Master Class: Documentary Filmmaking with Jennifer Fox (THE TALE)
About this Master Class
Master Classes are in-depth, interactive learning experiences focused on craft and career building and led by renowned industry experts. Topics include fiction and documentary filmmaking, TV writing and production, and navigating and succeeding in the entertainment industry.
This in-depth, interactive conversation will illuminate how the documentary filmmaker is engaged in every part of production, from concept through distribution, and delve into the process for shaping your material into a compelling story.
Topics presented will include:
- Finding the story you must tell
- Gaining access to and building trust with your subjects
- Determining what, when, and how much to shoot
- Navigating production challenges
- Crafting your story in the editing process
- Opportunities and challenges in post-production
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Jennifer Fox
Instructor
Jennifer Fox is an internationally renowned writer, director, and producer. Her groundbreaking films and series include: the Sundance Grand Feature Prize Winner, Beirut: The Last Home Movie; the ten-hour Gracie Award Winner, An American Love Story; the six-hour IDFA Audience Award Winner, Flying Confessions of a Free Woman, and the Emmy nominated feature, My Reincarnation. Fox recently completed The Tale, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and launched on HBO Films in the U.S. and around the world to audience and critical acclaim. The Tale has been invited to festivals around the world, including Tribeca Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival London, Oslo Film Festival, Munich Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival, Durban Film Festival and many more into 2019. The film has been accompanied by an extensive global outreach and impact campaign country by country, including being shown at the United Nations in both Geneva, Switzerland and New York. It was nominated for the Emmy Awards, the Gotham Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards, the UK National Film & TV Awards, the Satellite Press Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress. Fox has executive produced numerous acclaimed films including Love & Diane, On the Ropes, The Pathological Optimist, The Rest I Make Up – and Associate Produced She's Lost Control. She lectures internationally and her films and series have been shown in retrospectives around the world