FILMMAKING & DOCUMENTING ORAL HISTORY
FILMMAKING AND DOCUMENTING ORAL HISTORY (2-days)
Participants will learn how to create storytelling videos and participate in a 2-day hands on film-making workshop led by filmmaker, Mia Nakano (Visibility Project Director & Hyphen co-founder) and supported by emerging community filmmakers Sal Tran and MLin.
Day 1: Saturday, July 23rd (10am – 1pm)
Participants will learn best practices of lighting, audio, and interview techniques. Learn the best position for a boom mic and also what a friggin boom mic is! Get handy takeaway tips around composition, exposure, model releases, and publication transparency. A professional video setup will be used as a demonstration tool that will be put into practice on day 2. Tips will be given throughout the day that are applicable to all filmmaking practices whether you have a fancy dslr or video camera or are working with a smart phone.
Day 2: Sunday, July 24th (must pre-register for a 30 minute filmmaking slot)
The second day will be dedicated to producing interview segments with both interviewees and interviewers. Priority will be given to participants who have attended the first day of “Documenting Oral Histories Through Filmmaking” workshop. Participants will register online for a 30 minute filmmaking slot and get hands on experience behind the camera! Participants will come with an interviewee to create the RAW footage of an oral history story! Mia Nakano will be the technical advisor on set to ensure the production runs smoothly
LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Mia Nakano: Director, Visibility Project
FILMMAKING ASSISTANTS
MLin: Community Organizer, API Equality – Northern California
Sal Tran: Filmmaker
DAY 1
DATE & TIME (Day 1)
Saturday, July 23rd
10am – 2pm
LOCATION (Day 1)
San Francisco Public Library
Learning Studio
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
CLASS LIMIT (Day 1)
12 people
DAY 2: Filmmaking (must pre-register for a 30 minute slot)
DATE & TIME (Day 2)
Sunday, July 24th
10am – 6pm
LOCATION (Day 2)
Strut Space
3rd Floor
470 Castro St,
San Francisco, CA 94114
ABOUT THE RESLIENCE ARCHIVES
LGBTQ Asian Pacific Americans have made historic contributions to art, labor rights, and immigration reform, but their stories are truncated footnotes, if mentioned at all. APAs are the fastest growing population in the U.S., but have one of the lowest amounts of visibility in media.
With little to no LGBTQ AAPI representation in popular culture or history, it is often up to these individuals to seek out their own community in order to hear stories and experiences. This process can be a huge struggle, resulting in conflicts of identity, religion, familial obligation, and self worth. LGBTQ AAPIs face intense discrimination and racism from mainstream LGBTQ communities, and must often choose to be LGBTQ or Asian.
The Resilience Archives will exist online as community created history through photographs, slideshows, audio clips, multi-media, and much more. The first iteration of the project starts in the SF Bay Area with a series of four free workshops that teach practical, technical, and artistic skills in different mediums: archiving, storytelling, print media, performance arts, and film practices.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
Workshops are open to LGBTQ AAPI community, family, and allies. Due to limited space in some workshops, priority will be given to LGBTQ AAPI community members. Please view individual workshop pages to see if there are any restrictions.
