Category: Events

Facilitator: Dix Buhay
Dates; May 21 – 26 (Mon to Sat)
Time; 10am to 6pm. Venue: CMC Basement
Fee: 12,000. (inclusive of light snacks, handouts, use of equipment, UPFI workshop kits, and certificates)

Basic Digital Cinematography is a workshop that introduces the participants to the tools, equipment, and technical work of the cinematographer (and the gaffer), in the context of digital filmmaking. Participants and are introduced to the art & technique of lighting for video (e.g., manipulating the quality & quantity of light; deciding on light sources; learning color temperatures; making decisions on lighting motivations; mounting the 3-point lighting system) and using the digital camera (e.g., maximizing the stationary and the mobile frames; making decisions on composition).

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/

Facilitator; Carol Bello
Dates; May 21- 26 (Mon to Sat)
Time; 10:00 am to 6 pm. Venue: CMC A-107 B
Fee: 7, 000 (inclusive of light snacks, handouts, use of equipment, UPFI workshop kits, and certificates.)

Sound & Music Design for Film: Indigenous Filipino Music & World Chants is a workshop for those who are interested in exploring sound-emotionscapes for film, including directing and/or creating music scores, inspired by traditional Filipino music and melodic chants from various parts of the globe. Participants go through the basics of hands-on film sound recording & sound manipulation, and, at the same time, learn Filipino melodic & rhythmic patterns, played on indigenous and modern instruments. If you are a musician, a music lover or film music enthusiast, this workshop is for you.

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/

Facilitator: Cynthia Cruz-Paz
Dates; May 19,20,26 (Sat,Sun,Sat.)
Time; 1:00- 6:00 pm Venue: Videotheque
Fee: P4,750. (inclusive of light snacks, handouts, use of equipment, UPFI workshop kits, and certificates.)

Indie Film Production Management workshop examines the role of the production manager in an independent film production. It emphasizes both theoretical and practical matters involved in a production’s logistical management, including script breakdown and analysis, scheduling workflow, budgeting, and acquisition of personnel and facilities. Exercises lead to a hands-on understanding of the actual producing and managing of a digital movie.

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/

Facilitator ; Milo Paz
Dates; May 14-19 (Mon to Sat)
Time; 9:00-5:00 pm. Venue: Videotheque
Fee: P8,000. (inclusive of light snacks, handouts, use of equipment, UPFI workshop kits, and certificates.)

Documentary Filmmaking is a workshop that introduces the participants to the history, sub-genres (e.g., cinema verité, ethnographic documentary, travelogue, docu-drama, mockumentary, etc.), techniques, and aesthetics of the documentary. It equips the participants with skills in using video and sound equipment, in the context of documentary filmmaking individually or with a crew.

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/

Facilitator; Roxlee and Pinoy Animagination
Dates; May 7-19 (Mon to Sat)
Time; 10:00 am to 6 pm. Venue: CMC A 107-B or Videoteque, (TBC)
Fee: P12,000. (inclusive of light snacks, handouts, use of equipment, UPFI workshop kits, and certificates.)

Art & Animation is a workshop that equips the participants’ eyes, hands, and imaginations, like no other animation workshop in town can do. It aims to hone students’ skills to create animated works using materials that range from everyday things to new technologies. In this workshop, participants are introduced to various media and techniques of animation, such as flipbook, thumbnail & storyboards; cut-outs, collage & silhouette; found object assemblage & clay; paint-on-glass & colored sand; and others.

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/

Facilitator; Vivian Limpin
Date; May 5, 12, 19, 26, & June 2 (Sat)
Time; 10:00 am to 6 pm
Fee: P6,000 (inclusive of light snacks, handouts, use of equipment, UPFI workshop kits, and certificates.)

Black & White Photography is a workshop that introduces students to the basics of photography. Its aim is to give participants a background on the principles and aesthetics of photography, including camera control, framing & composition, developing & darkroom printing, and more. B&W photography is foundational to the technical and creative aspects of filmmaking and other visual media

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/

Intermediate Scriptwriting ( 5 days / 25 hours)
Facilitator: Libay Linsangan Cantor
Dates : May 15, 17, 20, 22, 24,27 (Tue, Thurs, Sun)
Time : 1 – 6pm
Fee: P6,000, inclusive of light snacks, handouts, printing / photocopying services for writing exercises, and certificate.

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/

Facilitator; Libay Cantor
Dates; May 5, 12, 19, 26, & June 2 (Sat)
Time; 1 – 6pm. Venue CMC 107 A or Cine Adarna Conference Room 2nd Floor
Fee: P6,000 (inclusive of light snacks, handouts, printing / photocopying
services for writing exercises, UPFI workshop kits, and certificates).

Basic Scriptwriting: Visualizing from Scratch is a workshop intended for the absolute beginner, who has no background whatsoever in film, writing, media or the arts, but who wants to discover the possibilities of scriptwriting. It introduces participants to the “real basics” of writing for film, from the “translation” of written abstract concepts into visual-moving images (and vice versa – translation of perceived cinematic images into the written word), to a hands-on discovery of the essential concepts and components of a script that works.

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/

Film Theory and Criticism: Facilitator; Mr. Patrick Campos
Date May 14,16,18,21,23,25 (MWF)
Time; 1:00-5:00, Venue: Videotheque
Fee: P5,000. (inclusive of light snacks, handouts, use of equipment, UPFI workshop kits, and certificates.)

*Participants who register in Writing About Film I and II can avail of a 20% discount.

Writing About Film II: Theory and Criticism is a workshop that seeks to introduce participants to key classical and contemporary film theories and to prepare them to write informed and scholarly film criticism. Its aim is to survey philosophies of aesthetics as they can be related to film (e.g., Greco-Roman, Hebrew, Asian); early theories that sought to define the essence of film as art form (e.g., theories by Eisenstein, Arnheim, Bazin); and contemporary theories that deal with film as cultural-political-economic apparatus (e.g., structuralism, deconstructionism, postcolonialism).

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/

AudioVisual Analysis: Facilitator; Mr. Patrick Campos
Dates: April 30, May 2,4,7,9, 11 (MWF)
Time; 1:00-5:00 pm. Venue: Videotheque
Fee: P5,000. (inclusive of light snacks, handouts, use of equipment, UPFI workshop kits, and certificates.)

*Participants who register in Writing About Film I and II can avail of a 20% discount.

Writing About Film I: Audiovisual Analysis is a workshop that seeks to introduce participants to the aesthetics of film and to prepare them to analytically interact with any given film text. Its aim is to survey the fundamental formal aspects of film, which constitute it as an art form. Furthermore, it seeks to introduce participants to the basic narrative, technical, and stylistic qualities and conventions of cinema, all considered within specific historical, cultural, and sociopolitical contexts.

For workshop queries:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Visit: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/