Advanced Documentary Editing

This event took place on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 at 10:00 amOld Fire Hall

Instructor: Graham Withers When: November 25, 10am to 4:30pm Where: Old Fire Hall Registration fee: $80 for YFS production members, $100 for non-members Level: Intermediate Please email tech@yukonfilmsociety.com to register Are you an aspiring documentary filmmaker who wants to further develop your storytelling skills? Working with Withers, this one-day workshop explores the best practices during the creative process of editing documentary films. It's designed for filmmakers/editors to improve their workflow and storytelling skills. There are different approaches that an editor can take when editing a documentary film. How do these approaches impact how to organize and prepare for the edit in Adobe Premier? How do you balance factual and emotional journey in a feature documentary? What are the best practices when assembling sequences in the timeline? YFS is able to help 2 people from outside Whitehorse to participate in this workshop with travel subsidy. Please let us know! Graham Withers has been the editor of numerous documentary TV series including a just released 19 part NFB series True North, about young basketball players in the GTA. Recently he was the editor of Transformer, a documentary about a world record winning body builder, football player and marine who became a woman. *Transformer is showing at Available Light Cinema on November 12. Transformer screening info here The Yukon Film Society gratefully acknowledges the support of the Cultural Industries Training Funds for this workshop.