This workshop is designed to give directors and actors practical tools to craft performance in film. Through conversation, collaboration, and movement, directors and actors will work together to bring characters to life.

During the workshop attendees will cover scene breakdown, communicating with actors, and blocking for film.

This workshop is highly interactive and requires attendees to engage with each other. A short script has been provided for attendees to look over and familiarize themselves with, prior to the workshop. Set pieces and props will be available to assist attendees in their practice. Please bring a notepad and pen to take notes and jot down ideas.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

6-6:20 - arrival

6:20-6:30 - introduction/expectations

6:30-8:45 - workshop

8:45-9:00 - mingle/departure

BIO:

Briana Clearly is a Chicago based filmmaker and community curator. She is a graduate of DePaul University with an MFA in Directing (2023). As a filmmaker, Clearly mainly focuses Black women’s/femmes’ experiences, exploring the intersection of Blackness & womanhood. Clearly's works have been screened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Black Harvest Film Festival, Gentleman Jack's Real to Reel Chicago 2018 & 2019, and Big Shoulders International Student Film Festival 2019. Her short experimental documentary, The Sum of Her Parts, won Best Chicago Short at the Windy City Film Festival (2019), as well as the The Dear White People Film Competition (2019). In 2020, Clearly released one short film per month for the entire year for her self imposed #BC12FOR12 Film Challenge. Since then, Clearlyhas been part of Full Spectrum’s cohort for Chicagoland Shorts, Vol. 7 (2021) and has been an ambassador for Open Television (OTV). Clearly was recently one (1) of three (3) jurors for the 30th year of Chicago Underground Film Festival (2023). As a community curator, Clearly’s focus is cultivating space where artistry can be the launchpad for connection, conversation, and change. Clearly has curated several programs, including The Rough Cut, and Forward The Culture. Most recently, Clearly produced the inaugural Silverroom Block Party Film Fest.