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 workshop: 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 participants will also critique existing documentaries. By the end of the workshop, students will have the opportunity to 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 20. 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: UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA When: November 10 17, 2010 Cost: US$1599 Includes workshop fees, supplies & some equipment, housing, food, and lab user fees. Registration deadline is August 1, 2010. For further information and application materials, visit www.sciencefilm.org or contact Colin Bates (coli...@interchange.ubc.ca). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Colin Bates Bamfield Marine Science Centre & UBC Dept of Botany coli...@interchange.ubc.ca http://www.botany.ubc.ca/bates/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
