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Directing the Documentary | April 2020 | Application Form |
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Directing the Documentary
Dates: 6th - 10th April 2020
Location: BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA
Description
Learn how to develop a documentary idea and turn it into a finished film that an audience will want to see
Course Content
On this intensive five day course, you will learn how to develop a documentary idea and turn it into a finished film that an audience will want to see.
The first part of each morning will be spent developing the participants' own documentary ideas. Then for the rest of each day, the five aspects of directing a documentary will be explored. By the end of the course, you will be ready to go out and shoot your film.
In order to participate in this course, please bring one or two of your own ideas which you will work throughout the week.
Tutor
Col Spector is an award-winning writer/director who started in non-fiction at the BBC and now also works in fiction: writing and directing feature films for the cinema. He also runs his own documentary consultancy business www.thedocumentaryconsultant.com
Col started at the BBC directing various short comedy-dramas series. He then went on to direct a number of highly distinctive, critically acclaimed documentaries for Channel 4 and BBC including Just Enough Distance, Trouble At The House, Puccini Cappuccini, The Real Alan Clark, and The Lost Supper.
Dates: 6th - 10th April 2020
Location: BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1DA
Description
Learn how to develop a documentary idea and turn it into a finished film that an audience will want to see
Course Content
On this intensive five day course, you will learn how to develop a documentary idea and turn it into a finished film that an audience will want to see.
The first part of each morning will be spent developing the participants' own documentary ideas. Then for the rest of each day, the five aspects of directing a documentary will be explored. By the end of the course, you will be ready to go out and shoot your film.
In order to participate in this course, please bring one or two of your own ideas which you will work throughout the week.
Tutor
Col Spector is an award-winning writer/director who started in non-fiction at the BBC and now also works in fiction: writing and directing feature films for the cinema. He also runs his own documentary consultancy business www.thedocumentaryconsultant.com
Col started at the BBC directing various short comedy-dramas series. He then went on to direct a number of highly distinctive, critically acclaimed documentaries for Channel 4 and BBC including Just Enough Distance, Trouble At The House, Puccini Cappuccini, The Real Alan Clark, and The Lost Supper.
Fees:
Freelance Rate: £820
Corporate Rate: £1250
Once you have been accepted on the course we will invoice you, by email, for the full amount of the fees. We must receive your payment 5 working days before the course at the latest. Your place on the course is not confirmed until we have received full payment from you, or you have received written confirmation that you have been awarded a bursary.
Application and deadlines
This course is currently open for applications.
The bursary deadline for this course is Monday 23rd March 2020 at 9 am.
Bursaries
Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government, discretionary bursaries may be available to those who are eligible. Bursary information is available from www.nfts.co.uk/scotland and on each course information page. Please contact scotland@nfts.co.uk if you have a bursary query.
Data Protection
The National Film and Television School respects your personal information and undertakes to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Our full Data Protection Policy can be found here.
Once you have been accepted on the course we will invoice you, by email, for the full amount of the fees. We must receive your payment 5 working days before the course at the latest. Your place on the course is not confirmed until we have received full payment from you, or you have received written confirmation that you have been awarded a bursary.
Application and deadlines
This course is currently open for applications.
The bursary deadline for this course is Monday 23rd March 2020 at 9 am.
Bursaries
Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government, discretionary bursaries may be available to those who are eligible. Bursary information is available from www.nfts.co.uk/scotland and on each course information page. Please contact scotland@nfts.co.uk if you have a bursary query.
Data Protection
The National Film and Television School respects your personal information and undertakes to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Our full Data Protection Policy can be found here.