Introduction to Video Testimonials
Scouting and model
A course by David R. Romay , Director, producer and writer
About the video: Scouting and model
Overview
“In this lesson, we will see the importance of scouting well the place we will use to record our testimonial. I will also tell you about the relevance of making a model to each of the prospects that you feel will work for the piece you will make. ”
In this video lesson David R. Romay addresses the topic: Scouting and model, 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
“[Music] In this lesson I am going to talk about the importance of the model. How are we going to do it? And what is its usefulness to choose the character that will remain as the finalist character. The model is an instrument that has worked very well for me in order to correctly evaluate the characters, especially in advertising projects, where you really need someone to communicate a brand, Although he is a real person. We talked in the previous lesson how to do that first interview and how to get the character information. Another thing to do in that first meeting is to try to lift a lot...”
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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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