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POST-PRODUCTION DAY WEDNESDAY 14 THWEDNESDAY 14, 17:00 HAU 1SPARKLING TALESAlby James, Fred Roos and Rajendra Roy. Presentation. In co-operationwith the Hamptons International Film Festival.This presentation allows a unique glimpse into the castingprocess for feature films and how they are made. Festival directorRajendra Roy (Hamptons International Film Festival)will talk with producer and casting director Fred Roos (THEGODFATHER, LOST IN TRANSLATION) about the crucial momentwhen a written character becomes a real person. Thecasting process is teamwork, involving all film professions:producers, casting directors, actors, -writers and directors.For actors, one script reading can decide their entire future,while at the same time it is their daily business and they haveto improve, day by day, their ability to translate a script into avisual experience in body and mind.11 scripts have been selected for the Script Clinic of theCampus, to be discussed with international experts likescript writer and teacher Alby James (London MetropolitanUniversity). As a successful format of the Berlinale TalentCampus, selected scenes from these Sparkling Tales will bepresented for the first time in public – written, directed andperformed by Talents.WEDNESDAY 14, 17:00 HAU 2WE’LL FIX IT IN THE EDITSusan Korda. Lecture.The workshop will delve into the magic of the editor’sprocess seeking to inspire producers, writers, directors andeditors to discover cinematic solutions to their storytellingproblems.The editing room has saved many a film (including BONNIEAND CLYDE, THE CONVERSATION, JAWS and ANNIE HALL),from missing script pages, single-shot scenes which throwthe rhythm off-track to simply a wafer thin story. The workshopwith Susan Korda, teacher at NYU Tisch School of theArts and writer, director, and editor on documentary andnarrative films, will also address the most common stumblingblocks – from the writing of a script all the way to thepost – that lead to the lack of coverage, an uninterestingstory and boring exposition and rhythm. These inputs andfeedback tutorials are meant to convey and deepen the storyteller’sunderstanding of how to merge filmed moments –shot by shot, scene by scene – into rich cinematic experiences.WEDNESDAY 14, 17:00 HAU 3, BLACK STAGEHANDS-ON HDWorkshop. In co-operation with JVC.This workshop gives a hands-on introduction to High Definition(HD) technics. In a practical as well as critical approach,Talents will have the opportunity to learn both technic andartistic possibilities of HD filmmaking. With a JVC High Definitioncamera at hand, film exerpts will be shown and toolscan be tested on the spot.WEDNESDAY 14, 19:00 HAU 2BURNING STORIESHans-Robert Eisenhauer, Esther van Messel, Frederick Wiseman.Moderated by Dick Fontaine. In co-operation with the Berlinale Forum.“Can young filmmakers change the world? How to make thepersonal political and the political personal – are these theonly questions that matter?“, asks Dick Fontaine, head of thedocumentary department at NFTS as an introduction to adiscussion on a genre which has become as complex as realityitself. A reality more and more staged to raise mediaattention. A reality constructed by new hierarchial systemswhich reach out around the globe, replacing the formersetup of North and South, rich and poor, right and wrong.Especially in times of political and cultural controversies, independentdocumentaries become interfaces for the invisibleand the ambiguous, for voices and faces who will neverappear in the flashing lights of fast forward history.12 young filmmakers have been invited to join the Doc Clinicduring the Talent Campus, to develop their documentaryprojects with experienced producers, distributors and mentors.Two of them will present their „work in progress“ onstage, giving an insight into the vibrant future of the documentarygenre.BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #555