The aim was to become a landmark for generating tangible impact in young Nigerian screenwriters taking them from the story development to the realization of it - From Script to Screen. It is critical for Nigeria to "brand" itself with films that promote the culture, diversity, history and beauty of the country & its people. Certainly we do not expect only positive happy films, but we would like to see stories that are hopeful, inspiring, entertaining & balanced in their reflection of Nigeria and her people including universal themes that resonate with a majority of the world. This Lab focused on selecting between 12 short stories only to ensure maximum results. Of the 12 short stories 3 were selected and awarded at the end of the Lab with a monetary sum towards the realization of the film for presentation in AFRIFF’s next edition.

Instructor: Tyger Williams

The aim was to reach students and ideally a wide variety of film production crew, sound technicians, sound mixers and producers in order to offer training in standard techniques to obtain the cleanest production sound possible within the local production standards – for “An immediate impact in Sound for Film”. In addition, the lab exposed and trained participants in a worldwide standard post-production platform to further enhance production sound and fully impact the end result. The platform for this lab was ProTools by Digidesign/AVID – which is the most advanced music and audio creation and production software.

All applicants were required to have some form of sound background, basic knowledge operating sound equipment, recording sound and interest in mixing sound.

AFRIFF Sound Training Entry Requirements.

APPLICANTS SHOULD MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

-Must be computer literate, (mac or PC)

-Must have worked on a film or TV production in a location or post production capacity

-Should currently be involved in TV/Film production

-Must have worked on any online audio or video software application such as Pro Tools, Cubase, Digital Performer, Avid, Final Cut or any such application in order to understand workflow.

-Must be passionate about sound for film!

INSTRUCTOR :

Simon Ratcliffe

Simon Ratcliffe is a sound engineer and educator with over 16 years of experience in the industry.  As owner of award winning Sound & Motion Studios, he has mixed for music & picture in many African, American and European destinations and is currently working on several feature films and series as a mixer and sound supervisor.

As an educator, Simon is the Head of Faculty for Sound Engineering at a Creative Arts University in South Africa, is a published author and is currently developing his own courses.  He has designed and taught a wide variety of audio programmes from Certificate to Degree level.

Working closely with Jungle Filmworks and other Nigerian companies over the last 6 years has given him a unique insight into Nigerian and African production in light of his recent experiences in Hollywood where he sat in on sound sessions with leading mixers.  As ever, he is most excited to share some of his experience with delegates at AFRIFF.

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Many opportunities exist within the film and television industry in Africa, however most candidates do not have the practical or theoretical skills required to operate within these environments. In order to address this shortage of skill, it is important to offer a solid theoretical base coupled with sound practical skills, thus enabling them to be fully functional immediately.
AFRIFF and one of Nigeria’s leading production houses FRAME 24 established a partnership to train and empower the younger generation of film makers who may not have access to the type of training we hope to impart in this lab. We will equip participants with technical and conceptual proficiency; improve skills in handling various cameras to produce quality pictures for film and TV. In addition participants were exposed to interior and exterior lighting techniques and basic operation and understanding of field audio.

The Cinematography Lab consisted of 3 production teams with a maximum of 15 students per team. Each team had the following facilitators:
• 1 DOP
• 1 Lighting Designer/Gaffer
• 1 Field Sound Specialist

Each team filmed 3 scenes across 3 days and were instructed in field Camera operation and camera related topics as well as field lighting and sound.

All applicants were required to have basic knowledge operating camera/sound equipment.

Team of Instructors
Femi Odugbemi • Director
Aaron Ugede • Post Production Expert
Dave Anemey • DOP camera, lights and sound
Peter Nielsen • DOP & Editor camera, lights and sound
Quinty Pillay • Producer

Tyger Williams

Femi Odugbemi 

Aaron Ugede 

Dave Aenmey 

Peter Emil Nielsen 

Quinty Pillay