Role
Production assistance, photographic documentation, and descriptive captioning
Context
The course “Documentary with Archival Footage: Practices and Reflections,” proposed, produced, and taught by Leandro Olimpio da Rocha, was carried out through the Paulo Gustavo Federal Law (LPG) in the municipality of São Vicente/SP, during the days of February 4, 6, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, and 27, 2025, at the Multicultural Space, located at Praça 22 de Janeiro, s/nº, Centro, São Vicente-SP.
This project stems from a previous course experience conducted by Leandro Olimpio at Sesc Santos in April 2022.
Leandro Olimpio is a director and editor based in São Vicente. His filmography focuses on this cinematic movement. With “Images of a Dream,” “Memories of Fire,” and “Our Pamphlet Would Be Like This,” short films he directed and edited using archival materials, he has been selected, screened, and awarded at various festivals in Brazil and abroad, such as the International Archive Film Festival (Brazil), the 46th Guarnicê Film Festival (Brazil), the 35th Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse (France), the 14th Visões Periféricas - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the Olhar Caiçara Showcase at the 17th Curta Santos (Brazil), the 12th Bugarte Film and Visual Arts Festival (Colombia), the 5th Envigado Short Film Festival (Colombia), the Indian International Film Festival (India), the 30th Vitória Film Festival (Brazil), among others.
Syllabus
“Documentary with Archival Footage: Reflections and Practices” is an eight-session course that uses the research of pre-existing materials and film editing as strategic elements for producing independent films with low costs or even no budget.
The course develops theoretically by introducing students to the fundamental ideas and canonical films of this traditional documentary genre, and practically, with the main goal of demonstrating that filmmaking, especially for beginners, does not exclusively depend on large resources to exist.
Credits
Proposer, Producer, and Instructor:
Leandro Olimpio da Rocha
Production Assistance:
Brenno Brandalise Demarchi
Telmo Martins
Photographic Documentation:
Brenno Brandalise Demarchi
Descriptive Captioning:
Leandro Olimpio da Rocha
Brenno Brandalise Demarchi
Libras Interpretation (Brazilian Sign Language):
Claudia Pepe
Brenda Pepe
Tools and Technologies
Photo Editing: RawTherapee
Photographic Equipment: Canon EOS Rebel T5i + Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens
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