LECTURES:
PRODUCTION DESIGN AS STORYTELLING
Lecturer David Munns
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 9:30
David Munns will explain that the research into the process of production design and the creation of a new world is an integral part of film narration. The story is visualized, meanings are revealed, there is a sense of place being developed, the film world seems real, all of this is in a way at the same time being visible and invisible.
David Munns has been a film production designer since the 1980’s working on features, television dramas, commercials, music videos and others. He has worked consistently with director Milcho Manchevski since designing Before The Rain (Golden Lion for Best Film - Venice Film Festival 1994; Academy Award Nomination - Best Foreign Film 1995). Other films include Six Shooter (directed by Martin McDonagh - Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2006) and This Little Life (directed by Sarah Gavron - BAFTA winner 2004). In 2009, David received an award from the Government of Macedonia for contribution to Macedonian film and cinema. He has recently become course leader of MA Film Production at Arts University Bournemouth having been course leader of the BA (Hons) Film Production course since 2006.
CROATIA – FANTASTIC AND FANTASY FILM DESTINATION
Lecturer Hrvoje Hribar
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 10:30
Hrvoje Hribar will talk about Croatia as a very interesting country in terms of shooting a film, Croatia as a true film boutique where top things are being and will be shot. A film destination as a film set plays a powerful role in film creation. As an audio-visual tool, the film communicates through its ideas and values. It transmits feelings, positioning a country as a film-friendly destination.
Hrvoje Hribar graduated in film directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He has worked as a first assistant director, screenwriter, ra- dio playwright, cook and essayist. Through his production company FIZ, he produced and directed the comedy What Is a Man Without a Moustache?, the highest grossing film at Croatian box offices in 2006. Prior to that, he wrote, directed and produced two documentaries (The World is Great and Once There Was a Man), as well as his first feature The Tranquilizer Gun. As a director and a scriptwriter, Hribar is also the author of a TV film Croatian Cathedrals and the short film Between Zaghlul & Zaharias. In 2001, he directed the TV series New Age for Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). He was awarded the Oktavijan several times. Hribar has been serving as a member of the Executive Committee of FERA. In 2010 he was appointed Chief Executive of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the main audiovisual agency in Croatia.
CROATIA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PRODUCTION DESIGN OF THE TV SERIES DIG
Lecturer Damir Gabelica
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 11:30
Damir Gabelica will talk about the shooting of the American TV series Dig in Croatia, i.e. about finding locations, placement of objects within the frame and the activities of the production design team.
Damir Gabelica became a member of the Croatian Film Makers Association after completing his studies. He started cooperating with Jadran Film as a freelance filmmaker. During this period he spent some time with London film studios. He authored the book Art Direction in Sketches – From Lisinski to the End of the 20th Century (2005) and co-authored the book Following the Trail of Winnetou Across Croatia with Vladimir Tadej. His credits include a number of national films as well as co-productions and TV series (Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, The Priest’s Children, Happy Endings, Biba’s World, etc.). He is a member of the Croatian Freelance Artists Association. In 2014, he won a Golden Arena for best art direction for the film Number 55.
SETSCENE ‒ THE COMPENDIUM OF FILM SETS
Lecturer Heizo Schulze
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 12:30
Heizo Schulze will talk about the birth of the idea of a setscene, an application that has developed into a research project. The screenplay, as a starting point in film production, determines the story, the dialogue and the location / scenery of the plot. The production designer has to arrange the location of the story with regard to the content and aesthetics. Analysing movies systematically by sets (not geographical locations) assists those who have to deal with movies/media professionally, as well as cinephiles in general.
Heizo Schulze started his career as a graphic and textual designer in Magdenburg. Apart from working as a junior researcher and lecturer at the Media Research Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts in Braunschweig, he also worked as freelance designer. Later on, he was appointed professor of Audiovisual Media Design and dean and vice-dean at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences in Lemgo. His portfolio is very heterogeneous. It contains music videos, films and audiovisual works, as well as interactive artistic works, installations and iOS applications.
Presentation of students
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 22nd July at 17:00
DESIGNING PERIOD MOVIES
Lecturer Jelena Sopić
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 23rd July at 9:30
ANTHROPOLOGY OF IMAGINARY SPACES
Lecturer Tanja Lacko
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 23rd July at 10:30
Tanja Lacko will talk about the fact that art works do not only talk about themselves but also indirectly about the world in which they were created. Looking at the space of the film, we get to know the imaginary world of the film story and its characters but also the real world in which the story came into existence.
Tanja Lacko is an architect, art director and a senior lecturer at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. Her film credits include: Behind the Glass, Sonja and the Bull, Cowboys, What is a Man Without a Moustache?, and many others. In 2007, she was granted a Golden Arena for best art direction for the film Play Me a Love Song.
USING COMPUTERS FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN PURPOSES
Lecturer Tomislav Vujnović
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 23rd July at 11:30
In Croatia, the use of computer technology has been moved from the postproduction phase to the production phase only in the last few years. Tomislav Vujnović will present cases where the use of computers for production design purposes largely reduced the cost of screenplay realization, enabling, in turn, the realization of an idea that would not be feasible with classic art direction considering Croatian film budgets. The aim of this lecture is to present the idea that the use of computer technology should be considered as a creative production tool (not just intended for error correction) when plans for the production of a film start.
Tomislav Vujnović started using computers for image processing in the early 1990s. At that time he established Studio Visions together with Robert Vidić and started working on a large number of Croatian music videos and films made for specific purposes, as well as feature-length and short films. He is one of Croatia’s visual effects pioneers. He won a special Golden Arena for visual effects at the 2010 Pula Film Festival for The Show Must Go On by Nevio Marasović, as well as other awards. He is a member of the Croatian Film Makers Association.
BEST KEPT SECRETS
Croatian Chamber of Commerce 1, 23rd July at 17:00
