Email info@nbfilmcoop.com to register!

COST: FREE for Film Co-op members in good standing.

Class Limit: 25

Instructor: Arianna Martinez

ONLINE WORKSHOP

(Film Co-op members are required to take a Production Design workshop before they can do their own projects through the Film Co-op.)

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. 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 through the Telefilm Talent To Watch Program and with the support of the Province of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative. Arianna also won the WIFT-AT NB Salute award honouring a woman working in film and television at the 2019 Silver Wave Film Festival.

Arianna and her creative team (Gordon Mihan and Lance Blakney) were recently awarded a Telefilm Talent to Watch grant for their feature film project.