Producing - 2010
Film Co-op Training and Development - PAST!
Intermediate - Theory
May 27, Thursday, 6pm - 11pm
Instructor: Gia Milani & Tony Whalen
Location: New Brunswick Film Co-op, basement resource
centre, 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton
Fee: $20 For NBFC Members/$30 For Non-Members
(Film Co-op Members are required to take at least one screenwriting course before they direct/produce their own projects through the Film Co-op)
Class Limit: 10
What does the title of producer really mean? Gia and Tony will outline the role of producers from both the creative and technical ends of the business. How are things done differently when your business is based in New Brunswick? Shore Road Pictures has produced short films, a music video and has several features in development. Gia and Tony will discuss the ups and downs of the business along the road they have travelled. They will also provide insight into key areas of production including crew selection, festival strategies, grants and funds available, tax credits, distribution and memberships.
INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Gia Milani is an award winning filmmaker, and the President of Shore Road Pictures. She has garnered numerous awards and proven her diversity in writing, directing, and producing. Gia began her career as an actor, going to Theatre School at 14. Later on, after graduating with an Applied Arts degree in Fine Craft from the University of New Brunswick, she switched her focus from theatre to film and stepped behind the camera. Her debut work, the quirky short film “Bathroom Stalled” (2005), which Gia wrote and directed, received several awards and is still playing in Europe somewhere on pay-tv. Gia is a member of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association, a founding member of WIFT- Atlantic, a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and a member of the New Brunswick Filmmaker's Co-operative (NBFC).
Tony is a numbers guy, an award-winning producer and Vice-President of Shore Road Pictures. Prior to getting dirty in film financing, he slid around in Big Oil, managing budgets upwards of 50 million. Outgoing and personable, Tony is a steady hand on any film set. Tony arrived on this earth in Toronto before heading east to New Brunswick. He began his career in chemical engineering and politics before finding his niche in film. Tony is a member of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association, a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and an associate member of the New Brunswick Filmmaker's Co-operative.
Shore Road Pictures has produced 4 highly successful short films in as many years including “A Dark Radius” which was produced after winning the $25,000 CBC 3-2-1 award for New Brunswick in 2008. Shore Road Pictures is also in the second phase of development with New Brunswick Film and Telefilm Canada for their Slamdance award-winning feature script, “All the Wrong Reasons” which will be produced in 2010. For more details about Shore Road Pictures, please go www.shoreroadpictures.com.