The FILM & ARCHITECTURE STUDIO offers a comprehensive way to use cinematic language in architecture and urban design. From research, scriptwriting and storyboarding, to filming and post production. The course focuses on learning and understanding the narrative of filmmaking and its application in the design process, a hands-on studio in which students will be structuring stories and going through all stages of filmmaking.
The studio is a condensed course that offers new ways of researching the built environment and turning this research into well-structured and gripping stories. It is a class where students and young professionals are introduced to essential elements of filmmaking and learn how to relate these to architecture and the city.
The FILM & ARCHITECTURE STUDIO is a initiative of the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (www.AFFR.nl), organised in co-operation with the Independent School of the City (www.schoolforthecity.nl) and curated by international filmmaker and architect Jord den Hollander, featuring award-winning film maker Lotte Schreiber and internationaly renowned editor Gys Zevenbergen.
PROGRAM FILM & ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
Saturday 5 October:
09:00 – 10:00 Welcome at the Independent School for the City
10:00 – 12:30 Lecture by Jord den Hollander: an introduction to film, city and architecture; briefing and assignment for making a film
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 18:00 Development of concept
Sunday 6 October
10:00 – 12:30 Development of scenario and storyboard, evaluation
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 18:00 First shoot
20:00 – 22:00 Lecture by Gys Zevenbergen, editor; screening of a series of short films
Monday 7 October
10:00 – 12:30 Shooting and analyzing recordings
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:30 Additional filming
15:30 – 17:00 First editing
19:00 – 22:00 Lecture by Lotte Schreiber, filmmaker; sneak preview of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On (Schreiber & Rieper, Austria 2019)
Tuesday 8 October
10:00 – 16:00 Final editing
16:00 – 18:00 Screenings of films produced during workshop; evaluation by Jord den Hollander and Lotte Schreiber
18:00 – 20:00 Closing event with bites and drinks
Wednesday 9 Oct Opening AFFR 2019
Although it might be useful, the film and architecture studio does not require an advanced knowledge in filmmaking or special equipment like cameras or editing tools. All recording tools are welcome, but a smartphone and laptop would work as bare essentials.