scheduled workshop

Concept Development: From Idea to Production

Tue 30 August 2022
6:00pm - 9:00pm

What does your idea for a certain narrative and the images in your head have anything to do with figuring out how to get a film made? Through our time, we will reconvene with our imaginations and confront the harsh reality of financing, but this time through knowingly creating relationships between your aesthetic ambitions and the resources you have access to. We'll discuss how images exist within an economy, crewing and compensation, on-set and pre-production language, and the all important scheduling. Participants are asked to please bring one short (or feature!) idea that we can all be involved in workshopping through these considerations! Ultimately, this workshop asks: What methodology can we use to work for us? The answer may surprise you, because I can already assure you it's not the one we learn in school.

** This workshop is an IN-PERSON workshop**


  • maximum capacity: 10
  • 6 hours of instruction

Instructor: Emily Ryder

Emily Ryder is passionate about telling stories that explore queer becoming, womanhood, and the complexity of intergenerational relationships. To date, their shorts have screened at a number of festivals, including the St John's International Women's Film Festival, Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, and the Irish Film Institute’s GAZE International Film Festival. In addition to writing and directing, Emily is also a passionate advocate for queer representation both on and off-screen, and in Fall 2021, they were invited to speak at the Ontario Screen Creators Conference on a panel dedicated to diverse perspectives behind the camera in Canada's film industry.

Looking ahead, Emily hopes to continue to develop their creative voice within the landscape of contemporary Canadian film, television, and media, and when it’s not their turn to speak, they hope to use their diverse skillset to amplify the voices of those creating art around them.
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