Documentary

Annelise Vogt

Observational documentary about work, water and the people who do it

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for Fernway

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Annelise Vogt makes observational documentaries about work: who does it, where, and what it costs them. She spends long periods with her subjects before filming, often without a camera at all, and her films are known for their patience and their refusal to explain.

Low Water, her feature-length film for Fernway about small-boat fishermen on two coasts, won the Grand Jury Prize at Saltmarsh Documentary Festival and was an Official Selection at Northlight Film Festival. She trained as a sound recordist, still thinks about sound before picture, and lives in Berlin.

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Documentary

Films

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Awards

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Notes from a river shoot

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Behind the scenes

Samir Haddad

What a week on a mountain riverbank for Dust and Daylight taught us about tents, weather, small crews and carrying less than you think you need.

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The clapperboard is not a prop

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Craft

Theo Lindqvist

Why slates, scene and take discipline and proper sound sync still matter on a digital set, and how we run them on every Offscreen shoot.

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Lighting a room with one lamp

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Interviews

Yuna Sato

Yuna Sato and cinematographer Ama Boateng on lighting interiors with practicals for The Long Field and Signal, and why they rarely bring a light the audience cannot see.

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The Long Field premieres at Northlight Film Festival

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Hannah Reyes

Yuna Sato's short about a woman walking out across a winter snowfield has its world premiere this week as an Official Selection at Northlight Film Festival.

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Grading Night Drive

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Eun-ji Park

Colourist Eun-ji Park on building the look of Night Drive for Halden: two colours, one face, deep blacks and four nights of Manchester rain made to match.

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Annelise Vogt joins the roster

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Marcus Bell

The Berlin-based documentary director behind Low Water joins Offscreen for long-form, branded and commercial work, represented by both our London and Los Angeles offices.

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Casting real people

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Mara Okonkwo

Mara Okonkwo on street casting non-actors for Twelve Rounds, from gym noticeboards and casting tapes to contracts, consent and the first day on set.

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What a treatment is for

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Hannah Reyes

A director's treatment is a promise about a film, not a description of it. Hannah Reyes on what a good one does, what it should never try to do, and how we read them.

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A week in the edit of Feedback

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Behind the scenes

Daniel Okafor

Editor Daniel Okafor on one week of cutting Feedback, Kofi Mensah-Hart's tour film with The Lowlands, from 300 hours of rushes to a seventy-two minute film.

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