Five Sessions

Zoom/Teams

All taught information will be shared with students to be returned to after each session.

(information will be sent via email the day before the course starts, please make sure you include your email address when booking).

These sessions are aimed at

• Writers, aspiring writers and those looking to relax with writing meditation

• Anyone interested in visual storytelling - writing, drawing, photography and film

• Finding that book that is in all of us

• Anyone looking for fun writing, photography and film exercises to try at home

• ‘How To’ Videos available to try at your own pace - 10 top Tips for Smartphone Photography, Film like David Fincher and Printmaking at Home

Members will explore visual storytelling with a Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London researcher and comics with an award-winning comic book and cover artist based in London.

Session are led by Marie Theresa Crick who is a photographer, videographer, educator and researcher.

Bonus three 10 minute ‘How To’ videos from Marie Crick – 10 top Tips for Smartphone Photography, Film like David Fincher and Printmaking at Home

Session One – Introduction into a writer’s mindset (Writing)

·      Pathways into writing – with fun exercises to develop your voice and inspiration

·      How to overcome self-doubt

·      Finding your narrative voice

·      How to weave writing into the everyday

·      Tips and techniques

·      Writing meditation exercise

·      Activities in and for the next session

·      Chance to discuss ideas

Session Two – Storytelling and reimagining with David Fincher, A24 studio, TV programme Succession and more (Film)

·      Hijacking the eyes with Fincher

·      Challenge to film like Fincher on a tablet/phone

·      Overview of A24 films/TV – Euphoria, The Lighthouse, Minari, Saint Maud, The Farewell, Hereditary and more

·      Film Techniques from Euphoria from lighting, to colour cinematography to camera techniques – film like Euphoria

·      What makes a A24 film?

·      How to paint with shadows and light in photography and film – Hitchcock and beyond – activities

·      Why is Succession filmed like it is?

·      How to create suspense in a film

·      What does it mean to experience in different spaces – looking to installation

·      Chance to share writing from the first session

Session Three – Visual Storytelling through Photography

·      How to conjure your voice in photography

·      Use photos to inspire stories

·      Looking to photographers like Ingrid Pollard

·      The act of resistance in the story – in photography

·      ‘Restless creativity and urgent storytelling” The uncanny documentary portraiture of Jeremy Snell.’ – BJP

·      Chance to share filming experiences and have discussions

·      Listening to sounds to imagine, write and capture images

·      How do photobooks tell stories?

·      The Architectural Photographs of Helene Binet

·      Creating your own photobook - using InDesign and Adobe programmes

·      Looking to photography for inspiration

·      Challenge to create your own photo story for the next session

Session Four – Writing workshop with a focus on storytelling through spoken word and podcasts 

·      Jumping into speculative science fiction with activities

·      Weaving the work of Octavia E. Butler and Season Butler

·      Spoken word moments

·      Exploring storytelling through podcasts and looking for inspiration

·      How to create your own podcast – planning, preparing, recording, editing and launching

·      How to make cover art for your podcast

·      Activities in and for the next session

·      Chance to share creations and have discussions

Session Five – Visual storytelling in Art – printmaking, papermaking, painting and more

·      Using poetry for inspiration to create art

·      Printmaking with found objects at home to craft a story

·      Making paper at home to write on

·      Exploring the art of paper sculpture and activities to try at home

·      Visual storytelling through paint

·      Chance to share writing, photos, and anything created in response to the previous sessions

Opportunity to share writing, journals, and visual stories in an online exhibition