Ed Kashi & Julie Winokur – Making a Short Documentary

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Ed Kashi & Julie Winokur – Making a Short Documentary

• 35 Video lessons in HD
• 10h 41m of class content
• Exclusive bonus content

LESSONS

1. Class Introduction
2. How Did We Start Making Documentaries?
3. Universal Themes Through First-Person Storytelling
4. Use Visual Language To Tackle A Theme
5. Issue Driven & Non-English Story Development
6. Translate A Theme Into A Film **Warning: This Lesson Contains Scenes Of Graphic Violence**
7. Turn Failures Into Lessons
8. Finding Your Subjects
9. What Is Your Motivation?
10. Follow Your Passion & Invest In Yourself
11. Client Work Vs Legacy Work
12. Translate The Idea To Reality
13. Create Multiple Products From One Idea
14. Pre-Production Plan
15. You Just Have To Dive In
16. Time & Cost For Projects
17. Writing A Strong Pitch
18. Develop A Fundraising Trailer
19. Identify & Approach Partners
20. Define Your Desired Impact
21. Introduction To Working In The Field
22. Shoot: Interview Set Up
23. Shoot: The Interview
24. Different Types Of Interviews
25. Shoot: Capturing B-Roll
26. Shoot: Detail Shots
27. Shoot: Capturing A Scene
28. Shoot: A Set Up Shot
29. What Video To Keep In The Edit?
30. Identify Strongest Audio As Starting Point For Edit
31. Use Audio To Guide Narrative
32. Transform Raw Content Into Finished Piece
33. Building Scenes In Your Edit
34. Short Doc Created From Pre Shoot: Resonant
35. Final Thoughts

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Produce And Create Powerful Stories From Start To Finish

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Figure out what your story is and create a story arc or narrative.
• Perform extensive research and gather background information.
• Prepare for, conduct, and edit an interview.
• Use B-roll footage to round out your story.
• Master the post-production process and create a polished finished piece.
• Find partners and funders through pitching and trailers.

ABOUT ED AND JULIE’S CLASS:

Documentary film is an incredibly powerful way to tell a story, but it can also be a daunting project to undertake. How do you figure out your story, theme, and vision? What’s the best way to interact with your subject? What about all the technical aspects—from lighting to audio to editing? And of course, how will you get the funds to complete your film?

If all these uncertainties are causing you to rethink your idea of making documentaries, then this class is a must for you. Award winning documentarians and photojournalists Ed Kashi and Julie Winokur will give you all the information and inspiration you need to tackle your project and see it through to the finish.

In this class, you’ll learn how to:

• Identify a great subject and define your vision.
• Research your subject thoroughly and find other work that’s been done on it.
• Choose and gather the equipment you’ll need.
• Prepare for your interview, including formulating the right questions.
• Conduct an interview, including setting up your lights and capturing the audio.
• Create a post-production workflow.
• Write a compelling pitch and create a trailer to gain funding and support.
• Generate a variety of end products, including videos for social media and still photos.

Whether you’re looking to create shareable videos on social platforms or hoping to gather funding to produce a bigger project, this class will help you simplify the process and begin creating documentaries for clients or to fulfill your own artistic vision.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

• Photojournalists and photographers wanting to get into video to expand their capabilities and explore new ways of telling stories.
• Budding filmmakers who need the knowledge and inspiration to get started on their project.
• Those who want more technical information and skills on how to develop and produce video and film

ED KASHI

Ed Kashi is a photojournalist, filmmaker, speaker, and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. He has covered topics as diverse as the impact of the oil industry in Nigeria, the protestant community in Northern Ireland, the lives of Jewish settlers in the West Bank, conflicts between the Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq, the impact of early onset Alzheimer’s, climate change, the relationship between sugarcane and chronic kidney disease in Nicaragua and the plight of Syrian refugees. Kashi’s ability to enter the lives of his subjects in an intimate, trusted way and to share their stories with an intensely sympathetic eye are signatures of his work. A member of VII Photo Agency, Kashi has been recognized for his complex imagery and its compelling rendering of the human condition.

His early adoption of hybrid visual storytelling has produced a number of influential short films and most recently earned recognition by the POYi Awards as 2015’s Multimedia Photographer of the Year. Kashi’s full embrace of technology has led to creative social media projects for a range of outlets including National Geographic, Open Society Foundations, The New Yorker, MSNBC, GEO Germany, Fortune, Human Rights Watch, International Medical Corps, MediaStorm, NBC.com, New York Times Magazine,  Oxfam, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and TIME magazine. From implementing a unique approach to photography and filmmaking in his 2006 Iraqi Kurdistan Flipbook, to of the moment Instagram coverage of Hurricane Sandy for TIME magazine in 2012, Kashi continues to create compelling imagery and engage with the world in new ways.

A leading voice in the photojournalism world, Kashi frequently lectures on a wide range of topics for arts institutions, universities, schools and professional organizations. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide, receiving numerous awards and honors. Through his editorial assignments and personal projects Kashi has published eight books, including Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, THREE, and Photojournalisms.

In 2002, Kashi in partnership with his wife, writer + filmmaker Julie Winokur, founded Talking Eyes Media. The non-profit company has produced numerous award-winning short films, exhibits, books, and multimedia pieces that explore significant social issues. They are currently engaged in a 3-year storytelling project with Rutgers University in Newark focused on immigration.

JULIE WINOKUR

Julie Winokur, Executive Director of Talking Eyes Media, is a writer and documentary film producer whose work uses the power of visual media to catalyze positive social change. Her work has appeared on The New York Times, The Washington Post, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery and Time magazine. She works extensively with major nonprofits and foundations to produce powerful visual media on pressing social issues. Her latest projects include, Bring It to the Table, a film and interactive platform that examine the roots of people’s political beliefs and how we can bridge the partisan divide, and Newest Americans, a cross-media project produced in partnership with Rutgers University-Newark and VII Photo that examines immigration and identity. Newest Americans recently received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and has been featured in The New York Times, National Geographic and The Atlantic.

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