Globo Verde Lab: From Idea to Screen – How to Make Environmental Documentaries

April 5, 2016

North American director Suzan Beraza and Dominican director Pedro Urrutia will work personally with each participant to help them develop their short film ideas, design main characters, write the script, choose a technical team and plan and prepare content.

The Dominican Environmental Film Festival and Globo Verde Dominicano Award is organizing a free film workshop lab on April 8 & 9, to be held at Funglode. The workshop: “From Idea to Screen: How to Make Environmental Documentaries.” The instructors, North American director Suzan Beraza and Dominican director, Pedro Urrutia will work personally with each participant to help them develop their short film ideas, design main characters, write the script, choose a technical team and plan and prepare content. The projects will be sent to the Globo Verde Dominicano competition.

The goal of the workshop is to provide participants with the tools to develop an environmental documentary and introduce them to the world of documentary film production, while giving them good advice and tips on how to create a script, as well as production and post-production techniques. The workshop/lab is a “pitch session” wherein participants can put forward and “sell” (pitch) an idea for producing an environmental short film in the Dominican Republic.

Participants will receive personalized attention, an hour per project, as part of the workshop.

Instructors

Suzan Beraza: Born in Jamaica and raised in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Suzan Beraza directs films that invite viewers to examine their lives and consider the consequences of their decisions. Ms. Beraza founded the company, Reel Thing, where she serves as director, producer and editor, among other functions.

Pedro Urrutia: At the age of 19, Urrutia entered the world of film by working on well-known local productions. After completing his studies in Advertising Communications, he earned a scholarship to the New York Film Academy. Once he returned to his country, he founded Ave Studio, a production company that specialized in video clips. After setting up One Alliance Production Company under the Dominican Film Law, Urrutia made Código Paz, which premiered in 2014 to resounding national and international success.

Deadline for registration:  April 6, 2016

Email contact: lab@globoverdedominicano.org

More  information:
www.globoverdedominicano.org
http://www.globoverdedominicano.org/lab.php
www.globalfoundationdd.org