Documentary Distance Learning Module 1

PLEASE NOTE: This entire course can be completed with just an internet connected device (i.e. computer or smartphone), and a pen & paper. No other equipment is required! That's all you need!

As part of ADMA's continuing effort to open up E-Learning to all Rwandans, we are now sharing our Documentary Pre-Production course to the public.

You can check out the first documentary modules here below.

Upon completion of the first set of modules participants will have developed a proposal for their documentary idea.

These tutorials and assignments are all dedicated to PRE-PRODUCTION (developing an idea, expanding on it) and therefore NO GEAR IS REQUIRED to participate.

This entire PRE-PRODUCTION portion can be completed with just an internet connection on a smartphone (or computer) and a pen and paper. That's all you need!

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Module 1 Instructions

Watch the following short form documentaries:

Portrait of Ridwaan Fridie. A film projectionist in the Labia theatre in Cape Town, South Africa for the past 24 years but with big changes on the horizon where does that leave Ridwaan? Blog post about the shoot on my website:http://philipbloom.net/2012/10/16/capetown/ Shot on the Canon 1DX in available light using the Canon 50mm F1.2, 100mm L Macro, Rokinon Cine 24mm T1.4. Rokinon Cine 14mm T3.1. Canon 70-200 F4 Audio Roland R26 with Sanken Cos 11

In March 2013 I took a trip to Uganda and Tanzania with two of my siblings to visit my sister who was volunteering at the time for Jenga, a community development organisation in Mbale, Uganda. This is a glimpse of our time there.. **AWARDED BEST NON-NARRATIVE & BEST EDITING at the South Australian Screen Awards 2014** / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Shot/directed/cut by Benjamin Dowie Music written and produced by Oliver Dowie feat. vocals from the En-Kata Choir, Tanzania • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shot on 5D Mk3 Cut & graded with Final Cut 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Thank you to Peter and the guys at KCM, Pastor Willy and family in Mbarara, Tash & the Pamoja crew, the amazing Maasai people, and Robby & co at Jenga. En-Kata Choir http://www.en-kata.com/ Oliver Dowie https://soundcloud.com/oliver_dowie ▲ http://www.facebook.com/BeanpoleProductions http://beanpole.com.au/ ©2013 BEANPOLE PRODUCTIONS

"History of the Internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The history is told using the PICOL icons on www.picol.org. You can already download a pre-release of all picol icons on http://blog.picol.org/downloads/icons/ You can see the credits and additional information on this movie on http://www.lonja.de/the-history-of-the-internet/

Director/DP for a series of sports for USAA at their headquarters in Texas.

Client: DTE Energy Producer/Director: Brandon Bloch Shooters: Fernando Ortega, Brandon Bloch Editor: Brandon Bray Shot on location in Superior, Wisconsin

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For the Module 1 Assignment, choose any 3 of the above videos.

For each video, write a summary of the video

(You will be writing 3 summaries total).

Each summary should be no less than 50 words and no more than 100 words.

Include:

What was the story about?

How do you feel at each scene? 

Positive - happy, excited, engaged / Negative- sorrow, frustration, sadness. 

What type of shots were chosen? 

What did you learn?

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