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The annual collaboration between GoPractical and IULM – University of Languages ​​and Communication is renewed.

For the entire month of October 2023, the best students selected by the Faculties of Cinema, Television, Entertainment, Fashion and Marketing were able to follow the analogue special effects workshop which included a special exercise on the themes of Concept Art conducted by the illustrator Angelo Lo Torto.

The theoretical path through the birth and evolution of the most spectacular effects of Cinema was therefore enriched with a practical component, thanks to an immersive experience which allowed students to develop and design environments, characters and props starting from an original screenplay.

The workshop simulated the compromise situation between the director’s communicative intention and the creative interpretation of the illustrators, who must translate concepts, ideas and emotions into visual elements for the big screen, learning to work in a group with limited time.

The enthusiasm found, together with the high number of sketches created and the quality of the ideas developed, confirm the desire of the young generations to explore the world of special effects and concept art more deeply, as well as the desire to get involved with the manual skill of analogue techniques.

GoPractical + Sci-Fi Festival

The international Science+Fiction Festival, the most important Italian event dedicated to the worlds of science fiction, presents the national premiere of the GoPractical film brand.

Founded in Triste in 1963 by journalists, critics and experts of the Venice International Film Festival, the Science+Fiction Festival has established itself on the international scene involving illustrious guests such as Phil Tippet, Terry Gilliam and Joe Dante.

Now, in its 2021 edition, the International Science+Fiction Festival chooses the practical director Marcello Baretta and his GoPractical brand, which relaunches Analog Cinema and launches a new style of filmmaking based on the use of more traditional techniques and technologies.

From the stage of the Festival, GoPractical makes its debut in the panorama of the international film industry and does so by thrilling the audience with with a great journey through the history of analogue cinema and transporting it towards a future that is increasingly spectacular and, thanks to the practical director, increasingly tangible.

GoPractical + IED

The film brand GoPractical™ in partnership with IED – European Institute of Design inaugurates, at the Milan headquarters of the Institute, a didactic activity reserved to the three-year course in Visual Arts to transmit the know-how of Analog Cinema to the students of the second year of the Video Design course.

The activities will be conducted by practical director Marcello Baretta in coordination with the course leaders, director Piergiorgio Gay and video designer Enzo Carucci.

IED – European Institute of Design is an international leader in the training of audiovisual professionals: the three-year course in Video Design deals with both the direction of classic products with linear narration and the production of interactive videos for video art and events and through the collaboration with GoPractical™ further expands its training offer by introducing a course on Cinema techniques and technologies, with a particular focus on visual effects and on the history and evolution of special effects.

The initiative is aimed at training professionals who have the necessary notions to critically evaluate the choice between the use of digital and analog technologies that characterize and influence the video, video art and performing arts sectors.

The collaboration between IED and GoPractical™ completes a didactic path on the entire workflow of the film and video production industry: from project conception to shooting, from editing to soundtracking, from CGI to practical special effects.

As part of the educational activities, students will also be presented with the essay “The Practical Director“, a text that traces the history of analogue cinema and introduces a directing style based on the recovery of the arts and techniques used before the advent of digital.

The agreement with the IED anticipates a series of educational and cultural events and initiatives that will involve important national realities linked to the film industry, confirming GoPractical™’s commitment to encouraging new generations to develop their artistic and creative potential through the discovery of the roles and creative processes of the film industry.

Educational Activities – Ponte in Valtellina (So)

The film brand GoPractical confirms its educational and cultural mission by adding to the events already scheduled a series of educational activities dedicated to analog Cinema that will be held in the province of Sondrio.

The first event is from October 18 to 21 in Ponte in Valtellina, sponsored by the Municipality of Ponte, the Province of Sondrio and BIM and with the collaboration of Movie Theater Vittoria.

The opening event will be moderated by journalist and film critic Elena Botta, who will interview director Marcello Baretta on the stage of the Movie Theater Vittoria in Ponte in Valtellina, where the essay “The Practical Director” will also be presented.

With the capacity of the cinemas back to full capacity, the event is preparing to welcome about 200 people.

The educational activities will be held at the Educational Institute of Ponte and will include a special screening to offer students the thrill of the cinematic experience in a movie theater.