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Are you a social scientist looking for interesting ways to convey the outputs of your research? Perhaps you’ve already considered online content or documentaries but are not sure how to begin?
Social science research generates rich and fascinating insight confronting urgent societal issues in new ways. These insights on societal issues often unveil strong character-led stories which are the key to documentary production.
The Media Content Production and Commercialsation Training Series, is a set of two online workshops focusing on documentary production delivered by Dr Lisa Lin, of StoryLab, which are available to all members of the University.
Lisa will also be hosting a hybrid interactive Q&A session, in person at the Hauser Forum and online, where you will have the opportunity to ask any questions you have from the training workshops but also on a particular project you are working on or looking to start.
Who is this for?
University of Cambridge researchers and academics in the Arts and Humanities and Social Science at different stages of their careers and/or at different stages of their research journey.
Media Content Production and Commercialisation Training Series – Online Workshops
Documentary Storytelling Online Workshop 1.0 – Creating Great Content
How to take a creative approach to storytelling and documentary development to give your research-based documentary the best possible chances of reaching a wide audience.
The training workshop introduces what is documentary storytelling; why it is important that media production is planned and professionally developed at the outset of a research projects and how to develop an understanding of the value chains of media production industries, the expectations of documentary producers and commissioners when working with academic researchers, and how to navigate the planning and delivery of a documentary from scratch.
Outcomes: Content production for media differs considerably from academic output. Content for media production needs to be planned at the outset of a research projects and professionally developed. The training introduces what is storytelling; how it differs from developing typical academic output and press release; what channels are available in the media production sector and how they differ.
Documentary Storytelling Online Workshop 2.0 – Navigating the Film/Documentary Industry
How the documentary film industry works, how to successfully get your work noticed, and where opportunities arise
The second training workshop of the Media, Content and Commercialisation series. This session introduces the production processes of documentary filmmaking, and how to navigate the value chains of documentary production across film, television and digital streaming industries. How to develop pitching skills and write a successful documentary treatment for potential commissioners and producers. Explore where the opportunities arise for researchers to pitch, co-develop, produce and distribute research-led documentaries. Live Q&A and 1-minute elevator pitch exercises.
Outcomes: Training workshop specifically focusing on how research-based documentaries are pitched, produced and brought to market. How different markets work for media content; pitching skills; production skills etc. more focused on specific industries value chain and the skills needed to tap into those.