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Prerequisites:

Participants must have a film project intended to be produced in Super 8 B&W, whatever the genre and duration.

Educational goals:
- Appropriate the artisanal production framework of analog cinema.
-Acquire the necessary knowledge to apply within a digital post-production interface (Davinci Resolve), in the full extent of the software.

Program of the training:
Two specific sessions spread over the first week of training give rise to three weeks of 4 simultaneous shoots.
    The first is the realization of an exquisite corpse which aims to promote the first contact with the analog medium, while developing an exponential overview of digital means, in order to grasp the metafactual specificity of the images that this technology puts in relief.
    The second has as its starting point the Godardian watchword: "... us with the cinema, it's something else [...] and here I take the opportunity to tell you that, coincidentally, the only great problem of cinema seems to me to be where and why to start a shot…”, which will help us to understand the exponential potential that abounds in the premises of the beginning of a film.
    The synergy maintained in the simultaneous filmmaking of four projects, in which we participate at different levels, enriches and fulfills this approach.

Teaching methods and materials:
If all practical learning is based on the transversality of the approach: you learn by carrying out your own project, the training is accompanied by the viewing of a film corpus divided into three axes. The first concerns a relatively broad idea of cinema history, the second shows a cinema whose formal concern develops in cultural issues, and the third analyzes forms close to aporias.

Technical means:
Each participant will have at their disposal a wide choice of Super8 cameras, as well as the means of developing 30 m of film per bath. A wide choice of sound recording material is also available, as is a digital editing station per participant. A professional film transfer system, the Filmfabriek HDS+ 4K, is also available for the group.

Evaluation:
The film made during the training could, on its own, or in a joint program, be subject to a legal framework in contractual agreement with each participant, CAE 29 Chrysalide, and Umlicht Films. The film thus produced, depending on its duration, could be submitted to festivals through the Unifrance network, as well as a possible sale to television channels or a theatrical release. Each participant can also develop the life of their film outside of this framework if they wish.

Trainer profile:
Mauricio Hernández, researcher in visual anthropology and art history, director, editor, and colorist, has made around thirty films since 1993, including six feature films. Former temporary teaching and research assistant at the EHESS, he has been teaching cinema in film or digital media since 2007. He is president of Umlicht Films.