Cinemalaya offers filmmaking classes
THE Cinemalaya Foundation will be opening the Cinemalaya Institute, which will provide education, training and accreditation of practitioners in key aspects of film production, in June.
The institute will be housed in the New Media, School of Arts & Design of the College of St. Benilde, the Cinemalaya Foundation’s partner for this project.
This is a three semester intensive training program that will offer training in writing, directing, production, cinematography, editing, sound, production design, music score and acting. The courses will be offered in clusters, with the first cluster comprised of courses in direction, screenwriting and production starting this June.
Introduction to Producing, on June 1-26, is a four week course that teaches students the fundamental skills and procedures used in managing the making of a film. It will be taught by John Paul Su, an MFA degree holder from the NYU Tisch School of Arts Asia in Singapore and an award-winning director who has produced news and feature programming for major media outlets around the world. Students who want to take this course must have a knowledge of Movie Magic Scheduling as they shall be required to prepare a production book during the course duration. The fee is P25,000.
Fundamentals of Screenwriting, on June 8 to July 4, is a four week screenwriting workshop in the language of dramatic storytelling and visual storytelling. Sophia Wellington, a faculty member of the of the NYU Tisch School of Arts Asia in Singapore, will handle the course. At the end of the course, students are expected to complete a shooting draft for a seven to 12 minute film. Course fee is P25,000.
Basic Filmmaking: The Silent Film, to be held from June 22 to Aug. 1, is a six week course in directing. Award winning director and NYU Tisch School of Arts Asia Professor Carlitos Siguion Reyna will teach this course. Each student will direct a seven-minute short silent film. The course requires that students bring in the shooting drafts of their scripts on the first day of class. Course fee is P35,000.
Application forms and other information are available at www.cinemalaya.org and www.
culturalcenter.gov.ph. Deadline for submission of application form is on May 15. Interviews will be held on May 18 and May 19. Acceptance to the program will be announced on May 20.