Learn what it takes to create powerful video journalism - technically and editorially - from three multimedia journalists who have made 1,500 short films for the Guardian.
Online video has revolutionised the way traditional print organisations like the Guardian are approaching journalism; smartphones, editing software and new camera technology have made potential video journalists of us all; inky-fingered hacks are being told to pick up a camera; advertisers can't get enough of online video … Are you wondering how to survive and thrive in this new visual world?
This course aims to inspire, instruct and empower those who want to work in the exploding field of video journalism. We will look at how modern video journalism can both break with the conventions and constraints of traditional broadcast TV, and rise above the amateurism of home-shot footage. We will look at how to maximise the evidential power of video, taking you through the planning, shooting and editing process involved in making compelling short films.
The weekend will also be a chance to peer behind the curtain of the Guardian's multimedia department, and find out how stories get developed, commissioned and shot - and in some cases shot down. Part of the course will take place in our working studios, and will be delivered by three video journalists who have been at the Guardian since the launch of the multimedia department. It will also include a session from the multimedia news editor.
Course content
The course will cover:
• How good online video can be distinct from other forms
• Planning and execution of multimedia reporting
• How to survive in the field
• How to find stories, characters and scenes
• Filming with a cameraphone
• Kitless video producing and user-generated content
• Video interviews: approach and execution
• Non-news coverage - how can we show sport and culture in a different light?
• New forms of digital storytelling - interactives
• Editing - how to turn your raw footage into a powerful storytelling
• Sound - recording great sound in the field and how to use it
The course will be a mixture of theoretical and practical, but no previous experience of filming or editing is required. There is no need to bring any equipment, but you can bring your own kit or cameraphone if you have one, and will have a chance to use it and ask advice on it.
This course is for anyone who wants to work in video journalism in some capacity, and will appeal to; those with a broad range of experience, print journalists who want to learn video skills, journalism/media graduates who want to add inside knowledge, tips and experience, and those with broadcast experience who want to change the way they work to fit a multi-skilled online environment.
Tutor profiles
Cameron Robertson joined the Guardian's video department in August 2007 after 12 years as a print reporter and has since contributed video from the US, Russia and western Europe. He has also worked for WSJ.com and co-produced/filmed for BBC Newsnight. As a journalist, he has had articles published across most UK national daily newspapers, was a Daily Mirror staff reporter and also reported for the Manchester Evening News.
John Domokos joined the Guardian as a founder member of the video department in August 2007, having worked in magazines and as a TV news producer. He has since made over 400 films for the Guardian, and produced multi-platform reports from all over the country - and the world. Stories he has covered recently range from welfare reform, austerity Britain, and the UK riots to unrest in Egypt and world cup in South Africa. In 2012 he was shortlisted for editorial individual of the year by the Association of Online Publishers.
More tutors and speakers to be confirmed.
To book
Details
Dates: Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May 2013
Times: 10am-5pm
Location: The Guardian, 90 York Way, King's Cross, London N1 9GU
Price:£400 (includes VAT, booking fee, lunch and refreshments)
Maximum class size: 10 (except during keynote talks when 30)
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