Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th February

Old Fire Station, 84 Mayton Street, London N7 6QT

An afternoon of workshops hosted by film industry professionals giving members of the public a chance for a behind the scenes look at the film making industry.

Cost: £2/ £1 concession (per time slot).

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Saturday 25th

2 – 3 pm: Hosted by Feature Films Production Manager Marianne Jenkins.

3 – 4 pm: Hosted by Digital Effects Specialist John Cryer.

4 – 5 pm: Hosted by Promotion Director Kate Dunn (Channel 4).

Sunday 26th

11.30 – 12.30 pm: Hosted by Location Coordinator/local filmmaker Ben Garfield

12.30 – 13.30 pm: Hosted by Telegraph Film Critic Tim Robey

Bio’s

Marianne Jenkins
As well as writing and directing a number of award winning short films, Marianne Jenkins has also worked as technician, production manager and post production supervisor on over thirty American and British Feature films, most recently Unit Production Managing Bryan Singer’s “Jack and The Giant Killer”. She is also Warner Bros UK post executive, overseeing all of their films during post production in the UK.

John Cryer
John has been in Post Production for the last 17 years and is joint MD and creative director at Platform Post Production. He has worked on many genres of television content including pop promos, commercials, drama, comedy and channel promos. His grading and visual effects work has contributed to BAFTA awards for BBC’s Relic and Horrible Histories, whilst his design and visual effects work has won numerous Promax awards and a nomination for an RTS Craft & Design award.

Kate Dunn
I am a freelance promo director and editor working mainly in Channel 4’s on air advertising department, 4creative. I have been a runner and a production assistant but I always wanted a more creative role so learnt how to edit and started cutting clip based promos for Film4. After a couple of years of doing this I began pitching ideas for shoots and when one of my ideas got chosen I was given the role of director. That was at the beginning of this year and I’ve now done 3 others since. In between doing these I still cut clip based promos.

Ben Garfield

I am a young writer/director with big ambitions, working through the week as a film location coordinator for location agency Amazing Space.
Having graduated from university in summer 2010, I worked across the film industry in small jobs, internships and work experience placements. I landed a job as a photographer at location Amazing Space and rose quickly through the ranks to become a senior coordinator.
My long-term ambition is to be a writer/director and my latest film, about a game of Poker played with Tarot cards, is nearing completion. It is a pilot for online poker company PokerStars and could lead to my first commissioned series of films.

My workshop will focus on low-to-no budget filmmaking and how my best-mate-turned-producer and I turned an original idea into a film with a realistic chance of financial return.

Tim Robey

Tim Robey has been reviewing films, interspersed with the occasional interview, for the Telegraph since 2000.
He read classics at University College, Oxford, and was runner-up for best arts journalist in both the Guardian and Independent Student Media Awards in 1999.
He has been a UK media correspondent for Variety, and co-edited The DVD Stack (Canongate), a guide to the best versions of films available globally

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