The workshop will be hands-on experience where participants will participate in a learning how to craft and produce a short fictional film. During the workshop there will be a hands-on exercises to help participants create their own film.

Students will be guided and advised through the process by the instructor.

The course will cover the key aspects:

• Story – how to create a short story. Attendees will complete a creative brainstorming and writing activity.

• Preproduction – the tools involved in preproduction (storyboard, meetings, auditions). Attendees will create a storyboard.

• Production – lights, camera, action with utilising locations, equipment, crew and crafting the visual story. Attendees will shoot a scene of a film.

• Postproduction & Marketing (film festivals, social media, and promotion) – editing a film, adding music and the final changes. Plus, how to market your film for the festival circuit, premiere events, and online environment.

Mark has conducted this workshop for the City of Mandurah (local government) in 2022.