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↑ September
Education Events
Student Critics at the Cambridge Film Festival
Opportunities for free tickets before 5.00pm / reduced price evening tickets.
Minimum three reviews (200-250 words).
Further information e-mail: cpo25@cam.ac.uk
London 2012 Film Nation:
Shorts - Free Film-Making Workshops
Opportunities for free tickets before 5.00pm / reduced price evening tickets.
Minimum three reviews (200-250 words).
Further information e-mail: cpo25@cam.ac.uk
Sunday 19 september, 9.00am–5.00.
Working with industry professionals through
First Light, make a short film in a day,
themed around the Olympic and Paralympic
Games. Learn about story, camera, sound,
directing,editing and producing.
Make a Film in a Day Workshop.
AGES 14-16FREE EVENT (inc. lunch). Max. 12 places.
Monday 20 september, 10.00am–1.00
Ages 19-25
Working with 104 Films a Film & TV
Production company, and co-producers
on the recent Ian Dury biopic SEX AND
DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL, learn
the necessary skills & techniques to
successfully direct actors on screen.
An Introduction to Directing
Creating PerformanceAges 19-25
FREE EVENT. Max. 30 places.
Thursday 23 September, 10.00am-1.00
Learn about finding an agent, working to commission, composing music, the work of the
art and set designer and the role of the film reviewer. Also how student filmmakers can
become regular contributors to the BBC Video Nation Network, an exciting online project
inviting submissions to current BBC features and campaigns.
Behind the Scenes of Today's Film and Television Industry
Speakers: BBC Video Nation: Agent Peter MacFarlane: Film Critic Sight and Sound Catherine Wheatley; Sloane U’ren, Art Director on HARRY POTTER AND THE HALFBLOOD PRINCE, and BATMAN BEGINS; Ant Neely, Composer for SIX FEET UNDER
Cost: £4. Tickets limited.
A CFC event in collaboration with The Department of English, Communication, Film and Media, and Cambridge School of Art, at Anglia Ruskin University
Saturday 18 September, 11.00am-1.00
A celebratory screening of
Cambridgeshire Film Consortium
2009-2010 films produced
by young people. To include animations, documentaries and film dramas, CFC
1-minute-films and Filmstarz Festival winners.
I Made This (U)
Vengeance-Darwin, Endless Forms - Food FlashFREE EVENT. Enquiries: trish.s@picturehouses.co.uk
Bookings: 0871 902 5720
www.picturehouses.co.uk
www.picturehouses.co.uk
Monday 20 September, 3.00pm
Join us for a workshop with composer Neil Brand who has been accompanying silent
films for over 25 years and scored for BFI video releases SOUTH (Shackleton’s Journey to
the South Pole), THE RING by Alfred Hitchcock, and Early Cinema.
Workshop with Neil Brand
Composing, and Playing Live, to Silent Films.Venue: Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College
COST: £3.50 Max. 12 places.
A CFC event in collaboration with The Department of English, Communication, Film and Media, and Cambridge School of Art, at Anglia Ruskin University
Bookings: 0871 902 5720
www.picturehouses.co.uk
www.picturehouses.co.uk
Friday 24 September, 4.00pm
In 1898 Alfred Haddon led the Cambridge
University Expedition to the Torres Strait Islands
and shot a short film, the world’s first example of
anthropological cinema. In the documentary,
THE MASKS OF MER, director Michael Eaton traces
the extraordinary story of this neglected footage.
The Masks of Mer
Director: Michael Eaton. UK 2010. 40 mins.Introduction/post-screen discussion with Director Michael Eaton OBE
Bookings: 0871 902 5720
www.picturehouses.co.uk
www.picturehouses.co.uk
↑ October
Evening & Weekend Courses for Adults:
Wednesdays, 6.00-8.00.
Adaptations:
Ten weeks from 6 October to 15 December
(excluding 27 october)
What relevance do folklore, fantasy and fairytales have for today’s
cinema? How does Joe Wright bring Ian McEwan’s complex and
layered novel AToNEMENT to the screen? How does Japanese
director Kurosawa interpret Shakespearean texts? And why does
so little African-American literature get adapted for the screen?
Join us for this new course on the adaptation of literature to film.
Adaptations:
From Literature to Film.
Ten weeks from 6 October to 15 December(excluding 27 october)
Tutor: Sue Burge
Tuesdays, 6.00-8.00.
Into Film 1:
Ten weeks from 5 october to 14 december
(excluding 26 october)
UN CHIEN ANDALOU, LA JETTÉE, TWELVE
MONKEYS, BILLY ELLIOT, THE MALTESE FALCON,
BLACK NARCISSUS, PSYCHO, GOODFELLAS,
A COLOUR BOX.
Join us for this informal and friendly evening
course exploring editing patterns, avant-garde
practices, narrative techniques, and the adaptation
of literature into film. Using wide-ranging film
examples, the course will provide you with an
opportunity to develop an understanding of film
language, to watch films and participate in relaxed
post-screen discussions.
Into Film 1:
An Introduction to Understanding Film.
Ten weeks from 5 october to 14 december(excluding 26 october)
Tutor: Trish Sheil
Course fee: £95 / Members £90 / conc. £75
Includes two free cinema screenings and a comprehensive study pack.
BOOKINGS FOR ALL EVENTS
ARTS PICTUREHOUSE 0871 902 5720
ARTS PICTUREHOUSE 0871 902 5720