Claudine Doury: Creative documentary

Teacher: Claudine Doury

The workshop Creative documentary: Using reality to create personal fiction will focus on ways of interacting with reality in story-telling. The participants will be asked to compose a fictitious story based on their own vision, fields of interest and obsessions, using the natural environment and specific spirit around Kuldīga or in the camp. It is suggested that participants each produce a dummy story book in the end.

First, everyone will have to define the outlines of their subject, using experience from the past and focusing on personal desires and secret wishes, in order to spot out different content inputs from what is available in Kuldīga or surroundings. The work will evolve from diving into the subject to unveiling one’s sensitivity while composing a fictitious story. Everyday the teacher will discuss with the participants and accompany them during their shooting, helping them to define and create their own point of view and express their personal universe. At last the effort will be concentrated on editing the photos to compose a sensible and sensitive series, paying attention to how the images flow and interact with each other. The final series should at the end be a reflection of the vision, sensitivity and style of each author.

© Claudine Doury, Fallen Angel, 2008