Suzan Beraza: “It´s impressive to see how the filmmaking industry has grown in the Dominican Republic in the last couple of years“

April 11, 2016

The US Director and the Dominican Director Pedro Urrutia teach a Globo Verde Domincano workshop to a group of 25 students interested in environmental and sustainable development cinema

Santo Domingo, April 11, 2016

A total of 25 filmmakers that are developing projects concerning environment and sustainable development in the Dominican Republic attended on April 8 and 9 the workshop: “From Idea to Screen: How to Make Environmental Documentaries”, organized by the Dominican Republic Film Festival (DREFF) and Globo Verde Dominicano Award. The participants worked personally with the instructors on the development of their short film ideas, the design of the main characters, writing the script, choosing a technical team, planning and preparing content, among others.

Suzan Beraza said at the conclusion of the workshop, “It’s exciting to see how more and more Dominicans are making films. It has been an incredible experience, wonderful students, and I’ve been very impressed to see how filmmakers’ work, over the last couple of years, out of the Dominican Republic has really improved.”

Moreover, Pedro Urrutia stressed: “I feel very happy because through my experience, and Suzan’s experience, we were able to talk to students not only about the theory, but also about practical aspects, explaining how is the filmmaking world out there, how they have to focus on having a precise idea and being able to expose it, and also on how to take it to the Globo Verde Dominicano contest.

Several of the participants will present their projects at the Globo Verde Dominicano Competition, which will be accepting entries until July 31, and May 31 for Globo Verde Junior. (For more information clic here)

Students were very satisfied with what they learned during the workshop and asked DREFF and GFDD to continue developing such initiatives. Francis Terrero, Cinema Production student at UASD explained at the end of the workshop his “great experience”. “They truly helped me in everything necessary to develop my idea. It’s an initiative I hope they will keep bringing. Thank you very much GFDD and Funglode for this opportunity.”

Also Vanessa Cortés expressed her gratitude and satisfaction for what learnt: “They helped me prepare the pitch, have an idea of the filming through examples, they showed us a bit about the handling of the camera, and I got to listen to other ideas, and develop new proposals together with other participants.”

About Globo Verde Dominicano
Globo Verde Dominicano Award, presented during the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival, recognizes audiovisual materials with an environmental content that have been created by Dominican students and young professionals in the areas of cinema, photography, advertising, or related fields. The program encourages Dominican youth to create audiovisual materials that raise awareness about the importance of the environment and sustainable development.

The competition began in 2012 with the categories of Short Film and Public Service Announcement, and, in 2014, added a new category in the area of Photography. Last year, with the aim of giving an opportunity to young people and to promote the use of new technologies, the Globo Verde Junior category, exclusively for high school students, was launched.

Related Links:
www.globoverdedominicano.org
www.globalfoundationdd.org

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