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"... an excellent instructor, enthusiastic, highly knowledgeable,
and I looked forward to every class."
"... stimulating classroom environment."
Make Summer 2009 your year to join us for a highly regarded selection of film and television courses in audio/post production, camera and lighting, editing and screenwriting/pitching.
Our respected industry experts provide quality learning opportunities using the most advanced technologies currently available to film and television specialists.
Developed for industry professionals looking to increase their technical skills with the latest technologies, the summer selections are also ideal for media graduates requiring the additional, hands-on expertise needed for consideration of a conditional offer into the full-time, Post-graduate Advanced Television & Film Program.
- Renowned Professional Instructors
- Hands-on Training in Highest Quality Facilities Sophisticated, Advanced Technologies
- Small class sizes, individualized learning
SCREENWRITING
Story Skills MEDA70018
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Camera and Lighting Special MEDA70016
I.A.T.S.E.Local 667 MEDA70011/70012
Motion Picture Camera Assistant Workshops
AUDIO
Audio Post Production Special MEDA70015
EDITING
Editing Primer MEDA70019
AVID Media Composer® Professional Training
Note: Minimum class sizes are required for courses to run
Screenwriting Development and Effective Pitching
On site Dates: July 12, 26, August 9, 23, 2009
This is a studio and web-based course – the student will\
participate in on-line classes, discussions and individual instructor tutorials in addition to the four on-site classes.
Times: 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. on-site class times
Location: SCAET Building
Fee: $600.00
CLS#: 76792
Instructor: Maureen McKeon
This course is a fun way for students with an interest in documentary or drama screenwriting to build skills which will help them develop and "sell" their work. Maureen McKeon, a professional screenwriter and Sheridan instructor in the Advanced Television and Film Program, will teach you new and interesting ways to locate, collect, and juxtapose ideas, the basics of finding story "shape", and the principles of effective pitching to editors or producers. This is not a lecture-oriented course – the emphasis is on creative, active participation. At the final class, each student's "pitch practice" will be video-taped for workshop feedback. The 4 full-day classroom sessions will be spaced 2 weeks apart in order to allow students to work on their ideas and writing and gain on-line feed-back from the instructor through WebCT. By the end of the course students will have a portfolio of potential film ideas, 4 one-page proposals for both short and long-form documentary and drama films, as well as the video tape of their pitching session.
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Dates: July 27 - 31, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Daily
Location: SCAET Building, Room S231, S107
Fee: $750.00
CLS# 76789
Instructor: Brian White
Working in studio and on exterior locations, as well as through classroom lectures and workshops, participants will examine the intricacies of lighting and experience the use of High Definition cameras, 35mm and 16mm cameras. Topics include: Role of the Director of Photography, set lighting, blocking shots, lighting equipment, filtering, composition, movement, frame format, camera shooting styles, green screen and gripology.
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Dates: August 10 - 14, 2009
Times: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: SCAET Building, Room S104
Fee: $750.00
CLS# - 76790
Instructor: Rick Andersen
With its focus on audio post-production for film and television, the goal of this course is to define the elements of audio within a film or television production. Topics include: Location Sound, Dialogue, Sound effects, Foley, Music and Mixing. This project-based workshop provides hands-on training using state of the art equipment. This course is designed for the Audio Engineer, Picture Editor, Producer or Director requiring a sound base in order to produce and communicate in Audio Post Productions. Note that the Digital Audio Workstations are ProTools/Macintosh based. Basic computer skills are required.
Instructor: RICK ANDERSEN
Rick has an extensive Audio Engineering career spanning more than twenty years, from Assistant Engineer and Chief Assistant Engineer/Junior Engineer working on radio and television commercials, film scores with large orchestral set ups, various television shows and major album projects. With experience as Senior Staff Engineer, specializing in album projects, and as a freelance Engineer/Producer with his own Audio Post Studio, Rick is a certified Avid/Digidesign instructor for ProTools Digital Audio, one of only seventeen Avid audio instructors worldwide. Recent credits in audio post-production for film and television include: Wrong Number, The Spreading Ground, and RUSH - Show of Hands. Credits in audio engineering/mixing in the music industry include: The Leah, Johannes Linstead, RUSH - Show of Hands, The Nylons - Rockapella, and Triumph - Edge of Excess
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Dates: August 15 - 16, 2009
Time: 9:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: SCAET Building, Room S306
Fee: $850.00
CLS#: 76791
This two-day module is designed to support incoming ATVF students with limited editing skills to get better acquainted with the editing process. Session time is divided between demonstration and hands-on practice, plus experimentation with sample material. The module will introduce the concepts of nonlinear editing and include basic features of the AVID Media Composer Adrenaline system, edit sync and non-sync material, trim sequences and adjust audio.
This course is recommended for students who wish to enter the Editing stream of the Advanced Television and Film Program but who are lacking in the practical skills required. Taking the course may increase your chances to be accepted into the Editing masters class, but does not guarantee a spot in that class.
Instructor: DIDIER KENNEL
Didier has been a freelance documentary editor for 15 years and has worked in news, broadcast and on corporate videos. He has edited for CNN in Africa, CBS, CBC, Discovery, Global, Life, Prime and TVO.
Corporate credits include work with international corporations such as: American Express, Kellogs, IBM, Sears, Upjohn, Revlon and Xerox. Didier has been an Avid Certified Instructor since 1994 and has successfully trained editors in Europe, South America and Asia. For the past nine years Didier has been teaching Avid editing in the Media Arts Program at Sheridan college and in September of 2000 moved into the new Avid
Authorized Education Centre within the Sheridan Centre for Animation and Emerging Technologies (SCAET), where he continues to provide specialized training on the Avid AdrenalineHD systems as a full-time faculty member.
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Diploma or Degree in Media-related program,
or, equivalent industry experience
Completed Registration Form
Send via e-mail: Martina Sookbirsingh
or by fax to: 1-905-815-4223
or by mail to:
Martina Sookbirsingh
Sheridan Institute of Technolgy and Advanced Learning
1430 Trafalgar Rd.
Oakville, ON
L6H 2L1
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