Creative Techniques & Tools
Lessons from Editing
Cristobal shares his top three tips he’s learned from working as a film editor.
Live-Streaming Set Up for Video Tutorial
How do you create a basic livestream video set up?
Character Writing Exercises
How do you craft a character for a new script or story? A collection of different writing exercises for fleshing out characters.
Conducting an Interview For Video
Conducting an interview may seem simple but there are a number of things you need to remember to present a successful interview on camera Obey the 3 Golden Rules of Filming Firstly and most importantly you must obey all three golden rules of filming! Check...
Scheduling Your Film | Producer Basics
By Eleanor Winkler, 2010 Scheduling comes down to a few stages ... Breaking down the script into its core scenes and shots, including on these breakdowns locations and times of day for the story and what cast are needed for the scenes Determining the length of the set...
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Digital Media Strategy with Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation | A Case Study
One of the organisations we worked with in Roebourne in 2008 was the Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation. The NAC is the formal organisation that represents the Ngarluma people who are one of the traditional owner groups in the Pilbara region. Roebourne is in the heart of...
reFILL | Case Study of 2 Year Community Arts Program
So much changed during the 17 months we worked at Miller, only the drive stayed the same. 2168 represent!
Microphone Check (aka “Is This Thing On?”) | Introduction to Sound Recording
By Dan O'Reilly-Rowe, 2009. Quality sound recording is often sadly neglected in community media production. This simple activity helps participants get familiar with their microphones and helps the crew make thoughtful choices in how they record location sound. Goals...
Introduction Circle | A Simple Warmup For Names and New Groups
This is a simple warmup exercise designed to introduce new groups to each other and their workshop facilitators in a casual, fun and simple way. This can be most useful to try to help participants remember each other's names as well as getting a glimpse at each...
Storytelling Prompts | Finding Topics to Explore
Morgan Sully, 2010. Coming up with a worthy topic for a story can be tricky, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s a few prompts to get you started. Participants Can work for small or large groups. Not much technology is needed for this activity. Skills/Technique This...
High School Confessions | Create an Improvised Video
Elias, 2009. High School Confessions is an exercise suitable for small groups of High School students that will generate a funny and insightful representation of the school experience. Students will share both real and imaginary stories about themselves or their...
How to Make a Short Film in a Week
Elias, 2009. Making a first-time short film with a group of young people or community members can be an extremely rewarding and insightful exercise for everybody involved. The group gets to express themselves in a creative way and dives head-first into the...
Musical Mixer | A Warmup Game for New Groups
By Dan O'Reilly-Rowe, 2009. This discussion facilitation model is good for getting groups of people who have just met to get up, move around the room, and speak to each other. It can be used to discuss a particular topic, or simply as a way of introducing people....
Highs & Lows | Respecting Personal Lives Within a Group
By Dan O'Reilly-Rowe, 2009. Members of production crews have lives outside of the group, but sometimes we act surprised when outside factors affect the way that group members act in the group. Highs & Lows can help bridge the gap between the group and the outside...
Concentric Circles | Facilitating Group Discussions
By Dan O'Reilly-Rowe, 2009. Finding new and interesting ways to configure a group discussion is a perpetual challenge for facilitators. The concentric circles method for facilitating a discussion allows participants to have a number of short, but focused, 1-on-1...