Workshop Announcement: Introduction to Scientific Filmmaking
Overview: This 7-day immersion workshop will teach participants to
communicate scientific findings, natural history information, or
conservation messages by creating compelling, professional-quality
videos. Topics will include story selection, planning, writing, camera
technique, voiceovers, technical aspects of video and audio
production, basic video and audio editing, project output, and
distribution. These technical elements will underpin the main focus of
the worrkshop: effective storytelling through video. The "hands-on"
approach will be emphasized, and participants will put concepts
introduced in lecture into daily practice. Opportunities will exist
for shooting in the field and studio, and AAUS certified divers may
have opportunities to try underwater videography. Collaborative
opportunities may arise between participants and researchers working
at Friday Harbor Laboratories. Participants will also critique
existing documentaries, and by the end of the workshop, students will
produce a short film on a topic of their choosing.
Target audience: This workshop is intended for academic scientists at
any level (undergraduate, graduate, postdoc, faculty, or emeritus) as
well as professional biologists (government, NGO, industry, etc.).
Interested individuals from the general public will also be
considered. No prior film making experience is required. The workshop
will run with a minimum of 10 participants, and a maximum of 16.
Instuctors: Jeff Morales (National Geographic Film & Television, &
VONIGO Films) and Dr. Colin Bates (Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre &
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia).
Where: Friday Harbor Marine Labs (http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/)
When: November 16 – 22, 2009
Cost: US$1100 Includes workshop fees, supplies & equipment, housing,
food, and lab user fees. Registration deadline is Sunday, November 1st .
For further information and application materials, contact Colin Bates
([email protected]) or visit www.coastalimageworks.com/filmschool/
