Mark W Travis

"My mission is to assist artists in effectively expressing themselves by helping them to discover their personal connection to their work, and to give them the tools necessary to bring that personal expression to life."

Mark W. Travis

Since 1992 Mark Travis has been sharing his techniques on writing, acting and directing worldwide:

USA:

  • The Directors Guild
  • American Film Institute
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • UCLA Extension
  • Taos Talking Pictures
  • Film Festival
  • Denver Film Festival
  • Hollywood Actor's Workshop
  • Hollywood Film Institute
  • Idaho Film and Television Institute

JAPAN:

  • Film & Media Lab
  • Vantan Film School

GERMANY:

  • UW Filmseminares
  • ActionConcept
  • Eric Pommer Institute
  • Konrad Wolf Film School
  • Munich Film School (HFF)
  • Münchner Filmwerkstat

POLAND:

  • The Film Farm in Kotla

ENGLAND:

  • Raindance
  • Paradigm Film Productions
  • Hurtwood House
  • Metropolitan Film School
  • London Film School
  • The London Film Academy
  • Lionhead Studios
  • Media Center Cornwall (Penzance)
  • Cornwall Film (Truro)

FRANCE:

  • The Cannes Film Festival

NETHERLANDS:

  • The Maurits Binger Institute (Amsterdam)

UKRAINE:

  • Hollywood School in Ukraine (Kiev)

BRAZIL:

  • Film Planet (Rio de Janeiro)

RUSSIA:

  • International Film Actors Workshop (Moscow)

SPAIN:

  • afilm International Film Workshops (Sitges, Barcelona)

NORWAY:

  • Norwegian Film School (Lillehammer)

IRELAND:

  • FAS Screen Training Ireland (Dublin)

The Director's Journey

(an intensive three-day seminar on the art and craft of film directing)

The Director’s Journey covers the entire process of directing a feature film from script to screen, from concept to completion. This intensive 24-hour seminar is a discussion; demonstration and analysis of every creative step the film director must take in the realization of a film.

Based on Mark W. Travis’ best-selling books, The Director’s Journey; the Creative Collaboration Between Directors, Writers and Actors, and Directing Feature Films this most popular seminar has been taught world wide.

Directing a film is a complex network of creative collaborations. There are hundreds of artists who are involved in the creation and completion of the film and they are all lead by the singular vision of the director. How the director communicates, inspires, challenges and supports each artist will determine the quality and integrity of the final product.

During the 24-hour seminar, a feature script is used as a model so that each student can analyze, prepare and communicate his/her vision of the film. Model scripts used in the past include: As Good As It Gets, When Harry Met Sally…, Notting Hill, Ordinary People, Chinatown, American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State and Shakespeare In Love. Concurrently, portions of the feature film are viewed, analyzed and deconstructed giving each student an intimate insight into the art and craft of its director.

Topics and areas covered in The Director’s Journey include:

  • Script Analysis
  • Working with the Writer
  • Forming The Creative Team
  • The Casting Process
  • The Actor/Director Relationship
  • The Rehearsal Process
  • Visualizing your Story
  • Working with the Cinematographer
  • The Production Process
  • Post-Production

Number of Students: As many as you like (usually 50-60)

Number of Days: 3 (8 hour days)

 

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