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

Documentary Bootcamp is a seven-week, immersive in-person learning experience covering the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking from pre- to post-production.
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.
Michael Sheridan, in addition to his work as Director of CSFilm, teaches filmmaking independently and at MassArt. Students in recent filmmaking...
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 9/4/24, $575, MassArt Learn to shoot great moving imagery and record high-quality audio to create engaging stories!...
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.
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
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“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.
Learn the principles and techniques of video editing – the backbone of filmmaking. Whatever your interest or desired role in filmmaking,...
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...
Inez Hedges, longtime CSFilm supporter and retired Chair of Cinema Studies at Northeastern University, where she hired CSFilm director Michael...