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Events Diary for December 2016
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Key: Awards Training Festival Deadline Event |
| 1st Nov-4th Nov, 2016 |
The Teen Actors Halloween Programme
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1st Nov until 4th Nov, 4 Days, Tues – Fri
(13yrs – 17yrs)
Cost: €120
Time: 10.30am – 3.30pm
The Teen Actors Halloween Programme is a four day workshop. This class is designed for students who have a basic understanding of performance and would like explore the world of acting a little more in a fun and relaxed environment. This workshop will also include an actors headshot photoshoot. Students will receive digital copies for their acting CV and they will also receive a recorded audition scene.
During the programme students will delve deeper into building characters, taking direction and scene work while learning lots of fun exercises.
The course will cover:
Camera work – What the camera will see
Understanding my character
Taking direction
Acting exercises
Improvisation
Duologues
Auditions
Actors Headshot (Digital copies)
Actors edited audition scene
What’s next: Teen actors will receive Acting CV examples, contact lists and Actors headshots (Digital Copies) along with an audition video to send to casting directors.
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| December 1st, 2016 |
Submission Deadline - Silk Road Film Festival
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The Silk Road Film Festival celebrates cinema, culture and art, presenting films from regions, which were once part of the historical network of the Silk Road ancient trade routes and focuses in particular on Asian, Arab, Persian, African, Mediterranean and European cinema.
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| 1st-4th Dec, 2016 |
Acting for Camera; 4-Day Showreel Course
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1st – 4th December, Thurs – Sun
€275 members / €295 Non-Members
This intensive 4-Day Acting for Showreel course is ideal for past acting students, or those with experience from similar course, to prepare, workshop, rehearse and shoot a scene.
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Looking to take the next step to becoming a professional actor? It is often difficult for aspiring and developing film actors to acquire worthy professional footage for inclusion in their showreel. This updated intensive 4-day ACTING FOR CAMERA SHOWREEL course provides a program specifically designed to facilitate this, covering relevant topics such as self-taping, acting techniques and self management.
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| December 1st, 2016 |
Screen Training Ireland: Talent Management for Animation & VFX Companies
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This training programme will focus on Talent Management for Animation and VFX companies. The programme is aimed at companies that are scaling and are dealing with a variety of departmental structures, organizational change, attracting staff, retaining staff, creating career pathways, and developing a culture of training and mentorship. The programme aims to prepare the companies for change and set the ground work in place for the development of internal training academies within each company. We also aim to inform and empower the Senior Management Team to implement an effective Talent Management system.
On completion of the programme, participating companies may have the opportunity to implement workplace learning initiatives with the support of Screen Training Ireland and Animation Skillnet.
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| December 1st-4th, 2016 |
Filmbase: Acting for Camera: 4-Day Showreel Course
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Looking to take the next step to becoming a professional actor? It is often difficult for aspiring and developing film actors to acquire worthy professional footage for inclusion in their showreel. This updated intensive 4-day ACTING FOR CAMERA SHOWREEL course provides a program specifically designed to facilitate this, covering relevant topics such as self-taping, acting techniques and self management.
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| 2nd – 4th December, 2016 |
FCPX 101: Professional Post Production
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2nd – 4th December, Fri – Sun
€510 Members / €550 Non-Members
This three-day course teaches students to perform basic editing functions while becoming familiar with the user interface for Apple’s popular editing software Final Cut Pro.
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This three-day course teaches students to perform basic editing functions while becoming familiar with the user interface for Apple’s popular editing software Final Cut Pro. Start with basic video editing techniques and work all the way through Final Cut Pro’s powerful advanced features. Students work with dramatic real-world media to learn the practical techniques used daily in editing projects.
This class is designed for anyone looking to edit professional-quality video with Final Cut Pro X and who prefers hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore its functionality. These certified courses also offer students the chance to become Apple Certified in FCPX.
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| 3rd December, 2016 |
Words Ireland Writers Series: Belfast
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Which opportunities make creative and financial sense? Which types of writing work open doors to further opportunities? Which supports are you lacking and which are a waste of time? We’ll find out from a panel of experienced professional writers from across the genres who will also address issues relating to income, royalties, writers fees, and more.
After the panel discussion, we’ll be giving you – the writers in the audience – the opportunity to have your voices heard. Come prepared with practical improvements and new ideas for the literature sector in an event which will undoubtedly generate lively discussion and debate among the writers, poets, and children’s authors present.
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| December 3rd-4th 2016 |
Intro To Lifecasting by Somedevil FX Workshops
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Tate Steinsiek from the American tv show "FACE OFF" & Irish Makeup & SFX artist Ali Gordon
Will be bringing their Workshops Europe to Dublin holding a 2 day course on Life casting
This class is a must for anyone with an interest in Special Effects.
DAY 1: Creating a stone positive of a face
DAY 2: Correcting positive for a perfect sculpting canvas
The group will be split into pairs so that partners can life cast this way everyone gets to bring home a copy of there face to work from.
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| December 3rd-9th 2016 |
7 Day Monster Making Masterclass (beginners to experienced)
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Tate Steinsiek from the American tv show "FACE OFF" & Irish Makeup & SFX artist Ali Gordon
Will be bringing there Ill Willed Workshops Europe to Dublin holding a 7 day course on Monster Making: A class dedicated to a monster of your choice. In this 7 day class you will create a full face silicone appliance, application techniques, custom bladder creation & blood rigging techniques, CLIMAXING in your own Professional quality video reel of your Monster
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| December 7th, 2016 |
Application Deadline: Chrysalis: The Advanced Screenplay Development Programme
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Chrysalis is an intensive, project-based development programme. It is aimed at writers and development teams of both live action and animation cinematic projects. Individual writers in receipt of third party support and teams of a writer / writers with their active producer / development executive are asked to apply. Eight strong film projects which are approaching or are at the mid-point of the development process will be chosen to participate. The programme will take the form of workshops on the craft of screenwriting combined with intensive project development in a group setting. Following this participants will have an opportunity to develop a new draft. They will receive one to one feedback and guidance on their new draft.
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| December 7th-8th 2016 |
Script Supervision for Children's TV - Belfast by Grand Scheme Media
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These informal and highly informative workshops are presented by former BBC trainer Caryn Langrick and aimed specifically at people working, or who want to work, in Children’s Television.
The two day course will focus on the skills required to work as a script supervisor, with specific reference to working with children. It is set at an introductory level and covers continuity, script notes, working with a director, working on set, health and safety, and working with children.
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| December 7th, 2016 |
Fresh IFI Showcase 2016 by Fresh Film Festival
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Fresh Film Festival promotes the work of filmmakers under the age of 18. Hundreds of young filmmakers from all over Ireland submit films to Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards and every year some of these films are showcased at festivals and events all over the world.
This showcase of a selection of 2016 winners, aimed at 13 years and up, highlights the best of young people’s filmmaking in Ireland. During the event you’ll also have the chance to hear from the award-winning filmmakers and participate in a Q&A session.
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| December 9th, 2016 |
Submission Deadline - Dingle International Film Festival
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Dingle International Film Festival is couched within the breathtaking town of Dingle on the beautiful Dingle Peninsula, southwest Ireland and takes places annually March; Dingle is home to many film makers, one of Irelands only independent cinemas, is a known film location and a major tourist destination making it the perfect home for our festival.
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| December 9th, 2016 |
Submission Deadline - Animation Dingle
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Set in magical Dingle, on the most westerly peninsula of Europe, Animation Dingle, in partnership with JAM Media and Dingle International Film Festival, is now in its 5th year and celebrates student creativity and excellence in Irish and International animation.
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| December 11th 2016 |
The SFX Demos by Somedevil FX Workshops
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Tate Steinsiek & Ali Gordon will be in Dublin holding three demo class this Dec 11th 2016. Demo One: Pumpkin Lady, Demo two: Out Of Kit Zombie, Demo three: Character makeup
4.00pm to 6.00pm
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| December 12th, 2016 |
Last Submission Deadline: Silk Road Film Festival
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The Silk Road Film Festival celebrates cinema, culture and art, presenting films from regions, which were once part of the historical network of the Silk Road ancient trade routes and focuses in particular on Asian, Arab, Persian, African, Mediterranean and European cinema.
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| Thursday, December 22nd 2016 |
Application Deadline - NIPKOW PROGRAMM
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Since its inception in 1992, the NIPKOW PROGRAMM has been making significant contributions to the film and media landscape in Europe. Not only has it established an extensive and flourishing network of film and media professionals in Western and Eastern Europe over the years, but it has also brought countless European co-productions to the screen and forged the way for many future European co-productions and partnerships.
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| December 31st, 2016 |
Lightning Flash Deadline: Offline Film Festival
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OFFline Film Festival is an exciting event for film lovers and makers alike. Irish and international films are screened in an array of quirky venues around the town to enthusiastic audiences.
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| December 31st, 2016 |
Earlybird Deadline: Still Voices Film Festival
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The Still Voices Short Film Festival offers the perfect opportunity for both filmmakers and film lovers to come together, share ideas, develop relationships and enjoy the work of some of the best up-and-coming Irish and International talent out there today.
Located along the river Inny in the heart of the midlands, the town of Ballymahon provides the ideal setting for our budding short film festival.
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