The seven days intense multimedia storytelling foundation workshop propose to discover the new world of Digital Storytelling through the creation of your own short web-documentary.

The theory:

Introduction of Multimedia Storytelling and Web-Documentaries

Why tell stories in new formats?

How is it different from traditional media like reportage photography, radio and TV?

What is character driven storytelling?

What does it mean to build an arc of multiple outlets for the story?

The praxis:

Story preparation – Research. “What is a good story and how do you tell it?”

Audio – How to record high quality audio with different types of microphones.

Interview – How to approach subjects in order to end up with strongest and most personal stories

Video – All things tech. Understanding how cameras work and how to use them under different circumstances.

Story boarding – Plots and storylines. This is where the magic happens!

Editing – Workflows and editing. Final Cut Pro X or Premiere Pro.

SCHEDULE :

Day 1:

Introduction of multimedia storytelling and web documentary
The power of sound

Sound recording: equipment, problems, planing

Interview training for web documentaries

Day 2:

Photo-reportage vs. Documentary Film vs. Web Documentary

Theory of seeing and film

Filming with DSLR and mirrorless cameras, advantages and pains

Production planing

Story development for the participants projects in the group

Evening: participants begin filming their web documentaries

Day 3:

„In The Blink of an Eye“

Participants further define the story of their web documentary and present it to the group

Afternoon / Evening: shooting the web documentary

Day 4:

Continue shooting the web documentary

Organizing of material

Start of the editing

Storyline

Day 5:

Editing of participants projects

Raw Cut

Day 6:

Editing of participants projects

Raw and Fine Cut

Final Edit of participants projects

Day 7:

Sound-production

Color-grading

Export and show