film, video & TV training | professional development
Documentary Filmmaking Introduction
| Discipline/s: | broadcast & post production | camera | production | sound | writing & directing |
| Level: | Beginners |
| Course Codes Date/s & times: |
WARRNAMBOOL: DOCFI1301W: Friday to Sunday 28th - 30th June (10am - 5pm) BALLARAT: DOCFI1301BA: Friday to Sunday 2nd - 4th August (10am - 5pm) BENDIGO: DOCFI1301BE: Monday - Wednesday 29th – 31st July (10am-5pm) SHEPPARTON: DOCFI1301SH: Thursday & Friday (5.30pm - 8.30pm) , Saturday and Sunday (10am-5pm) 11th – 14th July |
| Contact hours: | 18 |
| Places: | 10 |
| Fee: | $390 + GST Open Channel Members / $470 + GST (non-members) (Membership: $55 / $44 concession - join Open Channel here) |
| Prerequisites: | Computer literacy recommended. Students are encouraged to supply their own digital video camera (with microphone and headphone input and ability to attach a tripod base plate). Otherwise students will have shared access to Open Channel cameras. Please bring your own portable pen drive so you can save your project and take it home. |
Get the skills to make your own short documentary with this intensive practical course.
Designed for beginners, this course gives you a solid technical and creative foundation.
A look behind the scenes of Documentary
Filmmaking Introduction
at Open Channel.
Be guided by an experienced filmmaker to:
- Examine storytelling conventions
- Understand the process of concept development
- Understand legal and ethical issues
- Conduct interviews
- Use camera, lighting, sound and editing equipment
- Collaboratively shoot and edit a short documentary exercise
Please bring your own portable pen drive so you can save your project and take it home.
Who should do this course?
Beginners who want to establish skills and overall knowledge of the documentary process. A great course if you have a documentary idea and want to know how to tell it.
Where can I go after this course?
After completing this course, participants will have acquired the basic knowledge and skills required to start making a Documentary project.
Are you interested in being Accredited for this course?
Read about Accreditation Options on Short Courses
How do I Enrol?
Simply print an Enrolment Form and return to us with payment to secure a place in the Short Course. See the Enrolment Form for details on how to pay.
Short Courses Application Form (pdf)
If you wish to enrol in this course as part of a full Certificate III in Media / Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media, with up-front payment, click here.
Tutors
OLIVIA PENISTON-BIRD
As a Melbourne based filmmaker, Olivia has been directing short drama, documentary, TVCs and online films. Her film Goggles was a Tropfest finalist, and her short drama Stony Point screened at the 2012 Melbourne International Film Festival where she attended their selective Accelerator program. Prior to returning to Melbourne Olivia was a London based Assistant Director, working on films in the UK, Europe and Central America with leading UK directors including Jonathon Glazer (Sexy Beast) Roger Michell (Enduring Love) and Pawel Pawlikowski (My Summer of Love). Olivia has recently returned from the 2012 Australian International Documentary Festival where her film Calisthenics: A Love Story (in development) was featured in their MeetMarket program.
REBECCA MCLEAN
Rebecca has worked in the Film and Television Industry for over 25 years directing and producing short films, documentaries and countless hours of magazine television both as a director and producer. She has worked on some of ABC TV's most successful factual programs such as George Negus Tonight and The Einstein Factor; as well as Missing Persons Unit (Channel Nine) and Bread TV (Ten Network). She has also lived in Central Australia working for several Aboriginal Media Organisations such as PY Media, CAAMA and Warlpiri Media. She is now Producing and Directing behind the scenes documentaries about the film industry: last year she filmed on the set of Wog Boy 2 The Kings of Mykonos with Vince Colosimo and Nick Giannopoulos. She is currently filming on the set of Fred Schepisi's new film The Eye of the Storm starring Judy Davis and Geoffrey Rush and Charlotte Rampling.
