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Saturday, February 24th, 2024, 10am – 4pm
WFG Black Lodge Studio, 3rd Floor, 100 Arthur Street
Are you interested in Documentary Filmmaking? Do you want to learn the process of getting a documentary film from the ground to the big screen? Are you interested in breaking into the documentary tv world Sign up for this crash course on navigating and working in docs!
Morning: Back to Basics
• Story Structure applied to your Documentary
• Idea | Logline | 3 Acts
• Characters – Real people
• Interviews
• What is a Documentary?
• Short film VS Feature VS Episodes
• Shot Lists & Scripts
• Pitching
Afternoon: Start to Finish – Timeline – Production Stages
• Pre-Production: Research, Funding, and Paperwork!
• Principle Photography: Crew, Footage, and Interviews
• Post-Production: Organizing, Transcribing, Editing and more
paperwork
• Distribution: Big screen or online. Don’t forget that trailer!
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Students will be asked to bring an idea or subject they want to turn
into a documentary to discuss in class but is not absolutely necessary.
The class will begin promptly on time.
About the instructor:
JJ Neepin is an Indigenous writer & director based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a member of the Fox Lake Cree Nation. Born and raised in the nickel mining town of Thompson, JJ moved to Winnipeg at 16 years old to purse higher education and eventually a film career. Being a documentary filmmaker was never the plan but it gave her the most opportunities to create, learn and navigate in the Canadian film
industry.
JJ has written, directed and produced several short films with her company JJNeepinFilms INC. She has also directed several documentary television shows: APTN’s Metis series, Michif Country, APTN’s TAKEN about Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls, APTN’s ghost series THE OTHER SIDE, and APTN’s Indigenous Music Doc Series, AMPLIFY.
She’s received the following awards and fellowships: Reelworld Level Up Director fellowship 2021, Women in View – 5 in Focus: Indigenous Cohort of 2021, selected as one of the 2021 Berlinale Film Festival Talent Lab Participants, and the CBC/WIDC Development Award for her supernatural, crime drama feature script LUMINOUS. Was 1 of 8 Directors for the Women in the Director’s Chair (WIDC) Story & Leadership Program 2018-2019, and was 1 of 6 Directors for the Inaugural Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s 2017/2018 Directors Program for Women.
In between shows JJ takes every opportunity to learn and improve her skills, ready for the next challenge put in front of her. When she finds time to relax, JJ enjoys reading and watching about true crime, binge watching Netflix documentaries, reading manga and working on her bullet journals.
REFUND POLICY – This workshop needs 4 participants minimum to run.
| Notice Given: | Eligible for: |
| At least 7 days prior to start date | Full refund |
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| Less than 48 hours prior to start date | No refund |
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