Digital Courses at Quad
QUAD in Derby, one of the founding venues of the PBQ network, provides facilities and services that connect people and businesses to art and film, creating opportunities for entertainment, education and participation.
Now QUAD has launched a series of courses on the art of film-making and screen-writing, offering the followinf courses:
SCREENWRITING BASICS
An eight-week course on Tuesday evenings 6:00pm - 8:30pm
7th September - 26th October 2010
Cost: £140 / £112 (concession) inc VAT
Tutor: Graham Lester George
Location: QUAD, Meeting Room
An introductory 8-week course for scriptwriters, covering the basic elements of writing a script: including structure, character, story, plot, writing loglines, synopses and treatments. The course will also develop your skills to analyse scripts, and develop a critical approach to your own scriptwriting.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SCREENWRITING
An eight-week course on Tuesday evenings 6:00pm - 8:30pm
23rd November - 14th December 2010
(break for Christmas)
4th January - 25th January 2011
Cost: £185 full price / £148 concessions inc VAT
Tutor: Graham Lester-George
Location: QUAD, Meeting Room
Applicants for this course will already be well versed in the basics of screenwriting and will understand what is meant by industry standard formatting, visual writing, character development, story structure and plot development.
You will already have a basic story premise for your short or feature film, which over eight weeks we will workshop to develop into a full short film script (up to 30 pages), or in the case of feature films will be developed into a professional standard five page treatment. This will entail a time commitment from you to write at home between sessions.
VIDEO BASICS (Beginniners)
A four-week course on Tuesday evenings 6:00pm - 8:30pm
7th - 28th September 2010
Cost: £120 (£96 concessions) inc VAT
Suitable for ages 16+
Location: Square Group Digital Suite at QUAD
ABOUT THE COURSE
A basic four week course ideal for anyone interested in learning the basics of planning, filming and editing a short film. The course will involve mainly practical activities resulting in students working in small groups to plan, shoot and edit a three minute short film or advert. There will also be stand up demonstration and teaching as well as smaller activities.
Students will use Apple Macs for editing their product in iMovie. This course concentrates primarily on the basic visual aspects of filmmaking and sound recording will play little part in the students learning.
INTRODUCTION TO VIDEO EDITING USING FINAL CUT PRO (MAC)
A four-week course on Tuesday evenings 6:00pm - 8:30pm
5th - 26th October 2010
Cost: £140 (£112 concessions) inc VAT
Suitable for ages 16+
Location: Square Group Digital Suite at QUAD
Available only on MAC
ABOUT APPLE FINAL CUT PRO
Apple Final Cut Pro is a long established industry tool for video editing. It is highly recommended for film makers or anyone who is interested in furthering their skills in video post-production. Films edited using Final Cut Pro include: No Country for Old Men, The Simpson's Movie, Where the Wild Things Are and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
ABOUT THE COURSE
This is a basic, four week beginner's course for people who are new to editing with Final Cut Pro. The course will take place on Apple Mac computer systems and some basic knowledge of computers is recommended. This course will be a mixture of stand up demonstration, teaching and practice activities for students.
Topics to be covered include:
Introduction to Interface
Setting up Final Cut Pro
Logging
Capturing
Importing
Introduction to basic timeline editing
Saving your work
Introduction to effects.
Introduction to motion effects.
Audio manipulation
Adding text/titles
For more information please visit: http://www.derbyquad.co.uk/participate/digital-courses
