Select one of our great Master or Production classes taught by talented industry professtionals. These classes take place after the screening from 12:00 to 3:00 pm.

ACTING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION MASTER CLASS
grades: 8,9,10,11,12
instructor: Sarah Sawatsky

This workshop is designed to prepare students for camera work through a series of fun games and creative exercises. Students will learn to prepare for, and shoot, a scene from an actor’s perspective. They will explore character development,
assess emotions in a scene, and learn on-set procedures and etiquette. Instructor Sarah Sawatsky is an actor and the Artistic Director of Tarlington Training.

Sponsored by Tralington Training

Instructor Bio: Sarah Sawatsky
Sarah is Tarlington Training’s Artistic Director and a Senior Instructor with twenty years experience as a professional film, television and stage actor. She’s also been with us for almost ten years. Her acting credits include principal roles on “Cold Squad”, “X-Files”, “The Marshal”, “Lonesome Dove”, “Danger Bay” and “Northwood”. Sarah has won three acting awards: the TV Week Award, YTV National Achievement Award In Acting and the Los Angeles Youth In Film Award for her lead role in “The Girl From Mars”. She has studied at New York’s Circle In The Square Theatre School and the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia. Behind the camera, Sarah has directed two short films – “Just Like Everybody Else” for the Vancouver School Board and “Being Elizabeth” for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vancouver. She also teaches acting in elementary and secondary school classrooms as an Artist-In-Residence for the Vancouver School Board.

CINEMATOGRAPHY MASTER CLASS
grades: 8,9,10,11,12

Using Sony PD150s, students will work in small groups to shoot scenes, and analyze their footage. Andrew Naysmith,
cinematographer for film and television and Gulf Islands Film and Television School mentor, will lead this informative
workshop.

Sponsored by Gulf Island Film and Televison School

Instructor Bio: Andrew Naysmith
OAK BAY JOHNNY PRODUCTIONS
Born in 1977, I grew up in Victoria and moved to Vancouver four years ago to study digital media. My mission is to document images and stories from around the world. I have studied at the University of Victoria, attained a diploma from Selkirk College and a certificate from the Art Institute of Vancouver. In October 2004, I attended G.I.F.T.S. (Gulf Island Film and Television School). It was here that I began to work with film, including super 8mm and 16mm formats.

I have contributed to a number of nationally broadcast shows, including OLN’s Road Hockey Rumble 1+2, APTN/CityTV's The Sharing Circle and the CBC's Make Some Noise, and in August 2007, I interviewed a baby humpback for the National News. Currently, I am working as a Director of Photography and an Assistant Camera Op in the television/ film industry as well as independently producing corporate videos.

“I love my job because I don’t go to work”

DIRECTING MASTER CLASS
grades: 10,11,12
left: filmmaker Nathaniel Geary, poster of his film “On the Corner”

In this interactive class, aspiring directors will have an opportunity to talk about film ideas, then show and analyze their own films or works-in-progress. Award-winning Nathaniel Geary will provide feedback and share some of his strategies for creating film with a cohesive vision. He will also share clips from his own work.

Instructor Bio: Nathaniel Geary
Nathaniel currently has several writing projects in development. Destroyer – a feature dramatic comedy about an estranged man who discovers he’s been having an email relationship with his dead mother for the past three months, and who then must embark on a journey home to confront his dysfunctional family to uncover the truth of her death and her life – a truth that just might set them all free. Destroyer is in development with Telefilm Canada, BC Film and Movie Central. Fear , in development with Telefilm Canada through the Writer’s First program, is the satirical feature length story of the Mackie family, who – after security gates are erected at each end of their city block to appease growing fears of theft and invasion – begin to realize that what’s really scary doesn’t reside outside but a lot closer to home. The Hike , a feature length psycho thriller/horror Nathaniel is co-writing with fellow filmmaker Erik Whittaker, about a hiking trip gone wrong when a young couple find themselves lost in the woods after the woman’s father and guide “falls” down a cliff on the first day. And Geary is also part of the Vancouver Stories anthology – also
in development with Telefilm Canada – with his short screenplay, Shotgun – about two teenage street racers. Other filmmakers involved are Larry Kent, Bruce Sweeney, Andrew Currie and Lynne Stopkewich.In late august 2007 Geary finished the 35mm production of Greed– a short film inspired by Eric von Stroheim’s 1924 classic film of the same name. It is the story of three people blinded from their own humanity, by the brilliant, scintillating glare of greed. Greed is currently in post-production. And in 2003 Nathaniel wrote and directed his first feature length dramatic film, On the Corner. The film tells the story of a brother and sister trying to regain a sense of family on the troubledstreets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. On the Corner was funded by Telefilm Canada, BC Film, Canada Council for the Arts, The Movie Network, Movie Central, Showcase/ IFC, and the Aboriginal People’s Television Network. On the Corner premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival and won the City TV Award for Best Western Canadian Feature Film at the 2003 Vancouver Int’l Film Festival. It has also won Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2003 Whistler Film Festival, the Gold Moon of Valencia Award for Best Feature Film at the 2004 Cinema Jove International Film festival in Valencia, Spain, and a Special Jury Mention at the 2004 Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival. On the corner was also selected by an independent jury convened by the Toronto International Film Festival Group, as one of Canada’s Top Ten films of 2003. Previously Geary’s short film, keys to kingdoms (‘98), an adaptation of poet Bud Osborn’s poem of the same name, screened at over twenty-five film festivals around the world, including Slamdance and Rotterdam. It won the Best Director of a Short Film award at the 1998 Vancouver Int’l Film Festival, as well as Best Director and Best of the Fest at the 1999 Yorkton Short Film Festival. keys to kingdoms has screened on CBC’s Canadian Reflections and ZeD, WTN’s Change of View, and on the IFC.

DOCUMENTARY MASTER CLASS
grades:10,11,12
lefl: filmmaker Karen Duthie, still from her film “100% Woman”

Documentary is a powerful medium for communicating a message and instigating change. Award-winning filmmaker Karen Duthie will take students through the paces of shooting on the fly and getting a great interview.

Instructor Bio: Karen Duthie
Karen Duthie is a Vancouver-based independent filmmaker. 100% Woman is her first feature-length film. Karen is currently a director for the Knowledge Network's 13-part series Wild at Heart. Karen is also in production on an animated short called Forgive Me God (with funding from the Canada Council and BC Arts Council), and has made several short works including the short drama Sophie (10 min, 16mm, 1999). Sophie screened at festivals across North America and won Best BC Film at the 1999 Vancouver Out on Screen Film Festival, as well as the Jury's Pick Award at the 1999 Calgary $100 Film Festival. Her films Paul Malon: Fly High, Stay High (5 min, DV, 1999) and Psycles (7 min, 16mm, 1998) screened at the 1999 and 2000 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) respectively. A graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design , Karen is also an experienced DV and 16mm cinematographer who has worked on numerous independent dramas, documentaries and mountain bike films. She has also worked as a sound recordist, electric and grip, and most recently was a Visual Effects Co-ordinator at Rainmaker Digital Pictures in Vancouver. Karen also instructs film part-time at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School. A dedicated mountain biker and former racer herself, Karen brings her passion for the sport and privileged access to the BC mountain bike community to this portrait of a community divided by a controversy.

SCREENWRITING MASTER CLASS
grades: 10,11,12
left: Robert Chomiak, poster for FIDO

Want to write Hollywood blockbusters or Canadian indies? In this workshop you will learn secrets of the trade and
improve your chances of getting produced. Topics include finding the great idea, attracting a producer’s interest, and
writing a screenplay. Instructor Robert Chomiak is a writer working in both film and televison and was nominated for a “LEO” for Best Screenplay for FIDO.

Sponsored by Praxis Centre for Screenwriters

Instructor Bio: Robert Chomiak
Robert was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, and graduated from his hometown university with a BA in Dramatic Arts. He is co-writer of the zombie comedy Fido, which enjoyed a theatrical run in the U.S., Canada, France and Japan. The screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild of Canada award. Robert has written adaptations for three animated theatrical features (Jin-Roh: the Wolf Brigade, Escaflowne – The Movie) and 207 episodes on seven animated series (Inuyasha, Zoids, Gundam Seed). His other television work includes an episode for the sitcom Alienated, along with the Gemini-nominated children’s special Twisteeria. His screenplay Open House (co-written with Fido director Andrew Currie) was first runner-up in a BC Film program to fund a first feature. Another screenplay, Dark Hearts, has garnered several accolades, including script development funding from Astral Media’s Harold Greenberg and BC Film’s “Features in Focus” program. In addition, the script received a workshop through the Praxis Centre for Screenwriters and a Telefilm-sponsored live reading and panel discussion at the Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival. Currently Robert resides in Vancouver.

SOUND DESIGN MASTER CLASS
grades: 10,11,12
left: Gordon Cobb

Good sound is a must for film. Students will explore the fundamentals of sound design and music composition for film and video. Small teams of students will generate soundtracks to pre-rendered videos using iMovie and Garage Band
on Mac computers. The students will sample a variety of musical elements, sound effects, and sound gestures and then incorporate their choices into their finished soundtrack. Students will also discuss good recording techniques and mic use. Instructor Gordon Cobb is a sound desinger for film, theatre and dance.

Sponsored by Cobb House Studios

Instructor Bio: Gordon Cobb
Gordon Cobb studied music at SFU and the London College of Music. His work has been showcased internationally in dance, film, theatre, ice skating, and web (www.cobbhousestudio.com). Gordon has been a registered teacher with the Royal Conservatory for ten years, and teaches piano in both his private practice, and for the Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach in East Vancouver. He is also the Artistic Director of Cobb House Studio, a children’s production company specializing in film and music production (web.mac.com/cobbhousestudio).

INTRO TO ANIMATION PRODUCTION CLASS
grades: 8,9,10,11,12
left: images of last year’s Animation Class

Reel 2 Real’s team of professional animators will teach the art and craft of cut-out animation. Students will create characters and sets from paper and learn to animate them using a computer, digital camera, and image capturing software. At the end of the session students will have a short animation. Just like the original episodes of South Park!

Instructor Bio: Tasha Brotherton
Tasha Brotherton (b. Montreal, Quebec) is an animator and filmmaker
who grew up in Skokie, Illinois, an outgrowth of Chicago. Brotherton moved to Vancouver in 2001 to study animation at The Emily Carr Institute of Art – her graduating film, Woof Woof Woof, won awards in sound design and raditude. She is currently working on an animated film in which two hands quarrel in a house; she is also an animation assistant for Reel 2 Real Animating History project held at the Vancouver History Museum and is a member of the Vancouver collaborative drawing group, The Lions. www.lionspile.ca

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REGISTRATION IS EASY!
1. Have students select the Master or Production Class of their choice
It’s a good ideas to have second choices ready, just in case.
2. Phone or email our Education Director at 778.288.4654 or education@r2rfestival.org, between
11:30 am - 6:00 pm to make your booking.
3. Pay by cheque and we will email you an invoice.
Pay by credit card and we will email you a receipt.
The cost per student is $10.00 for the R2R TALENT LAB, which includes a screening and Master or Production Class.
Please Note: ALL DAY INTRO TO DIGITAL FILMMAKING is $25.00 per student, and does not include a screening.
The TALENT LAB takes place on Friday, February 29 from 9:30 am - 3:00 pm at the Roundhouse Communtiy Centre. INTRO TO DIGITAL FILMMAKING will take place at
Cineworks Studio.

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