On course for learning about the big screen

12:17pm Thursday 10th April 2008

From the struggle for civil rights in America, to the business of adapting stories and novels for the screen, Bradford's National Media Museum continues its extra-curricular' activities.

On Saturday, April 19, tutor Roy Stafford introduces A Change Is Gonna Come: 1968 And The Civil Rights Struggle, a day-long event which includes a screening of the 2007 film Talk To Me.

The film, about the two men behind the popular Washington DC talk show of the same name, will be discussed in the context of Hollywood and independent African-American film-making in the last 50 years.

This event starts at 10.30am and ends at 4.30pm and costs £15 or £11 concessions.

Screening the Page: Film Adaptations is a series of two-hour Tuesday night sessions over nine weeks from April 15 to June 10.

As the title suggests, these sessions will look at the whole business of adapting stories and novels to the screen, focusing in part on how film presents the creation of a writer through casting, performance, camera-work, editing, sound and music.

Four movies will be shown in conjunction with the course: Rashomon, 1950, The American Friend, 1977, Persepolis, 2007 and Jude, 1996.

Admission to these films is included in the price of the whole course, £65 or £45 concessions. The tutor is Roy Stafford.

Following a successful foray into the art of screen-writing earlier this year, a seven-week series of two-hour classes will run from April 24 to June 5.

An Introduction to Writing for Short Film sees the return of screen-writer Joe Hepworth to talk about the basics of good writing for the cinema screen.

Participants will learn how to do it and receive support and feedback on their own short-screen efforts.

The techniques discussed and illustrated will also have application to longer format work for television and feature films. This course costs £70 or £50 concessions.

No previous experience or special qualifications are necessary to attend any of these courses.

• To book a place please ring 0870 7010201.
  
  

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