Film your Science
25 and 27 June 2024
General context
Do you want to learn to communicate your science visually without spending excessive time or money? In this workshop, you'll learn to make appealing short films about your research with equipment as simple as your smartphone.
We will teach you everything necessary to make good and useful footage for your own video in half a day to two days. We will practice composition, camera movements and a large diversity of shots online or in person.
You will get to work on your own science film, a take-home resource you can use directly for your science communication and self-marketing. We guide you through the production process with two primary assignments of growing complexity, which will refine your film step by step. You will practice using your smartphone as a videocamera, and we will discuss the results. We will pay special attention to the sound because any presentation or interview will be worthless if the sound is weak. In the more extended versions of the course, we will also pay attention to interviewing, presenting, and the basics of editing.
- Make beautiful shots with your mobile
- Film editing
Please note that you need to have followed the training Social Media for Scientists to be eligible to participate in this training.
Participants can use their smartphones for the recording; you need no special equipment.
- This course is only open for VIB participants and is free
- Note that upon no-show without valid justification you will be blacklisted for the VIB training program for 1 year and a fee of €100 will be charged. Click here for more information
Trainers
Erik den Boer
Erik den Boer studied biology at Wageningen University for four years. Then he developed into a film and television director specialising in making films and television programs, mostly about nature and science. For about a decade, he has trained scientists to present themselves and their research in various visual formats like short films or clips. His work-shops range from short and concrete formats like “Create an engaging social media film with your phone” to complete filmmaking courses.
Practical info
The zoom links to follow the webinars will be send to the participants a few days preceding the start of the training.