Session 3: Create – filming and editing
Introduction
This session of the course is very much focused on practical advice on how to support young people in the creation of their short films. Specifically, you will learn how to:
- support young people in the process of filming and editing their docutubes
- facilitate teamwork in this creative process
- anticipate and approach ethical concerns.
Watch Video 1 which introduces you to the ‘Create’ phase of the docutube workshops where young people film and edit their films. It provides an overview of both the filming and editing processes, as the RETOPEA project team experienced them in the context of the docutube workshops piloted in different countries between 2020 and 2022. As you watch, make some notes in the box below on what the ‘Create’ phase of the docutube workshops entails. (Note that this is also a film you can show to your group before they start to film and edit their docutubes.)
Transcript: Video 1
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What is involved in the ‘Create’ phase of the docutube workshops?
Discussion
The film sets out the purpose of making docutubes, which is for young people to:
- reflect thoroughly on issues of religious diversity
- actively engage with ideas, problems and solutions of the past
- present their opinions that that they have formed on these issues in an appealing audio-visual way.
It highlights the importance of teamwork in the process of filming and editing the docutubes. The film also gives examples of different filmmaking techniques that have been tried out by the different groups of young people that the RETOPEA team has been working with.
The film recommends encouraging young people to focus on the development of a strong narrative and building on the RETOPEA materials (the ‘clippings’), rather than aiming for technical perfection when filming and editing their docutubes.