Storytelling & Storyboarding Science at Locarno Film Festival" for PhD-students, the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) is organising together with Dr. Samer Angelone from the Swiss Science Film Academy and the Locarno Film Festival (12-15 of August).  

The aim of the workshop is to challenge, inspire and train scientists to use narrative techniques and strategies employed in film to produce persuasive presentations and publications. Discovering and learning about filmmakers communication strategies and techniques and applying them in science communication will help scientists for better communication of their research. The students will learn storytelling and storyboarding techniques and communication strategies from filmmakers and train to apply them in their science communication. Furthermore, they will meet professional filmmakers at the Locarno Film Festival and prepare their own short films at the festival. 

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Detailed information can be found on the webpage. Registration is open until the 30th of May 2020.