Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking

€135,00 – €155,00

Cost: 155€ (135€ for students, low-income, and over-65).
Max number of participants: 5.
Level: No previous experience is required.
Requirements: No professional camera is required (mobile phones are welcome).
Coming up with an idea for your documentary movie is recommended.
Payment methods: PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/LindaPaganelli
Other payment methods are possible under request.
Language: Conducted in English.
Dates: 

Sat. Date 01.02.2025  – 14:00 – 16:00

Sun. Date 02.02.2025 – 14:00 – 16:00

Sat. Date 15.02.2025 – 14:00 – 16:00

The screening date is to be decided by the group

Location:
Online 
Contact:
paganelli.linda@gmail.com

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Are you passionate about documentaries? Would you like to create your own? Do you have a story to tell but don’t know how? This workshop is designed for you to make a contemporary, cinematic, engaging documentary from start to finish!

You should come to the workshop with a potential idea for a documentary that could be achieved within one week, but if you have trouble with this, don’t worry; we will find out how to get there together.

 

Schedule

Day 1
Saturday, Date 01.02.2025 – 14:00 – 16:00
  • Documentary story structure: Brief discussion about your ideas.
  • Analysing the primary documentary styles and storytelling: we will watch examples of different documentary styles to understand how the same reality can be represented differently and which style resonates with you.
Day 2
SUNDAY, Date 02.02.2025 – 14:00 – 16:00
  • Camerawork/Recording sounds: Brief info about pre-production, production, and post-production.
  • Basics of shooting (shot sizes and composition).
  • Theory and practice of recording the best sound possible in every condition.
  • Importance of usable footage and b-roll.
  • Interviewing: Secrets and tips about interview techniques.
Day 3
Saturday, Date 15.02.2025 – 14:00 – 16:00
  • Introduction to editing: Learn basic editing techniques (settings and essential tools, cutting, transitions, sound, texts & titles, exporting).
  • Use of music and sound effects.
  • Editing your film.
Day 4
Screening (to be decided)
  • Screening of your films: continue learning by discussing the difficulties and celebrating the achievements of the filmmaking process.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the workshop, feel free to email paganelli.linda@gmail.com.

 

 
 

About the Workshop MENTOR

Linda Paganelli is an artist, anthropologist, and filmmaker who weaves together decolonial and queer*feminist perspectives with sensory, visual storytelling. With a background in Visual Anthropology, her work creates immersive, self-reflexive experiences that challenge conventional understandings of reality. Over the past thirteen years, she has worked with universities, museums, and galleries, crafting narratives around migration, belonging, memory culture, and the more-than-human world. Her projects have taken her from the complexities of conflict zones in Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine, and the Western Balkans to diverse communities across Europe. Through ethnographic filmmaking, Linda transcends academic boundaries, inviting a broader audience into these layered, intimate explorations.

Her website is: https://lindapaganelli.com/

She has taught at the University of St. Andrews, Viadrina University, Viadrina Center B/ORDER IN MOTION, filmArche e.V, the Visual Haus Cinema School, University of Amsterdam. Together with Alex DePew and Klaus Salminen, she runs the Berlin Film Community.