The Met Film School is London's leading provider of practical filmmaking courses, based at Ealing Studios.
 

Course Overview

Most documentary filmmakers these days are expected to be both self-shooters and self-editors. As a result, we will train you to use professional digital cameras and to edit using Final Cut Pro®. With the guidance of an experienced documentary filmmaker you will have the unique opportunity to research, write, produce and direct your own short film.

You will review the history of the documentary and analyse examples of successful films in the marketplace today. We will show you how to approach sound, camera and editing in the context of the documentary. You will also benefit from individual mentoring as you shoot and edit your projects. Your film will be professionally graded and mixed before an end-of-course screening.

Learning Goals

- To understand the current context of documentary filmmaking by examining the history of the documentary genre, its different forms and the market as it exists today

- To be proficient in the operation of a digital camera, sound recording, lighting a scene and editing using Final Cut Pro®

- To know how to research your subject, write a proposal and create a treatment

- To consider production issues such as scheduling, location management and legal requirements

Student Testimonials

"The course really opened my eyes to a whole new world of documentary filmmaking" Tinu Shah

“I really enjoyed my time at the Met Film School; it was brilliant to meet like-minded people and to really be thrown into the film environment” Emily Elgar

“I’m happy with the course because I learnt a lot about how to make a documentary, taking care of all details, like background sound, how to interview people and finding the narrative” Irene Blanquez Ballester

“The course met my expectations and then some! It offered a very hands-on approach and it was good to only have eight weeks to do everything, as we had to work under pressure, as we will do in industry” Birta Bjargardottir

“The course exceeded my expectations. My only great sorrow was that it was not longer” Lucien Lawrence

“A great learning curve and really satisfying to walk away with a short documentary. I’ve never learned as much in as little time” Agusta Alafsdottir

“The course surpassed my expectations. The eight weeks passed so fast and it wasn’t until the last day that I realised the incredible volume of information that was going with me” Nick Flintoff

Course Dates & Fees 

Full-time: 19 July 2010 – 10 Sep 2010, £4,000

Full-time: 11 October 2010 – 03 December, 2010, £4,000
 

Minimum Age: 18 at start of course

Entry Requirements: These courses are all open enrolment and there are no entry requirements.

Enrolment Process:  Please see Enrolment Process for our Short, Part-Time & Weekend Courses.

Have you also considered our One-Year Practical Filmmaking &  One-Year Digital Cinematography programmes?