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The Music Maker

by Julie Drapkin & Patrick Crews

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A Film By: Julie Drapkin & Patrick Crews

About The Film

Everybody who comes to Clarksdale knows Mr. Tater the Music Maker even if they can’t understand his style of music or conversation. One of the last true Blues men of Clarksdale, the self-taught musician and bus boy at Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero Blues Club, stutters when he talks and can’t play traditional guitar chords. Still Tater’s genuine love and determination to be true to his music inspires all who take the time to listen.

About The Workshop

This 2-week HDV workshop runs twice a year and is designed for photojournalists who are looking to make the move to video-journalism and the web, new documentary filmmakers who want to launch their careers in web and television documentaries and for those with experience in some aspects of filmmaking that are looking to expand their skill, understanding and mastery of the whole process. Producers, cinematographers, editors and writers with narrative experience who are considering working in non-fiction filmmaking are also encouraged to enroll.

Students learn all aspects of the process including the importance of the still image, HDV camera, compact lighting methods, field sound, field editing and how to weave the story.