London Film School, offer full-time MA Degree courses in both Film Making and Screewriting.

Introduction

How do you tell a story visually? What makes a film a film, and not TV? We could say a "real" movie is one that's mostly comprehensible with the sound turned off. But where do we start?

Course Outline

In this newly expanded 3-day workshop, director Josh Appignanesi [THE INFIDEL] takes participants shot by shot into the heart of cinema by introducing the following issues:

• What choices make a shot tell the story your way? - How do you use composition, framing, blocking of actors and their position to camera? Background, palette, costume, lenses, light, camera movement?
• How do you juxtapose this shot with your other shots through editing, to create suspense and involvement?
• How do you create a system of images that, by repetition and inversion, build tellingly into a moving and memorable visual story?
• Audiences are already saturated in the visual grammar of other films - collectively known as "genres." How do you refer to and exploit the assumptions every audience brings to a film in advance?
• What is it that makes a given filmmaker distinctive?
• How do you apply these ideas practically in your prep and on your set, getting your ideal shots as well as your coverage?

With inspiring film examples, practical storyboarding exercises, and analysis of participants' own films and scripts, this workshop will give you the tools you need.

The workshop would most benefit those with some prior filmmaking experience. A significant part of the workshop will be dedicated to analysing participants’ own work. Participants are therefore encouraged to bring along an example of their own work, preferably a short film in DVD format. Those who wish may bring excerpts from scripts - either completed projects or works in progress. Josh will address as many participants' projects as he can within the allotted time.

 

Josh Appignanesi - Tutor Profile

 

Josh Appignanesi's second feature THE INFIDEL is an indie comedy written by David Baddiel about a Muslim everyman who finds out he was born a Jew. The film stars BBC1 comedian Omid Djalili (THE MUMMY) and Emmy-winner Richard Schiff (THE WEST WING), with Matt Lucas. Slingshot produced and Revolver-distributed with 4K+ screen averages on opening weekend, Salt also pre-sold the film across the world, something very uncommon for an indie comedy, including to the Tribeca Films’s new distribution outfit. www.infidelmovie.com

Josh's debut feature, SONG OF SONGS, was an austere psychological dissection of religious desire, starring Natalie Press (MY SUMMER OF LOVE, RED ROAD). International festival success included a special Commendation at the Edinburgh Festival, official selection in Rotterdam’s Tiger Awards, an award at London, and a BIFA nomination. Produced by Gayle Griffiths, distributed by Soda Pictures, it was received with critical acclaim in the UK press. www.songofsongsmovie.com

Josh recently worked with John Malkovich on a Sony commercial. Previous works include a documentary (tx Channel 4) and several award-winning short films such as BBC Talent winner NINE ½ MINUTES starring David Tennant (DOCTOR WHO), and Wellcome Trust funded, BIFA-nommed EX MEMORIA with Sara Kestelman. Josh also founded a post-production company which edited Emmy- and BAFTA-award winning political documentaries.

He has several features in development including Jay Basu’s psycho-chiller WITHIN, supported by the UK Film Council, and has a comedy stage play in development with Matthew Lloyd (DUET FOR ONE). Josh teaches and mentors in writing and directing at various institutions including London Film School, Arista, Script Factory, Film London, and the Met Film School, where he was head of fiction direction.

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Times: 10.30am-5.30pm
Capacity: Max. 20 participants
Fee: £290
10% Early Bird discount available until 1st February.

How to book

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Please review our Refunds and Cancellations Policy before booking, and note that workshop participants must be aged 18 years or over.

Discounts

If you believe you are entitled to a discount, please email workshops@lfs.org.uk before booking so that we can provide you with a promotional code.

Note: Discounts will not be granted in retrospect, and therefore must be requested before booking.

(Early Bird discounts are applied automatically when booking before the deadline.)

 

Email us:
Carolyn Atherton:
workshops@lfs.org.uk

Telephone us:
+44 (0)20 7836 9642

Feedback from previous participants:

"Josh is an excellent facilitator, very knowledgeable with an easy and accessible delivery."

"A friendly forum that is open to discussions and ideas from everyone."

"Inspiring and stimulating. Josh has great communication skills and is very generous with his knowledge."

"Josh opened up my mind! He made me look at filmmaking in a completely new and expanding light."

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