Updated: April 30, 2005
INTRO TO DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING WORKSHOP
W/LIVE DEMO & STUDENT FILM PROJECTS - STILL FREE!
WHAT
Intro to Documentary Filmmaking Workshop. This is the same workshop
that empowered many of our filmmakers to make films that screened in
four regional film festivals, to date. You will learn how to produce
documentaries using digital video cameras and computer-based editing
software. There will be a live demonstration of the workings of the
DV camera and film editing software. Each student will produce a one-minute
documentary. THIS WORKSHOP IS REQUIRED FOR ANY FILMMAKER WHO WISHES
TO BENEFIT FROM AFC'S SERVICES AND SUPPORT NETWORK.
WHEN
Friday July 2, 2004 - 9:30am-6:00pm (must confirm by 10pm, Wed June
30)
WHERE
Darat al Funun, Lweibdeh.
For directions to
Darat al Funun, see link:
http://ammanfilmmakers.alif.com/images/darat.jpg
For information
about Darat al Funun:
http://www.daratalfunun.org/main/index.html
Darat Al Funun
Khalid Shoman Foundation
Lweibdeh
Phone 962 6 4643251/2
Fax 962 6 4643253
AFC CONTACT
For inquiries contact Hazim Bitar.
Phone: 0795308232 / Email: AmmanFilmmakers@alif.com
REGISTRATION
To confirm registration, interested participants should SMS 079/5308232
with their full name and email if available. No confirmations will be
accepted for more than one person per phone number.
CANCELLATION
This workshop is FREE for students who confirm their registration
48 hours prior to workshop start time/date. Unconfirmed walk-in students
will have to pay 5 JD. Students who confirm but don't show up and fail
to cancel 48 hours prior to registration will have to pay 5 JD to attend
any future AFC workshop. After 10:00AM, anyone will have to pay 5 JD
to participate. AFTER 11AM, 10 JD. This policy will not be relaxed.
NOTE
The AFC takes filmmaking very seriously. And we also take our students
and volunteers' time equally seriously. In the past, this policy has
been relaxed, resulting in serious delays in workshop start and finish
times, causing our punctual students to miss important sections of the
workshop because of time slippage.
ITEMS TO BRING
- Papers and pens for taking notes.
- Optional video camera, charged battery, and video tape.
IMPORTANT
Content of workshop may change without notice. The coordinator of the
workshop has the right to refuse participation to anyone.
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WORKSHOP OUTLINE
9:30am-11:00am
| PART I - DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING HISTORY, CONCEPTS, & LIFECYCLE
- Meet & greet students. Grab a cup of coffee.
- What is the Amman Filmmakers Cooperative (AFC).
- Assumptions, expectations, and plan of action.
- History of filmmaking.
- Screening of selected short documentaries produced by AFC filmmakers.
- Common mistakes committed by beginners.
- Ethnic of the business: defamation, staging, objectivity, copyrights,
and fair use.
11:00am-12:00pm
| PART II - PRE-PRODUCTION PLANNING
- Structuring the story.
- Research.
- Budgeting.
- Schedule.
- Shooting script.
- Equipment.
- Interview preparations.
- Permits.
- Location scouting.
12:00pm-1:00pm
| PART III - PRODUCTION
- Establishing shots.
- Shot angles.
- Framing the shot.
- Cutaways.
- Conducting the interviews.
- Logging footage.
- Audio issues.
1:00pm-2:00pm | Lunch Break
2:00pm-3:30pm
| PART IV - POST-PRODUCTION
- Editing PC workstation configuration.
- Editing tools of the trade.
- Logging the relevant film cuts.
- Capturing footage from camera to PC.
- Arranging film footage using editing software.
- Using transitions.
- Narration.
- Music track.
- Titles.
- Incorporating photos/graphics.
- Assembling the rough cut.
3:30pm-6:00pm | PART V - REAL-WORLD FILM PROJECTS
Putting it all together: The instructor will demonstrate key filmmaking concepts described in the workshop by producing a 1-minute short film.
Student project: Students will start pre-production on a 1-minute clip to be screened the following Friday.
As a standard policy rules and guidelines of any AFC activity may change without notice.
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