DOCUMENTARY
FILMMAKING
DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
for
Beginners
We are pleased to again offer our Documentary Filmmaking Course for Beginners. If you are interested please read about the course below, contact us by clicking on leave a message or enrol by clicking on the enrol button.
ABOUT OUR CLASSES
All of Castlemaine Media Schools courses are practical, hands on and step by step guides to enable you by the end of the course to go away and create by yourself. Our teachers also act as mentors, guiding and encouraging you in being creative and developing confidence in your abilities. You will learn from start to finish how to make a documentary yourself.
This course is for anyone wanting to start turning documentary ideas into reality.
COURSE STRUCTURE
This beginners course will run over 8 weeks.
8 classes x 2 hours each
In a LIVE online Zoom classroom
Cost $480
Time
Wednesday 20th Oct 2021
6.00 - 8.00pm
Class size - This will be limited to 6 people.
Location
Online Zoom classroom
Assignments
Each week students will practice some of the skills being taught. Starting with small film clips, leading up to interviews and editing.
What you'll need
A smartphone and a computer with iMovie or a basic PC editing program.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Each week of this course will build on the week before.
Over the first 1-4 classes we will cover
Documentary Genres
Learning from other documentaries
Establishing shots
Knowing your themes
Camera movements
Shot size
Which shots work well together
How to interview someone
Natural lighting
Lessons 5-7
Editing your footage
Adding Sound, Transitions, Titles
Lesson 8
Screening your documentaries
Final tips
Grants
Festivals
YOUR TEACHER
Luca Royle - School Founder, Photographer, Documentary Filmmaker
Luca received a degree in architecture from RMIT, followed by training in photography at The Melbourne School of Art & Photography and short courses in filmmaking at NYU, AFI Los Angeles and AFTRS in Australia.
She ran her own successful photography business in Hong Kong for many years as well as making independent documentary films.
She received the Hong Kong Short Film and Video Gold Award for Best Documentary.
(Photo courtesy - Eve Lamb @ Castlemaine Mail)
5 MIN
STUDENT DOCUMENTARY EXAMPLE
TESTIMONIALS
"I recently completed a documentary making course with Luca Royle of the Castlemaine Media School.
Having wanted for a long time to make documentaries but lacking the necessary skills, I turned up to the first class full of trepidation. Would I overcome my fear of this technology I was completely unfamiliar with?
With Luca's enthusiasm and her clear step by step approach, it didn't take long before I was filming, editing and really enjoying the process of making my own documentary.
Luca went beyond expectations. She was an extremely generous teacher, offering help beyond class times.
I would highly recommend this course to anyone harbouring a desire to make documentaries.
Thank you Luca. "
Christine McCue