DIY VideoMaking LAB

24 hours / Intensive Workshop

held by @lbert figurt

Goal

Think with the eyes, write with the camera: a deep and thoughtful investigation of the language of moving images. From a simple visual idea to a finished short film; in the era of expanded digital cinema, including videophones and youtube-like grass-root autoproductions (with a growing/global online audience), a mix of theory and practice to reflect on the future of do-it-yourself moviemaking

Schedule

1st weekend

• friday evening : introductory session (3 hrs)
we meet, get to know each other, speak about previous personal experiences in the field of audiovisual art; I’ll provide you with a few hints at the history & grammar of cinema and give you a detailed description of the upcoming full immersion
• saturday: ideas in motion (6 hrs)
I will briefly illustrate possible approaches to brainstorming / screenwriting / storyboard, then we will start to develop one or more original projects (you can choose between fiction, documentary and videoart); accurate planning & production logistics will follow
• sunday: shooting session (6 hrs)
“aaaaand… action!”
2nd weekend
• saturday: editing session (6 hrs)
time to evaluate the footage, assemble a work-in-progress flow of the best material, discuss it, play around with it, discuss it again, obtain a final cut
• sunday: screening & closing session (3 hrs)
let’s watch & analyze the movie[s] together (feel free to invite friends); in a relaxed, discoursive setting we will exchange impressions, suggestions and remarks about our quick-and-dirty videodyssey

materials

videocamera + editing workstation will be provided by me
you can take your own camera / videodevice, as well as a laptop or a sketchbook to take some notes and elaborate ideas (both narrative and graphical) before and after the shooting

price: 180 $
max 12 participants