Community Supported FIlm is very excited to share with you, Shots and Scenes, the first sample module from our online documentary training – Look Listen Local. Shots and Scenes is an educational tour-de-force about the power of visual storytelling.
Learning
Take flight or get rooted – new student videos
Michael Sheridan, in addition to his work as Director of CSFilm, teaches filmmaking independently and at MassArt. Students in recent filmmaking...
In production – Look Listen Local lived-reality documentary filmmaking training
CSFilm’s Look Listen Local (LLL) learning program in lived-reality documentary filmmaking is currently in production! LLL will be an...
Camera and Sound Course, Starts 9/4
Camera and Sound Course, Starts 9/4/24, $575, MassArt Learn to shoot great moving imagery and record high-quality audio to create engaging stories!...
Video Editing Course – Start 10/23/24
Michael Sheridan is one of the best teachers one could hope to have. He has a genuine commitment to facilitating students’ ability to realize their vision, which is backed by a deep understanding of technology and technique. I had the pleasure of hiring Michael to teach over twenty years, and student reviews were always excellent.
Documentary Bootcamp – seven week intensive online filmmaking course
Documentary Bootcamp is a seven-week, immersive learning experience covering the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking from pre- to post-production.
Digital Editing Course, starting March 20th, Online
Join us for one or more of these upcoming digital video courses:
Documentary Story Development, 7 Mondays, 03/18-05/06, 6:30-9:30pm
Video Editing, 7 Tuesdays, 3/20-05/01, 6:30-9:30pm
Sources for local perspectives on international news
CSFilm encourages you to think critically about who decides on and creates your news and information. Here are a few of suggestions for local reporting on issues of international concern:
Camera and Sound Workshop Starts 7/14
“The eye sees but the ear imagines.” This course will explore everything that filmmaker Robert Bresson meant with that famous statement. We will learn what it takes to record moving images and sounds that tell engaging stories and stimulate the imagination.
Video Editing Workshop
Learn the principles and techniques of video editing – the backbone of filmmaking. Whatever your interest or desired role in filmmaking,...
Documentary Storytelling Workshop
Discover your identity as a storyteller and focus on the stories that matter most to you and that you can best tell. Learn how to successfully...
ON FILMMAKING | Documentary activism across multiple media platforms
Inez Hedges, longtime CSFilm supporter and retired Chair of Cinema Studies at Northeastern University, where she hired CSFilm director Michael...