We are currently open to applications for the next phase of film training in Gulu.
Click here to download application form for Gulu via Google Drive
How to Apply for Gulu training
For your application to be considered, submit the following documents to the address below, before 10th December 2021
A filled application form
A letter expressing why you are interested in the course
A sample of your work, if available, on DVD or as online link
A script or story idea for a short film
Submit Your Applications to our offices located at:
United Youth Entertainment
TAKS CENTER
Upper Churchill Drive
P. O. Box 22, Gulu, Uganda
Telephones:
0778326359
0772341206
0788508119
Email: mobilefilmschool@dilstories.com
Why you should take this film making course
For now, the trainings are free, as in participants do not pay a tuition fee. There is only a registration fee, of 100,000/=, which is a contribution to help cater for some of the overhead costs, like feeding. We cater for meals during specified training workshops.
This is a practical training. Participants will have hands-on learning on all tools of film making, and the course units include:
1) Scriptwriting
2) Film directing
3) Film production
4) Cinematography and photography
5) Video editing
6) Audio recording and production.
The training uses modern trends in filmmaking technology to usher you into the industry. We use a combination of smart phones and DSLR cameras, as well as mirrorless cameras, to teach cinematography and photography. We use open source software and free film editing software like Kdenlive and HitFilm and to teach video editing, and audacity for audio production. For audio recording, participants learn on the Tascam audio recorders and mixers, with Rode NTG-2 microphones.
At the end of the course, participants get a certificate. Above that, participants will have produced a complete short film that they can use as a show-reel, and which they can enter into film festivals to kick start their careers.
Who is this film training designed for?
While our primary focus is on film making, this course is suitable for all kinds of media practitioners, as we emphasize practicals. TV and Radio journalists, PRO and Communications Officers in corporations or NGOs, event videographers and photographers, are among those who will find it a very helpful course.
Terms and Conditions
The Deadline for submitting all requested materials is 16th March 2020. Successful applicants will be notified one week after the deadline.
The workshop runs from 10th January 2022 and continues for ten months. Participants must be available full time to attend all sessions. There will be three phases of the training:
Phase 1: 15 Days, 10th January 2022 – 31st January 2022. Practical Introduction to Film making, where participants learn the basic skills.
Phase 2: 15 Days, 3 days per week. February – April 2022. Intermediate Training, where participants build on what they have learned from the first phase, and start making short films as practice.
Phase 3: 6 Months. Advanced Training. Participants will be guided on a monthly basis to consolidate their learning and skills to become full-fledged media practitioners and filmmakers.
This is a non-residential workshop to be held in Gulu town. Participants will cater for their own transport and accommodation costs.
Upon selection, participants will pay a registration fee of 100,000/= (one hundred thousand, Ugandan shillings).
Participants will own all copyright(s) of their works, and works they write or produce must not be in violation of any existing copyright(s) of any individual or organization.
Participants will grant Dilstories, United Youth Entertainment, Stitching DOEN, and all their partners, permission to use photographs, video recordings, and audio recordings bearing the images of the participants for publicity and for fundraising purposes.