PART II - INTRO TO DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING WORKSHOP
W/LIVE DEMO & STUDENT FILM PROJECTS

WHAT
We are continuing the second part of last week's Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking Workshop. This workshop will cover the remaining sections as well as introduce more filmmaking topics. THIS WORKSHOP IS REQUIRED FOR ANY FILMMAKER WHO WISHES TO BENEFIT FROM AFC'S SERVICES AND SUPPORT NETWORK.(See Intro to Documentary Filmmaking)

WHEN
Friday July 9, 2004 - 10am-7pm. Please note that there is a 5 JD fee for anyone arriving after 10:30am. After 12pm, 10 JD.

FEEE
This workshop is FREE to students who are continuing the July 2 workshop and to existing AFC members. Others must pay 10 JD to attend, or wait for the next Intro to Filmmaking Workshop to participate for free. Students who confirmed for past AFC events and did not show up or did not cancel on time will be subject to an additional 5 JD fee. THE CHARGES ARE CUMULATIVE.

The AFC takes filmmaking very seriously. We also take our students and volunteers' time equally seriously. In the past, our late-arrival policy has been relaxed, resulting in serious delays in workshop start and finish times and under-attended workshops, causing our punctual students to miss important sections of the workshop because of time slippage.

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

REF: Intro to Documentary Filmmaking

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WORKSHOP OUTLINE

10am -1:30pm | LIVE DEMO: Production of a short documentary from concept all the way to a finished film.

Putting it all together: The instructor will demonstrate key filmmaking concepts described in the workshop by producing a 1-minute short film. The demo will include coverage of below topics.

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.

Student project: Students will start pre-production on a 1-minute clip to be screened the following Friday.

1:30pm-2:30pm | Lunch

2:30pm-3pm | History of filmmaking in Jordan by Najeh Hasan,
Al-Rai film critic and cinema historian. Najeh Hasan will discuss the history of independent and institutional cinema in Jordan form its inception until the present.

3pm-4pm | Basic audio post-production techniques using audio editing
software tools. w/Demo. Demo to highlight basic audio leveling, noise reduction, normalization, and so on. This is not meant to be a full workshop on this topic. Future workshops will cover this topic in-depth.

4pm-5pm | DV camera techniques for "film-look" by Amr Toukhy. w/Demo. Demo to show depth of field techniques and film-look.

5pm-6pm | Sample editing session of Alert Guns by Aseel Mansour. w/Demo. Filmmakers will use scenes from his hit film to illustrate basic cutting techniques. This includes overlapping audio tracks to produce seamless audio transitions and resolving editing problems due to incomplete footage.

6pm-6:30pm | Guerilla production management and directing by Ammar Quttaineh. Filmmaker will share his experience in selecting and filming in various situations, auditioning, identifying props, managing a production under great uncertainty, and how creativity and originality salvaged his popular film, which was about to fail due to disappearing actors.

6:30pm-7pm | Screening of a few ongoing student projects.

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As a standard policy, rules and guidelines of any AFC activity may change without notice.

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