February 27+28, 2021 – 12:00PM – 4:00PM
Virtual – Zoom Video Session
Registration $50
DGC-MB members and permits $25
You can register here – select ‘Working Together’ from the list and ‘discounted’ if you’re a DGC-MB member/permit
About the workshop
The aim of this 2-day workshop is to look at issues that occur where the job of the Production Office team typically ends and where the On-Set / Assistant Directing team begins.
This course is recommended for those with some experience and newcomers alike.
Addressing the potential pitfalls that tend to be overlooked or not immediately dealt with during “the heat” of production, the focus will be on providing practical advice so that the working environment isn’t an intimidating one when you get your foot in the door in the Manitoba film industry.
Centering on the interaction between the Production Office and Assistant Directing departments, the topics to be covered include:
- Office Personnel, Office Services & Location
- Prepping the Production Office
- Assigning Offices and Departments
- Assigning Craft Services, Copier Space, Supply Space
- Travel Wall, Cast Wall and Distribution Center
- Phones, Internet and Fax
- Relating to other Departments & The Set
- Assistant directing workflow and requirements
- Effective communication strategies and how to work with other departments
About the Instructors
AARON GRAHAM is a full member of the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) and serves on the Manitoba District Council of the Director’s Guild of Canada. He has worked on such local Manitoban productions as Midnight Sun, Cult of Chucky, A Dog’s Purpose, Breakthrough, Fracture, and a number of Hallmark productions. Aaron also has an extensive background in freelance film writing and studying the art of screenwriting. A partial list of his interview subjects include: Terry Gilliam, John Landis, James Gray, Richard Franklin, Charles B. Griffith, Stuart Gordon and Richard Linklater. He was also selected to the Berlinale Talent Campus at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival.
REED MAKAYEV began his career as a film & television industry professional by fluke being hired as a Locations PA in 2004. Wanting to round out the on-the-job training he received working on set he attended the Film Production program at Confederation College (Thunder Bay). Upon graduating in 2007 Reed returned to Winnipeg and worked various entry-level positions in many departments before becoming a member of the Director’s Guild of Canada in 2009. Now working interchangeably as a 1st AD and 2nd AD, Reed has held the position of Vice Chair of the DGC’s Manitoba District Council since 2016 and during that same time has also increased his participation as an instructor through Film Training Manitoba
Film Training Manitoba is committed to creating an inclusive and healthy workplace where participants, instructors, and staff are treated with dignity and respect. We will not tolerate any forms of harassment and reserve the right to remove any patron creating an unsafe environment.
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