The Art & Craft of Cinematic Storytelling Workshop is possible

thanks to the Lottery-funded grant by the Arts Council England.

The Arts & Craft of Cinematic Storytelling

The Arts & Craft of Cinematic Storytelling

Luana Di Pasquale

artist’s statement

“The Art & Craft of Cinematic Storytelling workshop is the ​culmination of 10 years of dedicated work in education, ​across various settings, from mainstream creative ​collages to provisional schools, charities organisations, ​art institutions and community centres. Teaching the art ​& craft of filmmaking to children, teens and young and ​older adults is my passion: I take great joy and pride in ​guiding them on their personal journey of self-discovery ​while nourishing their creativity, helping them to find their ​own voice and vision. Contributing to their artistic and ​personal development is a truly honour.”

-www.luanadipasquale.info

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The Arts & Craft of Cinematic Storytelling

Luana Di Pasquale mentored a group of adults first timers filmmakers to make a ​short film trailer at the University of Kent in a day for CITY ACADEMY!

Luana Di Pasquale mentored ​via Zoom, over five weeks, a ​group of professional adults ​working in theatre, ​supporting them in the ​development of their first ​web-series for DIRECTOR'S ​CUT THEATRE!

Luana Di Pasquale worked on a freelance basis as a filmmaking mentor for four years at PERFORMING PRODUCTION, supporting disadvantaged young peoples in the making of their films from the development of an idea to its production and exhibition. Performing Production held a few short film competitions with prizes both of which were well attended with great enthusiasm by the participants and comunity.LINK TO FILMS

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NYFA

For two years, over two weeks, Luana Di Pasquale mentored a group of young filmmakers at the NATIONAL YOUTH FILM ACADEMY in the making of a 12-minute short films. Each year, each film was exhibited at the Cineworld Cinema in North Greenwich. For this occasions Luana Di Pasquale received a prize for ‘outstanding’ filmmaking tutor!

BFI SOUTHBANK YOUNG FILMMAKERS

SATURDAY CLUB BROMLEY

Luana Di Pasquale mentored very young filmmakers for BFI Southbank young filmmaker club in making their first horror film! Located at Ripley Arts Centre, Luana guided her students over 5 weeks from the development of an idea to its execution. Here is their thrilling psychological short called FRACTURED.

Testimonials

"All my life I wanted to be a screenwriter and entertainer yet I didn’t know I truly was capable of such a dream until I met ​Luana. Luana helped me see my dyslexic for something that wouldn’t stop me in my creative ambitions, she did this by ​leading me and mentoring me with one of my first screenplays at NYFA. Luana’s training was one of the only things I took ​away from that course that has shaped who I am today. Luana hasn’t just been a mentor and a friend to me, but a role ​model, someone who in any light and any situation inspires me to be my better self as a writer and a woman."

- Yasmina

"Back in 2018, Luana gave me my first experience of filmmaking. I produced a short film, with her guidance and mentoring ​and it was such a success - both as a finished outcome but also as a defining moment in my life - that I decided to pursue ​television and filmmaking as my full-time future career. Since then, I have gained a Masters in TV Drama, been accepted ​onto Edinburgh TV Festival's The Network, accessed funding to make further films and worked for ITV. To say Luana turned ​my life around and gave me new ambition as a writer/director is nothing short of an understatement. She will give you ​practical advice and help you decide once and for all: is filmmaking for you? - Lissi Simpson

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"Luana is a great mentor that made everyone in the group feel a part of the team regardless of their role, their skills or ​experience, which was really awesome. Luana also knew exactly what she was doing in regards of the filmmaking process ​and gave lots of help/advice without being autocratic at all with decisions, which gave us the freedom to learn about the ​process firsthand and get the most out of the experience. And most of all we all had a lot of fun together and a big part of that ​is thanks to Luana." - Lewis Wheatle

"Luana is a nurturing teacher/mentor who helps clarify what you want to achieve creatively and then supports that vision with ​incredible insight and advice. Luana is approachable and professional in equal measure and will be your biggest cheerleader ​and proudest teacher/mentor" - Sonera Angel

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"Luana provides clear-cut and experienced mentorship that offers not only practical skills but an insight

into how the industry truly works. Her teaching gets straight to the point, on how to produce

award-winning narratives." - Rakesh Jaitly

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"Luana is a kind and dedicated mentor. I was a young student, so I was a little unsure of my skills,

but Luana helped to encourage and inspire me." - Briony Havergill

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" Luana is an amazing and always full of joy tutor! I enjoyed every single of her lessons! And I learnt a lot from her.

Always grateful for her help and kindness! :)" - Sevgi.

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"Luana is an adaptable and effective tutor. She always willing to share her knowledge and experience in the film

and TV industry, which I found as a student to be invaluable." - Philip Kapadia

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"Luana is a very insightful and knowledgable mentor, she is kind and caring and always has a smile on her face.

Luana is always there to help and is very good at bringing the best out of people."- Dean Raymond

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"Luana is a fantastic mentor, working with her for three weeks on the National Youth Film Academy Set Ready ​Course was a pleasure. Her invaluable experience made us feel incredibly fortunate to have such a helpful creator ​as part of our team." - Alex M.C.

"Luana is an awesome tutor and it is sad to know she won't be able to teach us anymore at the Access Creative ​College, as I feel there was still a lot more I could have learned from her. I have great respect for her work and ​career" - Carlton