NEW SWAMP DOCUMENTARY FILM WORKSHOP
A solid understanding of story structure is as necessary to your documentary as a strong script is to a fiction film. With hands-on exercises, this full-day workshop for producers, directors, writers and editors can give you the guidelines you need to find solutions that are true to your documentary style.
You will
learn story development techniques
learn story structure templates in an innovative and easy way
identify common pitfalls that waste your time and money during production and post, and how to avoid them.
analyze a film as practice for your own project
analyze works-in-progress from the audience
ABOUT FERNANDA ROSSI
Internationally renowned author, speaker and story consultant Fernanda Rossi has doctored over 300 documentaries, fiction scripts and fundraising trailers, among them the 2009 Academy Award® Nominated The Garden by Scott Hamilton Kennedy. Others include the 2007 Academy Award® Nominated Recycled Life by Leslie Iwerks and the theatrically-released Billy the Kid by Jennifer Venditti.
Ms. Rossi shares her knowledge and research of storytelling and the creative process in articles in trade publications, such as the monthly columns Ask the Doc Doctor published by SF360; Story Strategies, at The Independent and the case studies Documentary Clinic published by DER,the Documentary Educational Resources. She is also the author of the book Trailer Mechanics: A Guide to Making Your Documentary Fundraising Trailer.
For more information and to register, go to http://www.swamp.org/workshops.html.
Doctoring Your Docs: Story Structure for Documentary
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010
Location: Talento Bilingue de Houston (TBH Center)
Cost: $75 - General Public; $60 - SWAMP Members & Students
Instructor: Fernanda Rossi (aka "The Doc Doctor")
You will
learn story development techniques
learn story structure templates in an innovative and easy way
identify common pitfalls that waste your time and money during production and post, and how to avoid them.
analyze a film as practice for your own project
analyze works-in-progress from the audience
ABOUT FERNANDA ROSSI
Internationally renowned author, speaker and story consultant Fernanda Rossi has doctored over 300 documentaries, fiction scripts and fundraising trailers, among them the 2009 Academy Award® Nominated The Garden by Scott Hamilton Kennedy. Others include the 2007 Academy Award® Nominated Recycled Life by Leslie Iwerks and the theatrically-released Billy the Kid by Jennifer Venditti.
Ms. Rossi shares her knowledge and research of storytelling and the creative process in articles in trade publications, such as the monthly columns Ask the Doc Doctor published by SF360; Story Strategies, at The Independent and the case studies Documentary Clinic published by DER,the Documentary Educational Resources. She is also the author of the book Trailer Mechanics: A Guide to Making Your Documentary Fundraising Trailer.
For more information and to register, go to http://www.swamp.org/workshops.html.
Doctoring Your Docs: Story Structure for Documentary
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010
Location: Talento Bilingue de Houston (TBH Center)
Cost: $75 - General Public; $60 - SWAMP Members & Students
Instructor: Fernanda Rossi (aka "The Doc Doctor")
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