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Doc Diploma



When:

21 June - 16 July 2010
Five days a week

Where: DFG, London

DFG's one month intensive Diploma in documentary filmmaking will give you the technical and practical skills you need to enter the industry and become a broadcast documentary filmmaker. By the end of the course you will be a confident self-shooter. You will have directed and edited two short films and be able to write, research and pitch your ideas - plus much more!

DFG are partners in the Goldsmiths Media Academy - part of the Skillset Media Academy Network.
Limited places are available for this course. Early booking recommended.

Valeria Coizza - Diploma Participant: Valeria used to work as a documentary producer in Italy before attending the one-month course at DFG. "My tutors were brilliant, thanks to them I rediscovered my passion for documentaries, the poetry of reality - I had great support from the whole of DFG and after less than 6 months I had my first Three Minute Wonder commissioned by Channel 4!"

Valeria Coizza, 2007 Diploma Graduate and Director of the recently broadcast Women Only, part of the Britain ReCut Series (Channel 4). Valeria decided to move to London following the course and now works as director, camera-person and editor.

The aims of the course:

This highly intensive Diploma is designed for people who may not be able to afford to take a year off to study at Film School, and who want to gain the technical and practical skills you need to start working as a broadcast documentary filmmaker - fast.

This will be achieved through seminars, hands-on training, and through the production of a short documentary by every participant.

The course basics:

•    4 weeks, five days a week with some
      occasional weekend work
•    Hours:10AM - 6PM basic with screenings and
      occasional individual work on some evenings  
      and weekends
•    Tutored by award-winning broadcast
      filmmakers
 
The course will cover:

•    Camera skills, using industry-standard HDV
      equipment. Students will gain competence in
      the use of camera and sound recording
      equipment
•    Editing – Familiarisation and basic competence
      in non-linear editing,using Final Cut Pro.
•    Story structure in documentary and the
      grammar of editing
•    Production management, clearing copyright,
      budgeting, scheduling, legal issues etc. The
      aim is to give students an awareness of basic
      production management skills involved in
      larger scale productions.
•    Researching, writing a proposal and pitching
     with practical exercises
•    Each student will undertake several shooting
      exercises and direct and edit their own short
      documentary film.
•    Sources of funding in the UK and Europe
•    Making films for online television and
      multi-platform delivery
•    Screenings of seminal and innovative
     documentaries will be set in their  historical
     context and used as a springboard for
     discussion about theory and ethics
•    The course is mapped to Skillset standards and
      is run in partnership with Goldsmiths University
      of London. Participants will receive a DFG
      certificate on completing the course.

Schedule

WEEK 1:
Overview of documentary film past and present
Screenings of innovative documentaries (evenings)
Hands-on - HDV camera operation and sound recording
Hands-on - Editing on Final Cut Pro
Finding a good film idea
Short exercise: shooting and editing
Research techniques and researching own film

WEEK 2:
Story structure
Interviewing techniques
Proposal writing
Health & Safety
Advanced Camera / Lighting techniques
Advanced Sound Recording
Pitching
Short exercise: shoot 1 – 2 min film

WEEK 3
Production management – budgets, scheduling, copyright issues etc.
Fundraising
Grammar of editing
2 days shooting of own five minute film

WEEK 4
Editing and completion of own film
Business Skills in the factual world
Distribution / Marketing
How to Get Ahead in Documentary- networking, career planning.
Screening of completed films and party

Dates:
21 June - 16 July 2010
Five days a week

Fees:
Freelance rate: £2950 + VAT  = £3,466.25
Corporate rate: £5200 + VAT  = £6,110.00


Please download terms and conditions below and read carefully before applying for the workshop.

To apply for the workshop please download an application form below or email training@dfgdocs.com

Download: Diploma Terms and Conditions Diploma Terms and Conditions

Download: Diploma Application Form Diploma Application Form

To apply we need to receive an electronic version of your completed form emailed to training[at]dfgdocs[dot]com
as well as a hard copy signed and posted to:
Amber Dobinson
DFG
Fourth Floor, Shacklewell Studios
28 Shacklewell Lane
London
E8 2EZ
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