VIDEO PRODUCTION WORKSHOP

Community organisations invited to apply for a free workshop on basic video production.

As part of the Durban International Film Festival, the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Centre for Creative Arts in association with the Audio Visual Centre, invites community organisations to apply for a free workshop on Basic Video Production which will take place from July 22 to Aug 2.

The workshop is open to entry-level people, preferably those who have not been working in the industry but have a strong desire to pursue video production as a career option. The course will involve practical skills on video camera operation, composition, scripting and video editing. Successful participants will be awarded a certificate of attendance at the end of the workshop.

The importance of participants being attached to community organisations is that workshop participants will then have an organisational environment where they can make use of and impart their newly-acquired skills.

Community organisations are invited to nominate one or two candidates. Applicants are required to submit a one-page motivation of why they want to attend the course and how it will benefit their organisation. An official endorsement by the director of the organisation must accompany the application, and should contain a description of the organisation and its full contact details.

Applications, which must contain full contact details of the applicant, may be delivered or posted to: Centre for Creative Arts – Video Production Workshop Application, UKZN, Howard College Campus, Durban, 4041; emailed to: diff@ukzn.ac.za and faxed to: (031) 260 3074.

The closing date for submissions is June 17.

A selection of provisional candidates may be contacted to attend interviews and the final list of successful applicants will be confirmed by July 15.

The tuition will be in English. Participants must attend all the workshop sessions (08h00- 16h00). Lunch will be provided. In addition, participants will be obliged to attend three film seminars of two hours each, involving festival filmmakers. These seminars will be held during the 30th Durban International Film Festival which runs from July 22 to July 2.

More information from Sakhile Gumede at the Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal on 031 260 1817 or 031- 260 2506 or visit www.cca.ukzn.ac.za