“The Director’s Call” is a platform that seeks to bring creative people from all fields in the filmmaking business to a common ground where working relationships can be strengthened to maximise performance. There will be series of programmes annually that cover every aspect of filmmaking from Development, Pre-production, Production, and to Post-production. Film is a strong medium of communication and must be treated with utmost value. We are simply giving every filmmaker the opportunity to be good and professional at what they do in their specialised fields through practical hands-on workshops and mentoring.
The maiden edition of The Director’s Call is a Director/Actor workshop dubbed “Directing the Actor: Discovering the Truth in Performance”. This is a three (3) day practical workshop with award winning film director Peter Sedufia and award winning actor Adjetey Anang. The workshop will also invite selected experienced actors (star actors) to mentor the participants and engage in practical on-camera presentations with them. This is for the participants to learn how to bridge the tensed “New director/New actor and star actor” relationship. The aim is to coach participants (Directors/Actors) on how to work with the “Star Actor” in a first time experience.
The aim of this practical workshop is for filmmakers to see for themselves how any director, even someone with very little experience, can effectively block a scene and get a believable performance from an actor!
And for actors, they will understand much more about acting truthfully. They will gain a tool for authentic performance and have more confidence and understanding of where emotion resides in the body. They will be better prepared for audition and camera work.