Foster Film Production

November 20, 2012

On November 14 AUCA hosted a free workshop entitled “5 myths of film production” which was conducted by Alexander Tsay and AUCA alumnus, Stepan Golovash, co-creators of the film “Bishkek, I love you”.

Creators of one of the most thriving local movie projects of the 2011-2012 year spoke to students about how to convey a video message,the myths of film production and the secret to a movie’s success.

“The main purpose for organizing this workshop is to tell potential movie makers that it is way easier than what it seems,” Tsay said to the nearly one hundred people who attended the workshop.

The filmmakers thought that the release of “Bishkek, I love you” came at a great time.

“We wanted not only to show the love of our city, but the stable political situation as well,” Golovash said.

Having experts in script writing, filming and marketing was not the only reason why the movie went viral and was shown twice in theatres. The recipe for a movie “smash”, as Alexander Tsay and Stepan Golovash explained, was a so-called “theory of the inevitable act.”  Long before its release, the filmmakers put out a lot of information about the movie which stimulated interest with future audiences. By the time of the premiere “everybody was so curious about our movie and that helped us get so much public attention,” Tsay said.

The audience at the workshop greeted speakers with warm applause and asked a lot of questions, showing their interest in film production.

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