FREE Filmmaker Workshops
Beloit College Powerhouse
850 Pleasant Street
BIFF2023 has some great opportunities for guests who want to get inside the business of filmmaking.
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- Saturday Feb. 25, 12:30 p.m.
Art of the Reveal — Daniel Pico, BIFF 2023 Artist in Residence - Saturday Feb. 25, 2:30 p.m.
You’ll Have A Story In No Time — Michael Keeney, Bob Barhite, Nate Clark, TJ Hill - Sunday Feb. 26, 10:30 a.m.
Filmmaking on a Shoestring Budget — Michael Keeney, Bob Barhite, Nate Clark, TJ Hill - Saturday Mar 4, 10:30 a.m.
The Art of Horror — Daniel Pico, BIFF 2023 Artist in Residence - Saturday Mar 4, 2:30 a.m.
Into The Outdoors — Rick Rose & Andi Patilliet, Discover Mediaworks
- Saturday Feb. 25, 12:30 p.m.
Director’s Cut Presentations
Hosted by 2o23 Honorary Chair, filmmaker Gavin Michael Booth
- Saturday Feb. 25, 5:00 pm
Last Call Retrospective - Saturday Mar. 4, 5:00 pm
Pull Up Your Shorts
Saturday, Feb 25
12:30 am
The art of
the Reveal
Every part of your story is a reveal of some kind. It could be a straight cut, a pan, a boom, a push into a character, etc. It’s about deciding the most impactful way to reveal your story to your audience and choosing the right tools for the job.
I demonstrate the ways you reveal the story or a character, then assign the correct emotion to the type of reveal.
Saturday, Mar 4
10:30 am
The art of
Horror
Often maligned as the lesser genre to the drama and thriller, even when the first horror movie won the Academy Award for best picture (Silence of The Lambs) they relabeled it a “Psychological Thriller” because Horror is not Academy material. But I disagree, I think that horror is the genre that uses the tools of cinema to their greatest effect.
Take a tour of the beautiful macabre as we examine scenes from the greatest horror films and how they use the language of cinema in extraordinary ways.
Presented by:
BIFF 2023 Artist In Residence
Daniel J. Pico
Director, Writer, Producer
Daniel Pico | About the Presenter
Daniel J. Pico Is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a BA in directing and screenwriting. He has been shooting films his entire life having made his first movie at the age of 8.
Daniel has directed two theatrically released feature films “Common Senses”, and “Farewell Darkness” which won three best feature film awards in the international film festival circuit. Additionally, Daniel has directed more than 85 short films, music videos, commercials, and documentaries, including 11 episodes of several popular TV and web series, garnering over 40 independent film awards and nominations for his work.
Daniel is the founder of Pico Blvd Entertainment, a production company whose core focus is on independent cinema. Not only is Dan a maverick director, he is an accomplished editor and has worked in several major capacities in film, from producing multiple feature films, to first assistant directing several multi-million-dollar features films around the world.
Currently he co-wrote the Gala Films/Exertion3 series “RZR” and will be serving also as a director when it goes into production this winter in Los Angeles.
Films screened at BIFF
Pico Blvd Entertainment
Saturday, Mar. 4
2:30-4 pm
Into The Outdoors at BIFF
A lively 60-minute hands-on program on the elements of producing an award-winning TV series. Examine the process of producing a broadcast weekly series that also airs on YouTube and has its own app.
The Emmy Award-winning team of Beloit College alumni, Rick Rose ’86 and Andi Patilliet ’16 behind the popular PBS series for young people, “Into The Outdoors,” will share their stories and inspire a new generation of storytellers.
Co-Presenter:
Rick Rose
Content Producer – OTT Programming Director
Discover Mediaworks
Rose co-created this series for Discover Mediaworks 20 years ago alongside Mark McNease of “Sesame Street.”
Experienced Owner with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. Skilled in Storytelling via Audio and Video, Advertising, Commercials, Journalism, Social Media, Creative Writing. Strong community and social services activist with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) focused in Theatre Arts and Asian Studies from Beloit College. My passions are in working within the HIV/AIDS, recovery, human equality, abused/neglected and cancer communities, having served on boards, action groups and being a heart and feet on the street.
Co-Presenter:
Andi Patilliet
Patilliet took over the reins as brand manager of the Into The Outdoors educational and entertaining series five years ago.
Workshops Locations
Beloit College Powerhouse
850 Pleasant Street
Downtown Beloit WI