By Our Reporter
The MultiChoice Talent Factory has launched a masterclass series in partnership with the New York Film Academy over the next 6 months.
Designed as a series of educational virtual masterclasses, the series aims to empower emerging and existing talent from across the African continent, by bringing the best-in-class both locally and internationally of each of the selected topics.
The series officially kicked off in September, with a Directing Actors Masterclass. The session, facilitated by Jonathan Whittaker a New York-based Producer and Director with over 20 years of experience, focused on the tools and techniques used by directors to communicate the essence of a scene to their actors. Attendees of the masterclass explored and practised the principles of acting techniques, learned the vocabulary of filmmaking for actors and understanding the art of collaborating with talent when creating content.
The other masterclasses coming up include Production Design Masterclass which will focus on The Art of Visual Storytelling and will be hosted by Uzair Merchant; and the Music Rights Masterclass which will focus on key areas and regulations for African filmmakers to consider in music usage in content productions and will be facilitated by David Feinberg slated for November.
The NYFA x MTF series will continue in 2023 where Filmmakers and industry professionals can look forward to masterclasses on Dialogue Writing and Directing Serials.