The Okanagan Film Commission would like to invite you to “Discover your role in film” at Okanagan Film Fundamentals 2016, taking place March 3-6.
Okanagan Film Fundamentals 2016 is aimed at helping aspiring filmmakers in the Okanagan kick-start their film making careers.
The Motion Picture Industry Orientation Course, which will be held twice throughout the weekend, teaches the foundations needed to be able to work safely on a film set.
The symposium in March will bring together some of the most talented people in the industry to lead workshops and sessions on film and television production, financing, script writing, directing, budgeting, distribution, pitching story ideas, and entertainment law.
In addition to the opportunity to learn from the best, the symposium will provide opportunities for participants to network and build relationships with industry VIPs. There will also be forums for participants to pitch their films to real funders and producers.
Okanagan Film Fundamentals is being presented for locals who want to know how a beginner gets started in this business, how one gets into the film industry, and how one finds one’s place in this exciting industry.
Jon Summerland, Okanagan Film Commissioner, comments, “As the film and television production industry grows in the Okanagan, I get many requests each week with these questions. To be responsive to our community, the Board of Directors of the Okanagan Film Commission is creating this exciting event.”
For more information visit www.okanaganfilmfundamentals.com.
2016 Contest for Local Filmmakers – deadline Feb 8, 2016
The Kelowna Film Society is again supporting a local filmmakers contest to win a bursary to attend the Okanagan Film Fundamentals Motion Picture Industry Orientation Course, which is happening in March.
Developed in partnership with film industry union guilds, this course provides you with the information you need to know before you work on set.
Topics include: growth and trends in the B.C. film industry; demands and challenges of working in film; set etiquette and protocol; job classifications and descriptions; reading and understanding a call sheet; logistics of employment; importance of interpersonal skills; on-set safety considerations, etc.
The Motion Picture Industry Orientation Course is a two-day introduction to working in dramatic film and television production. It is mandatory for application to most film labour organizations in BC.
The Kelowna Film Society is helping to finance six winners to attend the course. You pay $50 – we pay the rest!
How to win? Simple! Write a letter (two pages maximum) and send it to [email protected]. Tell us who you are and what your goals in the industry are, why you want to attend the course, how it will help you and how the bursary will help you.
The deadline to get your letters in: Feb. 8 by 5 p.m. Winners will be announced on Feb. 18.
And don’t worry. Even if you don’t win…you’ll receive $50 off the regular admission to the course … so you’re a winner either way.
For more information visit www.okanaganfilmfundamentals.com.
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