
-Redeye North Wales networking event
-Glasfryn Artists group GAP
-Slide Jam, Open Eye Gallery
-Lamp post collective
-Look 12 international photo festival
-Bodelwyddan Castle Exhibition in oartnership with the national portrait gallery
-Still alive

It is no longer enough for a photography to be of something. In needs to be about something.
                                                                                                          John Darwell

365 photo series

From series legacy: Chernobil

Masters in Photography

-Carisle Photography Festival
-John Dervel Katrin Joost / Mike
-MA in Fine art photography, LCC
-Cross media
-Photo journalism of Bolton
-Go Wales graduate training scheme

Projects and exhibited work
Gwerrilia girl project: Voyour

Look 13 International Photo Festival

www.lookphotofestival.com

-Who do you think you are?
-Launch nught 17th May
-Liverpool light night
-LPC show opens 18th May at Brink
-Runs until 15th June
-National partners eg. Bluecool, Tate

Blogs

Domain name eg. namesco and one.com
Free websites eg. carbonmade, cargo collective, www.thephotofoundry.co.uk
Spelling and grammer eg. grotif.com
Get someone to go on your site
Improve practise with video, blog, keywords
Interaction eg. freebies and competitions
Keep it up to date


From student to artist - Michael Robinson

He started with asking questions to ourselves

Where am I now?

Cave with mixed thoughts.

Where do I want to be?

Los Angeles Film Academy


1. Understand what art is

2. Define creativity and good art.
                                               Paul Ander
    Whatever you think, think the opposite.

3. The fear of beginning

If you don't ask yourself, you are not going to achieve anything.

Be generous( to ourselves) particapate

Share ideas

Your audiance might be small. So what ?

Don't rely on art as your as source of income
It creates compromises
                                                  Norman Long

Slow something down

But if everythibg seems under control you are not going fast enough

If you don't value yourself, no one else will.



Make your own damn movie - Jason Devitt

Witchward Productions LTD.

Grab a camera

Pre- production

1) Idea (winning concept)
-Make a film your audiance
Realise what is popular
General audiancemenality (8years) keep it simple, keep it stupid

2)Script
-Write it ( don't read it or correct it until you are finished)
Expect at least 3 drafts
Show no one till you have at least finished the first draft

1)Money money
-Realistic estimate plus sun
-Know your filming plan inside out
-Who to go to ( give me your money )
a)Crowd funding ( Amazon kick start)
b)Local business and Rich family
c)Film funders BFI etc.

2)Pitch your idea well
Use two known successfull films!
Elevator method

You have only got 1 floor to plan your idea.

Who you really need?

The people: Crew
-Director, Producer ( you) *dictator
-Cameraman ( you if you are able)
-Lightning Sound ( great if they know what they are doing!)
-Runner, helper, assistants (grab and make anyone you know do it)
-Make- up , hair ( only if you need them)
-Catering

Time is money
The longer it takes you need to pay more money

Sound is the most important thing in any movie

Storyboard artist is a god! ( you if you can) You have to have storyboards

It will cut your film in the half.

Essential
-Locations
-Back up locations
-Back up plans for actors

Actors

1. How to choose them
-Willingless
-Punctuality
-Talented

Filming

1. Plan ahead
- Shooting schedule ( link the scenes that can be done together)
- Make sure everyone is early
- Set everything up before the night

2. Legal
- Contracts are understood and signed
- Image release forms ( Always have 100's with you)
- Image release for buildings etc.
- Permission to shoot ( only if you can't get away with it)
- Insurance

You can get image release forms from internet for free. Always carry them with you!
It is free to film in the public in anywhere for free. ( By law!! ) If you ask to council they will ask you money.

Filming

- Spend time on lightning
- Sound
- Storyboards

Acting for screen

-Audience 2ft away
-Over act technique
-Filming
Use types for 1 shot
Minimum 4 shots E.S., C.U., M.S., L.S.
Use depth to be creative
180 degree rule. Thirds rule

You have got your film. Now what ?

Festivals
1. Screeners (watermark them all)
2. Send the festivals what they need only enter the relevant ones.
Festival provide needed (usually free)
Exposure and possible distributors
Distributors ( Choose the right one)
1. Always get advice on contracts
2. Internet versus DVD/ Bluray
Set up website

When you get a contract make sure you take it to solicitor!



Documentary Production for TV & Home Video - Anthony Masi

Anthony Masi, producer for documentary for films, tv
Cultural icons in horror genre
Horror junkie
2002 convention for all Halloween movies. 25 th anniversary of Halloween movies.
He started a fan website in 1998 for Halloween. By the time he planned the convention he had thousands of fans. He had credibility. And sold tickets for convention, that is how he got the funding for documentary. He invited the producers of the film for convention and then they asked him to work with them


Writers, actors, directors got together , he filmed it

How Halloween shaped the horror genre?

In 2006, he decided to set up his own business, when the documentary was released.

His next project was Friday the 13th

He was funded half a million dollars to make a documentary

8 Jason from Friday the 13th asked for $1500 each for interviews for the documentary.

He had to buy clips from Paramount and Newline , and paid $10.000 for 1 clip.

Approval when you pay the money if there is actor or music you have to pay more and get form.

Best way to get money is plan.

Tips on making documentaries

During the Creative Futures Week i benefit from various sessions such as making documentary and make your own movie. Although i realized there are more sessions for art student more than for photography and film field. Also we had some of the same lecturers and same lectures as last year. I hope to see more sessions in my field and attend them all.