CDM Boot Camp 2

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Subject guarantor

Valerio Antonio MENDOZA GUILLÉN, Priit POHJALA

Name of lecturer(s)

Valerio Antonio MENDOZA GUILLÉN, Priit POHJALA

Learning outcomes of the course unit

By the end of Boot Camp 2, participants should have identified their weakness and strengths at the time of conceiving a complex and efficient visual language that resonates with the dramatic narrative demanded by the Triangle Project.

All this in a time frame that will allow them to still make changes both on script and visual approach before the actual shooting of their project and therefore, be able to have a better film for Final Commission.

Mode of study

workshop

Prerequisites and co-requisites

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Course contents

Boot Camp 2 follows the same principle of Boot Camp 1 and aims to provide the participant students a hands-on experience for further and deeper development of their visual narrative skills.

The Boot Camp 2 is conceived inside the frame of the 16mm “Triangle Project”, it will serve as training and test field for the final film of the 1st year of the CDM Program.

The students will choose a scene/sequence from their Triangle project and will go through the process of: analysis, breakdown into story bits, storyboarding and shooting of such scene. The students will edit by their own out of the Boot Camp and will receive feedback and criticism during the last sessions, dedicated to projection, review and discussion of the final results.

The mentors will encourage perpetual questioning about the decisions being made by the students: camera angles, tracking and movements,lengths of shot, style proposals and specific narrative goals of the directing process.

The mentors will be present during the shooting, in order to guide not only the prime directorial dynamics but also essential tasks of the work on set related to workflow and the role of the 1st AD.

• 6th & 7th of March. From 10h until 15h. Theory and discussion of breakdowns and storyboards. 2 sessions of 4h each session with 1h lunch break.
• 20th & 21th of March. From 10h until 17h: Shooting. 2 sessions. 6h each session with 1h lunch break.
• 28th of March. From 10h until 17h: Review & discussion. 6h sessions with 1h lunch break.

Recommended or required reading

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Assessment methods and criteria

100% attendance and successful completion of a practical exercise.

Note

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Schedule for winter semester 2019/2020:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2019/2020:

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing_1920 (required subject)