"little films, BIG VISION"
LATEST NEWS:
Feb 2012: Would you believe it's a YEAR since we held our very first practical workshop (Film 101)?! And this weekend, we proved that our filmmakers have gone from strength to strength in those 12 months.
Following on from Danny Lacey's workshop 'Producing on a Budget' recently, our latest PokerStars sponsored weekend was a Directing workshop with respected UK Director and NFTS tutor Lesley Manning.
Video and pics to follow, but in the meantime, check out Paul Moulton's interviews with Dave Armstrong and Lesley Manning for MT-TV at this link and with Danny Lacey at his workshop at this link
Jan 2012: A group of our MShorts crew crafted a fab entry into the Empire Magazine / Jameson 'Done in 60 seconds' competition. Written and Directed by Ady Hall ('Hide & Seek'), and shot in under 6 hours, the film is a witty homage to the multi-award nominated 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'. All the best to our team - fingers crossed this will be the first award of many for us, but either way it's been a great experience and testament to what our troops have learned in the past year.
Nov. 2011: MShorts held it's first POKER STARS sponsored workshop over weekend of Nov 12th/13th, a Production Design workshop run & hosted by Lynda Reiss of Lynda’s Prop Shop.
Lynda lives on the IOM but has a career in the industry that’s taken her all around the world. She passed on her experience & knowledge from having worked on everything from no-budget shorts to blockbuster movies("The Bourne Ultimatum", "American Beauty", "Benjamin Button" to name a few), showing attendees props from various films & relating fantastic stories of her time in Hollywood.
MannIN Shorts Production Design Workshop from Christy DeHaven on Vimeo.
She also used two of our MannIN Shorts ‘Finalist’ scripts as case studies for the workshop -partly to help the writers/teams associated with the scripts to realise their vision, but partly so the workshop attendees can see the process from the very early stages – how you can bring the words from a page to life through design.
Catering was provided by the wonderful Molly Reiss, who even made cupcakes from her bakery business, Sweet Baby Cakes!
MShorts opens Isle of Man Arts Council Film Festival 2011. We hosted our 2nd 'Short Film Night' to open this year's IOM Film Festival last week (Sept 1st), at the beautiful Broadway Cinema. We showcased both Manx and International talent (in collaboration with FutureShorts.com) and exclusively previewed clips from 'Hide & Seek'. Read all about it on our blog here.
"Hide And Seek" - first MannIN Shorts film - completes shooting
The first of our six finalist scripts went into production this weekend (August 20th). Writer Ady Hall, Director Laura Jones and Producer Debs Gwinnell, with fantastic help and assistance from Lynda Reiss (Lynda's Prop Shop) and John Craine (Cinematographer, 'Ghostgirl', 'Pig Tails'), raised funds themselves for the MShorts scheme which then went on to help fund their film. They recruited various MShorts trainees to work alongside professional crew, and the shoot is due to wrap as I type this... Fantastic job by all, we can't wait to see the rushes - and finished edit! Find out more about how they did it on our blog and loads more about their journey on the excellent Hide & Seek blog.Film 102 Workshop - June/July 2011
We held our latest workshop on the last weekend of June. We split our workshoppers into two crews; each team was given a different scene from the same indie film* to shoot in one day (*'Blue Valentine' - but this wasn't disclosed til after the screenings), with just over a week's prep to find locations, audition actors, source props, storyboard etc. Lynda Reiss provided props & design expertise, while Dave Armstrong and Christy DeHaven were on hand to advise throughout and supplied all of the camera gear/lighting FOC.Christy then spent two days with each editor from the teams, teaching them the basics of Final Cut Pro and the edit process in general. Watch the edited scenes & read more about the workshop on our blog here, but also check out the behind the scenes video below to see the incredible effort the teams put in:
Welcome to MannIN Shorts!
“MannIN Shorts”, based on the Isle of Man, is a new initiative to provide a platform for hopeful filmmakers of any age to build their skills, develop their ideas and make films right here on the rock.
To find out how you can be a part, get involved, learn from the scheme etc, visit 'the scheme' page.
Also, if you're an aspiring filmmaker, visit our 'tips&tools' section for links to useful resources on everything from scriptwriting to directing actors to special fx.
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Associated Links: DAM Productions / Isle of Man Arts Council / “MannIN Shorts” by Juan Moore
