Introduction to Video Testimonials
What do we mean by the piece?
A course by David R. Romay , Director, producer and writer
About the video: What do we mean by the piece?
Overview
“In this lesson we will understand the importance of reconciling narrative and history, with the interests of your client or the demands of your testimonial. In this way it will be easier to narrow down the character search. ”
In this video lesson David R. Romay addresses the topic: What do we mean by the piece?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Video Testimonials. Discover how to find great characters in true stories.
Partial transcription of the video
“I believe that all people have a life story to tell If you sit down to talk with anyone will tell you which one is his point of view What do you think of life what thinks of the problems Of the love of happiness under that premise Everyone would be subject to make an advertising piece For any product but that not is necessarily true because the Products at the end or the brands at the end have certain needs for Marketing, public objective or consumption Then the most important thing of everything is to understand what we mean This is going to be a little redundant with what we already talke...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Video Testimonials
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Audiovisual Production, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Script, Storytelling, TV, Video, Video Editing

David R. Romay
A course by David R. Romay
His work as a scriptwriter and director, which he has been developing for more than a decade, has led him to work for commercial brands such as Coca-Cola, HSBC, Procter & Gamble, Motorola, Pfizer, Volkswagen or Televisa, among others. However, it is in the documentary field in which David R. Romay moves with greater ease. In 2005, he produced the documentary Toro Negro , which won numerous awards at international film festivals such as San Sebastian, Toronto, Rotterdam, Havana and Cannes.
In addition, he has directed and written documentaries for Clio TV (the producer of the historian Enrique Krauze) and, in 2010, he wrote and directed several chapters of the documentary series Heroes de Carne y Hueso , premiered on the occasion of the bicentennial of the independence. In 2012 he co-directed and co-wrote the documentary Oro, the day that everything changed , a film that tells the story of the Olympic football team, which won the gold medal in London 2012 and, it has become one of the most watched sports documentaries in Mexico.
In the field of fiction, he highlights A solas , a short film premiered at the 2009 Morelia Festival and winner of the Best Actor Award at Short Shorts México. And the recent premiere, at the Shanghai Film Festival 2018, of his first feature film: Behind the Mountain .
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