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Documentary Edit and Sequencing Workshop in Rome
Two days in a Rome studio spent reviewing existing work, shooting to a brief across the city, and sequencing the results into a short edit that holds together.
Rome, Italy
Highlights
- Open review of each participant's existing body of work
- A shooting brief carried out across the city on the first afternoon
- Contact sheets edited on the table in front of the group
- A sequencing session ending in a short finished edit for each participant
- Closing talk on sustaining long-term work on one subject
What is included
- Two full days of studio time with the host
- Printing of contact sheets and work prints for the edit
- Lunch on both days at a trattoria near the studio
- Written notes on each participant's final edit
- A signed exhibition print
About this experience
Participants gather on the first morning at a working studio near the river, each bringing a body of work in print or on a drive for a round of open reviews. The host takes them one at a time, staying with what the pictures are doing rather than with technique. A shooting brief follows, carried out across the city that afternoon and into the evening. The second day opens with contact sheets on the table and moves into sequencing, pairing, cutting and ordering, until each participant has a short edit that stands up. The closing session covers working on a single subject over years and the practical business of releasing that work to editors. Existing documentary work is expected; this is not a workshop for beginners.