Instructor: Arianna Martinez
ONLINE WORKSHOP
Workshop Description: In this workshop we will be going over the basics of production design, starting with where to begin. We’ll be covering script breakdowns, colour theory, mood boards, locations, and working on a tight budget. This workshop will give you helpful tools to focus your design and bring it to life!
Instructor’s Biography: Arianna Martinez is a filmmaker and educator living in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She is a co-founding member of Strike Pictures, and with them has produced several short films that have screened internationally and have been licensed to CBC for broadcasting. Her filmmaking primarily focuses on intersectionality, with her ultimate goal being to foster and promote a platform for women to share their stories through filmmaking.
She is currently in post-production for her feature film entitled Do I Know You From Somewhere which was selected for the Talent to Watch Program and with the support of the Province of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative.
Her most recent works include her short film Maya Eterna, which won the 2021 national CBC Short Film Face Off, and screened in the Reel East Coast Gala at the FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival in 2020. She produced Jillian Acreman’s feature film Queen of the Andes, which has had multiple official selections and won Best Canadian First Feature at the Victoria Film Festival in 2021. Arianna also won the WIFT-AT NB Salute award honouring a woman working in film and television at the 2019 Silver Wave Film Festival, and was selected as a participant for the 2022 regional training initiative, NSI Business For Producers – Atlantic Women’s Edition.