16 to 18 November 2015 the first edition of Mastershot Workshop took place in Poznan. The aim of the workshop was to introduce the idea of Mastershot to the film enthusiasts and students learning film direction, as well as filmmakers who are involved in film production at a professional level.
During the first two days (16 and 17 November 2015) Paweł Czarkowski learnt a group of fifty participants about the basics of working on a film. He told also about the main directions of the script and storyboard. He also discussed the location of the film and presented the initial video that illustrated the place where the film was to be made. Staszek Mąderek presented and discussed the most recognizable, sometimes extremely intriguing examples of mastershots that have been woven into the most famous film productions.
On the third day the team of Mastershot organizers along with dozens of workshop participants worked in a film location, inside the Club Dragon, where pre-production process took place. The team acquainted with the site requirements and challenges that generates the complex interior of an old building in Poznan, where the club is located. Teams responsible for realizing particular tasks were created, e.g. groups responsible for: work on the script, storyboard, set design, costumes, team of cameramen, sound engineers and lighting technicians.
Then participants along with the organizers made the whole pre-production process and they prepared the location for shooting that will take place on 29 November 2015. While the production of the main film there will be also made a film documenting the process of making the Mastershot – so called film “Making of”. Participants were also invited to take part in that project.
Paweł Czarkowski handed diplomas to participants who participated in the first edition of Mastershot Workshop in Poznan, organized within the first international Mastershot FILM FESTIVAL. The organizers have been already taking applications of screenplays and completed mastershots to the competition. More information: www.mastershotfestival.pl
The first Mastershot Workshop located in Poznan, within a Mastershot FILM FESTIVAL, is a project co-funded by the City of Poznan.
The partners of the workshop are: Collegium da Vinci – Postgraduate studies ‘Film Production’, Poznan Film Commission, Klub Dragon, Warsaw Film School, University of Arts in Poznan, Intermedia Department, Movlab and Red Ghost.