Aya Dowara
Project Manager & Film Producer
About the Workshops:
Women in Creative Industries is a capacity building initiative in which 300 young women from Cairo, Giza, Qalyubia, Dakahlia will have the chance to choose and learn about one of the following tracks; directing, scriptwriting or photography in a 5 day workshop in Cairo during Dec 2024/Jan 2025. This activity falls under the “Ending Violence against Women and Girls” Programme, implemented by UN Women in partnership with the National Council for Women with the generous support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). These workshops are executed by Media & More.
01
Filmmaking/Directing
Participants will get introduced to the main concepts of film directing and will be given the chance to create a short film as a team. This includes developing the director’s treatment and vision. This workshop is designed to offer participants larger knowledge with basic tools; including how to read a script as a director, decoupage (creating shot lists) and choosing your angles.
What participants will learn throughout the directing workshop:
- Developing Your Vision – Know your Story.
- Directing A Casting.
- Working with Actors.
- Directing The Camera.
02
Scriptwriting
Participants will learn through a five-day workshop the basics of scriptwriting and get intense hands-on exercises and assignments.
Through the workshop you will learn:
- How to start your script.
- What is a logline, synopsis and treatment?
- How to form characters?
- Understand plot and narrative structure
- Develop dramatic situations and scenes
- Write engaging and entertaining dialogue.
03
Photography
This in-depth workshop is designed to help aspiring photographers learn how to use a camera professionally. You will learn how to operate a camera and which settings are best for specific photographic situations. In addition, you will learn how to make a photo composition, how to tell a story through your photos using professional cameras and equipment. Professional cameras will be provided during the sessions to enhance the learning experience.
Founders
May Abdel Asim
May Abdel Asim looks back on 21 years of work experience of which 17 years as an entrepreneur, founding and managing the boutique creative agency Media & More as well as two respected publications, What Women Want…Magazine and The Travel Mag.
Mindfood Publications is the latest business launched in 2020, as the first Publishing
House designed to exclusively publish female authors.
With the launch of “What Women Want…Magazine” in 2006 she entered the field of bmedia and publishing followed by the now discontinued travel magazine “The Travel Mag”.
Team
Toaa Omar
Project Coordinator