30.06.-04.07.2025

Motion Capture for Actors, Directors and Screenwriters

30.06-04.07.2025 - 5 DAYS - ON-SITE - MALTA

This course is designed to immerse actors, directors, and screenwriters in the world of motion capture (MoCap) performance and collaboration. While actors will focus on performance techniques, directors and scriptwriters will learn how to guide actors, shape scenes, and adapt scripts for MoCap environments. This course emphasizes the collaborative nature of the MoCap process, helping creatives from all roles understand how to bring a story to life using MoCap technology.

Course details coming soon!

We are currently finalising the details for this wonderful learning experience in sunny Malta!

Full course details will be announced soon—stay tuned! Pre-register for this course to be the first to know when enrollment opens.

Where? Rupture Studios, Malta

 

Application process

  • We look forward to you sending your application! Please note the different dates for Early Bird, Regular and Late Bird prices.

  • Your application will be carefully evaluated by the HFL team together with the Masterclass holder. We take great care in creating a group of participants from different backgrounds and experience levels that suite the course in the best way possible.

  • Selected participants will be informed, and the invoice for the course fee will be sent. Please note that the fee needs to reach us within 7 working days unless stated otherwise. After this, the spot might be offered to a participant in the waitlist.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • If a project is needed with your application, it will be clearly indicated on the course page. 

  • The number of participants depends greatly on the course. In general, the more group work there is, the fewer participants are accepted. We pride ourselves with giving the best possible learning experience to all attendees and hire teaching assistants for larger course groups if needed.

  • Courses at Helsinki Film Lab must be applied to, after which we select participants together with the masterclass holder. Courses are either online or onsite in Helsinki or an international destination. This will be clearly indicated in the course information.

  • Helsinki Film Lab courses are held either online or on-site in Helsinki or at different international locations. The course information will include the location, and upon being selected for a course, you will receive detailed information.

  • Helsinki Film Lab courses are always in English unless stated otherwise in the course programme.

  • Helsinki Film Lab does give a 10% discount to participants from the following organisations: EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), Sunklo (Finnish Writers’ Guild) and AVATE Audiovisual Authors and Performers Finland. If your organisation is not listed here, please let us know: moi@helsinkifilmlab.fi We are always looking for ways to be more accessible to creative industry professionals. 

  • Being on the Waitlist for a course means that your application has been successful, but we might not have space. Spots on the course become available if someone does not accept their place or cancels.

  • To apply to a Helsinki Film Lab course, you need to fill in the application form here. If the course you want to apply for is not indicated in the application form, the course does not have dates yet. In this case, please register your interest on the specific course page. We will inform you as soon as the dates have been secured.

  • The different fee rates depend on the date we receive your application.

  • We look forward to hearing from you! Please email us at moi@helsinkifilmlab.fi.

  • Our selection process is very streamlined, and we aim to respond within 14 days.

  • Helsinki Film Lab does not organise accommodation or flights at the moment, but we do offer special rates with our Official Hotel Partner, Hobo Hotel Helsinki. All selected participants will receive a special code they can use.