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DCTV is a non-profit media arts center in NYC that offers affordable workshops, production equipment, and space rentals for independent filmmakers. They provide a variety of hands-on digital filmmaking and media arts workshops in a convenient and accessible training facility.

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Premiere: Intermediate

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Once you’ve gotten the basics down from Premiere, delve further and learn new features in Adobe’s NLE. Build your confidence and take advantage of the program’s functionality by learning to work with clip speed/duration, trimming, manipulating clips in Motion, working with Effects, and round tripping. This is a Post-Production workshop at the Extensions level. Topics include: Advanced Editing Techniques Adding Video Effects and sending...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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$300

3 sessions

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Interviewing Techniques

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

The interview is the backbone of nonfiction storytelling. In this dynamic workshop, model the essential relationship between a director and cinematographer, and learn how to prepare and execute interviews with confidence!  From pre-production through lighting and audio, Interviewing Techniques shows you how to feel comfortable behind the camera, allowing your subject to feel comfortable in front of it. Class Topics: Pre-Production/Planning...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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$225

3 sessions

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Lighting Interiors as Day and Night

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Learn to problem solve two of film production’s greatest lighting challenges: creating realistic day and night scenes. Don’t let time of day prohibit your shoot!           There's no better way to learn than by doing, and after commanding your lighting setup, you'll be one step closer to mastering cinematic mood and realism. Class Objectives: Match color and light intensity while shooting in daylight Transform...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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$225

2 sessions

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Shooting at Risk

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Ensure your production team’s safety and learn best practices to anticipate and respond to emerging security, medical and crisis needs. Filmmaker Response to Risks and Emergencies is a hybrid risk reduction and medical first response course that will prepare students to evaluate perils using practical tools and techniques. Students will learn to develop effective responses using safety plans and resources, as well as how to draw up communications...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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$225

2 sessions

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Mobile Filmmaking Techniques for Social Media

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Elevate your video production skills with cutting-edge techniques tailored for mobile devices. Join this course to master the art of storytelling through mobile filmmaking.

(237) All levels 18 and older
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$225

3 sessions

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Color Theory in Documentary and Narrative Filmmaking

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Unleash the power of color in your visual storytelling. Join us for an immersive workshop that explores color's role in documentary and narrative filmmaking. Elevate your filmmaking skills with the art of color analysis, correction, and editing.

(237) All levels 18 and older
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$200

5 sessions

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Keeping It Legal

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Is it okay to show incidental logos in my film? If music is playing in the background of a scene, does it need to be licensed? Does my personal release form cover everything? Documentary filmmakers incur many legal questions while developing their project, and rightfully so. This workshop guides filmmakers through an introduction to common legal issues from their terminology to their importance, and offers suggestions on how to navigate them when...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Get Your Film Into Festivals

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

For many filmmakers, the first step on the road to recognition and distribution is a successful film festival run. Learn to navigate the challenges and nuances of the ever-changing festival circuit without emptying your wallet or limiting your chances for future opportunities.  Find out which film festivals are best suited for you and your film, and once accepted, how to hold your own and take advantage of each film festival experience. Topics...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Filming Outdoors

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Outside of a controlled setting, you have to work with what you got, including whatever mother nature throws at you. Step outside to film with your fellow students as a small crew throughout the workshop day no matter the conditions, including bright sunlight or overcast skies.  Learn to redirect light using reflectors, how to carefully position your subject, and set your exposure for optimal image capture. With dexterity and planning, you...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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$175
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Shoot Outdoors

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Step into the exterior and work with a small crew to shoot footage during all times of daylight. Bend light using reflectors and set your exposure for optimal image capture. With dexterity and planning, you can harness natural light into a cinematic scene! Topics include: Times of Day Working with Reflectors Choosing your Lenses Lens Flares Saturation Silhouette Shot Using Filters Prerequisite: Digital Cinematography or equivalent experience...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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$175
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El Arte De La Entrevista (Spanish Speaking)

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

La entrevista es la columna vertebral de la narración en la no ficción. En este dinámico taller, aprenda cómo preparar y ejecutar entrevistas con confianza. Desde la preproducción hasta la iluminación y el audio, El Arte De La Entrevista, lo prepara para administrar la logística técnica de una entrevista frente a la cámara mientras garantiza la comodidad de su entrevistado. Aprenda a mantener una conexión respetuosa con su sujeto y obtenga...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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$200

2 sessions

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Editing Techniques

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

How can you assemble footage in a way that your audience will understand and respond to? Where do you start a cut, and where should a clip end? Whether you’re new to editing or have been at it for a while, you might not know certain lingo or the reasons why some edits work to achieve your narrative objective while others fall short.  Editing Techniques illustrates how you, as an editor, can convey the continuity, comprehension, and emotion...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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$225

2 sessions

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Documentary Budgeting

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Learn the essential skills needed to create a realistic and professional budget for your documentary film. Gain insights into budget formats, categories, line items, and rate determination to secure funding and keep your project on track. Don't miss this opportunity to make informed financial decisions for your next documentary project!

(237) All levels 18 and older
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$160
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Freelancer Tax Clinic

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Learn essential tax preparation strategies for independent filmmakers and freelance artists in this comprehensive workshop at DCTV. Discover how to maximize deductions, navigate new challenges, and protect yourself in case of an audit. Don't miss this valuable resource to ease your tax season stress.

(237) Beginner 18 and older
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$125
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Build Your Reel

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

For better or worse, a reel can serve as the sole representation of you as an artist. In Build Your Reel, bring in your own footage to splice and dice, identifying your talents and knowing how to showcase them as a cinematographer, director and/or editor.  By detecting the differences between sub-standard and spectacular reels, discuss the nuances of shot selection, score, transitions and more, leaving this workshop with a working draft of...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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$175

2 sessions

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Premiere: Multi-Cam

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Filming a live event or an interview with several cameras? Premiere’s built-in multi-cam editing solution can sync your footage for you and streamline your post-production process, eliminating the need for multiple video tracks to bulk up your timeline. With the Program Monitor in multi-cam mode, watch all your sources play back simultaneously as you cut between cameras. Topics include: When to Use a Multi-Cam Sequence Importing and Organizing...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Digesting Codecs

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Put your storytelling skills aside and focus on the technical specs needed to determine your post-production deliverables. Learn camera proprietary codecs and how to optimally ingest and transcode footage into your nonlinear editing software to export your deliverables up.  In doing so, ensure your project’s quality to viewing specifications. Become fluent in reading and creating file structures, file extensions, containers and formats to...

(237) Advanced 18 and older
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$100
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Log Footage: Post

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

You’re working with footage shot in Log or another high dynamic range. How will this affect your post-production workflow? While HDR footage can mean extra steps along the way, it can also save you time and energy, salvaging detail in your final image..  Get an overview of several ways to adjust Log and other HDR footage in post, whether quickly using LUTs or more in-depth grading with Resolve or After Effects. This is a Production workshop...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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$100
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Copyright Basics and Fair Use

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Copyright Basics and Fair Use is the first of two workshops on copyright and licensing that you can take together, or separately. In this first workshop, we explore the history of intellectual property and specifically copyright law, as a starting point to understand license terms, the public domain, and fair use. When do you need to get permission, and pay licensing fees? Are there exceptions to copyright protection? Learn when text, image and...

(237) Beginner 18 and older
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Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Get your hands on Blackmagic’s URSA Mini Pro, the sought-after digital cinema camera that shoots native 4K and has up to 15 stops of dynamic range. It provides compressed RAW recording (including in the open, license-free Blackmagic RAW) at 3:1 and 4:1 compression ratios to save space while retaining post-production flexibility. And with built-in ND filters, an external control section, and user-interchangeable lens mounts, there’s plenty to...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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