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Courses & Programs
Focuses
Extreme Week
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9 to 5 Nine to Five is an action sports documentary contrasting the high-stress business aspects of downtown Vancouver to the laid-back lifestyle of Whistler, by interweaving interviews and extreme sports vignettes. Watch it in QuickTime. Get QuickTime here. |
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2006 Sessions with Extreme Week as Focus |
Extreme Video Workshop
Get extreme with G.I.F.T.S.! Learn to conceive, shoot, and edit an extreme video in one week. With a huge response to our 2003 Whistler assault, we're going even bigger in 2004. Starting at our Gulf Islands base camp, the team road-trips to Whistler in the famous G.I.F.T.S. bus for an outrageous two-day shoot, including snowsports on Whistler's Horstman Glacier, mountain-biking at the Blackcomb Base, and skating in Whistler's massive skate park. Projects are shot in digital video and finished on non-linear editing systems, with original soundtracks provided by our rocking on-site composer. Participants must be at ease on the Glacier with a snowboard or skis, and bring their own snowgear. Call for details.
This new workshop is outrageous, and 2003's films are getting attention! (Note: There is a $200 surcharge to cover additional expenses such as lift tickets, transportation and off-site accomodation, etc.)
Tentative Schedule
Sunday Evening (at the GIFTS campus on Galiano Island)
- Introductions and orientation.
Monday
- Media Literacy Workshop
- Review elements of dramatic and documentary filmmaking.
- Introduction to essential elements of documentary.
- Introduction to experimental film.
- Discussion of the power of audio, music.
- Gear checkout--touch and learn-- A technical workshop covering digital video cameras, sound
- Review several extreme videos in the genre.
Tuesday
- Finish gear orientation.
- Do micro-shoots of documentary-style interviews, review & critique.
- 5:00pm Pack up, hit the road to the Big Hill.
- 11:00pm Arrival in Whistler.
Wednesday
- 6:30am Rise and shine.
- Board lift to ascend to Horstman Glacier.
- Shoot snowboarding on Horstman Glacier.
- Down load off the mountain.
- Set up and shoot mountain biking and/or skateboarding at Whistler base.
- Interviews or lifestyle footage of riders.
Thursday
- Board lift and ascend to Horstman Glacier.
- Download off the mountain and scramble to the bus.
- Board Ferry in Tsawwassen, to Galiano.
- Production meeting on the Ferry.
- Move into editing phase.
- 9:30pm Arrive at Film School and begin capturing footage.
Friday
- Editing workshop.
- Begin rough edit.
- Meet with composer.
- Final editing of picture.
- Add original audio delivered by composer.
Saturday
- 2:00pm The world premier of the Extreme Video Projects.
More Extreme
If you have a digital video camera, are an expert skier,
snowboarder or free heel enthusiast, willing to do some hiking for your
turns, learn some backcountry skills and wish the know how to make adventure
movies, this school is for you. Peter Chrzanowski, a veteran extreme
GIFTS mentor, award winning, extreme filmmaker of 25 years experience,
a full DGC (Director’s Guild of Canada) member is offering an intensive
one week extreme filmmaking workshops. Shred some of the world’s best
big ski / boarding terrain at Fernie, Golden, Kicking Horse, Whistler,
Apex Resort, Marmot Basin, Bella Coola, Rogers Pass, Canadian Rockies.
More exotic locations and courses to follow. Days will be spent led by
Chrzanowski teaching filming techniques (Peter Peru is his nickname) Venture
into some of the best powder terrain on this planet. Evenings will bring
lectures, guest speakers, critiquing footage shot and watching films.
Sessions start early December 2003, through April 2004 in Fernie and courses
later in various ski resorts. Plans are under way for winter editing workshops
at GIFTS with all that footage. Space is limited. For more info contact
[email protected]. tel. 604-813-2200. Best, see
website : www.explorex.net.
NOTE: GIFTS and Peter Peru's Film school have formed a Strategic Alliance. Watch for upcoming EDITING ONLY workshops tailored for Peter's students coming back with all that great footage, some time in May on www.giftsfilms.com as well as www.explorex.net . Editing sessions are open for all those with own footage already shot. Storytelling advice would be given along with proper editing protocol. Students would leave with own short film, GIFTS/Peter PERU certificate, etc.
Prerequisite
No filmmaking experience necessary, just glacier stamina!
Age Groups
Programs During which this Focus is offered
Media Intensive Program
Group bookings
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