Julian Lim

Adjunct Faculty

Julian Lim is a documentary producer, cinematographer, motion graphics designer and editor. His work has appeared on Scientific American, Frontline, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera English, Newsweek and New York Magazine. Julian teaches video storytelling at the Journalism School. He is also a graduate of the program. Prior to Columbia, Julian worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Gannett and Gatehouse Media as a page designer.

Contact

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Classes taught

Multimedia Storytelling: Visual Craft

This course is designed for students looking to learn long-form, documentary filmmaking for theatrical release or digital platforms. The workshop component is part field training, part theory and discussion, part production, and part business. Students will produce a documentary film by the end of the course.

A large portion of class time will be spent with instructors working on shooting fundamentals and working towards advanced cinematography and storytelling techniques. A strong emphasis will be placed on visual composition and aesthetics. Students will be critiqued on their production skills as well as their reporting and storytelling.Significant classroom time will be spent on advanced editing techniques.

This course is not designed for those looking to become on-camera correspondents or to produce for network television programming.