Science Filmmaking Marathon

Aims

In the filmmaking marathon, we train researchers in tools used in dramatic storytelling and filmmaking to communicate their research, thereby making their science more readily accessible for a broader audience. Course participants learn the basics of visual storytelling and filmmaking and in working in groups supervised by professional filmmakers will produce short films during three intensive course days. The produced films will be screened as premieres at the 6th Global Science Film Festival (www.sciencefilm.ch), with a special award for the best film.

Content

Day 1
• Pitching of science stories, and small groups (scientists and artists) making
• Each group (Scientists and filmmakers) prepare their story, script and storyboard, and present them to the other participants in the marathon

Day 2
• Filming (participants are free to decide where and when to film)

Day 3
• Films editing

The premiere of the produced films will take place at the 6th Global Science Film Festival (www.sciencefilm.ch) 8-10 November 2024 in Basel, Bern, Lugano and Zurich

Methods

Participants will go through the whole process of making films: They will learn how to pitch their film-ideas, the basics of storytelling, storyboarding, filming (including using professional material, e.g. cameras, tripods, light, and sound recording gears), and editing (using Premiere Pro and CapCut software).

Target Group

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

About the Trainer

Samer Angelone
Angelone is a filmmaker and scientist. He is the founder of the Global Science Film Festival, and works as a jury-member for prestigious international film festivals. Angelone has directed several fiction and documentary films. He teaches 'Filmmaking for Scientists', 'Storytelling & Storyboarding Science', and 'Video-journalism for Scientists' at different universities, research institutes and film festivals.
Angelone holds two PhDs in Film Studies and Biology

To know more about my research and films, please see:
Science: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samer_Angelone
Film: https://vimeo.com/samerangelone

Workload

Total of 30h (course attendance 24h, preparatory tasks 6h)

Feature

The expenses for the train tickets will be reimbursed by the course instructor, Samer Angelone. He will get in touch with the participants in order to discuss the details.

Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.

Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.