NSB Film School: Hybrid Documentary [Durham, NC]

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**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+

Full Tuition: $220 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal at check out.

Instructor: Victoria Bouloubasis | 3 Weeks | Thursdays March 6 - 20 | 6:00 - 9:30 PM | In-Person | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC

If you’ve ever wondered about the ethics of documentary filmmaking, then this mini-course is for you. A new genre — hybrid documentary — has been making a splash on the scene in the last few decades. In plain words, this style blends traditional documentary film methods with fictional elements that are often scripted, sometimes surreal, and always intentionally designed to move the story in a particular direction. When a story moves between two modes like this, does it bend the truth? Or does it allow for a fuller truth to emerge, one controlled by the subject of the story in a way that makes it even more realistic to their experience?

In this course we’ll discuss how hybrid documentary functions as an undefined media landscape and how it may work for or against the subjects. We’ll also interrogate the dialogue within the documentary film world surrounding the style’s ethics. 

This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.

Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full- or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All sliding-scale needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.

Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month.Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.

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**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+

Full Tuition: $220 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal at check out.

Instructor: Victoria Bouloubasis | 3 Weeks | Thursdays March 6 - 20 | 6:00 - 9:30 PM | In-Person | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC

If you’ve ever wondered about the ethics of documentary filmmaking, then this mini-course is for you. A new genre — hybrid documentary — has been making a splash on the scene in the last few decades. In plain words, this style blends traditional documentary film methods with fictional elements that are often scripted, sometimes surreal, and always intentionally designed to move the story in a particular direction. When a story moves between two modes like this, does it bend the truth? Or does it allow for a fuller truth to emerge, one controlled by the subject of the story in a way that makes it even more realistic to their experience?

In this course we’ll discuss how hybrid documentary functions as an undefined media landscape and how it may work for or against the subjects. We’ll also interrogate the dialogue within the documentary film world surrounding the style’s ethics. 

This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.

Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full- or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All sliding-scale needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.

Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month.Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.

**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+

Full Tuition: $220 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal at check out.

Instructor: Victoria Bouloubasis | 3 Weeks | Thursdays March 6 - 20 | 6:00 - 9:30 PM | In-Person | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC

If you’ve ever wondered about the ethics of documentary filmmaking, then this mini-course is for you. A new genre — hybrid documentary — has been making a splash on the scene in the last few decades. In plain words, this style blends traditional documentary film methods with fictional elements that are often scripted, sometimes surreal, and always intentionally designed to move the story in a particular direction. When a story moves between two modes like this, does it bend the truth? Or does it allow for a fuller truth to emerge, one controlled by the subject of the story in a way that makes it even more realistic to their experience?

In this course we’ll discuss how hybrid documentary functions as an undefined media landscape and how it may work for or against the subjects. We’ll also interrogate the dialogue within the documentary film world surrounding the style’s ethics. 

This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.

Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full- or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All sliding-scale needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.

Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month.Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.