Look back on DPC II Seminar

Introduction to "Venerable W", by Philippe Ros, AFC

par Philippe Ros - 8 avril 2018 - Modifié le 25/05 La Lettre AFC n°285

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Like last year, you will find a new analysis of workflow from the Digital Production Challenge II (DPC II) seminar. End of 2017, during 4 days, I was one of the 4 tutors in Amsterdam to work for this seminar organized each year in the European capitals by the Swiss Foundation Focal.

This foundation for professional training in cinema and audiovisual media is directed by Pierre Agthe. The DPC II seminar was created, among other goals, to give the methods to deal with the most recent workflows.
So in Amsterdam, we had the pleasure to analyse the workflow of :
The Venerable W, a French/Swiss film directed by : Barbet Schroeder - Production : Les Films du Losange - Main Producer : Margaret Ménégoz (Les Films du Losange) Co-producers : Lionel Baier (Bande à Part), Olivier Pierre Arte France. Cinematographer : Victoria Clay-Mendoza - Colorist : Patrick Lindenmaier (Andromeda Film AG).

For this analysis, I had the opportunity to work in advance during several days with François Dupuy, post-production supervisor (Noir Lumiere) and we decided to design the presentation from his point of view. As supervisor, he received the information in a very specific way due to the touchy subject of this documentary film. According to the review in The Guardian, The Venerable W portrays Ashin Wirathu ,‘’the poisonous monk behind Myanmar’s anti-Muslim vendetta’’. A paradox for this Buddhist religion.
The political conditions and the remote locations lead the director and the post supervisor to use amazing methodolgies and tricks to face the challenging shooting situations.

Some information on DPC II
This seminar is designed for producers, production managers, post-production managers and, recently, for filmmakers and cinematographers with dedicated group discussions.
DPC II is organized by Paul Miller, Head of Studies (producer, Escape Pictures, Netherlands/US) and Sophie Bourdon, Delegate to the Board of studies (training consultant, Bourdon Film Consulting, France/Switzerland),.
The other experts are : Martin Hagemann, producer, Zero Fiction Film, Germany ; Florian Rettich, BVK, freelance DIT & Workflow Supervisor, Germany ; Tommaso Vergallo, Key account manager CW Sonderoptic (Leica cine lenses) & CEO of Noir Lumière, France.
So, thanks again to Pierre Agthe from Focal, I have the pleasure to share all the documents ready for downloading here below.
The version in Diaporama (Powerpoint for Mac 2011 - Version 14.7.7) include the animations. For those who don’t own Office you can download the PDF.