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News
GMAI Presents Workshop on the History, Creation and Analysis of
Documentary Film
New York, April 1, 2009
The Global Media Arts Institute (GMAI), in association with Escuela
Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV), presented a workshop on
documentary film creation. Classes took place March 23-27, 2009 at FUNGLODE
Headquarters in Santo Domingo.
Seventeen students participated in the workshop on the history and creation
of documentary film. Participants learned about contemporary film analysis;
principal characteristics and viable structures for observational and
analytical documentary film; script development; and the use of persuasion.
The workshop was taught by Rolando Almirante, creator and producer of
documentary films and television and radio programs and Professor of
Audiovisual Arts at Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión and Instituto
Superior de Cine y Televisíon in Cuba.
GMAI, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD)
and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE),
is dedicated to providing professionals in the television and film industry
with comprehensive instruction in the latest trends in audiovisual
production, as part of its overall mission to expand the multimedia industry
of the Dominican Republic. The Institute seeks to play a key role in the
development of a highly qualified Dominican audiovisual industry that
significantly contributes to the economic development, competitiveness and
modernization of the nation.
GMAI regularly offers introductory, intermediate and advanced courses. It
also organizes events that promote greater understanding of the media arts,
such as conferences, screenings and interviews with filmmakers.
See CV – Rolando Almirante
Related link:
www.eictv.org
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