Local Author, Filmmaker to Offer Free Video Production Workshop

Local filmmaker and author Donald Diefenbach will host a free video production workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 31, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville. Diefenbach, author of the recent book “Video Production Techniques: Theory and Practice from Concept and Screen,” will discuss the foundations for getting started in video production and will answer audience questions. The event is free and open to the public.

The workshop will
draw upon Diefenbach’s critically acclaimed new book, “Video Production
Techniques.” The book introduces every stage of the video production
process for a number of applications, including advertising, education,
corporate, shorts, episodic television, news, documentary and features.
The companion DVD provides original demonstrations, clips from
professional works, and interviews with film and video professionals.

The book
and companion DVD feature production stills and video clips from many
Western North Carolina production companies including The Alpha Group,
Bclip Productions, Blue Ridge Motion Pictures, Bonesteel Films, Harrow
Beauty, Ironwood Media Group, Oliver Media Services, ProComm Studio
Services and Tabula Rasa Studios.

Diefenbach
is associate professor of Mass Communication at UNC Asheville. He
teaches video production, media effects, and film studies courses.
Diefenbach’s research focuses on media violence, media portrayals of
mental health issues, and television content analysis. His video
production credits include educational, corporate and nationally
broadcast programming. He holds degrees in film, philosophy and mass
communication from Pennsylvania State University and the S.I. Newhouse
School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

For more information, call Diefenbach  at (828) 251-6731.