Cinematography For Low-Mid Budget Shorts

Course Name: Cinematography for low-mid budget shorts

Date of course:  Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th June 2024

Duration: 2 days

Cost: Free

Venue Location: In-person - Gorey School of Art, Co Wexford.

Tutor: Alba Fernandez

Course Profile:

The National Talent Academies and Screen Wexford are delighted to be partnering on this course which will guide participants through the fundamentals of visual storytelling, lighting techniques, camera operation, and composition.

Through a combination of theory and practice, participants will learn how to maximise creativity and production values while working within the constraints of limited resources.

This course aims to equip participants with the skills and mindset necessary to make their mark on the short film world and empower them to create visually compelling scenes without breaking the bank.

Film & TV Crew Academy East is managed by Clermont Content Creation Hub CLG.

Course content:

• Creative approach to scripts
• How to approach prep
• Cinema camera vs Budget camera
• How to achieve quality on a budget
• Rates
• Imposter Syndrome
• How to increase employment
• Crew and industry relationships
• Practical workshops

Participant Profile:

This course is aimed at emerging Cinematographers who have some experience working on low-mid budget short films and music videos. Participants should be at a point in their career where they have DoP’d on a funded short or are on the precipice of doing so.

Application Procedure:

Please apply online at this LINK 12pm on Monday 20th May 2024

For technical difficulties with the online system please email

jade.travers@nationaltalentacademies.ie or brian.murphy@nationaltalentacademies.ie

Film & TV Crew Academy East courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion,

sexual orientation, or disability.

Reasonable accommodations: We aim to accommodate all attendees to help ensure they can successfully participate in our programmes.

This course is limited to 12 participants.

Tutor Profile:

Alba Fernandez is a Cinematographer based in Dublin and is currently one of Ireland’s most

exciting female Cinematographers. Recent work includes Callus and Animal, both winners of

Best Cinematography at the European Cinematography Awards 2023, Stable (Winner of Best

Cinematography at Women in Film & TV Ireland Showcase 2023) and Licence for Nil, which

were all selected for Galway Film Fleadh 2023. She also shot Irish language feature

Documentary Reds na hEireann for TG4 and Virgin Media TV’s Inside The Hospice alongside

Eleanor Bowman. In 2021, she won the Donal Gilligan Award for Best Cinematography in a

Short Film for her work in Faitíos.