Film-making for Fieldwork: Introduction to Documentary Film-making - A new short course collaboration between The University of Manchester and Futureworks.

Granada Centre and Futureworks join forces for Documentary Short Course

Futureworks and The Granada Centre at The University of Manchester are joining forces for the 2012 edition of their very successful short course Film-making for Fieldwork - a practical short course for ethnographic researchers and aspiring documentary film-makers.  

For over 20 years, The Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology has been widely recognised as the world’s leading centre for Visual Anthropology. Its graduates have produced more than 300 ethnographic films seen around the world and it is now at the forefront of the emergent dialogue between art and anthropology, including sensory ethnography, experimental and practice-based methods, sound and performance, photographic and digital media, and art/museum installations.

The course will take place from 17 to 29 June 2012 with camera and production training taking place at the campus of the University of Manchester.  All post-production elements of the course will use Futureworks' professional training and editing facilites. 

The emphasis of the course will be on film-making processes rather than on product.  No prior expertise will be assumed and participants will be instructed in the basic techniques of filming, sound-recording and editing.  Over the duration of the course participants will work in teams of two to make 3 short documentary films.

Below is a selection of comments regarding the course from previous as well as currently registered participants.

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"I am very much looking forward to attending this intensive introduction to ethnographic film-making. I see it as a pathway into a new world of ethnographic representation". 

Paul Stoller, Professor of Anthropology, West Chester University, author of The Taste of Ethnographic Things; The Cinematic Griot: The Ethnography of Jean Rouch; The Power of the Between etc. and registered participant in Film-making for Fieldwork, 2012.

"Such a course is a must for social researchers."

 Nivedita Ghosh, Lecturer in Social Sciences, Delhi University, 2011

"Excellent course. It really made me think of my field, political studies, in a new way."

 William A. Callahan, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester, 2011.

"The course enabled me to explore my research in more depth and in a new way. It was one of the best courses I ever took." 

Andrea Milde, independent musician, performer and film-maker, London, 2011

"They can make you into a film-maker within ten days, seriously." 

Dawa T. Lepcha, social worker and video activist, Sikkim, India, 2011.

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If you are interested in joining this unique short course or would like some more information please click the links below to visit The University of Manchester's website.  There you will find more detailed information about the course content, the core teaching team and how to register for the course.

Course Details

Core Teaching Team

Fees and Registration

This looks to be the begining of a long relationship between The Granada Centre and Futureworks.  

 

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