Seminars
Class content
First Seminar
Three classes
class l / writing
The idea. The narrative device. The synopsis. The investigation. The open script. Author's script. The birth of an auteur documentary. Film the invisible facts. Discover the molecules, the dramatic atoms that exist in life. Learn to see. Learn to listen. Learn to form words and phrases with the loose letters that are in the air. Reality is a perception of the senses that is often in chaos. Define and search for the point of view.
Class 2 / filming
Film the time. Film the movement. Filming on a human scale. Find the people. The art of the interview. The positive energy of the planes and the negative energy of the illustrations. The passion, the subjectivity, the good distance. Review of each of the seven narrative agents with which a documentary is made.
Class 3 / mounting
The cut and the concepts of form. The assembler's point of view. When the plans have no life of their own. When the editor steals the film. When the force of life far exceeds the mount. Perspectives and limits of assembly. Detailed exposition of the five narrative resources of the montage.
Second Seminar
Four classes
class l / writing
Thematic diversity. Start point. The idea. The narrative device. The synopsis. The investigation. The open script. The imaginary script. Author's script. The birth of an auteur documentary, a report, a docudrama or finally a magazine. Establish an indispensable definition beyond the diffuse borders.
Class 2 / immersion
Film the invisible facts. Discover the molecules, the dramatic atoms that exist in life. Learn to see. Learn to listen. Learn to form words and phrases with the loose letters that are in the air. Reality is a perception of the senses that is often in chaos. Define and search for the point of view. Educate and train the reflexes of the filmmaker.
Class 3 / filming
Film the time. Film the movement. Filming on a human scale. Find the people. The art of the interview. The positive energy of the planes and the negative energy of the illustrations. The passion, the subjectivity, the good distance. Review of each of the seven narrative agents with which a documentary is made.
Class 4 / mounting
The cut and the concepts of form. The assembler's point of view. When the plans have no life of their own. When the editor steals the film. When the force of life far exceeds the mount. Perspectives and limits of assembly. Detailed exposition of the five narrative resources of the montage.
Third Seminar
Five classes
class l / writing
Thematic diversity. Start point. The idea. The narrative device. The synopsis. The investigation. The open script. The imaginary script. Author's script. The birth of an auteur documentary, a report, a docudrama or finally a magazine. Establish an indispensable definition beyond the diffuse borders.
Class 2 / immersion
Film the invisible facts. Discover the molecules, the dramatic atoms that exist in life. Learn to see. Learn to listen. Learn to form words and phrases with the loose letters that are in the air. Reality is a perception of the senses that is often in chaos. Define and search for the point of view. Educate and train the reflexes of the filmmaker.
Class 3 / filming
Film the time. Film the movement. Filming on a human scale. Find the people. The art of the interview. The positive energy of the planes and the negative energy of the illustrations. The passion, the subjectivity, the good distance. Review of each of the seven narrative agents with which a documentary is made.
Class 4 / mounting
The cut and the concepts of form. The assembler's point of view. When the plans have no life of their own. When the editor steals the film. When the force of life far exceeds the mount. Perspectives and limits of assembly. Detailed exposition of the five narrative resources of the montage.
Class 5 / industry and marginalization
New trends. The new subjects. The factors of production. The author. The producer. The diffuser. The public. The new trend: self-production (an alternative to TV channels). The documentary considered as a citizen's right. Documentary and fiction. Documentary and television. Documentary and democracy. An eccentric genre?
SOME EXAMPLES:
EXCERPTS OF SOME WORKS THAT ARE EXHIBITED DURING THE SEMINAR
(with Spanish subtitles)
THE TERRIENS, by Arianne Doublet
THE LAND OF WANDERING SOULS, by Ritty Panh
METAL AND MELANCOLOGY, by Heddy Honigmann
TELL MY FRIENDS I'M DEAD, by Nino Kirtadze
LE MUR, by Simone Bitton
ETRE ET AVOIR, by Nicolas Philibert
THE DAY OF BREAD, by Sergei Dworzewoi
MY JULY VERNE, by Patricio Guzmán
THE UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA, by Heddy Honigman
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, by Michael Koch
THE VALERIE CASE, by François Caillat
THE EYES IN THE BLUES, by Stéphane Meunier
IF YOU ARE A WITCH, by Caroline Deal
FOREVER, by Heddy Honigman
LA VILLE LOUVRE, by Nicolas Philibert
SOCIOLOGY IS A COMBAT SPORT, by Pierre Carles
A DAY WITH TARKOVSKY, by Chris Marker
THE MATTRESS, by Alain Cavalier
PAUL IN HIS LIFE, by Rémy Mauger
THE TWO FACES OF EVE, by Esther Offenberg
THE PINOCHET CASE, by Patricio Guzmán
THE GIRLS FROM PYONGYANG, by Daniel Gordon
THE MIGRANT VILLAGE, by Jacques Perrin
THE LION HUNT TO THE BOW, by Jean Rouch
ARCANA, by Cristóbal Vicente
AN ANIMAL, THE ANIMALS, by Nicolas Philibert
THE DEPARTMENT STORE, by Julie Bertucelli
SHOAH, by Claude Lanzmann
THE OBSTINATE MEMORY, by Patricio Guzmán
PHOTOS OF A REVOLUTION, by Susan Meiselas
THE PERCUSSIONIST, by Cristian Leblé
BABUSIA, by Elsa Quinette
24 PRELUDES AND A FUGUE (ARVO PART), by Dorian Supin
PEOPLE ON TWIST, by Patricio Guzmán
THE ILLUSIONIST, by Alain Cavalier
CHICK KOREA AND BOB MAC FERRIN, by Bettina Ehrhardt
PARADISE, by Marie-Hélène Rebois
WE ARE NOT BICYCLE BRANDS, by Jean-Pierre Thorn
PROFILES PAYSANS I, by Raymond Depardon
THE COLONIE, by Sergei Loznitsa
DOISNEAU, by Sylvain Roumette
THE TIP OF THE MORAL, by Ricardo Iscar
TICKET BANS DOUCHES, by Didier Cros
THE RED KHMER DEATH MACHINE, by Rithy Pan
THE SOUTHERN CROSS, by Patricio Guzmán
THE BATTLE OF CHILE, by Patricio Guzmán
BLACK TEARS, by Sonia Herman Dolz
LIVING IN TAZMAMART, by Davy Zylberfajn
FOR ONLY ONE OF MY EYES, by Avi Mograbi
CIRCUS BAOBAB, by Laurent Chevalier
ETHER by Velu Viswanadhan
SPRING, by Valdas Navasaitis
AIR, by Velu Viswanadhan
TISHE! by Victor Kossakovsky
BLOCKED, by Sergei Loznitsa
LIVING IN PEACE, by Antoine Catin and Pavel Kostomarov
LA LANGUE NE MENT PAS, by Stan Neuman
ODESSA, ODESSA, by Michael Boganim
ROMANCE OF VALENTIA, by Sonia Herman Dolz
MOSCOW X, by Ken Koblan
PROFIT AND NOTHING ELSE, by Raoul Peck
L'OUMIGMAG, by Pierre Perrault
MADRID, by Patricio Guzmán
OF COURSE MY FILMS, by Pia Andell
THE ODYSSEY OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER, by Jean-Christophe Rosé
THE MESSIAH, by William Klein
THE FIRES OF SATAN, by Werner Herzog
BAKA, by Thierry Knauff
BARAKA by Ron Fritke
GENERAL FOOD, by Chantal Briet
CONGO RIVER, by Thierry Michel
BEFORE FLYING BACK TO EARTH, by Arünas Matelis
GABRIEL'S DREAM, by Anne Lévy-Morelle
SALVADOR ALLENDE, by Patricio Guzmán
MOTHER DAO, by Vincent Monikendam
MARGARET AS HERSELF, by Dominique Aubray
ZEUGMA, by Thierry Ragobert
HAPPY ARABIA, by Nicolas Hulot
PASSAGERS D'ORSAY, by Sandra Kogut
ISLAND OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, by Patricio Guzmán
THE BAD BOYS, by Carr-Brown, Bourgeois and Bodet
BEYOND THE BLUE OF THE SKY, by Valérie Winckler
JOURNEY IN G MAJOR, by Georgi Lazarevski
CHILDREN'S CHOIR, by Christian Leblé
LIVING IN PEACE, by Cattin & Kostomarov
FOREVER, by Heddy Honigmann
LUNGO IL FIUME, by Ermano Olmi
ROMANCE OF VALENTIA, by Sonia Herman Dolz
GLENN GOULD BEYOND TIME, by Bruno Monsaingeant
THE REVOLUTION MUST NOT BE TELEVISED, by Bartley & O'Brian
NIAIDS, GROWING UP IN PRISON, by Lara Rastelli
EXTENSIVE DETAILS, IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANCIS ALYS, by Julien Devaux
THE AWAKENING OF APOLLO, by Jérôme Prieur
JULIA KRISTEVA, STRANGE FOREIGN, François Caillat
RECREATION, by Claire Simon
BLACK EARTH, by Ricardo Iscar
MOZAMBIQUE, DIARY OF AN INDEPENDENCE, by Margarida Cardoso
THE DANCE OF DEGAS, by Mischa Scorer
RAFAH, CHRONICLE OF A GAZA CITY, Stéphane Marchetti and Alexis Monchodet
THE CHILDREN OF ITCHKERIE (CHECHNYA), by Florent Marcie
PROFILES PAYSANS, LA VIE MODERNE, by Raymond Depardon
NIGHT AND FOG, by Alain Resnais
THE QUINCE SUN, by Víctor Erice
RIVERS AND TIDES, ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, by Thiomas Riedelsheimer
THE GREAT SILENCE, by Philip Gröning
THE REFLET OF THE VIE, by Eliane de Latour
CALATRAVA, by Catherine Adda
BELOW SEA LEVEL, by Gianfranco Rosi
ROBINSONS OF MANTSINSAARI, by Víctor Asliuk
ARIANNE MNOUCHKINE, the adventure of the Theater of the Sun, by Catherine Vilpoux
KNOWLEDGE IS THE BEGINNING, Paul Smaczny
SINCE WE WERE BORN, by Jean-Pierre Duret and Andrea Santana
ACCENTUS, LAURENCE EQUILBEY, by Andy Sommer
BARCELONA OR DEATH, by Idrissa Guiro
FROM ONE WALL TO THE OTHER: BERLIN-CEUTA, by Patric Jean
ELDORADO-PRELJOCAJ, by Olivier Assayas
OUR FORBIDDEN PLACES, by Leila Kilanis
SONDERKOMMANDO, by Emil Weiss
ASTRONOMERS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, by Patricio Guzmán
A GALAXY OF PROBLEMS, by Patricio Guzmán
MARIA TERESA AND THE BROWN DWARF, by Patricio Guzmán
KOMMUNALKA, by Françoise Huguier
LE MARCHEUR, BY Jean-Nöel Cristiani
NOSTALGIA DE LA LIGHT, by Patricio Guzmán
ESTRADIVARIA, by Kart More
RETURN TO THE ELEMENTS, by Viswanadahn
SI BLEU SI CALME, by Eliane de Latour
MODERN LIFE, by Raymond Depardon
KINSHASA SYMPHONY, by Claus Wischmann and Martin Bauer
PONTS DE FLEURS, by Thomas Ciuliei
THE MOTHER, by Cattin-Kostomarov
REPUBLIC, by Ginette Lavigne
CHILE UNTIL WHEN, by David Bradbury
TAHRIR, by Stefano Savona
FUTURES MARKET, by Mercedes Álvarez
NINE MUSES, by John Akomfrah
CRAZY HORSE, by Frederick Wiseman
AU BONHEUR DE DAMES, by Christine le Goff and Sally Aitken
THE LIFEGUARD, by Maite Alberdi
THE MAIN TENDUE, by Richard Copans