Realized among the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency Urban Culture projects, the “5th Element: Woman – Woman Friendly City Istanbul” project has started with cinema and photography workshops in January.

During photography workshops held in the central office of Filmmor in Istiklal Street on 13 and 20 January, courses were realized on basic technical information such as cameras, their types, structures and functioning systems as well as ISO tunings, optical/digital zooming, contrast and shooting attributes. The lecturer of the photography workshop was Senem Sinem.

Cinema workshop held on 16 January was focused on film making in three phases as pre-production, production and post-production. Melek Özman was the lecturer of this workshop that was held in the center of Filmmor.

Filmmor workshops will continue in the following weeks with studies on documentary cinema, photography and designing.