CREATIVE SCREEN RETREATS
presented BY FIZZ & GINGER FILMS
Connect to Your Creativity: Transformative Retreats for Actors, Screenwriters & Fledgling Filmmakers
Location & Accommodation
Classes & Courses
Evening Masterclasses
Screenwriting: PAGE TO SCREEN
FILM PRODUCTION 101
Screen acting
101
Evening classes are 2hrs long and take place once a week at Starston Hall. Depending on the course, classes run over four to ten weeks.
Our Screenwriting Masterclasses guide you through the fundamentals of storytelling, but vitally offer guidance on production. Meaning you will not only come away with a completed screenplay, but also the knowhow to be able to realistically budget it with a view to actually producing it.
Our Film Production classes run over ten weeks and cover all aspects of filmmaking including: producing, budgeting, the running of a set, cinematography, editing, directing, post production and distribution.
For more information on our Screen Acting Masterclasses visit The ScreenActorsRetreat.com
Weekend Retreats
CREATIVE WRITING FOR PERFORMANCE
fLEDGLING fILMMAKING
screen Acting:
Weekend Retreat
Our weekend courses offer a blissful retreat away immersed in nature, whilst offering people the flexibility to study around their day to day commitments. The courses run over several weekends, starting on a Friday evening and finishing on a Sunday mid afternoon, to enable people to return to their busy lives ready for Monday morning!
Creative Writing for Performance is a unique course running over three weekends that covers Screenwriting for Film, Screenwriting for TV, Playwriting, and Performance Verse. The first retreat weekend gives participants an introduction to key aspects of storytelling and the time to put pen to paper and outline their story idea. Then over the following two weekends we will adapt the stories for TV and Film over one weekend and Stage and Verse over the other. Participants have the option to attend all three weekends or choose between writing for Screen and Live Performance.
Our Fledgling Filmmaking course offers the chance to learn hands on how to make a short film. Over four weekends participants will work together to produce and shoot a short film, whilst learning about the various aspects involved in the pre-production, production and post-production of filmmaking. The Retreat runs adjacent to our Acting for Screen Weekend Retreat, meaning that you don't have to fear being in front of the camera if that's not your bag, but equally if you are an actor and have always wanted to make your own short film, this is a great springboard!
For more information visit The ScreenActorsRetreat.com
5 Day Retreats
Film production 101
Screen Acting
101
&
screen acting for professionals
A 5 Day version of our Film Production classes that run over ten weeks. This intensive course covers all aspects of filmmaking including: producing, budgeting, the running of a set, cinematography, editing, directing, post production and distribution.
Day 1 - The fundamentals of writing a screenplay and how to breakdown a script for scheduling and budgeting.
Day 2 - Key aspects of cinematography, storyboarding and shot choices.
Day 3 - Running a set and directing actors.
Day 4 - The art of editing and all aspects of post production.
Day 5 - How to get your film out there.
For information on our 5 Day Screen Acting Retreats visit The ScreenActorsRetreat.com
Additional Work
Movement
Yoga & quigong
Breath & Body
connection
Reiki
Our retreats are not just a place to train, but a place to connect, create, and rediscover your voice as a storyteller. That is why we offer additional elements and practises including body and breath work that help support an individuals creative exploration.
We believe that an important part of connecting to your creativity involves not only the learning aspects of the Retreat but also the community and support that comes with it. After completing a course we want to make sure that people feel they can receive ongoing mentorship as they continue on their creative paths.
We recognise that being a creative can be a tough, exhausting and at times deflating vocation. But it can also be extremely cathartic and creativity can play an important role in the healing process. That is why as part of some of our longer retreats we also offer Reiki sessions.
Our Story
Fizz and Ginger Films is an Independent Film Production Company created and run by us, husband and wife team Matthew and Tori Butler-Hart. Together we have worked in the film industry for over twenty years as producers, writers, directors and actors. Although our love for filmmaking has not dwindled and our ambition to tell exciting, captivating and entertaining stories remains, we have recognised that there is a very evident gap in screen education and the training actors receive at leading drama schools.
Graduates are entering the industry ill-equipped to create work for themselves and inadequately trained to cope with the fast paced, challenging nature of our industry. We believe that it is important for creatives to experience a deeper sense of connection and community alongside learning, in order for them to feel supported in their work and encourage the storytellers of our future.
And that is how we came to creating The Screen Actors Retreat and Creative Screen Retreats! It is our mission to help elevate screen performances and film production training by giving actors and creatives the technical and creative tools required to thrive in this competitive industry. We are offering flexible, modern, and inclusive training retreats that bring authentic, professional screen performance and film production education to actors and creatives of all levels and ages – with a focus on accessibility, relevance, and ongoing mentorship from professionals currently working in the industry.
Key Highlights
Fledgling Filmmaking
Connection to Nature
Creative Writing for Performance
Visual Storytelling
Professional Mentorship
Holistic Elements
Testimonials
"It was without a doubt the hardest term and the one I have learnt the most!
Thank you Matthew for pushing us to grow."
Espe.
"Thank you so much Matthew, I've learnt so much. I loved how free of judgement your teaching was, it really made it a safe environment for me to try different ways of acting and to grow my skills."
Tegen.
"It's been fantastic, by far the best term yet. Not only learning about how to
work on camera but you encouraged us to work on physicality and timings. Hugely
valuable knowledge you've passed on to us which will stand us all in good stead in the future."
Sherief.
Connect with Us
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