Guest Speaker Mark Trompeteler

Guest Speaker

Photography Talks

1. Art, Photography & Meaning

In this richly illustrated talk Mark highlights the fundamental components of visual imagery that binds painters and photographers together. Mark examines how painting and photography have irrevocably influenced each other, including how the history of painting has influenced camera club visual culture.
Mark then explores the ways in which painting and photography impacted on each other after photography was invented. This shaped the future pathways within photography, which are just as influential today as they were at in the first fifty years of photography.
He also looks at some of the ways in which meaning is communicated in some classic photographs without using titles or captions. He examines the mechanisms of how they do this, arguing they are even more relevant to our photography today.
1 x 2 Hour Session (incl. a coffee break) £40

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2. Attempting An Individual Photographic Voice or Style.

In the follow up to his talk “Art, Photography & Meaning”, once again using a lot of images, Mark asks the questions:
- In the Camera Club world where there are so many competitions, and so many judges, all offering advice on what to do, and what not to do, should a photographer attempt to find an individual distinctive photographic voice or style? If so, how?
- What can inspire such individual styles?
- How does the approach of story, project, panel, portfolio photography compare against the pursuit of BPE excellence in Camera Club single photographs?
- Can some of the issues raised in his first talk relate to the issues raised in this second talk?
1 x 2 Hour Session (incl. a coffee break) £40
(Ideally talks 1 and 2 work very well together if delivered consecutively with not too long a gap between them £65)

3. Photographing a Changing Britan for Over Half A Century
( Introduction to Analogue Photography )

This talk invloves Mark presenting a number of personal portfolios in which he has documented a disappearing and changing Britain over the past half century. These portfoilos mix both analogue and digital photography.
Mark both introduces and reminds the audience of the fundamental prinicples and technology of analogue photography. He highlights how it compares to digital photography and how easy it is still, in modern times, to acess equipment, materials and processing.He encourages the audience to consider experimenting and enjoying analogue picture taking alongside one's digital endeavours.
1 x 2 Hour Session (incl. a coffee break) £40

4. Under Fire - Photography, War, Politics & Society.

The lead character in the political thriller "Under Fire" is based on a mix between two world renowned photographers, Don McCullin & Susan Meiselas. This involves a group screening of the superb 1983 feature film "Under Fire" starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy.
Each half of the film involves an interactive participative discussion with the group about the social, political, intelligence, news, propaganda, human and moral issues surrounding photographs and their past use. Are photographs still used like that today ?
Requires projecting a feature film from DVD.
2 x 2 Hour Sessions (incl. 2 coffee breaks) £65

Cinema Talks

1. Inside British Film Studios

A look at one particular famous British studio, how it started, and how it developed and now operates. Reference to the parallel development of other British film studios.
1 x 2 Hour Session (incl. a coffee break) £40

2. A Brief History of the Development of Cinemas

"Mark Trompeteler's talk Digital Cinema gave us a superbly illustrated lecture on the history of cinemas in the UK, from the very early days, to the most up to date digital and 3D technologies, Mark kept us spellbound."
Graham Evans, Editor, Moviepage
1 x 2 Hour Session (incl. a coffee break) £40

3. A History of Widescreen & Large Format Cinema

From the large canvases of Renaissance Art, to Cinemascope, Panavision, IMAX and beyond.
1 x 2 Hour Session (incl. a coffee break) £40

I am always happy to give talks, lectures and presentations on various aspects of photography and cinema to groups or institutions. I have experience as a chair person / panel member / guest speaker at such venues as Cambridge University, other UK Universities, Pinewood Studios, Colleges, Conferences & Societies.

I have also organised a number of education, creative industry and film related events over the past few years at such venues as:-

Hosting & presenting the "Widescreen Student Film of the Year Competition", at National Media Museum, Bradford, U.K.

Interviewing Jessica Bingham, a feature film Visual Effects Expert from The Moving Picture Company (MPC). This was part of a whole series of events I organised at The National Film Theatre, BFI Southbank, in London.

Hosting & Interviewing experts on the subject of Digital Motion Picture Cameras for a recorded webinar for film industry training. Recorded at the Sony DMPC at Pinewood Studios.

Mark Trompeteler speaking to a cinema audience

Interviewing Annie Conlon, TV Director & Producer at the National Film Theatre, London

Interviewing Annie Conlon, TV Director & Producer. Part of twelve years of events that I organised at the National Film Theatre, London

Mark Trompeteler, Kathryn Penny & Sir Christopher Frayling at the
UK National Media Museum.

With Kathryn Penny & Sir Christopher Frayling in the projection box at the Pictureville Cinema, UK National Media Museum, contributing to the Widescreen Weekend Film Festival.

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