Cross-Border-Conversation

Cross-Border Conversation: Creating Animated Stories

18:00-19:30 BST (UK time), Tuesday 3 October 2023  Sign up for this free event How do animators, sound designers, composers and other departments work together for the very best animated storytelling? How does the team build narrative structure, create rounded characters, and enhance emotion? Our speakers are drawn from the ScreenCraft Works community and are …

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Cross-Border Conversation: Multi-role v single-discipline jobs in film & TV – what is the best approach?

Thursday 22 June 2023 Many people in film & TV production & post-production now perform hyphenated roles. From editor-writer-director, producer-director-academic and editor-sound, our speakers discussed the merits and challenges of working across several roles versus specialising in a single discipline. What is most enjoyable and effective for delivery? What is driven by choice and what …

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Cross-Border Conversation: Preparing for your Sound Mix

Supported by Genelecwith speakers Eric Horstmann, Emma Butt and Liz Horsman.Thursday 30 March 2023 You can watch the recording of this event on our YouTube channel or read the transcript. The speakers, who are drawn from our community and are at different levels of experience and from different countries, discussed workflow, organisation from edit to sound mix, how all …

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Cross-Border Conversation: The Role of the Assistant Editor

Supported by Genelecwith speakers Prince May, Alice Degrassi, Scott Clements and Helena BeesonTuesday 7 February 2023, 19:00-20:30 GMT (UK local time) You can watch the recording of this event on our YouTube channel or read the transcript. From ingesting rushes to picture lock, what is the role of the assistant editor? Our speakers will discuss an assistant’s workflow …

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Cross-Border Conversation: International Production Management and Production

Supported by Genelecwith speakers Andrea Jajeh, Karyan Au-Yeung and Molly McGregor.Thursday 10 November 2022, 18:00-19:30 GMT (UK local time) How do production management and production departments build, run and deliver the best international content? How can understanding cultural and work-practice differences enhance international productions? Topics include filming and working in more than one country, and delivering …

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Cross-Border Conversation: Collaboration between Sound and Picture

Supported by Genelec How can working cross-department deliver the most coherent and sensuous sonic and visual content, for the best audience experience? Our inspiring conversationalists on 27 October 2022 were Peter Albrechtsen (sound designer, Denmark), Roberta Bononi BFE (editor, Italy, now UK) and Shaunak Soni (film production student, India, now UK). All drawn from our mentoring community and at different stages in …

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Cross-Border Conversation: Paths to Becoming an Editor

Supported by Genelec What are the steps to becoming a film and TV editor? What are the defining skills – technical, creative and soft skills – that enable you to keep learning and best relish your craft as you progress? How do you find equanimity with each director and the team? Speakers Rachel Erskine (Scotland, UK), Sourath Behan …

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Cross-Border Conversation: Paths to Becoming an Editor

Supported by Genelecwith speakers Rachel Erskine, Sourath Behan and Christopher CF Chow BFE.Wednesday 28 September 2022, 19:00-20:30 BST (UK local time)Sign up here to join this free event.  What are the steps to becoming a film and TV editor? What are the defining skills – technical, creative and soft skills – that enable you to keep learning …

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Cross-Border Conversation: Sound design and music composition

Supported by Genelec Danish composer, musician, producer and instrument builder Katrine Amsler and British Indian composer, songwriter and sound post producer Randy Kalsi in conversation: Katrine and Randy, a ScreenCraft Works mentee, discussed the art and craft of film composition and sound design and how they cross over to greatest effect, and Katrine demonstrated a few of her home-built instruments, …

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Cross-Border Conversation: Editing and the Phantom Menaces

Supported by Genelec US editor Paul Martin Smith – giving a rare interview – and UK editor Chris Wyatt, who used to work together as editor and assistant, were in conversation with emerging UK- and Spain-based Japanese editor Tomoko Hirasawa.  Watch the recording of the talk or read the transcript.  Paul Martin Smith is known for his editing work with George Lucas, …

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