The hands-on interviewing exercises threw us into the deep end and emphasised the importance of having enough confidence to approach people.
COURSES
We began our series Before You Go: Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking and Editing for Social Scientists in March of 2006 and have now completed our 15th workshop and 10th evening class in just over two years. We have embraced students from all university departments and participants from outside academia, even though our methods are those from an anthropological perspective. With the backing of the Royal Anthropological Institute, OADF has now established itself in providing technical skills in cameras and editing for students with research agendas, as well as for students with an interest in media communication.
We now have an association with UCL and the Department of Media and Performance at Oxford and Cherwell Valley College (OCVC), Oxford.
From October 2008 we are offering Apple accredited exams in Media Pro Applications at OCVC as part of a joint initiative to create an Apple Authorised Training Centre (AATCe) in Oxford. Now with over 200 alumni, we are beginning to understand the needs of our academic associates, and we hope to have raised the awareness of the medium of film as a tool for research.
Click here to see a list of courses OADF has already run.
