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The two-day workshop is to learn how to use improvisation with actors to try and create new material for a script, a story, or an art piece. On the first day of the workshop, Ville Jankeri demonstrates how to work with actors and what to look at when using improvisation as the story-creating tool. In the afternoon and on the second day, the workshop participants will work on their own material with the actors while learning and observing each other doing their exercises.

About Ville Jankeri

Ville Jankeri graduated from The National Film and Television School (NFTS). After graduating Ville took part in the Berlinale Talent Campus and was selected to make a short film for the Berlin Today Award competition and his short The Last Wash (2008) premiered at the Berlinale in 2008. Since then, Ville has directed three feature films, co-writing two of them. Ville’s first feature film ‘Sixpack Movie’ (Pussikaljaelokuva, 2011) was a both critical and commercial success and won an Ecumenical prize at Nordic Film Days Lübeck. Ville’s latest feature film Forest Giant (Metsäjätti, 2020) received The Audience Award at the same festival. Ville is developing several feature films with various companies and received a year-long artist grant from The Arts Promotion Centre Finland for 2022.

Amount of people: max.9

Requirements to participate

Participants should have prior experience with directing, especially with actors. They should have a script, treatment, scene, or just an idea to work with the actors during the workshop. The workshop will take place in a relaxed and safe atmosphere where participants are very welcome to explore different possibilities.

Materials and Selection:

Please send the files below as 1 single PDF to coordinator.ampi@gmail.com by 1 single PDF to coordinator.ampi@gmail.com by 13.03.2023 23:59

Short motivation letter (maximum half a page)
CV
A short description of the story and/or scenes you would like to work on (maximum one page)
Please name the PDF as follows:

‘FirstName_LastName_DirectingWorkshop_AMPI’

Please name the subject of the email as ‘AMPI+ Open Call: Directing Workshop”
Announcement of the selected participants is by the 16.03

Dates: 22nd and 23rd March

Location: Museum of Impossible Forms (MIF)

Schedule:

DAY 1: Day #1: 22.03 10:00-16:00 (5 hrs + lunch)

1st block (2,5 h)

-Explain how to work on your material with improvisation.

-How to work and prepare actors and how to make a relaxed and fruitful atmosphere.

-Demonstration of casting

-Demonstration of working on the material on a demo scene

2nd block (2,5 h)

-Student 1 works with actors for 45 minutes

-Student 2 works with actors for 45 minutes

-Student 3 works with actors for 45 minutes

DAY 2: Day #2: 23.03 / 10:00-16:00 (5 hrs + lunch)
1st block (2,5 h)

-Student 4 works with actors for 45 minutes

-Student 5 works with actors for 45 minutes

-Student 6 works with actors for 45 minutes

2nd block (2,5 h)

-Student 7 works with actors for 45 minutes

-Student 8 works with actors for 45 minutes

-Student 9 works with actors for 45 minutes