Film schools face a stiff challenge. How to give any student, their 1st Break?
Popcorn Flicksss' Film Residency partnered with #TKMU PEP Program to offer production-oriented workshops that gives both the school and the student -
- Work as cast or crew
- Publicity in focused News-Articles
- Certificate of Participation
- Awards at #BNHAF Awards & Festival
- Marketing of the film-school
- Visibility and outreach
Cannes Film Festival 2024, saw Popcorn Flicksss give 1st break to students from a film-school in Brussels, Belgium
Popcorn Flicksss' Film Residency Program:
- Size: Maximum 22-Residents per Residency
- Location: India (Delhi-NCR / Nainital / Goa) OR Maldives (Male / Hulhumale + Resort)
- Module: Perfect-fit for all established filmmakers. film school graduates. aspirants and freshers
- Film. Meditate. Relax. Yoga. Rejuvenate. Make Film
- Film from each residency is fused in a long-narrative 'Cinema For Cause' feature-film
- Each participant gets 'perfect value addition'
- Screenings in select commercial multiplex cinemas during film festivals
- Distribution line secured with Release on various OTT's and platforms
- Open-Air city-square screenings in various countries
- Certificate of Film School Residency from Popcorn Flicksss' affiliate Business School or Film School
- Visibility @ any one or all, top-10 film festivals or film markets in the world
- Flat fee of US$100 to participate in #BNHAF Awards and Festival for life
- Flat fee of US$1000 on Film Consultancy for life
Testimonial video with past residents
Duration: 4-weeks
Fees: Full Film Residency US$7500 or INR6,00,000
Letter for visa, boarding, lodging, meals, on-ground transport in India OR Maldives is included in the fees
Participants stay in a twin-sharing accommodation
(can opt for a single room, which will be extra fees as per actuals)
The air-tickets and visa costs are extra, borne by the participants
Online available: Yes.
Mode: Zoom One-On-One
Duration: 6-weeks
Fees US$ 3000 or INR2,00,000
Sessions: 20 of 2 hours each
Outline of 4-week Film Residency Program
Week 1: Six Sessions
Introductions. Importance of communication. Ways to adapt to different actors and directors. Attributes of a successful film-professional. SWOT analysis. Timing. Importance of narration. The Big key. One common element of blockbusters worldwide. Body Language. Understanding script. Breaking the script. Power of imagination. Creating characters. How to capture attention on screen. Improvisation. The Word Game. Adjust to What’s Happening. Cold Reading. The Working Reading. Corrections. Timing the script. Adding elements to character. Script Rehearsals
Week 2: Six Sessions including start of Filming Schedule. Camera rehearsals start. Blocking Scenes from the script. Filming of under-production sched of 'Cinema For Cause' feature film starts
Week 3: Filming Schedule
The principal photography of the film-segment continues
Week 4: Filming Schedule & post-production lineup
The principal photography of the film-segment ends. Audio dubs, if any. Line-up the shoot material on edit
First cut of the edited feature film is made available for preview to participants, within nine-months.
Legal Disclaimer:
- Popcorn Flicksss reserves the right, including but not limited to, creative or commercial; of the use of the film-segment shot during each Popcorn Flicksss' Film Residency in the final-edit of the feature-film
- All rights and the copyright of the film-segment shot during Popcorn Flicksss Film Residency, including, but not limited to IPR, is the whole and sole property of Popcorn Flicksss
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