Two-Week Workshop in Collaborative Documentary
Workshop Facilitators: Karen Kocher and Andre Almeida
Porto, June 15-19 and 22-26 (no class on Wednesday June, 24th)
Course Description
The collaborative documentary course is designed for those who are interested in a hands-on exploration of the ways that film language may be used to create thematic portraits of place in creative interaction with a group. Participants will be divided into production groups that will gather footage, related to the chosen themes, from a particular geographic location in the City. Using mobile devices and Web 2.0, the group will stay in touch throughout the seminar to guide one another in the gathering of the footage related to each theme. The footage from each group will then be shared to create a series of 2-minute thematic portraits of the City.
The finished work will be screened on the final Friday evening of the workshop, and may also be incorporated in the Future Places festival in the fall. A web site featuring the work will also be constructed after the workshop. Week one will focus on pre-production and production and week two will focus on post-production.
Successful completion of course requires:
• A substantive daily contribution to the class blog, that discusses the conception of your documentary,the shooting, the editing, responses to work shown in class, and other course related observations. May be in English or Portuguese.
• Come on time and to every class meeting
Final Project
•Completed on Time
•Follows length requirements 2-3 minutes in length
•Technically, the images and audio are well captured and with good audio levels
Aesthetics
•Theme clearly discernable
•Images not in random order, but have a perceptible pattern
•There is a sense of beginning, middle end
•The place i.e. Porto is clearly discernable
•Music is not a separate element, but blends with visuals for overall affect
Tentative Course Schedule
Read
Scan the Bruce Block the Visual Story Chs 1 and 2, 7 and 8
Read the review of Man with the Movie Camera
Note: In addition to the outline listed below, on most days we will screen and discuss a short documentary. The topics that will likely be covered include
•What is meant by collaborative documentary?
•City Symphony as a genre
•Visual Language
•Point of View
•Creating a mood
•Sound in a City Symphony style film
Day One
6.15 10-1 p.m.
Screen Man with Movie Camera
Break
Introductions and Discussion of the Film
Course Plan
1 p.m. lunch
p.m. Individual location scout the City to gather ideas
Day Two
6.16 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Group gathers for discussion of themes and shooting strategies
Training on cameras
1 p.m. Lunch
p.m. Day One of Shooting
Wednesday Day Three
6.17 A.M. Shoot
1 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
Group gathers to discuss day one/two shooting and workshop themes
View Match Frame/ Fresh Air and TX 78705
Thursday Day Four
6.18 A.M. Shoot
1 p.m. Lunch
p.m. Review Footage from previous day of shooting and FCP tutorial
Friday–Day Five
6.19 10 a.m. Review Footage from day two of shooting and FCP tutorial
1p.m. lunch
p.m Shoot
Monday — Day Six
6.22 10 a.m. Editing/Pickups
1 Lunch
2:30-6 p.m. Editing/Pickups
Tuesday Day Seven
6.23 10-1 Editing and Pickups
1 Lunch
2:30-6 p.m. Pickups and Editing
Wednesday Day Eight
6.24 National Holiday
No class, please feel free to continue shooting footage for your projects
Thursday Day Nine
6.25 10-1:00 Editing
1:00 Lunch
2:30-6p.m. Screen and discussion of projects
Pickups if needed
Day Ten
6.26 10:00-1:00 Complete Projects
1:00 Lunch
2:30-4:00 Complete Projects, if they are not already done
Screening after dark with the digital animation group
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