Emerging Digital Research Methods in Social Science and Documentary Filmmaking
7th July-21st July 2019
Stanford House (Stanford University), Oxford, UK
Accredited by the European Documentary Network (EDN)
An example day-by-day schedule of events (subject to change) is outlined below.
Workshop fees:
£1500 for the full workshop fee INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION
£1200 for the full workshop fee EXCLUDING ACCOMMODATION
£1200 for concession (student/unwaged participants) INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION
£900 for concession (student/unwaged participants) EXCLUDING ACCOMMODATION
***Workshop fee includes two weeks tuition by our experts, a two-course midday meal on business days (Monday through Friday of both weeks), tea and coffee at designated break times and single accommodation for fourteen nights at Stanford House.***
Please download the registration form here or email info@odfi.co.uk to express interest or ask for more information.
-Workshop Outline-
ARRIVE: Sunday, 7thJuly 2019
6pm: Meet and Greet: Distribute Course Pack, including information about daily lunches and evening meals.
DAY 1: Monday, 8th July 2019
Morning session (9.30am – 12pm)
9.30: Registration and Orientation with Coffee and Tea
Session 1: 10am-11am: Sensing-the-place: The workshop starts with a short introduction to get to know each other, followed by the Sensing-the-place exercise.
Session 2: 11am -12pm: What is Digital Storytelling? The Creative Idea? Example Pitches
Break (12pm – 1pm)
Afternoon section (1pm – 5pm): From Script to Screen- The Process of Filmmaking for Broadcast and Independent Filmmakers
Session 3: 1pm-3pm A story in a shot.
Session 4: 3pm-4pm Filmming Out and About
Plenary: 4pm-5pm: Together with all the participants, we will evaluate each other’s’ results and draw lessons from our own experience and that of the others.
DAY 2: Tuesday, 9th July 2019
Morning section (10am – 12pm)
Session 1: 10am-11am: Your audio equipment Learn the importance and basic technique of good audio recording. Again, you will go out (with a fellow participant or a tutor) to practice recording some footage and a short interview, paying specific attention to audio.
Session 2: 11am-12pm: Pre Production and Production. Do It Exercises.
Break (12pm – 1pm)
Afternoon section (1pm – 5pm)
Session 3: 1pm-3pm: Your mini-project Together with a fellow participant, you will decide on a short project to be filmed. Discuss the idea first, then do a paper edit planning, and go and shoot it.
Session 4: 3pm-4pm: Shooting for the edit: Presentation and discussion the different elements necessary to build a (factual) film: interview, B-roll, animations, stills, sound effects, music, with short examples of how these different elements fit together into the whole. There is a strong emphasis on shooting for the edit.
Plenary: 4pm-5pm: Together with all the participants, we will evaluate each others results and draw lessons from our own experience and that of the others.
DAY 3: Wednesday, 10th July 2019
Morning section (10am – 12pm)
Session 1: 10am-11am: Masterclass: Interview Technique: You will learn good interview setups in terms of framing, lighting, audio and interview technique. You will practice on each other.
Session 2: 11am-12pm: Audio for an Interview
Break (12pm – 1pm)
Afternoon section (1pm – 5pm)
Session 3: 1pm-3pm: Masterclass: Adding Lights and Sound
Session 4: 3pm-4pm: Hands-on Practice of Interview Techniques
Plenary: 4pm-5pm: Together with all the participants, we will evaluate each other’s results and draw lessons from our own experience and that of the others.
DAY 4: Thursday, 11th July 2019
Morning section (10am – 12pm)
Session 1: 10am-11am: Film Briefs given out to participants to shoot on location in Oxford
Session 2: 11am-12pm: Filming as a Team in Oxford
Break (12pm – 1pm)
Afternoon section (1pm – 5pm)
Session 3: 1pm-3.30pm: Watching the and logging the rushes
Session 4: 3.30-5pm: Editing Concepts Class
DAY 5: Friday, 12th July 2019
Morning section (10am – 12pm)
Session 1: 9.30 am-11am: IP and Ownership: What are you selling and do you own it? Is this saleable and do you have audience? Credibility and professional social profile:
Session 2: 11am-12pm: Marketing, Branding & Vision. Discussion
LUNCH (12pm – 1pm)
Afternoon section (1pm – 5pm)
Session 3: 1pm-3pm: Sources of Finance:
Session 4: 3pm-4pm: Finance and Deal Structures:
session 5; 4pm-5pm: Case studies and examples of Finance Deals
5pm Plenary and Discussion
DAY 6: Saturday, 13th July 2019: Free Day
DAY 7: Sunday, 14th July 2019: Free Day
DAY 8: Monday, 15th July 2019: Morning section (10am – 12pm)
Session 1: 10am-12pm: The Commercial Photograph Archive
Guest Speaker: Alexander Goldberg from the World History Archive
Introduction to working with a commercial photograph archive, copyright issues and their dissemination. https://worldhistoryarchive.co.uk/
Break (12pm – 1pm)
Afternoon section (1pm – 5pm)
Session 2: 1pm-3pm: Hands-on session working with a photograph archive.
Session 3: 3pm-4pm: Breakout sessions
Plenary: 4pm-5pm: Analysis and Synthesis of the day.
[Editing Lab for documentary Film]
DAY 9: Tuesday, 16th July 2019: Morning section (10am – 12pm)
Session 1: 10am-12pm: Digital Technologies in the Museum
Break (12pm – 1pm)
Afternoon section (1pm – 5pm)
Session 2: 1pm-3pm: Hands-on
Session 3: 3pm-4pm: Breakout Sessions: How can we improve our own research practice through the use of new digital technologies?
Plenary: 4pm-5pm: We will discuss the pros and cons of using new technologies in the classroom, museum and in fieldwork and in publication.
[Editing Lab for documentary Film]
DAY 10: Wednesday, 17th July 2019: Morning section (10am – 12pm)
Session 1: 10am-12pm: Guest Speaker Dr. Fridolin Wild Oxford Brookes Augmented Reality Lab. Demonstration of AR and VR technologies
Break (12pm – 1pm)
Afternoon section (1pm – 5pm)
Session 2: 1pm-3pm: Hands-on session: You will have a hands-on session with specialists using AR and VR glasses.
Session 3: 3pm-4pm: Breakout session: Discussing experiences and reflection on this type of technology for research practice and exhibition.
Plenary: 4pm-5pm: Assessment of the day’s experience and evolving practices.
[Editing Lab for documentary Film]
DAY 11: Thursday, 18th July 2019: Morning section (10am – 12pm)
Session 1: 10am-11am: Public Health Film Society (PHFS) Presents Research and Films
Session 2: 11am-12pm: PHFS Presents Filmmaking for Public Health in India
Break (12am – 13pm)
Afternoon section (13pm – 5pm)
Session 3: 1pm-3.30pm: Public Health Film Screenings and Discussions
Session 4: 3.30-5pm: Together with all the participants, we will evaluate each other’s results and draw lessons from our own experience and that of the others.
[Editing Lab for documentary Film]
DAY 12: Friday, 19th July 2019: Morning section (10am– 12pm)
Session 1: 10am-12am: Finishing the Participants’ Film and Exporting
Break (12pm – 1pm)
Afternoon section (1pm – 5pm)
Session 2: 1pm-3pm: Mental Health Issues: Discussion of mental health issues around digital lives, including the investigation of emotional and information capacities of users of technology.
Session 3: 3pm-4pm: Breakout session: How might we develop rationales for research using digital technologies? What are the gold standards?
Final session: 4pm-5pm: Summary of workshop, bringing together what we have learned from each other and questions that we seek to explore further.
END OF WORKSHOP
8pm: Drinks Social/Networking event
DAY 13: Saturday, 20thJuly 2019: 10am -1pm Screenings and Informal Discussions on Personal Projects
DAY 14: SUNDAY, 21STJULY 2019:
The Big Breakfast Farewell!
Final discussions one-to-one on request
Leave accommodation by 3pm.
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