From my experience entering festivals, the submission (if intended open for public) should have started from around this time. There is still no fixed program and what kind of activities to be held in the festival, sound so mysterious. I just hope you guys have plans…

The second stage is to registrate and then transfer the workshop fee.

Here’s the schedule (subject to change):

Day 1: 23 April, 2010
12.00 – 13.00 Participants arrival and registration
13.00 – 13.15 Welcome
13.15 – 14.45 Introduction of the workshop:
1. State of the industry:
- a few general rules (ethics, respect, names etc)
- How they are assigned in the real world, what questions to ask from the assigning editor, how to deal with time/deadlines
2. Professional Photographer
3. Q&A
15.30 – 15.45 Tea/Coffee Break
15.45 – 17.15 Portfolio comments
17.15 – 17.30 The assignments:
1. Explaining what the participants should do
2. List of subjects – for 20 photographers to shoot xxx different stories/topic subjects

Day 2: 24 April, 2010
08.00 – 08.30 Explaining the assignments as needed then wait for all participants to come back.
12.00 – 12.30 Return to Class and handing their results to organizing committee
12.30 – 13-30 LUNCH BREAK
13.30 – 15.30 Editing:
- Participants are asked to select of 25 photos of whatever they shot based on given subjects
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee/tea break
15.45 – 17.15 Participants alongside with the Presenters are cutting down photos to 10
17.30 WRAP UP

Day 3: 25 April, 2010
08.30 – 10.00 Continue editing – how to pick one best out of the ten.
10.00 – 10.15 Coffee/tea Break
09.45 – 13.00 Continue editing and announcement of the best photo
13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH BREAK
14.00 – 16.00 (continue with coffee break)
- workflow and archiving/metadata principles,
- Photoshop techniques, Sending pictures by FTP
16.00 – 17.00 Slideshow and open discussions
17.00 – 17.15 WRAP UP & CLOSING