Hands-On Directing for Film and TV Part 2 | London

This is an extension of the ideas and practises of Part 1 (Raindance Hands-on Directing for Film and Television), which is a pre-requirement for those attending this course.

Tutor:	Patrick Tucker	Venue:	St George's Church, Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2HR
Date:	Saturday/Sunday 27/28 Nov	Duration:	2 day weekend
Time:	10:00am - 6:00pm	Price:	£250 + 17.5% VAT

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Part Two of the Hands on Directing for Film and Television workshop continues where Part One left off - and is very much for the many of you who have already done the first workshop.

Using the same mixture of lectures, film clips, anecdotes and hands on experience, it deals with:

Advanced screen acting - looking specifically at the acting of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Meryl Streep to see what it is they actually do that makes their performances so powerful;

Auditions and interviews - both will be experienced and analysed to see what is the most effective way of choosing the right cast;

Advanced staging - dealing with complex situations such as fights, chases, and complex meal sequences;

Screen composition - seeing how the screen is not symmetrical; the effects of using different parts of it (and why actresses always insist their left profile is best);

The Single Developing Shot - analysing this most popular and effective of directorial choices, with everyone getting to plan such a sequence, with a number of them being filmed and shown back (outside actors will be brought in to act these);

Different styles of directing - needed for the straight single drama, for continuous drama, and for soap drama (and multi-camera directing will also be dealt with);

High Definition - the pluses (and few minuses) of this new working medium as far as a director is concerned.

Specific tips for working with each department: first assistant; camera; sound; design; editing and post production.
Participants are encouraged to bring in short film clips to be looked at and analysed.

Directors with some previous experience seeking additional training.

Patrick Tucker is an internationally acclaimed stage and screen director with over 150 screen drama credits (including one feature film), over 100 stage credits and the founder of the innovative Original Shakespeare Company. He is the author of seven books, including the award-winning Secrets of Screen Acting (now in its 2nd edition) and The Actor's Survival Handbook, and is into his 10th year of presenting "Workshops for Raindance."

Hear Patrick in action on podcast.

"The hands on experience that I got in this class was very helpful. I am a writer by profession but after taking this course would like to try my hand at directing. And I feel I can really do it." - Sarah Gavin, Writer

"I truly enjoyed the Hands On Directing class. It helped me with my ambition to make my own films and really expanded my ideas in the many group discussion. I have taken a few filmmaking courses before and to be honest Raindance was the best! I still have a lot to learn about filmmaking and from now on I will turn to Raindance for all my future teachings." - Antonio Mendes, Director

“Patrick Tucker is a brilliant teacher. He is passionate, a great communicator, funny, highly experienced and intelligent. The content of the course has been invaluable since.” - Esther Baker, directed her first short film “The Rains of Fear” following the course