Film Making - This is Our Home

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Overview

Whether history, political, personal or artistic, film is a way to share all kinds of different stories about the areas that we live in. According to Turner “the skies over Thanet are the loveliest in all Europe” And of course according to Madonna “Whenever I go there, I feel like I’ve entered a dream…so many
cool, creative, interesting people… What is Ramsgate/Margate/Broadstairs and beyond according to you? How would you express that in a short film? This course offers a focus to explore filming, and tell a story of this place that we have all chosen to call home.

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Who can join this course - anyone who is interested in telling a story. No qualifications
required. Ideally with access to a smart phone

Course Description:
We will create short films (2–5 minutes) using photos, video clips, and voiceovers.
Throughout the course we will discuss the language of film and television - camera angles,
shot sizes, colour, sound, music - and how these can be utilised to tell stories, whether it be
for cinema or for social media. We will also explore narrative structure and how we can lead
a viewer on a journey with film.
Students are encouraged to do some planning and possibly filming at home.
The genre and content of the films will be up to students, and can be devised through
discussion, experimentation and the joy of unexpected results.
In each session we will share examples from our own work, and if desired the final session
can include a screening to friends and family.

Level: Beginner - Intermediate
 Duration: 8 sessions (2 hours each)
 Equipment: Smartphone, headphones, optional tripod
 Software - simple editing software used either on phones or on laptops if preferred

Learning Objectives:
By the end, learners will:
 Tell a simple personal story using images and sound
 Understand visual storytelling and the use of sound and music
 Write and record a voiceover
 Edit a short film using accessible software (or on paper)
 Share their work with confidence - the final session is a screening with invited family
and friends

Tutor Information:
Bex Kamara is an artist working in film, photography and installation. She has
directed short and feature documentary films, worked as a visiting tutor at the
National Film and Television School, and created films for UN Agencies and iNGOs.
She is currently working on a longitudinal film, photography, and writing project that
can be seen at -www.theworldthatwastheislandthatwasthe.world