The Report of Kyoto Filmmakers Lab 2014
The Museum of Kyoto
Feb 5, 2015	  Kyoto Filmmakers Lab 2014 was a filmmakers’ development camp for young filmmakers fromboth Japan and all over the world. This program provided the opportunity to make short period drama
films and experience shooting in open sets and using set decoration, light and wardrobe as same as theequipments and facilities being used for a feature epic film. (This program we held in English.)
147 applicants from 44 countries applied from online application, which was opened from September
22nd to November 7th, 2014. As a result of selection, 20 participants who are directors, producers,scriptwriters, cinematographers and animators from 12 countries such as Japan, Nepal, Thailand,Vietnam, Denmark, Romania, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Spain, USA and England were selected.
11 participants are foreigners including 1 participant whose residence is Japan among thoseparticipants.
The 4 days program was held from December 15th to December 18th, 2014 in Toei Studios Kyoto
and Shochiku Studios. Participants stayed all together in same guesthouses during the program.
Throughout the program, Film director, Shigeru Ishihara and Sword Action specialist, Toshio
Sugawara supervised Hands-on “Jidaigeki” which is a samurai epic filmmaking. Also, the sword’s action
lecture was presented by Toei Tsurugikai. Furthermore, participants attended film screenings andseminars of an epic film festival “HISTORICA”, participated to Kyoto Film Pitching as a joint programand it was optional.
Organizer: Kyoto Filmmakers Lab organizing committee＜Kyoto Prefecture Government, VIPO Kyoto office, The Museum of Kyoto, Toei Studios
Kyoto, Shochiku Studios＞
Special Supporter: Director’s Univ, Inc., Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd１ 	  Application
Period: September 22nd to November 7th, 2014
How to apply: Online application from the website. (DVD as a sample of work within 3 minutes in-	 1	 -	 length had to be sent to Kyoto Filmmakers Lab office by mail.)
Applicants: 147 applicants（22 from Indonesia, 16 applicants from Japan, 13 from Philippines, 13 from India, 7 from U.S.A, 5from Taiwan, 5 from Vietnam, 4 from Nepal, 4 from Argentina, 3 from Romania, 3 from England, 3from Lithuania, 3 from Spain, 3 from Italy, 3 from Cambodia, 2 from Moldova, 2 from Slovakia, 2from France, 2 from Bulgaria, 2 from Thailand, 2 from Sri Lanka, 1 from Lesotho, 1 from Hungary,1 from Russia, 1 from Denmark, 1 from Tunisia, 1 from German, 1 from Cuba, 1 from Brazil, 1 fromPeru, 1 from Canada, 1 from Botswana, 1 from Guatemala, 1 from Australia, 1 from Austria, 1 fromLebanon, 1 from Poland, 1 from Singapore, 1 from Serbia, 1 from Turkey, 1 from Ireland, 1 fromNigeria, 1 from Rumania, 1 from Hungary, 1 from England/Morocco, 1 from Czech Republic/Japan, 1 from Italy/ Czech Republic, 1 France/ Canada, 1 from German/ South Africa）* The Berlinale Talents kindly announced our workshop through their official FB from 25th October
2014.	  https://www.facebook.com/BerlinaleTalents?fref=ts２ 	  Selection of Participants
Selection date: November 13th, 2014
Venue: Meeting room on the 7th floor at The Museum of Kyoto
Juries: Ken Takahashi from Toei Studios Kyoto and Makoto Ozaki from Shochiku Studios
Selected Participants: 20・	 11 non Japanese (1 of them was in Japan), 9 Japanese<Japan, England, Spain, U.S.A, Thailand, Denmark, Romania, Nepal, Vietnam, Taiwan,Indonesia, Philippines>* 14 male, 6 female were selected on our selection, but 1 female (Taiwan) were cancelled. Finally,
14 male, 5 female were participated.

３ 	  Script and director’s competition and the selection of participants’ role
Script competition and the selected script:
Call for script was open to participants. Script had to be 3 minutes in length. 7 scripts from 7
participants were submitted and under considerations of location and actors’ availability, 2
scripts were selected for the workshop by the program team.	 

1. “Hidden Christians” re-titled as “Okyo” by Keigo Nakatsuka（Shot at Toei Studios Kyoto）
2. “Holy Sardine” by Masafumi Yamasaki（Shot at Shochiku Studios）
Director’s selection:
2 participants were selected as a director referring to the score in participant selection.
Director for Toei team – Patrick Dickinson
Director for Shochiku team – Raluca David
Selection of each role:
Program team decided participants’ role according to their wish list.	  	  【Toei team】	  Supervisor: Toshio Sugawara (Sword Action Specialist)
Patrick Dickinson(Director, England), Enrique Santiago(DP/Camera operator,Spain),

Michael

Panduro(ScriptSupervisor,-	 2	 -	 Denmark),KingkangSiripiriyakul(Assistant DP, Taiwan), Keigo Nakatsuka(Assistant Director,Japan), Sandy Chase(Art Director, U.S.A.), Yoshino Matsumoto(Sound
Recordist/Boom, Japan), Erika Ichikari(Electrics/Grips, Japan), Kosuke
Kibe(Electrics/Grips, Japan), Yu Iwasaki(Production Manager, Japan)【Shochiku team】	  Supervisor: Shigeru Ishihara (Film Director)
Raluca David(Director, Romania), Shailendra Karki(DP/Camera operator,Nepal),Josemaria

Basa(ScriptSopervisor,Philippines),

Yin-yuHuang(Assistant Director, Taiwan), Ryo Fujiwara(Assistant Director, Japan),
Ifan

Ismail(ArtDirector,Indonesia),

Shihori

Kashiwabara(SoundRecordist/Boom, Japan), Shingo Soejima(Electrics/Grips, Japan), Masafumi
Yamasaki (Script Advisor, Japan), Xuan Trang Nguyen Thi （ ProductionManager, Vietnam）

４ 	  Program Schedule【 December 12th, Friday】 	  （ Optional/ KHIFF）
15:30〜
17:32■HISTORICA Film Screening	  Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto“The Guide”（2014/Ukrine）Japan Premier

16:00〜 ■Kyoto Film Pitching	  Venue: Annex Hall in The Museum of Kyoto
19:30*Film Pitching and consulting related with Jidaigeki films

18:30〜 ■HISTORICA Film Screening and Talk Event	  Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto
20:00“A Selection of Daisuke Ito’s Sword Action”（1920’-1930’/Japan）
Guest: Tomonori Saeki(Agency for Cultural Affairs, Chief Senior Specialists for Artsand Culture)、Yoshitaka Maki(Researcher of the Japanese Film History)

19:00〜 ■HISTORICA Meeting Party	  Venue: Annex Hall in The Museum of Kyoto
20:30*Net working party which filmmakers from HISTORICA and Kyoto Film Pitching	  【 December 13th, Saturday】 	  （ Optional/ KHIFF）
10:20〜
11:30■HISTORICA Screening	  Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto“Seven Chances” (1925/USA) with Katsuben and Guitar sounds
Katsudo Benshi: Raiko Sakamoto, Guitar: Norimasa Sakanoshita	  	  	  	  	  	 Guest: Kenji Tanigaki (Action Director)

12:20〜■HISTORICA Screening and Talk Event	  Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto

14:30	  “Ninja Bugeicho Momochi Sandayu”(1980/Japan)
Guest: Kenji Tanigaki (Action Director)

15:20〜■HISTORICA Screening and Talk Event	  Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto

17:00	  “Zatoichi Challenged” (1967/Japan)
Guest: Kenji Tanigaki (Action Director)-	 3	 -	 17:50〜■HISTORICA Screening and Talk Event	  Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto

20:00	  “Drunken Master Ⅱ” (1994/Hong Kong)
Guest: Kenji Tanigaki (Action Director)

21:00〜■Pre Production Meeting	  Venue: Accommodation

22:00	  Discussion for the shooting.

【 December 14th, Sunday】（ Optional/ KHIFF）

10:20〜■HISTORICA Screening and Talk Event	  Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto

21:00	  “Rurouni Kenshin” (2012/Japan), ”Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno”(2014/Japan),”Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends”(2014/Japan)
Guest: Keishi Otomo (Director), Kenji Tanigaki (Action Director),
Manabu Oishi (Tokyo Gakugei Uni.)

21:00〜■Pre Production Meeting	  Venue: Accommodation

22:00	  Discussion for the shooting.	  【 December 15th, Monday】
13:00〜■Orientation and Sword Action Lecture 	  Venue: Toei Studios Kyoto	  	  	  15:00	  Introduction of the program, participants and program team. The details of the program,transportation and accommodation were informed.

Sword Action Lecture（Toei Studios Kyoto）

16:00〜■Pre Production Meeting	  Venue:：Toei Studios Kyoto, Shochiku Studios	  18:00	  Participants split into Toei team and Shochiku team and look at studios
and set and had discussion for production.
■	 Camera Demonstration by Blackmagic Design	 
Venue:：Toei Studios Kyoto, Shochiku Studios-	 4	 -	 Camera Demonstration and Pre-Pro Meeting（Toei Studios Kyoto）

20:00〜	  21:30■Pre Production Meeting	  Venue: Accommodation	  Discussion for the next day shooting	  【 December 16th, Tuesday】
9:00〜■Hands-on “Jidaigeki”	  Venue: Toei Studios Kyoto, Shochiku Studios	  18:00	  19 participants (9 for Toei and 9 for Shochiku) were divided into 2 groups andmade a 3 minutes short film.（Equipment cooperator: Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd）

Shooting of Shochiku Team (Shochiku Kyoto Studio)

20:00〜■Production Meeting	  Venue: Accommodation	  21:30	  Discussion for the next day shooting	  【 December 17th, Wednesday】
8:00〜■Hands-on “Jidaigeki”	  Venue: Toei Studios Kyoto, Shochiku Studios	  18:00

The second day of epic filmmaking.（Equipment cooperator: Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd）

-	 5	 -	 	  	 Shooting of Toei Team (Toei Studios Kyoto)

20:00〜■Production Meeting	  Venue: Accommodation	  21:30	  Meeting for post production process【 December 18th, Thursday】 	 
10:00〜 ■Rush Screening	  Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto
11:00	  	  Screening of rush from Hands-on “Jidaigeki”
11:00〜 ■Seminar for Davinci Resolve	  Venue: Film Theatre in The Museum of Kyoto
12:30	  	  Lecturer: Takuya Sugimura(Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd)
14:00〜	 

■Post Production Meeting	  Venue: Salon on the 7th floor at The museum of Kyoto

17:30	  	  Team discussion about post production process

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