Fotografie Forum Frankfurt
Braubachstraße 30-32, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
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UWE H. MARTIN“CHARACTER DRIVEN STORYTELLING – VON DER FOTOGRAFIE ZUM FILM”
“CHARACTER DRIVEN STORYTELLING – VON DER FOTOGRAFIE ZUM FILM”
Friday, July 15, 4–8 pm &
Saturday/Sunday,
July 16/17, 2022, 10 am–6 pm
Themes
Introduction to multimedia, audio slideshow, film analysis, sound recording, interview techniques and training, photography vs. film, dramaturgy, editing theory, film recording, photo cameras for film production, introduction to video editing with Final Cut X, exercise film
Workshop schedule
Juli 15: Meeting at 4pm. At the beginning, Uwe H. Martin will give an introduction to multimedia narrative formats and character driven storytelling and analyse them together with the participants on the basis of exemplary productions. In the further course the participants get to know sound recording and interview techniques for film productions by means of practical exercises.
Juli 16: Meeting at 10am. We analyse the difference between photography and film, deal with perception and editing theory, before we enter into practical film work with photo cameras and shoot our own (mini) film.
Juli 17: Meeting at 10am. Today is about non-linear video editing with Final Cut Pro X. After a very short introduction, the participants cut their own short practice film in teams of two. We also deal with classical dramaturgy and storytelling.
Equipment
If available, please bring your own sound recording equipment, microphones and headphones, as well as film-capable cameras. Film material for the practice film will be provided. If you have already shot your own footage, you can alternatively bring it with you. Headphones are required; We will work with rented Mac equipment. Further technical details will be provided when registering for the workshop.
Location
Fotografie Forum Frankfurt
Braubachstraße 30–32
60311 Frankfurt.
Uwe H. Martin, © Dennis Dimick
Duration: 2,5 days
The demand for videos and multimedia narrative forms on the Internet continues to grow unabated. But just as a scalpel alone does not constitute a surgeon, a photo camera with a film function does not make a filmmaker or multimedia producer. New narrative possibilities only open up if the various media and their respective strengths are used in a targeted manner. In this workshop you will get to know different cinematic narrative formats, the basics of film production with photo cameras, which additional technical equipment makes sense, the safe handling of sound, and video editing with Final Cut Pro X. Above all, however, you will learn to tell stories on film, conduct interviews that come close to their protagonists and develop an exciting dramaturgy for your story.
Mike Henson always knew he wanted to farm. So he didn’t even go to college, but started farming right out of school on 160 acres of his grandfathers land in 1979 in Ropesville about 20 miles south-west of Lubbock. He got some support from his father and grandfather and slowly started expanding by renting, buying and swapping in additional land. By now Mike farms about 7000 acres of cotton, 2500 acres of wheat and runs cows on 3500 acres of rangeland. All combined he is able to provide for his family and his nine full-time employees, most of which have been working for him for well over 20 years. Mike doesn’t want to grow much bigger and today only picks up new land if it is closer to his base and has very good groundwater under it, aus dem Projekt “White Gold – Texas Blues” (2007–2012)
Uwe H. Martin is a freelance photographer, filmmaker, slow journalist and multimedia producer at the Bombay Flying Club, a storytelling agency. Together with his partner Frauke Huber, he has been documenting the social and ecological consequences of agriculture worldwide since 2007. Their work is regularly published in Geo, Spiegel and the Süddeutscher Zeitung, as well as in web documentaries and interactive apps, and exhibited internationally as multi-channel installations. Uwe H. Martin is co-founder of the international art and research project World Of Matter and of Riff-Reporter, a collaborative publication platform for independent journalism. For his work he has been awarded the German Short Film Prize, the German Reporter Prize, the Greenpeace Award and the Development Media Award. Uwe is a revered lecturer and mentor for photography, film, multimedia and transmedia storytelling within Europe, but also in Colombia, Nepal, the USA and Morocco.
FOTOGRAFIE FORUM FRANKFURT
The Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (FFF) is one of the leading centres of photography in Europe. As an exhibition space, institution and event forum the FFF deals with all aspects of photography. Since its founding in 1984 it has presented more than 290 exhibitions with historic and contemporary artists. Additionally, the programme of the FFF comprises of regular workshops, talks and discussions with internationally renowned photographers, artists and experts.
