Dear All, Welcome to your whistle stop tour of filmmaking!

This is an outline of the reading week course although it may change slightly if I get inspired something I think is important. As you will see we are fitting a lot into a few days and it is worth noting that editing always takes longer than you think! To speed things along a bit I would appreciate it if everyone would think a bit about a film project that they would like to make, something that can be filmed in a day. Dont worry it is not fully formed the course will help you plan and structure it and it will inevitably change in the process. The course will focus on nonfiction filmmaking but there is space to make fiction if people wish to do so. I look forward to meeting you, Best wishes, Rosemary

Intensive Film- Making Course | 5th-9th November 2012 | 10.30-6pm SOAS Media Lab (L55)

Monday 5th November 10.30am Introduction of practical and theoretical considerations behind the course. Opportunity for students to talk about film projects they may have in mind. 11.30am Camera Skills on the Canon Hv20. This session will cover basic camera skills as well as looking at aperture, shutter speed, depths of field, white balance, focus and exposure. LUNCH 2pm- Composition and Framing. Covers the formal compositional elements of film and photography, including lines of three, vanishing points, perspective, points of interest, framing, camera angles and different shot types.

3pm- Editing in camera introduction and exercise. Considering the

previous session on composition and framing, this session will look at constructing basic film sequences in camera without any postproduction. The sequence is one of the most fundamental elements of film making and requires a lot of attention to detail.

a) Exercise. To shoot a Process film. This film will be about documenting a process, be it someone walking to a destination or any process that occurs over a period of time. However it has to have its own chronological narrative. The editing of this film will be done in camera and there will be no post-production. Neither will it rely on vocal narrative to tell the story. This means that the choice of shot and the how each shot is positioned has to be carefully considered before filming so that the narrative seems continuous. In this exercise students will have to think about continuity and issue of time in this exercise. Each film should be no longer than 2-3mintues. FINISH

Tuesday 6TH November 10.30am Watch films from the previous days exercise, discuss which elements have been successful and which have not. 11.30am- Framing Interviews and Crossing the Line. This session will cover different interview setups and constructions, including 180 Degree rule, filming a two person interview with only one camera, how different filmmakers such as Jean Rouch and Errol Morris have used interviews as central to a film structure. Also use of a microphone will be covered. LUNCH 2pm- After Lunch Exercise- Interviewing the General Public. 3pm Scripting, Narrative and other Non-Fiction Forms. This session will look different types if narrative and non-narrative structures in film and will help you translate your ideas into film form. We will cover conventional narratives for documentary and fiction, essay films and the relation between image and text. It will also cover storyboarding and shooting plans 4.30pm- 6pm. Storyboarding for film. FINISH

Wednesday 7th November Filming all day

Thursday 8th November. Editing.

10.30pm- Editing Theory and Principles. Editing is not just cutting and pasting is a carefully developed craft in which has a lot of political and philosophical ideas behind it. We will look at Hollywood continuity editing and Soviet Montage editing in relation to this. 11.30pm Training on Adobe Premier Editing Software. LUNCH 1pm 6pm carry on training, then start digitising and constructing an editing log and timeline for your film projects.

Friday 9th November. More Editing. 10.30pm- 4.30pm More editing and finalising your projects. 4.30pm- Digital compression and exporting your projects. 5pm- Screening of finished projects.

For the editing sessions students are asked to bring a hard drive or large USB stick in order to save their projects at the end of the course.