Production Workshop: "Shooting a Short Film with Little or No Budget"
Presented by Albert Xavier
Dir: Red Passport, Por Ella, A Different Man (screening at Festival)

House of Culture / Government House
Saturday. Feb. 19 (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, Feb. 20 th (10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Limit: 30 participants

A basic technical/theory workshop that covers the fundamentals of shooting digital with no money, developing a script or story that will intrigue the audience, extending resources to get
actors, tricks that can be used when you're lighting a set with poor lighting, editing, original music scoring without having to get sued for the rights, marketing, the festivals and distribution....

Workshop will cover the following:

PRE-PRODUCTION
- develop Idea
- writing the treatment
- writing the script
- scouting locations
- casting the actors (releases and union deals SAG)
- bargaining with locations and actors
- scheduling the shoot dates
- casting a crew
- getting the equipment (CAMERAS/LIGHTS/SOUND/SUPPORT)
- Rehearsals and Makeup/stylist test

PRODUCTION
- shooting on schedule
- on the set with the actors and crew
- still photography
- the script (changes and alterations on the fly)-
- tricks and tips with lighting
- do's and don't with SOUND
- camera tips and tricks to save time
- Location Art Direction
- chain of prod command (dir, ad, dp, ac, gaff/swinger, snd, makeup, pa)

TECHNICAL HANDS ON
- Shooting Ratio
- Lens and filters
- Lights and Gels
- Camera Support (jib, wheelchair, steadicam)
- Sound Recording (control sound in enviroment)
- Slate use (digi and hard slates)

POST PRODUCTION
- Editing
- Scoring music
- ADR mixing
- Copyright releases
- Final format
- Poster designing
- Synopsis and technical spec sheet

MARKETING
- Website
- Festivals & Markets
- Cable Distributors (IFC, CINEMAX)
- In Flight Distributors (Cloud Nine)
- DVD Indpendent Distribution

ALBERT XAVIER

Albert Xavier was born in New York City in 1970 and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. After graduating from the film school of NYU, he devoted his time to producing films and television shows creating visual content primarily for the Latino market but with world wide appeal such as “GalaSCENE” (1999) for Galavision Network and “RumbaCaliente” (2004/05) which is presently airing on digital satellite on SuperCanal Caribe. Then he was added to the directorial roster of Resurrection Blvd. (2000) for Showtime Networks and more recently Law and Order. As a Consulting Producer, he committed his talents to the Spain/Dominican Feature Film, “La Victoria” which was shot last year and premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Xavier continues to direct Latin music videos of various artists like: La India , Frankie Negron, King Chango, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Fulanito, Oro Solido and others. In addition to his reel, he has produced a series of industrial commercials for Nike, Umbro, Diesel Clothing and Macy's amongst others.

Albert Xavier has also written, directed, and produced 3 short films entitled “For Her”,“Quarter To Ten” and “A Different Man” and his first feature film entitled, “Red Passport /Pasaporte Rojo”. “Red Passport” was presented at more than 30 international film festivals in 2003/2004, winning the Audience Award at Lincoln Center, Best Director Award at the Boston Latino Film Festival and the nomination of a Cassandra Award in the Dominican Republic. This film has made Xavier respectfully known in the Dominican Republic, Spain and the United States for rising in the industry as a Latino independent filmmaker.

TRADE SEMINAR: “Creating Movie Magic with Make-Up”
Presented by: CATERINA SGUEGLIA
Professional Hairdresser and make-up artist

House of Culture / Government House, Belize City
Sunday, Feb. 20 th (1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Limit: 12 persons
Attendees must provide their own make-up for practical exercises

A trade seminar specifically designed for local beauticians interested in expanding their training to include make-up tips for film and video productions.

Seminar will cover the following topics:

1. Introduction
    1.1 Makeup in society
    1.2 A career in the makeup industry

2. Supplies and Tools
    2.1 Your Kit
    2.2 Your Makeup
    2.3 Your Tools

3. Specialty Makeup
    3.1 Makeup for TV & Film
    3.2 Corrective Makeup
    3.3 Makeup for men

4. Demo
      4.1 Practical (participants will work on each other)

5.  Resources

 “I've always believed that makeup has no rules. It's a combination of imagination, creation and practiced technique. Don't be afraid to explore or test new makeup visions. Take a risk and step outside of the box.”.

Caterina’s professional experience includes working in films and videos, as well as providing makeup applications for many weddings in Italy as well as the United States. Trained at Bare Essentials in New York, Caterina currently works with Bare Essentials makeup as the head makeup artist in Latham NY. She has also worked with the Roberto Minelli, Pazzo Salon in Naples, Italy. In the last few years and is the key makeup artist for the music video, Lamento Boliviano, with Amarfis. Caterina is currently working with Director Albert Xavier on one of his Independent short films, and as been contracted to provide services to other music videos he will be directing. “It's the challenges of working with different lighting, mediums and creative teams that keeps me in love with my profession.”