Project Summary:
In this GLE project students from DePaul's School of Cinematic Arts worked work with students from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs to create short non-fiction films. Production teams of 6 students (3 from each school) collaborated to create chapters within one or two films that complimented each other thematically. Students worked collaboratively with their international counterparts to ideate together, create a production plan for each unit, share and integrate footage from each country to create a film. The students took on crew roles of Director/Editor, Cinematographer, and/or Sound Recordist to work cohesively as a unit.
Project Length:
Technology Tools Used:
- Google Drive
- Slack
- Vimeo Pro
- WhatsApp
- Adobe Premiere
Interaction Mode:
Learning Outcomes:
- Students analyzed and demonstrated the ethical dimensions inherent in representing the other individuals, cultures or lifestyles.
- Students collaborated and engaged with filmmakers from another country, remotely, to tell a unified or complimentary story.
- Students planned and executed a visually compelling film that integrated non-fiction footage from two countries.
- Students used their new understanding of international / long-distance production processes to make decisions and solve problems related to the project assigned.
- Students gave and received feedback on their creative work, synthesizing theory and practice.
- Students demonstrated how subject, form and voice reflected their personal choices.
- Students designed proposals for a documentary emphasizing their approach.
Faculty Feedback:
"Making a documentary is not easy. Making a documentary in 7 weeks with filmmakers in three different countries who you have never met, about a topic that you all had to agree on, while learning about a new culture, and make it emotional is amazing." ~ Anuradha Rana
Anuradha Rana
Institution: DePaul University
Discipline: Documentary Film
Course name: Advanced Topics in Documentary (crosslisted with) Project Bluelight
Nino Orjonokidze
Institution: Georgian Institute of Public affairs
Discipline: Journalism
Course name: Documentary Filmmaking