Director Kore-eda teaches filmmaking to children
Fri, Jan 9, 2015-
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From Nov 22-24, renowned film director Hirokazu Kore-eda, Waseda University alumnus and professor, led a three-day workshop for children. Thirty elementary school students learned about filmmaking through a project of reporting, filming and editing a report about the Waseda neighborhood.
Kore-eda explains the task
Children filming around Waseda
Kore-eda (class of 1987) is known around the world for his resume of over 25 works in film and television, including “Like Father, Like Son,” winner of the 2013 Jury Prize at Cannes. As a professor since April 2014, he participates in management of Waseda’s Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences minor course as well as teaching multiple classes.
Making movie posters
The Director presented the assignment, “to make a film about something you don’t understand.” He charged the children to, “Go out in the neighborhood and look for something you don’t understand.” The children quickly warmed up to the task, sparking questions such as “How far away can we go?” and, “What if our batteries run out?”
After two days of filming and editing in small groups, the event culminated in a presentation and screening of all the works in the historic Okuma Auditorium.
The Children’s Movie Workshop @ Waseda Enpaku 2014 was co-hosted by Waseda University’s Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum (Enpaku), Japan’s leading theater museum since 1928.
