Planning a Low-Budget Documentary
Mondays, November 3, 10, 17, 24 December 8, TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Have an idea for a video documentary project? This intensive workshop is designed for people who want to work in small-format video (DV, miniDV and HDV). We will focus on how to creatively develop and break down your idea into a one-page treatment and introduce materials to create project production schedules and a sample budget. This is the ideal workshop for first-time videomakers at the start of their projects.
Melissa Thompson received her MFA in Film and Media Arts from Temple University. Her award-winning documentaries include In the Weeds: Waiting for a Living, Novices, and Like a Ship in the Night. She has worked as a videographer and editor on major independent documentaries such as Desire: The Teenage Girls’ Documentary Project (directed by Julie Gustafson), as well as on many grassroots media projects with kids, artists, and immigrant communities.