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FÁS Screen Training Ireland would like to thank Bord Scannán Na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board for their continued support.

Social Media Marketing
The Digital Hub - Tuesday 2nd June 2009

FÁS Screen Training Ireland hosted the first of its morning seminars on the 2nd June, exploring the subject of social media marketing. These morning seminars are designed as short morning information sessions, providing participants with a light breakfast and the opportunity to meet their peers and professionals from related industries. Attending this event were producers, directors, writers, distributors, animation and post production companies, as well as representatives from digital agencies.

For this event, blogger and digital media consultant Damien Mulley provided participants with an overview of social media platforms and their applications, while Damian Farrell of Caboom delivered a case study on their use of social media for Caboom’s “Special One TV” project. www.youtube.com/doitchampions

FÁS Screen Training Ireland Morning Seminars are free, and upcoming seminars will cover such topics as Brand Management, Digital Distribution, and the Red Camera.

Screen Leaders EU – Strategic Company Development

The first module of the Screen Leaders EU programme took place last week 4th to 7th June. FÁS Screen Training Ireland is delighted to be supported by the MEDIA programme of the EU and FÁS to expand Screen Leaders throughout Europe.

Screenleaders is a strategic company development programme devised for experienced owner/managers working in film, television production, animation, digital media, commercials companies and post-production facilities. Each company sends two representatives to the programme.

Companies participating in the programme this year include:

• Monster Film, Monster TV , Monster Commercials, Norway
• Paradox Film, Norway
  
• Illusion, Sweden
• Hepp Films, Sweden
• Zeitgeist, Denmark
• Tangarine Post-production, Ireland
• Tyrell, Ireland
• Newgrange Films, Ireland
• Dublin Film Festival, Ireland
• TVM, Ireland
• Cor Leonis, Hungry
• Story, Sweden
• Havas Films, Hungry
• Yeti Films, Poland

Visiting speakers included:

• Malcolm Riche, co-Founder of Qwerty Films and former (Chief Operating Officer) of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, UK
• Carl Clifton, Executive Director, The Works Media Group, UK
• Ada Solomon, Producer, HiFilm, Romania
• Anikica Tilic, Kinorama, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Marta Lamperova, SPI International Ce s.r.o.
  Slovakia
• Riina Sildos, Amrion Ou, Estonia
• Jill Walker, Business Psychologist & Management Trainer, IRE
• John Power, Praxis Management Consultants Ltd, UK

Ralph Christians, Marc Long, Linda Beath, Larry Bass and Michael Garland at the Screen Leaders EU 2009 Induction day

4th Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival
12th - 14th of June 2009
Films on the Edge

Guth Gafa, Gaelic for Captive Voice, is a documentary film festival situated in Gort an Choirce, a small picturesque village in the heart of the Donegal Gaeltacht. The vision of this bilingual festival is to bring outstanding films and film-makers to this remote area – Films On The Edge.

Offering films, seminars, master classes, screenings and workshops for children, a Festival Café and Club, and even a free crèche, Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival has something for everyone from students and families to industry visitors.

This year’s festival promises a rich and varied programme of over 30 quality international and Irish documentaries.

FÁS Screen Training Ireland wish the Guth Gafa Documentary Festival continued success.
www.guthgafa.com

Catalyst project Training Update

Training was an essential part of the catalyst project throughout the process. FÁS Screen Training Ireland worked closely with the course designer Liz Gill to design and implement the seminar series and the ongoing mentorship, which is still taking place. FSTI also worked closely with the other partners of the catalyst project Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, Filmbase, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, TV3, the Arts Council and the participants themselves - to identify training needs.

Detailed discussions were held with the participating teams from "Redux", "One Hundred Mornings" and "Eamon" to identify their mentorship needs. Mentorship was also provided for the crew, and masterclasses and workshops were held for the actors taking part in the process, so that everybody had the opportunity to develop professionally and access the training process. Some of the mentorship that took place included: Script readers, Production, Production Management, Digital Distribution, Health & Safety, EP Movie Magic, Music Clearances, Accounts, Legal, Marketing The Actor and Director in Rehearsal and Performance, Staging and Camera for Directors, Camera for Directors- The Camera as Storyteller, Script Supervision, Location Sound and Location Management..

Mentors included: Vinca Weidermann, Jan Fleisher, Lucy Ryan, Martina Niland, Breda Walsh, Howard Gibbins, Andrew Hegarty, Gail Munnelly, Suzanne McCauley, Billi Webster, Rory McDermott, Clare Kavanagh, Brian Gormley, Johanna Hogan, Bruce Block, Mark Travis, Sarah Gaines, Rosa Bosch, James Mather, Jean Bourne, John Leahy, Judith Weston, Noel Quinn, Tony Lawson, Dermot Colman

The actors recently attended a Mesiner Technique workshop with Kathy Scambiatterra who has directed, acted and taught in Chicago and Los Angeles for over twenty-five years. In addition to teaching at The Artistic Home Ms. Scambiatterra has taught at Center Theater's The Training Center, Chicago, IL and in LA at the Carolyn Berry Studio for commercial acting The Pacific Resident Theatre for stage and has done extensive private coaching for film.

Further training for the actors will be provided with the upcoming Actors Bootcamp with Mark Travis, a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and a former creative consultant to film director Mark Rydell. Mark’s highly praised work on A Bronx Tale, Survival of the Heart, Undressing New Jersey, Once A Man Twice A Boy, Wings, The Coming of Stork, Equus, the improvisational Linke vs. Redfield, and Verdigris has garnered a total of twenty-eight Drama-Logue, L.A. Weekly and Drama Critics’ Circle awards. The participants will cover the following areas: script analysis (from a director’s point of view), character design and definition, creating objectives and obstacles that enhance the scene, staging and self-staging in order to stimulate your character and others, communication skills with directors and actors that are non-threatening, audition techniques that generate immediate results, the actor/character Split, the actor/character meld and the collaborative process between directors, actors and the script.

FÁS Screen Training Ireland Bursary Award Scheme

Fiadhnait McCann received a bursary award to participate in an internship with Skywalker Sound in California the following is an overview of her experience.

I recently completed a three week internship in Skywalker Sound in California. Skywalker is one of the most advanced audio post production facilities in the world, which produces soundtracks for a wide range of Hollywood films. My main focus was on sound FX and sound design. I had the opportunity to learn from highly experienced and talented FX editors and designers, such as Doug Murray and Will Files. Doug and Will supervised the sound on the recent film 'Cloverfield'. I attended a number of mixes on upcoming, big budget feature films and participated in field FX recording sessions. It was a great opportunity to indulge my passion for film, as the Skywalker crew are highly motivated and passionate about their work. I gained a great deal of experience which I could not have gained in Ireland.

For full details on the bursary award scheme please go to our website or contact the Bursary Administrator, Emer MacAvin on t: 01 483 0840 or e: emer.macavin@fas.ie

Bursaries were awarded to the following people to participate in training programmes and internships:

Darren Smith from Kite Entertainment and Eoin Kavanagh from Sideline Productions received bursaries to attend the Eric Pommer Institute.

Upcoming Courses

FÁS Screen Training Ireland, supported by Bord Scannán Na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, is pleased to announce the following upcoming courses.

The Actor and Director in Rehearsal and Performance
Dublin- 14th to 18th July 2009 - Dublin
The workshop actors and directors will work together to breakdown, analyse, rehearse and perform scenes and explore the delicate working process between actors and directors.

The Actor’s Bootcamp
11th – 12th June 2009 - Dublin
The Actor’s Bootcamp is a workshop aimed at actors focussing on script analysis (from a director’s point of view), character design and definition, creating objectives and obstacles that enhance the scene, staging and self-staging in order to stimulate your character and others and the collaborative process between directors, actors and the script.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Documentary Filmmaker
13th June 2009 – Donegal
This master class with documentary filmmaker Petr Lom will explore how to direct, produce and edit your own films. His film Letters to the President will be screened prior to the masterclass at the Guth Gafa Documentary Festival.

Employment Law and Human Resource Management
22nd June 2009 - Dublin
The aim of this course is to explore issues surrounding employment law and HR issues, and to provide participants with an overview of HR policy and procedures.

Archive Research
26th June 2009 - Dublin
This course will cover research for television, how to use a film archive, how to use a photographic archive and how to use a paper archive.

Staging for Directors
7th – 9th July 2009 – Dublin
In this three-day Staging Workshop, ten directors will work with scripted material and professional actors in a process of exploration of the multi-faceted tool of staging.

For further details on any of the above courses or to apply for courses please log on to www.screentrainingireland.ie

For further details on any of the above course please log on to our website