CHISHOLM - Members of the Minnesota Discovery Center announced last week that they plan to offer another nine-week Introduction to Documentary Film Production Workshop to aspiring northland filmmakers.
After a successful workshop last year, Iron Range raised filmmaker Matthew Koshmrl is scheduled to host another set of classes starting in May. He is offering instruction on how to create a short documentary film and a platform to work, learn, create, and consume non-fiction storytelling in the digital era.
Koshmrl again plans to guide participants through the process of creating their own documentary short film and to teach them about the historical and conceptual analysis of what defines a documentary.To do so, he uses screenings, lectures, hands-on lab filmmaking exercises, reading and production assignments. Each participant will have the option to complete a 5-7-minute documentary short film by the end of the course. State-of-the-art equipment including, iMacs, editing software,