The first rule of DOCMA Club is: DOCMA is a five-minute collaborative documentary film The second rule of DOCMA Club: Its made by five filmmakers on one theme Third rule of DOCMA: Each film is made in a different documentary style Fourth rule: Films should be made in isolation from the other filmakers Fifth: DOCMA is then shown as a complete film. Early Wednesday morning I made my way to Woodend Barn in Banchory to take part in a documentary making workshop. The workshop was led by the filmmaker Anne Milne. Anne introduced the class to the rules of DOCMA and explained how the DOCMA Collective grew out of a collaboration with DocKlub, a monthly support group for documentary filmmakers based in Edinburgh, Scotland. In preparation for the workshop we each brought a single word theme, that may or may not be chosen. A lottery then ensued to decide our groups, theme and documentary styles. Just over two hours later we parted company with a deadline of four days to film, edit and upload our one minute films. The completed films will be uploaded at a future date to the DOCMA website. Comments are closed.
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