Expression of Interest: Cinematography for Low-Mid Budget Short Films

Expression of Interest: Cinematography for Low-Mid Budget Short Films

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Please note by registering your interest you are NOT applying for a course. This is to gauge the interest of crew in attending this type of course. We would also like to hear what elements you would like to see on the course so that we know the training is meeting crew needs as directly expressed by the crew.

Proposed Course: Cinematography for low-mid budget shorts

Proposed months of delivery: June 2024; either weekdays or a weekend.

Duration:  1 to 2 days  

Cost: TBC

Venue: In-person, Wexford - venue tbc.

Tutor: Alba Fernandez

Course Profile:

This course would run over 1 to 2 days.

This course 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.

Proposed course content:
  • Building your team: What skills you should look for. Being resourceful, creative, and flexible when building a small team for maximum effect.
  • Soft skills:  Developing relationships with the Director & HODs and leading your team.
  • Cinematography on limited resources:  Design tricks and what to consider.
  • Essential technical skills for Cinematographers on low-mid budget shorts.
  • A Cinematographer’s kit on low-mid budget shorts.
  • Building a relationship with camera and lighting houses.
Participant Profile:

This course is aimed at 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.

Expression of Interest Procedure:

Please register your interest online at this LINK by 12pm on Monday 25th March 2024

For technical difficulties with the online system please email jade.travers@nationaltalentacademies.ie

Film & TV Crew Academy East courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.

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.