Amid the speedy technological development and the digital boom affecting all aspects of our life, a new type of audio-visual journalism emerged opening the door to recreational publishing, blogging and photography. As a result, people could now convey their digital journalistic production to wide audiences. When an event takes place, nothing is faster than a smart mobile phone to record the moment in sound and picture and communicate it immediately to an audience which is permanently hungry for breaking news. In this course, participants will be taught how to make a professional documentary using the technologies available in their mobile phones
Objectives
At the end of the course, participants should:
Get familiarized with the aesthetics of the mobile phone made film
Become familiarized with and get trained on the best way to use mobile phones in filming, recording sounds and editing
Know the potentials of mobile filmmaking and its shortcomings
Become familiar with the ethical issues governing the production of short documentaries using mobile phones
Acquire the ability to shoot, edit and broadcast a short documentary using a mobile phone
Level Expectations
Introduction to the documentary concept and theory
The documentary first steps
Documentary theories
Documentary schools
Mobile phone documentary storytelling (part 1)
An overview of the latest mobile phones made documentaries
Specificity and aesthetics of mobile phones filming
Exploring the potentialities and constraints of mobile phones filmmaking
Types of stories which could be told through mobile phones
Exploring the available technical possibilities
Picture recording (ENG/EFP zoom lenses)
Special tripods
Sound recording microphones
Underwater shooting
Available editing apps
How to delay battery drainage
Content processing skills:
Using mobile phones for video recording: handling the mobile phone and getting a steady frame
Playing videos on mobile phones: settings
Fundamentals of the picture framing, its movements and types
How to compress a ready sequence and broadcast it right away
How to conduct an interview with a good sound
How to make a simple and good editing
Editing exporting and publishing in a proper format
