EMERGING MOTION PICTURE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS BOOTCAMP SUCCESSFUL

We've come to the end of the level one pilot project sponsored by the Cape Film Commission and what an overall success it was.

The Objective : Enhancing Workforce Development within the Creative Industries.

All too often people, especially people beginning their working life, seek instant results instead of building a solid base from which to grow and blossom. As technology is advancing at an ever increasing rate, the skills learn't today may be obsolete tomorrow, so, the important aspect of life at the start of this century is learning how to learn.

The Cape Film Workshops hosted a 10 week skills bootcamp at the Runway Resources Centre focusing on:

Building solid skills

Learning the basics of Film

Film Anatomy, learning how stories work,

Telling stories with moving pictures, Aesthetic and Technical

Cinematography: writing with light

Production Management, making the project work, controlling time, effort, money, machines and manpower for the project

Music and Foley Art: writing with sound.

AND - now for the next level where the class will be divided into four groups each specializing in one of the broad areas of motion picture work:

ART: everything that appears in front of the camera goes through the Art Department first,

BUSINESS: Film is big business and needs proper financial controls in every aspect of the production,

CRAFT: The story tellers and how the story is told. This includes film grammar, writing, directing and editing,

TECHNICAL: Here we deal with the technical support needed in production. This includes the camera, lighting and grips.

Each group will receive instruction in one of these areas for four weeks and then combine to form a large group to make another short film. A much higher standard is anticipated.

This is going to be an incredibly exciting workshop indeed.

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Proposal

To establish the

South African Conservatory for

Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Preamble

South Africa has been blessed with a plethora of problems that have prejudiced its ability to participate effectively in the global motion picture market. These include Apartheid and the failure of South Africans to market their motion picture products abroad effectively. There is also a seemingly endless battle between the products of our training institutions and the needs of industry. It is time, therefore, that we, the members of our industry, take action ourselves and stop relying on the authorities to do this work for us.

Objectives

To form an organised group of motion picture professionals to benefit the entire South African Motion Picture Industry from a members perspective.

1. To form a professional body to self-regulate the industry, to:
1. create a trust to run the affairs of the Conservatory,
2. establish a code of professional practice and to encourage all members to abide by these principles;
3. conduct research in fields that are of importance to the members;
4. accredit training programmes,
2. To promote the industry as a whole, to:
1. promote the regular production of local product for all markets, especially global and to create a sustainable industry;
2. continue to promote South Africa as an ideal location for motion picture production;
3. encourage and maintain proper archival methodologies for its members products;
4. deal with rogue situations as these arise;

e.g. to encourage the national broadcaster to act like one.

3. To establish a South African Motion Picture Distribution Agency whose sole mandate is to market SA motion picture products forcefully;
4. To be an umbrella body for smaller, less powerful guilds and unions, which include, inter alia:
1. The Camera Guild
2. SASWA
5. To encourage the formation of the Directors Guild of South Africa (and other guilds) with a mandate similar to that of the DGA, to:
1. deal with the minimum requirements for employment;
2. arrange long term financial benefits for members such as medical aid, pension plans et al.

The Sunshine Coast Film Partnership: Eastern Cape TV Online?

The Sunshine Coast Film Partnership: Eastern Cape TV Online?