Learn how to make films with Trainspotting… | Little White Lies

Learn how to make films with Trainspot­ting cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er Bri­an Tufano

24 Feb 2016

Words by Little White Lies

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Explore the film­mak­ing process from script to screen for free online cour­tesy of the NFTS and BFI Film Academy.

If you’re an aspir­ing direc­tor, cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er or edi­tor, or if you’re sim­ply curi­ous about how movies gets made, the UK’s Nation­al Film and Tele­vi­sion School and the BFI are pro­vid­ing an unmiss­able oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn first-hand from a host of award-win­ning filmmakers.

The free online course, which start­ed yes­ter­day, fea­tures micro mas­ter­class­es from the likes of Trainspot­ting DoP Bri­an Tufano, Locke edi­tor Jus­tine Wright and Leav­ing Las Vegas direc­tor Mike Fig­gis, and cov­ers every­thing from script­ing to financ­ing to how edit­ing effect meaning.

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To get you start­ed, check out this great clip of Tufano reveal­ing how they shot the ​‘worst toi­let in Scot­land’ scene in Dan­ny Boyle’s 1996 film Trainspotting.

Sign up to the free course at future​learn​.com/​c​o​urses

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