Expression of Interest | Cinematography for low-mid budget shorts

Expression of Interest | Cinematography for low-mid budget shorts

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Please note that 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: August

Duration:  2 days

Cost: Free

Venue: In person *Location will be based on interest

Tutor(s): Alba Fernandez


Crew Academy West is an initiative of Screen Ireland and run by Atlantic Academy
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.

Expression of Interest Procedure:

Please register your interest online at this link  5pm on Tuesday, June 11th.

For technical difficulties with the online system please email lorraine.higgins@nationaltalentacademies.ie 

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

 

Tutor:

 

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.