Am Anfang ist immer eine Idee. Doch dann fängt die Arbeit erst richtig an. Denn wenn aus einer Idee ein Film, Online-Format oder VR-Erlebnis werden soll, reicht es nicht, ein faszinierendes Thema, spannende Protagonisten oder einen vagen Plot zu haben. Die Idee muss so entwickelt werden, dass eine funktionierende (nicht notwendigerweise narrative) Geschichte daraus wird. Und es sollte darüber nachgedacht werden, an welches Publikum sich das Projekt richtet, damit dieses später über die verschiedenen Distributionsplattformen auch erreicht werden kann.

Seminarinhalte:

Im 2-tägigen Workshop wird es anhand aktueller Projekte der Teilnehmer*innen darum gehen, wie eine Idee entwickelt werden kann, damit ein Film, Online-Format oder VR-Projekt daraus wird. Und wie ein solches Projekt dann konzipiert werden muss, damit es wirklich umgesetzt werden kann. Dazu gehört auch die richtige Präsentation des Projektes, was für eine erfolgreiche Finanzierung des Films sehr wichtig ist (ohne ästhetische und/oder politische Kompromisse eingehen zu müssen). Zugleich versteht sich der Workshop als eine Einführung in die deutsche und europäische Förderungslandschaft mit den vielen internationalen Workshops und Pitching-Foren, wo (transmediale) Projekte entwickelt und präsentiert werden.

Wir werden hierzu anhand von konkreten Projekten alle Stadien der Produktion von der ersten Idee bis zur möglichen Premiere durchgehen. Die Projekte (dokumentarisch, fiktional, essayistisch, interaktiv oder experimentell), welche wir im Workshop besprechen, können gerne von den Teilnehmerinnen mitgebracht werden, ein eigenes Projekt ist jedoch keine Voraussetzung für die Teilnahme am Workshop. Da es dabei auch um die Entwicklung & Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten von nichtkommerziellen Projekten geht, werden wir auch über die Gratwanderungen zwischen bezahlter und unbezahlter Arbeit sprechen.

Dozent:

Der Workshop wird moderiert von Benjamin Cölle, der über die Produktion von Aktivistenvideos und Experimenten auf Super8 und miniDV in Amsterdam zum Film kam, dann in Berlin und London „Visuelle Kulturwissenschaft“ studierte und schließlich von der Flying Moon Filmproduktion (Berlin) bei INDI FILM (Stuttgart/Berlin) landete, wo er 2011-2017 als Producer für verschiedene Dokumentar- und Spielfilme, sowie Crossmedia-Projekte arbeitete. Seit November 2015 forscht und lehrt er am Studiengang Film- und Fernsehproduktion der Filmuniversität Babelsberg.

This Premiere Pro Advanced Workshop is oriented to students with some Premiere Pro experience, or attendants of the previous Introduction Workshop.

The idea here is for the students to have a deep understanding of the software, and maximize its resources and tools, to edit content with efficiency, creativity and trouble-free!.

We’ll go deeper into the application, explore the new features of the latest releases, study advanced workflows in film production, like High Resolution media (4K and beyond), RAW formats, proxies generation for off-line edit, advanced color correction, integration with other programs, and other sophisticated techniques, tips, and tricks!

We’ll also discuss organizational and creative aspects of the editing process.

The students will also have the opportunity to ask questions, refresh their knowledge, and bring their own projects, to work on them and solve issues.

Requirements:

• Students must have the latest version of Premiere Pro CC installed in English on their laptops (Mac or PC). A free demo of this version can be downloaded from the Adobe web-site. The demo is totally functional for 7 days.

• Previous experience is required.

• Workshop is in English.

SATURDAY

10:00-12:00 ADVANCED MEDIA AND ORGANIZATION Q&A: a time to solve doubts and issues, from the previous workshop. High-End workflows: working with high resolution media (4K and beyond, RAW, LUT’s). Proxies generation in Premiere. Workflow off-line, on-line. DaVinci Resolve to Premiere Pro workflow. Advanced organization techniques, in a film workflow. Smart bins. Organizing media in reel/select sequences. Working with multiple Premiere projects simultaneously.

12:00-12:10 Coffee/tea.

12:10-14:00 ADVANCED EDITING Advanced editing techniques. Fit to fill. The Trim Window. Asymmetric Trimming. Dynamic Trimming. Managing multiple sequences. Working with reels. Groping clips. Editing from sequence to sequence. Multi-cam Editing.

14:00-15:00 Lunch.

15:00-18:00 ADVANCED AUDIO Synchronizing external audio. Audio Multi-Channel configuration. Mixing Stereo/5.1. Essential Sound Panel. Audio enhancing. EQ. Audio cleaning. Clip/Track Effects. Reverbs.

SUNDAY

10:00-12:00 ADVANCED EFFECTS Advanced Video Effects. Managing and saving Effects. Creating Masks. Mask animation. Mask tracking. Nesting clips. Adjustment Layer. Variable Speed Effects. Frame Blanding, Optical Flow. Chroma Key. Setting the right render codec. Rendering.

12:00-12:10 Coffee/Tea.

12:10-14:00 ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTION Color theory. Understanding flat profiles (V-Log, C-Log, S-Log). Waveform and Vectorscope: how to read them. The Lumetri Panel. Basic Correction, Creative, Curves, Color Wheels, Vignetting. Color grading, step by step. Secondary Color Correction: performing grades in just one area of color. Color key and refinement.

14:00-15:00 Lunch.

15:00-18:00 ADVANCED MASTERING, EXPORTING AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT Advanced conforming and mastering. Premiere Pro as a finishing tool. Relinking to High Quality media. Sequence settings, rendering, and high quality options. How to choose the right format and codec: ProRes, DNxHR, Cineform, Uncompressed… Exporting with Adobe Media Encoder. Exporting to DaVinci Resolve. Exporting to ProTools. Premiere Pro DCP plug-ing. Introduction to Premiere Pro-After Effects Integration. Media Management: how to move, copy and transcode media for archiving or workflow purposes, based on one or more sequences. Final Q&A.

Flavio G. García is a Berlin based award-winning filmmaker, film teacher, and postproduction expert. He’s a highly experienced editing instructor and creative coach, and teaches to all kind of students, from film professionals to video enthusiasts, since 2009. His workshops take place regularly in many film schools, production companies, institutions, and universities, like FilmArche, MIZ Babelsberg, ESDIP Berlin, DOCMA, DocumentaMadrid, and many others. He has also edited and post-produced several feature films. His movies as director have been shown in more than 40 international film festivals, museums and galleries. Some of his late workshops at FilmArche include: Premiere Pro, Thinking the Edit (Editing Theory Seminar), DaVinci Resolve Introduction and Advanced, Documentary Narrative Structure, and Film Editing Classes. www.flavioggarcia.com flavioggarcia@gmail.com

This is a workshop for practitioners, who want to acquire, apply and manage their finances for a film project. On the first day we will provide the necessary information on funding. The second day will be dedicated to working on funding applications; either on a sample project or on your personal project.

We will look into the German and International funding scene for film.

You will learn on how to produce and obtain the required documentation, calculation , contracts and permits for the project and on how to fill the application forms.

We will advise you on how to best approach the subject and on how to creatively improve your chances.

Handouts, sample contracts, financial plans, calculation sheets and other information will be provided.

Participants who want to work on their personal application are requested to provide the following information up front until 05.April 18, so that the lecturer can prepare the consultation. Any participant is requested to provide at least a biography. Your data will be treated by the lecturer and the workshop participants under non-disclosure:

Information needed for consultation: Biography and/or Filmography, Script, Synopsis, Treatment, Mood Board, Shooting List, Calculation (if available), Marketing material (if available)

The Workshop will be conducted in English. We will be using Microsoft Excel spread sheet software and Preproducer (https://www.preproducer.com/) for the calculation of budgets.. Any user can apply for a free test version of the software.

For your information: The use of a shooting scheduling and film calculation software as Preproducer or SesamSoft facilitates the budgeting process, but can be achieved by other means as well e.g. solely by using spreadsheet software.

Lecturer: Anna Markovski
Born 1987, in Moscow
2004-2008 studied Linguistics and Literature in Moscow;
2009-2001 studied Film and Media Studies at Ruhr University Bochum
2011-2015 studied Ethnographic Film, Visual Anthropology at HafenCity University Hamburg.
Since 2013 internships and freelance by NDR, production companies18frames, Doppelplusultra, Filmtank
in Hamburg and Sales/Distributioncompany Film Movement and Zeitgeist in New York.
Since 2014 Focus on format development, production, realization of different feature length documentaries as producer and production assistant.
2016  Participant at Ex Oriente Workshop
2017  Participant at EURODOC Producer Workshop.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-markovski-9b009693/

Date and Time:

2 days on Sa-Su, 14-15.April 2018 / 10-18:00hours

Location:

filmArche e.V, Lahnstr. 25, 12055 Berlin, Seminar Room S1,

Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/8s2apqcfpWp

Booking and Fees:

Participants will have to book seats until 05.April 2018.

The booking fee for private participants is 100EU.

a reduced fee of 80EU can be applied upon request;

participants being registered by companies are requested to contribute 120EU

Seats can be booked by sending an eMail to the contact (see as follows) at filmArche and transferring the fee to the account:

filmArche e.V.
IBAN: DE63 4306 0967 1179 7422 02
BIC: GENODEM1GLS

Contact:

For any questions about booking, fees, participation, content of the work shop, materials to be sent for consultation, ect. Please contact:

filmArche e.V.

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c/o Bodo Heiss

eMail: bheiss@gmx.de