15-DAY WORKSHOP
BEFORE YOU GO: INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING AND EDITING WITH FINAL CUT EXPRESS 4.0
OADF's Easter School at St. Clare's International School is an intensive introduction to industry standard documentary filmmaking. It aims to introduce camera techniques with hands-on exercises backed up by critical analysis of footage and approaches from the outset. Our Easter film school is open to all with an interest in factual filmmaking and is taught by professionals from the industry with an anthropological insight into cross-cultural filmmaking. It is aimed also at the researcher with the intent to use digital film in their fieldwork. By the end of the course you will have the confidence and ability to make your own digital video:
- for research purposes,
- as an AV addenda for a thesis or publication,
- for screening at a film festival,
- for internet distribution,
- for educational use,
- or for broadcast.
During the course you will complete camera exercises concentrating on camera techniques, sound, camera operations, write and redraft a film proposal, learn the concepts of editing in order to shoot for an edit. You will be aware of the ethical, financial, legal, and stylistic issues involved in representing other people. By viewing a variety of different socially relevant films, you will be aware of different genres and understand the style and approach relevant to your research or individual project. Cameras available will all be of broadcast quality and be shared no more than one between two, unless you intend to use your own camera when you can work alone or in teams.
We introduce you to Apple's Final Cut Express 4.0 editing software in an interactive and hands-on environment to learn the basic skills of film editing. Participants will learn the basic functions of film editing, including how to organise raw footage, create editing transitions, effects, and colour corrections, and working with audio. By the end of the course you will have edited a short film from your own footage and have burnt it on to a DVD. Each student will have his or her own workstation for the duration of the editing course.
All the tutors' notes and exercises are offered on a DVD for future reference. Attending an OADF course also enables you to join our Forum which gives you access to people and information on film festivals, funding opportunities, camera tips and advice, and a growing community of socially responsible factual filmmakers.
