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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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Encrypt All

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

As part of production protocol, physical equipment is never left unattended or else kept under lock and key. The same prudence is needed for the audiovisual media that you capture and for your digital communications with people involved in your production. Encryption securely converts your data content into a code, keeping your media confidential. In Encrypt All, documentarians and journalists will learn how to efficiently protect their footage,...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Cultivating Characters

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Through capturing their day-to-day actions, including retelling anecdotes, sharing responses to the world around them, and other spontaneous moments, your documentary’s characters reveal themselves to your film’s audience.  How best can you engage with them and develop your filmmaking process to further illustrate the story you’re hoping to tell? Via writing prompts and critical social discourse, gain tools to unfurl the magic in your...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Negotiate Your Contract

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Among the visible and invisible considerations that frame each “work-for-hire” contract, freelancers must partake in the delicate dance of negotiating contract terms and payment, reflecting on and determining one’s professional value, while creating mutually beneficial agreements with clients. Explore these soft skills to ensure that you confidently communicate a precise scope of work with fair contract terms. Topics include: Rates (industry-standard,...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Direct with Non-Actors

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

The decision to use non-professional actors, whether stylistic or budgetary, often lends unparalleled realism to a film. This workshop explores methods and techniques, from casting and coaching to blocking and improvising, as well as ethical considerations to weigh the challenges and rewards of working with talent who have little to no experience in front of the camera. Topics include: Scouting Talent Differences Between Actors and First-Time...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Impact Producing

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

You’re making a film on an issue you care deeply about. How do you connect your film with the right audience and use the momentum of your story to help inspire change and action? This workshop will introduce this increasingly popular role in documentary filmmaking, and cover several examples of ways impact producing has benefitted both a film and the community it reaches. This is a Producing clinic that will offer invaluable knowledge from a...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Gaining Life Story Rights

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

When committing to an indelible personal story for your film, when might acquiring a Life Rights Agreement be prudent? In this workshop, understand the permissions and limitations that this type of legal document provides. Key to a story’s marketability is exclusivity, and this agreement may or may not provide you with extensive protections and access to a subject. Traverse the complex legal proceedings that will determine your permissions to encapsulate...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Production Week: Lunar New Year Parade

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Designed for those seeking an extensive introduction to the world of digital production, this comprehensive hands-on workshop combines content from our Camera, Lighting and Audio Fundamentals workshops, and then after a dedicated session to prep, takes your new skills out into the streets! This special Production Week culminates in filming at Chinatown’s Lunar New Year Parade, practicing shooting on the run by recording person-on-the-street interviews...

(237) Beginner 18 and older
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Final Cut Pro (Online)

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Apple’s Final Cut Pro X is a powerful, self-contained editing software that is popular among budding to professional editors. Learn basic system setup, how to create user profiles, navigate its visual interface, import media files, sync and modify sound, and create titles. This workshop provides the foundational knowledge to start editing in Final Cut Pro. Materials: You will need a computer or other device that can connect to the internet,...

(237) Beginner 18 and older
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$325

2 sessions

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Lighting Fundamentals

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

The proper use of lighting equipment can make the difference between an amateur production and a professional one. Practice 3-point lighting among other basic setups, and get introduced to how cinematographers and gaffers use light to tell a visual story. This essential workshop covers electrical safety, on-set vocabulary, and principles of light, all while providing hands-on opportunity. Topics Safety Looking at Light Exposure Color Temperature...

(237) Beginner 18 and older
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$200
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Online Workshop: Documenting in Quarantine

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Do you want to document your community coming together to support vulnerable neighbors? Or interview friends around the world to compare their experiences? Or maybe make a video journal of your personal insights on being at home? At this fraught time, there are so many stories to tell at all levels – stories about governance, science, or community, about the people who are impacted, at risk, or doing their best to help. With this online workshop,...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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DIY Stop Motion Animation (Online)

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Bring your creative vision to life using stop motion animation! This workshop will cover pre-production, production, and post-production with a focus on low budget, DIY handmade animation methods. Execute several short in-class projects practicing a variety of animating techniques and styles. Take the material you shot and add audio elements to make your creations pop. Ta-da! In this workshop, you will create original work, requiring that you work...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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$350

2 sessions

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Digital Cinematography II

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This workshop picks up where Digital Cinematography I leaves off delving deeper into advanced lighting and camera techniques with a focus on the aesthetics of cinematography. Through hands-on exercises and techniques with the Sony FS700, examine the possibilities and limitations of shooting digital video, finding visual style, achieving a filmic look, and composition. This workshop also introduces advanced camera movement techniques through the use...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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DaVinci Resolve: Editing

DCTV @ Online Classroom, New York, NY

You’ve heard about color correction with DaVinci Resolve – but did you know it’s also a powerful non-linear editing solution? The Edit Page of DaVinci Resolve will be familiar to users of Premiere and Final Cut 7. If you’re an editor looking to change NLEs, DaVinci Studio has support for 4K footage and multi-user collaboration. And if you’re new to editing in general, the software has a free version with great functionality. So no matter...

(237) Beginner 18 and older
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$105

4 sessions

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Third Cinema (Online)

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According to Third Cinema innovators, First Cinema is the Hollywood model, and Second Cinema described European art films that elevated the director as auteur, and Third Cinema encouraged activism and collectivism, inviting the viewer to be an active creator of culture in a way that subverted mainstream filmmaking. With revolutionary roots, this anti-imperialist movement/theory influenced filmmakers of formerly colonized nations and was embraced...

(237) Beginner 18 and older
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After Effects II

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Make your work pop into another dimension! In After Effects II, you’ll advance your editing techniques with 3D objects. This workshop is centered on rotoscoping and motion tracking as a powerful step from building to animating objects into your film. With these visual enhancements, you can achieve another beautiful picture. Topics include: Keying Rotobrush Tool Color Correction Altering Visual Elements Building 3D Objects Camera Tracking...

(237) Intermediate 18 and older
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Canon DSLR Video (Online)

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Have a Canon DSLR at home, but not sure how to shoot video with it? Get that 35mm film look with these ever-popular still cameras that shoot HD or even 4K video, complete with stellar image quality, adjustable frame rates and customizable manual settings. Whether you've upgraded to the 5D MIV, or want to learn how to take full advantage of the lens selection and manual capabilities of mainstay Canon models, this workshop is for you. Discuss differences...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Open Edit Hours

DCTV @ 87 Lafayette St, New York, NY

Want to practice something you just learned? Want to be in the company of fellow members and a Lab Monitor to support you? Want to work on your project for Docu Intensive or Audio Storytelling: Podcasts and Soundscapes outside the workshop? Open students and available to anyone who has taken a DCTV Workshop within the past year, take advantage of our new Open Edit Hours! Open Edit Hours feature:  Your own dedicated 27-inch...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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$250

2 sessions

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Looking at Lenses (Online)

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Whether you’re looking to make your close-ups pop in shallow focus or give your wides the detail they deserve, it’s all about the glass. This workshop will go over related terminology and examples of images produced by a variety of lenses. You’ll learn about lens selection for different cinematic styles and shooting scenarios, and discuss how camera setups relate. This is an online Production workshop at the Extensions level. Topics include:...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Online Office Hours: Interviewing Techniques

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Have questions about interview techniques, especially during this time of social distancing? Discuss soft skills (such as how to set a tone, build trust, ask open questions, elicit anecdotes and stories, consider ethics, and listen as an editor) and more technical skills (such as how to work with limitations of this moment like basic equipment, working with natural light and indoor lamps, and helping interviewees create visually-pleasing frames...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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Online Office Hours: Filming with Your Phone

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Want to use this time to research gear for your next doc project, particularly if you only have your phone? Have a few tech questions that you’ve been struggling with? Do you miss the advice that our Equipment Rentals Manager can provide? Drop-in to our virtual office hours where you can interact with a knowledgeable staff member who will help answer any gear-related questions you may have. This session will focus on apps, filming techniques, and...

(237) All levels 18 and older
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