15:00-16:00 – “How to create a platform for 21st century audience”

Speaker: Yujiro (Japan)

Workshop description: How to navigate the new generation to engaging and exciting learning experiences

Speaker’s bio: Born and raised in Japan, Yujiro Seki discovered his passion for film-making when he was in high school. Through making his first feature film, Sokonashi Deka (The Enigmatic Detective), he became enamored with the imaginative possibilities of cinema and vowed to master the art through study in the United States. Despite the fact that starting a new life in a new country was a challenge in itself, Seki earned a BA in Film from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed a short film, Sashimi Taco, for his senior, honors thesis. Following his graduation, Seki moved to Los Angeles to work as a director of the video department for Intermarket Design, and as a film instructor at Montecito Fine Arts College of Design. After attaining permanent U.S. residency, Seki began studying full time in the Cinematography program at UCLA Extension. Upon graduating from that program, he embarked on the journey of making his feature documentary project, Carving the Divine: Buddhist Sculptors of Japan

16:00-17:00 - Josh Kapunsinski “Filmmaking as a tool in higher education and business in the USA”

Speaker: Josh Kapusinski (USA)

Workshop description: An online workshop about the role of video as a tool in higher education (colleges and universities) in the USA and how New York City College uses it as a recruiting tool, on social media to connect with students, inspire, advise, and recognize their achievements.

Speaker’s bio: Josh A. Kapusinski is an Emmy-­winning creative director and educator with client work from Warner Bros., Samsung, ESPN, Chevrolet, and Estee Lauder. His work has been shown in film festivals and in sports arenas around the world, as well as on national television channels and on billboards in Times Square, NYC. He is a full-time professor at New York City College of Technology teaching video production, motion graphics, and storytelling.