Learning

Digital Video: Camera and Sound, 7 Online Sessions, Starts 9/3/25

Jul 16, 2025

This course covers the aesthetic and technical skills needed to construct scenes visually and aurally – applicable to all filmmaking genres.

Video Editing and Post-Production Course, 7 Online Sessions – Starts 10/22/25

Jul 16, 2025

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 in-person filmmaking course, 5/28/25 – 7/9/25

Apr 21, 2025

Documentary Bootcamp is a seven-week, immersive in-person learning experience covering the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking from pre- to post-production.

Watch Shots and Scenes – the first training module from Look Listen Local

Dec 10, 2024

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.

Take flight or get rooted – new student videos

Oct 31, 2024

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

Oct 29, 2024

CSFilm’s Look Listen Local (LLL) learning program in lived-reality documentary filmmaking is currently in production! LLL will be an...

Digital Editing Course, starting March 20th, Online

Jan 25, 2024

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

Nov 10, 2023

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

Jun 27, 2022

“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.