Rackard & Corish Lead FÁS STI Draughting Course | The Irish Film & Television Network

The course will cover several areas including the interpretation of a designer’s sketch, an overview of studio layout, camera angles, scenic backings, floating walls, safety issues and requirements of other departments, awareness of the built environment and an overview of historical styles. The course will be mainly project based.

The course is aimed at trainee and assistant art directors who wish to bring their draughting skills to an intermediate level. Beginners, who will preferably have some Art Department experience, will complete a nine-day course. Participants who have already completed the Foundation Draughting Course and others who have basic draughting and/or surveying skills may join the course on either Day three or Day four. From then on, the course will allow for different abilities/levels of competence in the tasks set.

Anna Rackard, who won an IFTA for her role as production designer in ‘Ondine’, has also worked as production designer on ‘Inspector George Gently’ and ‘Rough Diamond’. She has worked as an Art Director on ‘Leap Year’, ‘The Butcher Boy’ and ‘Ella Enchanted’ and Supervising Art Director on ‘King Arthur’ and ‘The Escapist’. Colman Corish has worked on numerous films and television series over the last fifteen years, including ‘Angela's Ashes’, ‘King Arthur’, ‘The Honeymooners’, ‘Lassie’, ‘The Tudors’ and ‘Camelot’. This year he was awarded an Emmy for his work on ‘The Tudors’.

The nine day course will take place in January 2011 in Dublin. The deadline for application is Thursday, December 16th and places are limited. For further details and to apply, go to www.screentrainingireland.ie.

Fás Screen Training Ireland is supported by the the Irish Film Board.

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