The Art Behind the Nuts and Bolts

In May 2012, Barnard alumna Jessica Chornesky and her co-worker Ivo led 10 Barnard students in a BCRW sponsored intensive one week workshop on creating a video for a non-profit. Here, India Choquette, a workshop participant, reflects on the process and her take-aways. Let us know your thoughts on creating video for social change in the comments!

At the beginning of the BCRW’s intensive filmmaking workshop, I quickly realized two things: first, it takes years to learn to make a movie, and second, anyone can make a movie.

While these two ideas might seem to oppose each other, they fuse to make up the most important lesson I learned. After the workshop, I have the confidence to pick up a camera and get to work: I know that I can do it on my own. However, I also have a deeper appreciation for the work that goes into shooting and editing a film, and I know that, although I now have a firm foothold in that world, I have years of training and experimentation ahead of me before I become an expert in my own right.

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