Description
An introduction to concepts and tools used to make interview-based documentary films. Students will learn how to research stories and conduct interviews, and how to think of chief interviewees as the film narrators. Among other things they will learn what A-roll and B-roll are, how to correctly set up lights and record sound for non-fiction film, and how the elements weave together in the edit room. They will make work in small groups, in each case learning how to think visually, how composition carries meaning, how lighting and sound-recording aid in storytelling, and how even the simple aspects of editing can make a compelling subject and narrative.
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