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Are you passionate about film making? Are you a professional looking for new opportunities and challenges? Are you a film lover curious how to get started? If you have experience behind or in front of the camera, or just starting up with dreams and aspirations - bring your talent and let's work together to make independent films. We are a group of passionate film creators focused on development, creativity and production of film in Berlin. We also offer help, film equipment, advice and all that goes into a film project.
The purpose of our community is to :
1. develop ideas for films, either narrative or documentary
2. build partnerships so that films can get shot and
3. building the team/crew and shoot the short film(s)
4. educate
4. If you already have an ongoing project and you need help/crew, this can be the group for you.
We want to stress is that we are not here to select or have opinions about what type of films you want to develop, it can be of any type or genre. The more diverse the better! But we do want to get started and shoot as soon as possible so that we get to start working together and learn more together.
Not all of us will work on all projects, you choose freely what project you want to get involved with and in what capacity. The community will support and assist all projects and facilitate planning and meetings and also create our own ideas together with you. And for those of you who don't have a massive experience already - this will be an excellent opportunity to get down and dirty and learn by doing :)
Bevorstehende Events (3)
Alles ansehen- Film Lighting Workshop: Hands-on LightingSpace Meduza, Berlin1,00 EUR
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Note: In order to attend you must register and pay at https://berlinfilmcommunity.com/product/film_lighting_workshop/
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Do you want to learn how lighting can make your film more interesting? In this workshop you will learn through doing as I am a firm believer in hands-on education. After going over the fundamentals of how light works and understanding why you would choose one style of lighting over another, together as a class, we will light several different scenes in the same location. There will also be some time for experimentation and I will work with you to light scenes of your choosing. Lighting has the power to set a mood and this workshop will give you some understanding of how to use different lighting tools to get the look you want. I will have many lighting instruments and light modifiers for you to work with.
This workshop will have a very limited class size of 12 people to ensure that everyone gets personal attention as well as to allow for a decent amount of time so that all participants can feel comfortable and not rushed. I have tailored this course to make it flexible enough to accommodate people with absolutely zero experience as well as for people who have done some lighting.
This workshop is designed to get you comfortable with the concepts and especially with the practice of lighting a set, interview lighting setups, and as well as general lighting techniques that can be modified to fit different needs.
Lighting A Set
I will show you how I would light several different scenes, ranging from a pleasant conversation to a much more sinister thriller look, as well as a nighttime moody interior scene. I will show you how I would light for the wide shot and then the modifications I would do when going for a closeup.Lighting a face
The most common subject that gets lit in films is, as you would expect, the human face. We will light several different looks and you will see how small changes in light angles or height can have massive impacts on how we perceive a character. I will also cover how to set up lighting for an interview set-up and the different looks that can give a face more depth. Below are some examples from the interview set-up from the last workshop.Lighting With Different Budget Levels
You will learn the tools used when working with a limited budget. You’ll be amazed at he lighting you can achieve using common items found in Ikea. We will of course also go over how to work with bigger lighting instruments and more power.Safety On Set
As rigging lights and handling them can be dangerous, I will go over how to handle hot lights, and how to keep from overloading circuits. Please bring a pair of workman’s gloves to be able to handle hot lights.As a group you will be handling the lighting equipment with me there to supervise and instruct. While you can’t learn everything you need to know about lighting in two days, hopefully by the end of the workshop you will have enough of an understanding to ask the right questions, learn through observation, and find like minded people with whom you can practice lighting.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the workshop, reach out to me at alex@berlinfilmcommunity.com.
Schedule:
Day 1:
Saturday, July 05th – 09:00 – 16:00The basics of how light works
Differences between hard and soft light
High key versus low key lighting
Lighting exteriors versus interiors, day versus night
Breaking scenes down to understand lighting choices
Different tools used in lighting and when and how to use them
Supervised lighting of two scenes with instruction as we light them
Q&ADay 2:
Sunday, July 06th – 09:00 – 16:00Breaking down more complicated scenes
Interview lighting set-ups
Analyzing and replicating scenes
Supervised free lighting
Q&AThe workshop is conducted in English.
No previous experience is required.
Please bring a pair of work gloves to handle hot lights.The workshop costs 299€, or if you are a student or over 65 with ID, you pay 275€.
About the Workshop Leader
Hi, I’m Alex DePew and I will be your guide on this filmmaking adventure. I have been working in the film industry for over 16 years and have led many filmmaking workshops. I absolutely love teaching beginners the ropes. I get tons of joy when I see someone light up as they make a connections between what I am teaching and something they have seen in a movie. And when they apply that knowledge to their own film it is a thing of beauty. - Filmmaking Camera Workshop: Professional Film CameraworkSpace Meduza, Berlin1,00 EUR
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Note: In order to attend you must register and pay at https://berlinfilmcommunity.com/product/film_camerawork_workshop/***
Level: Beginner.
The workshop is conducted in English and costs 299€, or if you are a student or over 65 with ID, you pay 275€.
If you’re looking to advance your filmmaking knowledge by learning the tools and techniques that will get your camera knowledge ready for a film set, this workshop will help you take several big steps down that road. You will learn not just the camera technology, but also how to apply it, because while filmmaking is very technical, that technical knowledge is only a means to an end, which is to give you more time to spend on the creative aspects of filmmaking.
This will be a heavily hands-on workshop that will be a mix of information, demonstration and practical exercise. You will learn how to setup a film camera, what all the parts do, many of the camera settings and how they are used in different shooting situations. Together as a team we will plan out and shoot a pre-scripted scene. However, before planning the shoot we will review the camerawork theory and reasoning behind shot selection. This exercise will familiarize you not only with technical camera information, but also how to operate quickly in order to allow more time for creativity.
Everyone in the class will get the opportunity to setup the cinema camera, use all the accessories, and shoot part of the scene.
If you have any questions or would like to know more, feel free to reach out to me at alex@berlinfilmcommunity.com.
Schedule:
Day 1:
Saturday, July 12th – 09:00 – 16:00- Cameras used in professional filmmaking
- Mid-level and pro-level Film Cameras
- What to look for when renting equipment
- Event, documentary, and narrative camera choices at different budgets
Codecs and bit depth
- Raw, Log, compressed codecs
- Picture profiles and LUT’s
- Bit depth explained
- Sensor size and crop factor
- Dynamic range explained
Exposure and exposure tools
- False color, Waveform, Histogram, Zebras
- Protecting your highlights
- Exposing your subject correctly – skin tones
- Light meters & lighting ratios with demonstration
- Maintaining consistency between shots
Focus
- Wireless follow focus – setup and use
- Focus monitor and peaking
- Creating marks and measuring distance
Tools of the trade & misc. camera knowledge dump
- Filters – when to use which filter
- Tripods and heads
- Slating (clapper) and set commands
- Video Village monitor setup
- High capacity batteries
- Rolling shutter and moiré – how to minimize their effect
- Pushing footage until it breaks to learn your camera’s limits
Building up a cinema camera
- Cinema lenses, follow focus, focus monitor, wireless transmitter, & video village monitor.
- In camera settings – white balance, frame rate, shutter speed, exposure
- Q&A & Review
Day 2:
Sunday, July 13th – 09:00 – 16:00Scene breakdown
- Breaking down the scene we will be shooting
- Shot list, storyboard analysis
- Determining which shots to group together & why
- Estimating time for setup
Setting up the camera in a group
- Group work - Setup the camera to be ready to shoot.
- Creating shooting schedule and shot list
Shooting the scene
- Shoot the scripted scene using the schedule and shot list.
- Everyone rotating through all roles
- Review of the raw footage
About the Workshop Leader
Hi, I’m Alex DePew and I will be your guide on this filmmaking adventure. I have been working in the film industry for over 16 years and have led many filmmaking workshops. I absolutely love teaching beginners the ropes. I get tons of joy when I see someone light up as they make a connections between what I am teaching and something they have seen in a movie. And when they apply that knowledge to their own film it is a thing of beauty.***Please go to the below link to register and for the full information.***
https://berlinfilmcommunity.com/product/film_camerawork_workshop/
