Working with professional actors and the yearly gala just around the corner

Directing and Producing

First semester students sat a course with the head of Directing, Hilmar Oddson (Tears of Stone), in visual story telling where they directed a practice project as well as begin preparation on the end of the semester project, a 7 minute long silent film. 2nd semester students finished a course in Directing with Borkur Gunnarsson (Thetta Reddast) where they directed both Acting students and professional actors and sat a course in screen writing with Hrafnkell Stefánsson (Borgriki). 4th semester students took a screen writing course with Huldar Breidfjord (Under the tree), as well as work on their graduation projects.

Creative Technology

1st semester students began a course in sound editing with the head of Sound, Kjartan Kjartasson (101 Reykjavik), as well as begin preparation on the end of the semester project, a 7 minute long silent film. 2nd semester students sat an editing course with the head of Editing, 3rd semester students spent the week shooting their own documentary film with 4th semester students took a production course under the guidance of Arnar Benjamins (A Reykjavik Porno, Þorsti) and Filming with Bjarni Felix Bjarnason (Borgriki) where they prepared shooting their graduation projects.

Screen writing and Directing

2nd semester students finished a course in Directing with Borkur Gunnarsson (Thetta Reddast) where they directed both Acting students and professional actors and did a rewrite of a pilot show with Dogg Mosesdottir 4th semester students took a screen writing course with Huldar Breidfjord (Under the tree) , as well as work on a full length script rewrite with Hrafnkell Stefánsson (Borgriki) that they have been working on since their first semester. 

Acting

2nd semester students of Acting did a course in acting technique with Runar Gudbrandsson (Svartur a Leik), a course in vocal training with and Acting and movement with Gudmundur Elias Knudsen, as well as begin preparation on the end of the semester project, a 7 minute long silent film. 2nd semester students finished a course in vocal training with with an impressive demonstration, and sat a course in Acting Technique with3rd semester students were directed by 2nd semester students of Directing along with professional actors, as well as take Acting Technique with Hannes Oli Agustsson (Metalhead). 4th semester students sat a course in the making of a dance video under the guidance of Kolbrun Anna Bjornsdottir (Svartir Englar) and a course in the making of a showreel, training for auditions and a course within dubbing.

The whole school then ended the week, as usual, at Bio Paradis in film history.

Kinema, the student union, has its yearly gala on Friday the 28th of February, and the last chance to purchase tickets is on Wednesday the 26th.