WORKSHOPS:
Two-Week Documentary Workshop - Mississippi Delta
Start Date: February 14th, 2010
This 2-week HDV workshop is designed for photojournalists who are looking to make the move to videojournalism and the web, new documentary filmmakers who want to launch their careers in web and television documentaries and for those with experience in some aspects of film making that are looking to expand their skill, understanding and mastery of the whole process. Producers, cinematographers, editors and writers with narrative experience who are considering working in non-fiction film making are also encouraged to enroll.
Students will learn all aspects of the process including the importance of the still image, HDV camera, compact lighting methods, field sound, field editing and how to weave the story. To view an extended version of the course description, visit our website at barefootworkshops.org
This is one of many workshops that Barefoot will be running in 2009. In addition to the Mississippi Delta, check out our website to learn more about our workshops in Africa and how you can participate.
Homepage: barefootworkshops.org
Contact: chandler@barefootworkshops.org
Tuition: $2,350.00 (includes tuition, housing and food)
Instructors: Chandler Griffin, Julie Winokur, Teddy Symes and Yoni Brook
Past Equipment Sponsors: Apple, Canon, Tekserve, B&H, Bogen, Gitzo, Kata, Tiffen, Sennheiser, Glyph, G-Tech, Litepanels, Anton Bauer, Lowel, D&M Professional
Barefoot Workshops is a New York City-based not-for-profit 501(c)3, founded by Chandler Griffin in 2004, that offers short, intensive workshops around the world in narrative and documentary filmmaking. We assist organizations and individuals to use media, music and the arts, to accelerate progress and program goals in areas such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, conflict resolution, resettlement, youth empowerment, civil rights, and democracy building. We have worked with partners as diverse as UNESCO, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, The U.S. State Department and The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), to pioneer new formats and “media templates” that reinforce citizen-led, community-owned solutions to these challenges.
The main goal of Barefoot Workshops is to equip students with the knowledge and confidence to use sophisticated equipment while having a foundation that allows a person to create beautiful images regardless of the tools. At Barefoot, growing and learning as a filmmaker means growing and learning as an individual
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11 Responses
Richard,
Okay you REALLY need to stop saying that you are not an expert because obviously you are.
I’m often tempted to ask what planet your parents came from before they deserted you here. Your wiring is so totally alien (a compliment, not a complaint).
16 is the magic number eh? And thumbnails? Wow you really are an expert.
More importantly, is that a podpress-embedded mov, and can it handle flvs?
Hilarious!
Great closer too.
I’m glad I stopped entering contests.
Mike, SWEET 16, is just a starting point, to get folks thinking about editing, which is quickly becoming the LOST art of multimedia. The main point is edit tight. And thumbnails, yeah, I think it’s good to give the user this options, judges seem to like that option in presentations.
Ryan it’s a straight ppodpress-embedded mov. And yes it can handle .flv
Why 16? Why put limitations on the number of photos for a slide show?
Audio slide shows and other multimedia productions are a new medium, why are we already rushing to put limits on what they can be? The content and power of the message should dictate volume or length. This new medium allows us to throw out old processes and tear down the barriers of print constraints.
A bad production is what it is, a bad production. Editing does need to be very concise, that is a fact. Just like most everything else though, rules are made to be broken.
It has been suggested several times on this site to open up your minds and be creative. Let’s not already put chains on the creative process by stating that productions should only be a certain number of minutes or a maximum number of photographs.
Or, I could be completely misled. I’m not looking to pick a fight. I just believe we have a grand opportunity to communicate messages in an entirely new form, in any way we feel tells that message powerfuly and completely.
Brilliant. My ringing ears kinda with that last point had come sooner though (guess that was the rub).
THE CAPS ARE USED TO DENOTE MY THOUGHTS, NOT MEANT AS YELLING OR PASSION————
Why 16? Why put limitations on the number of photos for a slide show?——IT WAS DONE TONGUE AND CHEEK TO FIT THE PICTURE. IT WAS JUST MEANT AS A GUIDLINE. THE MAIN POINT AS WITH ANY GOOD STORY, CINEMA, JOURNALISM, NOVELS, ETC, GREAT EDITING SKILLS ARE WHAT MAKE WONDERFUL STORIES STRONGER AND ACHIEVE THEIR INTENDED IMPACT. ONE OF THE MAJOR IMPRESSIONS THE JUDGES ARE HAVING IS THE MAJOR LACK OF EDITING IN ALMOST ALL PIECES. IN MY OPION THERE IS A MAJOR SENSE THAT WE AS VISUAL JOURNALISTS ARE VOMITING OUR ENTIRE AUDIO AND IMAGE TAKES INTO AUDIO SLIDE SHOWS AND CALLING THEM STORIES. THERE ARE A GOOD NUMBER OF VISUAL JOURNALISTS WHO ARE TELLING GREAT MULTIMEIDA PIECES WITH LOTS OF IMAGES AND LONG AUDIO, BUT THEY ARE EDITED WELL IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN—————-
Audio slide shows and other multimedia productions are a new medium, why are we already rushing to put limits on what they can be? The content and power of the message should dictate volume or length. This new medium allows us to throw out old processes and tear down the barriers of print constraints.——I AGREE– BUT I ALSO THINK THAT CONTESTS WILL NOT AND CANNOT CHANGE THEIR STANCE ON HAVING ‘SOME’ RESTRICTIONS FOR ENTRIES. PUT IT THIS WAY, WE ARE ALREADY HERE FOR ONE FULL WEEK JUDGING THIS CONTEST AND WE ARE BEHIND RIGHT NOW. THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES KEEPS GROWING EVERY YEAR. THERE HAVE TO BE RESTRICTIONS.
A bad production is what it is, a bad production. Editing does need to be very concise, that is a fact. Just like most everything else though, rules are made to be broken.—-AGREED——-
It has been suggested several times on this site to open up your minds and be creative. Lets not already put chains on the creative process by stating that productions should only be a certain number of minutes or a maximum number of photographs.——TRUE, I DON’T THINK THAT MAKING A POINT TO EDIT TIGHT CONTRADICTS
THAT FACT———
Or, I could be completely misled. Im not looking to pick a fight. I just believe we have a grand opportunity to communicate messages in an entirely new form, in any way we feel tells that message powerfuly and completely. —BRAVO GOOD POINT, NO FIGHTING ALLOWED HERE.
THANK YOU,
-R
>>IN MY OPION THERE IS A MAJOR SENSE THAT WE AS VISUAL JOURNALISTS ARE VOMITING OUR ENTIRE AUDIO AND IMAGE TAKES INTO AUDIO SLIDE SHOWS AND CALLING THEM STORIES.
Sorry Richard — my first post didn’t come through correctly. Let me try again:
–IN MY OPION THERE IS A MAJOR SENSE THAT WE AS VISUAL JOURNALISTS ARE VOMITING OUR ENTIRE AUDIO AND IMAGE TAKES INTO AUDIO SLIDE SHOWS AND CALLING THEM STORIES.–
Well said.
And thank you for posting this funny tutorial. Love it.