The Intersession Semester
The Intersession semester in the Digital Filmmaking program is an exciting one! Students work alongside their instructors and a professional director to create a short film. They participate in the entire project from development through to delivery all in 7 weeks. Each student must apply for a position in the film crew, they are then awarded their position based on their job interview and resume. Once hired into their position, each student will focus on the responsibilities of that position, for example the 1st Assistant Director will meet with the Director and Actors, breakdown the script, schedule the production days, send out call sheets and keep the production on schedule during production (shooting). They all have 2 weeks of pre-production, this is where sets are designed and built, locations are scouted and rented, costumes and props are acquired, professional actors are hired, rehearsals are conducted, and gear is inventoried and organized into the production vehicles.
Once pre-production is complete, 1 week (5 days) of principal photography (shooting) can begin. The director and actors come to set, and the students assume their positions. This is long hours, and the students get as close to a professional production as possible. We follow rules and protocols set by the film industry unions.
Once the production is "in the can" (captured), the student assumes different positions specific for post-production. The editor will work side by side with the director to edit the film into a coherent story and will work out any problems they may have faced during production, the colorist will perform the color correction and grading on the film once picture lock (a late stage of the editing process) is completed, sound designers will edit any sound effects, foley, dialogue, ADR and music on the picture locked timeline. Post Production is 4 weeks long.
At the end of the semester the film is screened to a live audience as well as presented online in recent years.
Past Intersession Films
We normally center the final film each semester about Newfoundland and Labrador culture, history, and folklore. We have always felt it important that our students use their art form to tell stories that have never seen the screen before and that our students can become a part of history themselves. Below are films we have produced in past years.
Once pre-production is complete, 1 week (5 days) of principal photography (shooting) can begin. The director and actors come to set, and the students assume their positions. This is long hours, and the students get as close to a professional production as possible. We follow rules and protocols set by the film industry unions.
Once the production is "in the can" (captured), the student assumes different positions specific for post-production. The editor will work side by side with the director to edit the film into a coherent story and will work out any problems they may have faced during production, the colorist will perform the color correction and grading on the film once picture lock (a late stage of the editing process) is completed, sound designers will edit any sound effects, foley, dialogue, ADR and music on the picture locked timeline. Post Production is 4 weeks long.
At the end of the semester the film is screened to a live audience as well as presented online in recent years.
Past Intersession Films
We normally center the final film each semester about Newfoundland and Labrador culture, history, and folklore. We have always felt it important that our students use their art form to tell stories that have never seen the screen before and that our students can become a part of history themselves. Below are films we have produced in past years.
- 2012 - "A Faery Tale" a story about the folklore of the Newfoundland Faeries.
- 2013 - "A Mattie Mitchell Story" a story about legendary mi'kmaq guide and trapper Mattie Mitchell. This production was shot in Gros Morne National Park, and as part of the screening we had Gary Collins (author of Mattie Mitchell: Newfoundland's Greatest Frontiersman) come do a book signing.
- 2014 - "A Familiar Stranger" a story about Mosey Murrin, a well-known homeless man who lived on the streets of Corner Brook and Stephenville for 40 years.
- 2015 - "Emile's Legacy" A story about Emile Benoit and his encounter with the band Figgy Duff in the 1990s. Emile was a well-known fiddler from Port au Port.
- 2016 - "High Alert" a story about the Ernest Harmond Air Force base in Stephenville, N.L. during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This lined up with the 50-year anniversary of the base.
- 2017 - "Off Course" a story about Stephenville's involvement during the September 11th, 2001 attacks.
- 2018 - "The Impossible Dream" The film was made in honour of the 40th anniversary of the Stephenville Theatre Festival (STF) and its founders, Maxim Mazumdar and Cheryl Stagg.
- 2019 - "I Dare Say" A film that celebrates Newfoundland and Labrador culture and traditions through Recitations and Songs. This lined up with Folklore 50 celebrations.
- 2020 - "How Far I'll Go" a story set in Space where when an astronaut's ship was set off course by space debris, he must make the decision to send life insolation for the better of mankind.
- 2021 - "The Webber" a story about Newfoundland and Labrador folklore of the Webber; a creature that lives in the forests of Western Newfoundland.
Trailers
Below are some trailers from past intersession films produced by the College of the North Atlantic's Digital Filmmaking program
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Get in contact
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Keith Bonnell (Instructor) [email protected]
Peter Buckle (Instructor) [email protected]
Keith Bonnell (Instructor) [email protected]
Peter Buckle (Instructor) [email protected]
Contact College of the North Atlantic
https://www.cna.nl.ca
https://www.cna.nl.ca