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Filmmaker training
Polar
Filmmaker Project
is sponsored by SFI and Mind Your Head Productions to make filmmaker training classes available to students in the North of Sweden and surrounding areas. We run weekend long seminars and 2-week long bootcamp courses in English on all aspects of filmmaking.
Accommodation available
All students staying for weekend seminars or 2-week-long filmmaker boot camps will be staying on site at the Orbaden hostel.
Find out how to get there
2007 Course List
Music Videos Weekend Seminar
April 24-25, 2007
Instructor:
E. Mann
Music Videos are a great way to make a start in film directing and show off your talent. This seminar will take you through the basic of directing and filming a music video
.
Max 12 students
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email
the i
nstructor
Special Effects Weekend Seminar
May 8-9, 2007
Instructor:
Ture Frykberg
Learn how to make everything from fake blood to rocket ships in this two-day seminar. The focus of our energies will be on doing making great effects for low-budget films.
Max 12 students
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email
the
i
nstructor
Digital Filmmaking 2-week Boot Camp
May 10-21, 2007
Instructor:
Erich Schultz
and
E. Mann
Learn the latest techniques of making low-budget films with digital equipment. This course includes a three-day shoot of a short film with pre and post work.
Max 12 students
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nstructors
Directing Commercials Weekend Seminar
May 22-23, 2007
Instructor:
Pelle Englund
Lots of great directors started with commercials, including Ridley Scott, and it's a good way to pay the bills while trying to find financing for that feature. Learn the ins and outs of getting work as a commercial filmmaker.
Max 12 students
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the
i
nstructor
Editing 1-week Boot Camp
May 24-28, 2007
Instructor:
Martin Nordström
Learn the ins and outs of quality editing. This class isn't about how to work a computer program, it's about the art of knowing how to cut a film to make it the best film it can be.
Max 12 students
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email
the
i
nstructor
Cinematography 1-week Boot Camp
May 31-June 4, 2006
Instructor:
Pelle Englund
The basics of lighting and camera work with a focus on getting the most out of digital cameras.
Max 12 students
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email
the
i
nstructor
Directing Actors Weekend Seminar
June 5-6, 2007
Instructor:
E. Mann
A director's first and most important priority is to manage actors. Spend a weekend training various styles of direction with a team of actors.
Max 12 students
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email
the
i
nstructor
Screenwriting
2-week Boot Camp
June 7-18, 2007
Instructor:
Erich Schultz
Work to improve your screenwriting and create the foundation for a feature screenplay applying the basic guidelines of genre, story structure and characterization.
Max 12 students
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the
i
nstructor
Documentary Filmmaking 1-week Boot Camp
June 21-25, 2007
Instructor:
Lisa Kvick
This course will take you through the whole process of making a documentary film. With films like
Fahrenheit 9/11
and
Super Size Me
, documentaries are making a comeback. Learn how to make your own hit documentary.
Max 12 students
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email
the
i
nstructor
Digital Effects and CGI Weekend Seminar
June 26-27, 2007
Instructor:
Martin Nordström
We'll spend the whole weekend on the computer testing what's possible in post-prod F/X work for low-budget filmmaking.
Max 4 students
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email
the
i
nstructor
Low-Budget Film Production 2-Week Boot Camp
June 28-July 9, 2007
Instructor:
Erich Schultz
Learn the must-have skills of being a producer in the world of low-budget filmmaking, including budgeting, scheduling, hiring, pre-and post-producing, and marketing your film.
Max 12 students
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email
the
i
nstructor
Final Cut Pro Weekend Seminar
July 10-11, 2007
Instructor:
Martin Nordstöm
Spend a weekend learning the ins and outs of the top non-linear editing program on the market.
Max 4 students
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the
i
nstructor
Directing Film 2-week Boot Camp
July 12-23, 2007
Instructor:
E. Mann
Everyone wants to direct. This course will teach you how. for two weeks we'll go through every aspect of directing a film, from idea to finished product. The course will also include a two-day "working with actors" seminar.
Max 12 students
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the
i
nstructor
Corporate Advertisement Filmmaking Weekend Seminar
July 24-25, 2007
Instructor:
Erich Schultz
Need a paying job? Take your filmmaking skills and put them to work making filmed advertisements for companies. This seminar will take you through the basics of finding corporate filmmaking work.
Max 12 students
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i
nstructor
Production Design 1-week Boot Camp
July 26-July 30, 2007
Instructor:
Ture Frykberg
You'll be amazed at what can be done for set design for very little money. Take this class and make yourself the producer's new best friend. We'll learn the whole gig, from period pieces to SciFi.
Max 12 students
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nstructor
Make Up and Hair for Film Weekend Seminar
July 31-Aug 1, 2007
Instructor:
Gisela Carlsson
Learn basic and advanced techniques for make-up and hair design for film.
Max 12 students
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the
i
nstructor
Film Festival Weekend Seminar
August 7-8, 2007
Instructor:
Erich Schultz
What do you do with your film now that your done with post-production? You send it out to festivals, of course. This seminar will teach you want you need to know to get your film out there on the international film festival circuit.
Max 12 students
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the
i
nstructor
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