Summer Short Film Intensive June 6-July 29 2022
“I am sorry that we are not making silent movies any more. That is the purest art form I can imagine.”
--Vilmos Zsigmond
Silent cinema links us to our past. It opens up our future. It connects us to each other. It realizes the cinematic form.
1 short silent film.
3 films that tell visual stories.
Local Maltese locations.
Local Maltese Cast.
Participatory. Pure. We’re all in this together. Faculty, staff, and students. Our films.
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Pre-production
We’ll take the three scripts from our development workshop and scout locations, design sets and wardrobes, cast Maltese actors, and plan out our cinematography.
Development Workshop
Once you’ve been accepted, we’ll begin developing our scripts. Our first two weeks together will be spent online, meeting virtually to learn about short film writing, develop our creative premises, and write.
Principal Photography
We’ll work together as a group of staff and students to shoot three short films over the course of two and half weeks. Students will have the opportunity to work across the production in a variety of roles.
Sell it
We will conclude our development workshop with a crash course in pitching. Each team will pitch their project to our executive staff.
Post Production
We will then work together to cut, score, and color correct our projects. We’ll work with the Malta Philharmonic to develop orchestral accompaniment specific to each film.
Come to Malta
Students will arrive from all over the world and move into our student hotel, the Cerviola in Marsaskala, Malta. This will be home for the next month, where you’ll be immersed in art, culture, and cinema with your peers.
Wrap
Our culminating event will be a screening of our films for our team of collaborators. The executive team will then work to secure distribution to film festivals around the world.
8 Weeks of coursework:
2 Week Virtual Development and Pitching Workshop
4 Week immersive experience in Malta
2 Week post-production hybrid experience
Shared Room in Cerviola Hotel
Two family meals per day
Daily Yoga Practice
Transportation around Malta
Cultural/Historic/Cinematic Field trips
Production Expenses
Evening Screenings and Lectures
Tuition/Room/Board: 8000 Euros