1 Minute Documentary Workshop at twofour54 Academy
Course: Introduction to Documentary Production
Venue: twofour54 Academy
Dates: 7th -11th March,
14th -18th March
This workshop was introduced by the ADA director and Chief Child Protection UNICEF Gulf Area Officer Lara Hussain and Regional Media and Communication Specialist UNICEF Middle East and North Africa region Charbel Ragy.
During the five days of the “1 Minute Documentary” Workshop at twofour54 tadreeb academy there were some theory and practical exercises facilitated by Helen Scott, a documentary filmmaker and a media consultant at Thomson Foundation.
 The theory exercises involved how to plan shoots, develop research skills, explore different visual techniques and develop documentary ideas. The practical exercises involved, Interviewing, directing the camera on location and shooting scripts. They also shot three movies during the course, one outdoor and two indoors, and they had the opportunity to edit their movies by using Final Cut Pro and iMovie.
The workshop allowed all the attendees to direct their own movies on the child. The resultant movies are now part of the “1 Minute Doc” category competition at the Anasy Documentary Awards. At the end of the workshop each attendant provided feedback and proposed implantation of extensive courses on editing, requested for more sessions on photography and asked for extension to the workshop time period.
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The Course Outline was as follows:
 What is documentary and what does it do?
Developing documentary ideas
Planning shoots
Introduction to budgeting
Developing research skills
Exploring different visual techniques
Directing the camera on location
Interviewing
Shooting Scripts and Scripting
Short Bio of Trainer
Helen Scott was the instructor for the “Introduction to Documentary Production” course scheduled for 7th and 14th, 14th -18th March 2010. She has just been involved in a project which encourages the youth to make 90 second films so she was the ideal person to help prepare the candidates for the “1 Minute Documentary”.
Helen trained as a print journalist and worked for the Daily Mail, one of Britain's biggest selling national newspapers. She moved into television, initially working as a news journalist, then moving into current affairs and documentaries. She worked as a producer/director at Yorkshire Television and made dozens of films. One of them, 'Women Who Kill' was nominated for a 'Grierson Award', and helped change the way the authorities dealt with domestic violence. She ended up as Controller of Factual Programs at Yorkshire Television, with a staff of 40, making programs for all the major broadcasters. Now a freelance, Helen combines program making with consultancy and training. She has worked for the Thomson Foundation for 20 years, training all over the world. Most recently she has been involved in delivering the Inquirer Award training in the Middle East, and has worked in Pakistan and Nigeria. She is also deputy chair of Docfest, the Sheffield International Documentary Festival.
1 Minute Doc Jury
Eric Macinnes |
Salma Al Darmaki |
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Eric MacInnes is The Thomson Foundation Faculty Head at twofour54 tadreeb in Abu Dhabi. The Thomson Foundation is one of the world’s foremost media training organizations and is partnered with the government of the UAE to help build a media industry for the Middle East.
For over two decades Eric worked in television as a news broadcaster. A former network correspondent for Independent Television News and award-winning journalist and documentary maker for ITV in the UK he reported from across the globe including Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Japan, South America and the USA.
Eric spent many weeks in Afghanistan and Iraq as a war correspondent He covered both the Asian Tsunami and the Pakistan Earthquake. He also made an award-winning half hour film called ‘Marathon Man.’
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