Workshops
AFW Directors Workshop
Directors receive instruction, DGA mentoring, and practical experience in all areas of action film production. Directors adapt scripts to specific styles, develop them into shooting scripts and storyboards, and utilize available talent and locations to capture the necessary shots to tell the story.
Directors perform exercises in single- and multi-camera staging, exploring the power of music, jib-crane shots, dynamic camera movement, artistic lighting, etc. Directors learn to transport ordinary shots into high style and create effective action sequences.
Curriculum
Film Styles
Gothic romance, noir, teen slasher, urban realism, sci-fi, war, western, slapstick comedy, kung fu, music video, chase scenes, and movie trailers.
Pre-Production
Film marketing, pitching story, script development and adaptation, budgeting, casting, location scouting, stunt coordination, special effects, schedules, shooting scripts, and storyboards.
Production
Production coordination, coaching actors, set etiquette, getting the shot, getting the coverage, collaboration (with DP, stunt coordinator, producers, etc.)
Post Production
Final Cut editing, Foley work, sound dubbing, music editing, re-shoots, trailers, Live Type, soundtrack, and iDVD.
Additional Instruction
in any or all of the following: motion capture, blue screen, blood effects, gun safety, crash pads, fire stunts, squibs, falls, car shots, underwater shots, etc.
AFW directors also act, operate cameras and boom mic's, set lights, choreograph, edit, AD, and co-produce for other directors' productions.
Any director with specific technical expertise may be eligible for a scholarship or stipend. AFW is currently seeking the means to offer college credit to workshop participants.
