June 2012
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Doc. Campus Masterschool | Sheffield | Day #4: ...
After a fantastic Turkish dinner with everyone from the campus, and some karaoke pub madness from some students from the campus, we woke the next day and launched into the murky world of budgeting for international co-production with Joel Wykeman.
This was an incredibly helpful session. Joel gave us all a template for a budget and talked us through the whole thing, line by line, and pointed...
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Doc. Campus Masterschool | Sheffield | Day #3:...
Last night, we all joined the Germans for their game against Portugal in the Euros so were a little slow at starting the pitching workshops with Sibylle Kurz this morning. Fortunately we were quickly reinvigorated with the task of pitching someone else’s project from within the group. We were paired with Houston, We Have A Problem, from our Slovenian class mates Ziga and Bostjan Virc.
We...
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Doc. Campus Masterschool | Sheffield | Day #2: ...
Today we learned the art of fundraising trailers from the Documentary Doctor, Fernanda Rossi.
The energy with which she delivered her lecture was infectious and with her son, Milo, as her willing assistant the day was enjoyable and incredibly productive.
She provided us with the practical tools to breaking down and rebuilding trailers, with the basics of the “Opening”,...
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Doc. Campus Masterschool | Sheffield | Day #1:...
Yesterday, the very lovely and incredibly busy Charlie Phillips, Director of the Meet Market at Sheffield Doc/Fest, gave an inspirational talk on the beauty and importance of Crowd Funding.
Quote of the day: “Yes, crowd-funding is very un-European but get over it and take pride in your work”.
Some of the Do’s and Don’ts…
DO crowd fund for specific things, e.g....
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Documentary Campus Round 2! Homework time...
Hello all!
So, tomorrow we’re off to the 2nd stint of the Documentary Campus Masterschool and we need help with our homework.
Can you think of any alternative titles to the film?
We’d love to hear your suggestions!
