Portable Film Festival are proud to announce a brand new filmmaking project for 2009! It's called Docummunity, and is the first open source online documentary project of its kind...

The concept is to empower filmmakers (and other artists) enabling them to make longer form documentaries, and creating a worldwide collaborative network of filmmakers, musicians and artists!

To kick this off this amazing project, Victorian Screen Development Association Open Channel are offering a 2 day short course that teaches you all the basics of filmmaking by working on the first ever Docummunity project. By the time you've finished the course you'll have written, produced, filmed and uploaded your own content to the Docummunity web site and will have the skills, and access to enough footage to make your own full length documentary! Check out the details as below; for bookings or more information, phone 03 86109300.

Here's a bit about the course - and stay tuned to Portable for Docummunity's upcoming launch!

Money. What Story Does It Tell You?

Digital Filmmaking Introduction + Docummunity

Enrol now in OPEN CHANNEL’s upcoming Digital Filmmaking Introduction course running from 27-29 March, and be a part of the launch of the global, online Docummunity, a new filmmaking initiative of Portable Film Festival.

Digital Filmmaking Introduction will teach you all the basics of documentary filmmaking - from concept to completion. You'll also be the first to contribute themed content to a worldwide collaborative storytelling project called Docummunity. The brainchild of Portable Film Festival, Docummunity encourages users to upload short video clips, photographs or original music for use in a long form documentary.

Take your first step into documentary making, and join a growing global community of fellow filmmakers. Learn to use professional equipment and devise, shoot, upload, and edit a short documentary film. All participants receive the OPEN CHANNEL “Digital Filmmaking: An Introductory Handbook” and a DVD copy of their short film.

When: 27 March (6.15pm - 9.15pm), 28 & 29 March (10.00am - 5.30pm)
Where: OPEN CHANNEL, Shed 4, North Wharf Road, Docklands
Fees: $310 members / $370 non-members
Contact hours: 15
Bookings: info@openchannel.org.au / 03 8610 9300
http://www.openchannel.org.au/training/c_digitalfilmmaking.html