How Filmmakers Can Make Films That Change the World
Using the smartphone in your pocket, the basic elements of cinematic storytelling and your own ingenuity and passion, you can make micro-documentaries (micro docs) that reach millions of people. You might even change the world a little bit.
We’ll look at the burgeoning phenomenon of social media micro-docs, watch some of the most effective, and examine how they work. Then you’ll apply the essential elements of narrative and the basic vocabulary of cinema to a potential micro doc, learning how to find and capture a nonfiction story, and share it with the world.
We’ll look at the burgeoning phenomenon of social media micro-docs, watch some of the most effective, and examine how they work. Then you’ll apply the essential elements of narrative and the basic vocabulary of cinema to a potential micro doc, learning how to find and capture a nonfiction story, and share it with the world.
Presented byAndrea Swift has been helping launch the next generation of cinematic storytellers. Swift Chairs the Documentary Filmmaking Department at New York Film Academy and has taught for Columbia University, Fulbright, Metropolitan Museum and more.
A cinematic storyteller with more than 20 years producing, writing, directing and consulting on independent films and content for outlets including PBS, AMC and Nat Geo, Swift executive produced and directed the Emmy nominated series In the Life (PBS). Films have screened at Berlin International Film Festival (Best Short, Panorama), Seattle (Best Short), Toronto (Black Filmmaker Foundation Award), Raindance (“Best of Festival” selection), SXSW, United Nations Earth Summit. MFA Screenwriting/Directing, Columbia University. |
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New York Film AcademyNew York Film Academy students learn to make films by making films.
Hands-on, intensive Conservatory and MFA programs in Documentary Filmmaking pair rigorous instruction with close mentoring to support top students from around the world as they create their own documentary films. Short-term workshops and Teen Camp are equally hands-on. Graduates honors include Academy Award and Emmy Award nominations, Emmy Award and honors at Sundance, Berlin and Cannes among many festivals. NYFA holds a position on The Independent Magazine’s “10 Best Academic Programs for Documentary Filmmakers,” Hollywood Reporter's “Top American Film Schools” and Variety's “Stellar Film Schools.” |
