Editing

June 14, 2019 @

Docs Get Graphic Master Class with Neil Berkeley

In the Docs Get Graphic Master Class, Emmy-nominated filmmaker Neil Berkeley explores using graphic design and animation to enhance a documentary's visual grammar and bring characters and narratives to life. Berkeley demystifies simple to complex design elements that bring an artistic and...

October 11, 2018

The Zen of Editing: A Primer

"Documentary editing is perhaps one of the most challenging intellectual feats on the planet…How does anyone do it?" Author, educator and film editor

June 21, 2018

The Feedback: Juliane Dressner and Edwin Martinez' 'Personal Statement'

Since IDA's DocuClub was relaunched in 2016 as a forum for sharing and soliciting feedback about works-in-progress, many DocuClub alums have since

May 1, 2018

'Who Controls the Story?' Dominates the Conversation at Sundance Film Festival '18

The 2018 Sundance Film Festival kicked off for me at the Firelight Media party at the Kickstarter Lodge, with a fired-up crowd anticipating the Women

February 15, 2018

The Feedback: Alina Skrzeszewska's 'Game Girls'

Since IDA's DocuClub was relaunched in 2016 as a forum for sharing and soliciting feedback about works-in-progress, many DocuClub alums have

June 7, 2017 @

AFS x IDA: Master Class with Director Robert Greene

In this Master Class presented by Austin Film Society and IDA, Robert Greene (who is also the Filmmaker In Chief at the University of Missouri's Murray Center for Documentary Journalism), discusses documentary storytelling, filmmaking ethics, creating...