MASTERCLASS WITH JOHN STEVENSON

Friday, April 5, 10:00-13:00, U1, host: Kamila Boháčková

Masterclass of the film director John Stevenson will introduce behind the scenes of films like Kung-fu Panda 1 of Sherlock Gnomes. Mr. Stevenson will explain how he developed characters of his films, how important is colour or space organisation in his films and how the storyboards of his films looked like. He will also describe the organisation of big american animation studios like DreamWorks and tell the students what exactly was his work as the Head of Story department on films like Shrek 1, Shrek 2 or Madagascar. John Stevenson will also explain how important is to make a research for these films.

John Stevenson is going to speak about his life journey from the small town Cuckfield to Hollywood, how he worked with Jim Henson on the famous Muppet Show nad he will speak about his favourite films and directors, especially about Karel Zeman.