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SHOWTIMES
Saturday, November 14
10am – Breakfast With Bobby
in the CPL Courtyard
AMERICAN
INDIE
DOCUMENTARY
11am – Episodes 1, 3, 6
1pm – Pizza in Courtyard
1:15 – Episodes 7, 8, 10
PARTY
SEE PAGE 7
INCLUDED
A DIRECTOR PREPARES: BOBBY ROTH’S MASTERCLASS
Director: Bobby Roth
USA / 2015 / 210 min / Digital File / English
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Bobby Roth has directed more than eighty episodes of television,
twenty-five TV movies, and thirteen feature films, and he has been
teaching film seminars throughout the world for the last ten years.
Now, through interviews with more than fifty of his colleagues in
the film industry, hours of original behind-the-scenes footage, and
an unprecedented glimpse of production materials, A Director Prepares:
Bobby Roth’s Master Class demystifies the craft of directing
and hands over all the tools aspiring filmmakers need to feel comfortable
walking onto a set and calling Action! FLIFF will feature 3
of the 10 episodes. See schedule below.
episode 1 Preparation & Imagination Some schools of
thought regarding film production emphasize spontaneity and the
freedom of “winging it.” This is not one of them. This episode offers
an overview of Bobby’s method, which emphasizes extremely disciplined
preparation that allows you to be free in the moment, principally
for the actors, and allows you flexibility for contingencies. An extensive case study from Prison Break helps illuminate the importance
of prep work and how it can pay off.
episode 3 designing Shots One of the main elements of prep, in both film and television, is producing the shot list. This episode covers
not only what a shot list is, how it should look, and whom to give it to, but also how to imbue camera instructions with emotion and personal
investment. Extensive case studies from Lost and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. demonstrate the way personal experience can and should
affect everything from lens choice to camera placement.
eipsode.6 Collaboration
The director’s role is like a conductor in an orchestra, synthesizing different components by working with heads of multiple departments. This
episode takes a unique look at building and maintaining relationships with your crew, and examines one of most students’ greatest anxieties
about filmmaking: what to do when the collaborative process breaks down and relationships on set go sour.
episodes 7 & 8 How to Get actors to do what you want, Parts I & II At the very core of the craft of directing is working with actors.
Central to the Bobby Roth method of directing is to prepare as extensively as possible in preparation in order to be available to the actors
during production. During production, time is especially precious, and actors require great attention and sensitivity to deliver their best performances.
In this double-episode, we take an extended look at the question Bobby is most frequently asked by students and young filmmakers:
how do you get actors to do what you want? Interviews with more than twenty leading actors shed a diverse array of insights into what is
expected of directors and the best strategies for building productive working relationships with them.
episode10 The Business The final episode looks outside the process of production itself towards what many film students find an even
more urgent topic: the business of getting hired, raising funds, and getting brought back to work again. This episode focuses on interviews
with showrunners, agents, and executives, who candidly illuminate the hierarchies at work in the hiring process of television, and how to build
a career making movies.
Writers: Bobby Roth, Nick Roth / Producers: Bobby Roth, Nick Roth / Cinematographer: John Smith / Editor: Jesse Kane / Contact: Bobby
Roth rothbobby@aol.com / TRAILER (YouTube or Vimeo address): https://vimeo.com/118760572 / WEBSITE: bobbyroth.net/masterclass
TWITTER: @rothbobby / FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bobbyrothdirector
Sponsored by
THE DIRECTOR: Bobby Roth was born and raised in Los Angeles. He studied philosophy and creative writing at
UC Berkeley before graduating with a BA in Cinema from USC in 1972. He went on to film school at UCLA, where
he received his MFA in Motion Picture Production in 1975. Since then he has directed more than eighty episodes
of television, twenty-five TV movies, and thirteen feature films. He was a founding member of the Independent Feature
Project and the first Co-Chairman of the DGA’s Independent Feature Committee. His films have won countless
awards and have been exhibited in over 100 international film festivals. He also teaches film seminars throughout
the world. He still resides in Los Angeles, actively working in the entertainment industry.
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