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Gianna’s Good Reads and Web Resources
Get Involved with Ocean Media Institute
OMI frequently hosts “Brews for the Blue,” events, which are free to the public and provide a forum for ocean
and beer lovers to enjoy award-winning documentaries
followed by conversation with marine scientists, filmmakers
and local organizations. Tune into their website for the next
event!
If you can’t join in a "Brews" event, no need to worry!
OMI has a number of different programs, including
online seminars:
OCEAN MEDIA IMMERSION:
Pairing emerging filmmakers, exhibit designers, artists,
and interactive developers with ocean scientists in the
field to produce strong, innovative visual narratives.
OCEAN MEDIA LABS:
Workshops that bring together scientists, politicians,
ocean advocates, and media-makers to work on targeted
transmedia campaigns that promote ocean health,
awareness, and policy.
SCIENCE-TO-STORY SEMINARS:
Sessions geared specifically to scientists and science
communicators in an effort to engage more effectively with
the public, gain trust, and whip the science into a good story.
OCEANS EVERYWHERE INITIATIVE:
Fostering ocean culture in inland communities via outreach at schools, museums, and community centers.
OUTREACH PARTNERS FOR SCIENTISTS:
Working with scientists at the grant application level, the OMI team helps to design, create, and distribute compelling and comprehensive outreach components and visual media that compliments the research. These may include beautifully produced short films, web-companions, animation and graphics, and interactive elements that visualize the science.
Producing with Passion: Making Films That Change the World by Dorothy Fadiman, Tony Levell. Michael Wiese Productions
Documentary Storytelling: Creative Nonfiction on Screen by Sheila Curran Bernard. Focal Press
Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story, by Randy Olson. University of Chicago Press.
Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger, Focal Press.
Web resources:
NoFilmSchool.com: Everything you wanted to know about filmmaking that no one in film school will tell you.
LifeOnTerra.com: Award winning science and natural history web series
StoryPilot.org: Discover Films that create measurable social impact
Harmony-institute.org: Advancing the science of media
Connect with Gianna
www.oceanmediainstitute.org / P: 347.678.4569
[email protected] / skype: giannasavoie
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