Università Roma Tre

LESSONS

I: Identify the subject of the story and the subtext. Choice of the point of view adopted to tell the story and practical exercises starting from the loglines presented by the students.

II: How to proceed in writing a screenplay-treatment for documentary cinema and exercises with viewing excerpts from a selection of documentary films.
The different methodologies to adopt to make a documentary film compared to subjects and history: the most analytical approach of study and in-depth knowledge of the character before the start of the shooting, and the most direct approach to discovering the character and the story together with the camera. Exercises starting from the stories identified by the participants.

III: On the basis of the adopted point of view and of the language used, choice of technical shooting equipment, sound and crew necessary for the realization of the documentary film.

IV: Shooting techniques: formats, lenses, and accessories. Practical exercises are foreseen starting from the loglines sent by the students.

V: Shooting: hand camera, tripod and steadycam. How, why and when to use them. Practical exercises are planned.

VI: Scenes, how to set up the shooting and why. Cuts and shots.

VII: Cinematographic sequences, how to approach them and which grammar to use. Expressive choices and aesthetic choices.

VIII: Sound, between shooting, editing and audio mix.

IX: Starting from the subjects proposed by the students, collective workshop on the authors' narrative, stylistic and technical project and analysis of the shots taken. Part I.

X: Starting from the subjects proposed by the students, collective workshop on the authors' narrative, stylistic and technical project and analysis of the shots taken. Part II.

XI: Assembly: what it is and how to deal with it. From the choice and the lineup of materials, to the actual rewriting and research of dramaturgy through images.

XII Post-production, music, titles and effects. The invisible importance of careful finalization.

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