SSFF Talk with Q&A: Post-Production
Wednesday, July 29 • 6:30 PM - 7 PM
Post-Production in Film and TV
This talk demystifies the entire post-production pipeline—from initial ingest and offline editing to finishing, mastering, and final delivery. Rather than treating post-production as an afterthought, the session highlights why early and continuous collaboration saves time, preserves budgets, and unlocks greater creative freedom. Attendees will learn how to align their technical choices (like codecs and resolutions) with their creative briefs by constantly asking the critical question: "Why?"
Mike Trevett has worked in Scotland's Broadcast TV and Film industry since 2015. Working for independent companies, BBC Scotland and Serious Facilities, Mike has experience as a Broadcast Editor and more recently as a Colourist and Online Editor.
SSFF Workshop: Big Characters, Short Films: Acting the Condensed Journey
Wednesday, July 29 • 6 PM - 7 PM
Big Characters, Short Films: Acting the Condensed Journey
Short films don’t give actors the luxury of a slow build. This workshop explores how performers can understand, energise, and deliver a complete character journey in a compressed screen story — making bold, truthful choices that land quickly on camera.
Nick J. Field is the Principal of Acting Coach Scotland, where he teaches and directs across the school’s full-time and part-time acting programmes. He trained at East 15 Acting School and specialises in practical, actor-focused training for stage, screen, and auditions.
Armando Di Lillo is an award-winning director, actor, published writer, international acting coach, filmmaker, and graduate of Acting Coach Scotland. He is the founder of Armando Di Lillo International Acting Studio and works across Italy, Scotland, and Spain, with a focus on Practical Aesthetics and screen performance.
SSFF Workshop: Interrogating your story
Wednesday, July 29 • 6 PM - 7 PM
Workshop: ‘Interrogating your story.’
We all have great ideas for short films, but does yours actually work as a story? Does it have all the elements a story needs to entertain your audience? This workshop is an opportunity to interrogate your short film story; to run it through a checklist, demonstrated by using a short film as an example. Lead by Marc Pye, writer and former Story Editor for BBC Studios.
BIOGRAPHY:
Marc Pye has written many hours of drama for series and serials including EastEnders, Holby City, Hollyoaks, The Bill, Waterloo Road, The Royal, Holby Blue, Doctors, Echo Beach, River City, High Road and RTE’s Fair City, but is best known for writing The Flasher for the BAFTA, International Emmy and RTS award winning Series One of Jimmy McGovern’s The Street. Marc then went on to work with Jimmy on his daytime series Moving On, where he penned Bully.
He is the author of four novels, Lollipop and Rewire (Sceptre) and Babushka and Spring Heeled Jack (Amazon). His three short films - Baldy McBain, Last Legs and Instant Credit all premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Instant Credit won the Newport Beach Film Festival, LA in 2004.
His first co-written feature film, Act of Grace, starring Leo Gregory, David Yip and Jennifer Lim was released May 2012. His second feature, The Daniel Connection, has been distributed by California Pictures. Inc, Paramount Pictures Studios. His third feature, Dressers, is in development with Junkyard Dog Films Ltd and Moquette Films Ltd.
From May 2023 – Jan 2024 he worked at BBC Studios, Dumbarton, Scotland, as Story Editor on River City. He regularly lectures at Caledonian University and each year he mentors’ students on the MA TV writing course. He is also a freelance script editor. Marc is available for workshops via Scottish Book Trust’s Live Literature database - https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/marc-pye