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JAMES DUFF’S 10 DAY DOCUMENTARY WORKSHOP
afilm presents James Duff’s 10 Day Documentary Production Workshop. James Duff (Director), A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, with an MFA in Directing, James is a Prague Film School Directing and former Stone Street Studios/ NYU Tisch drama Instructor. James’s extensive Los Angeles and New York theater directing experience compliments his considerable film and african documentary experience.
Do you know a fascinating character that would be the perfect subject for a documentary, but don’t know how to tell the story? Do you have passion for a particular issue, but don’t know how to turn it into an interesting documentary?
This workshop is designed for students to learn all aspects of documentary filmmaking, with a particular emphasis on storytelling and structure. How do you build your story dramatically and find a satisfying ending? How do you make your characters more empathetic and memorable in order to have the most impact?
The workshop runs for ten days, with a weekend for shooting in between. There will be daily lectures, demonstrations, exercises, critiques of student work, screenings, and individual meetings with the instructors to help the students develop their storytelling skills and visual style. The students will break into groups of three, and each group will produce a 10-minute documentary that will be screened publicly on the last day.
Pre-production: Each group will be responsible for coming up with their own idea for the story. Each group will develop a proposal, script and schedule interviews.
Production: Students will be taught interview techniques and different lighting styles to use in the field. They will learn how to shoot coverage to form scenes and sequences.
Post-production: Students will learn to make a paper edit before moving on to Final Cut Pro where they will edit their film, color correct, sound mix and add final titles.
