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Emma Davie: Less is More (2014)

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Emma Davie | Masterclass | 2014

Emma is a documentary filmmaker and Programme Director of Film & TV at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. For her film I Am Breathing, Emma won the 2013 British Academy Scotland Award for ‘Best Director’ together with Morag McKinnon.

Emma tells us about I am Breathing in this masterclass Q&A. She gives us tips on how to discover the language of the film, the importance of the universal, the importance of the visceral, and imagining the experience of the other.

This class is made up of 3 parts ALL viewable at the top of this page in the embedded playlist, or in the podcast below:

Part 1: Less is More
Part 2: The Meaning of the Camera
Part 3: Never Give Up

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