Focus 2008: SCREENING EMOTIONS - Cinema's Finest Asset
The programme of the 2008 Berlinale Talent Campus is dedicated to the theme of emotionality and film. The great art of film is to transform the silver screen into a golden rectangle of stories, spaces, perspectives, light, music and visual cuts that incite emotional responses, hit a sentimental chord, captivate and touch audiences. At the same time, emotions are the most important asset to the film industry. What do producers need to know when it comes to selling the fabric of the big screen? What makes a comedy funny? How does a cinematographer develop sympathy for a hero, a composer succeed in moving us to tears, an editor create that unbearable feeling of suspense in a thriller?
Emotions are highly subjective and fleeting, hardly predictable and relative to the social and cultural background of each individual, be he or she a contributor to the production or simply a viewer. To examine emotionality in cinema is to look into the heart of the film industry.
Apply now for the Campus 2008
From July 16 until October 15, 2007, up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world can once again apply for the Berlinale Talent Campus. For the first time, visual artists are also invited to apply in addition to the regular roster of directors, producers, actors, cinematographers, screenwriters, editors, production designers, film composers, sound designers and film critics. The Campus thereby accommodates the large number of promising applications that have come from this field of filmmaking in previous editions.
The application for the Campus is available online at www.berlinale-talentcampus.de . To inaugurate the application phase, the website will also be relaunched with its new design. This offers, amongst others, an opportunity to subscribe to a free newsletter and stay informed about current Campus activities.
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