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Our first Workshop of 2024 – 3 Day Workshop Intensive – “Directing from the Inside: Script Analysis and Working with Actors”. A filmmakers workshop aimed at how script analysis can deepen and improve directing skills. In this workshop filmmaker, professor and author Rae Shaw drew from her upcoming book THE SHORT: To Free The Imagination forthcoming from Michael Wiese Productions. This clip of the workshop is from Day 3 where each group shared their ideas for first rehearsal techniques for actors before shooting and they received Rae’s feedback.
ORIGINAL POST
SIFT’s next Filmmaker’s Workshop will take place right after the holidays. Learn how script analysis can deepen and improve your directing skills. Great way to set a good intention for your New Year!
3 Day Workshop Intensive for Filmmakers!
Friday, January 5th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm (virtual via Zoom)
Saturday, January 6th, 10:00 am – 1:30pm (in-person)
Location: d’griot 51 Maplewood Mall, Philadelphia, PA, 19144
Sunday, January 7th, 11:00am – 4:00pm (in-person)
Location: d’griot 51 Maplewood Mall, Philadelphia, PA, 19144
In this workshop filmmaker, professor and author Rae Shaw draws from her upcoming book THE SHORT forthcoming from Michael Wiese Productions, to discuss how to use personal themes to deepen your directing.
Participants will break down a scene looking at how to analyze and connect to the script.
Using the sample scene from the second day, participants will be led through a few acting techniques.
In the last part of the class, participants will break up into groups to direct other participants through a few exercises under the guidance of the facilitator.
COST: Flat Fee $40
SIFT Members: Discount Code was emailed. Questions- Use SIFTERS DM on IG
Recommended Reading: 25th Anniversary Edition of Directing Actors by Judith Weston, Chapters 1 – 9 Buy on Bookshop.org or read the ebook online
RAE SHAW is an interdisciplinary media artist and educator who creates innovative and provocative narratives across multiple disciplines of visual media, fiction/non-fiction, performance, and poetry. Her projects have explored and investigated issues of diversity, sexuality, disparity, and connection.
Shaw’s work seeks to uplift the experiences of women of color and to combat stereotypes of the black female in visual media. In her scholarly work, she is also concerned with issues of equity, access, and representation. Her award-winning films have been screened at prestigious film festivals including the Slamdance Film Festival, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, and London’s BFM International Film Festival, as well as international and independent showcases such as Toronto’s Pleasure Dome. Her scripts have also received honors from noted screenwriting competitions such as the Motion Picture Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship.
After working for industry veterans, Shaw turned to sharing her storytelling skills by teaching filmmaking and screenwriting across various genres, mediums, and platforms. She founded her production company Wicked Lovely Films and Media to tell diverse stories focusing on social change and to mentor new media makers. She is a fervent patron of the library and often works with nonprofits in local communities.