6 WEEK FILM & DIGITAL	6 WEEK ADVANCED HI-DEF	4 WEEK FILM	4 WEEK DIGITAL
3 WEEK FILM	3 WEEK DIGITAL	1 WEEK DIGITAL	WEEKEND FILM

6-Week
16MM Film & Digital Video Camp

This Camp Program provides students with an intensive introduction to the craft of filmmaking. It is our only high school Camp Program that instructs students in the use of both film cameras and digital video cameras. Students enrolled in the 6-week Camp Program will have an opportunity to direct a longer final film than is possible in our shorter Camp Programs.

Students write, direct, shoot and edit four short film projects of their own using Arriflex 16-S cameras, Lowel lighting packages, and Apple Final Cut Pro editing systems. The fourth film may be shot either on 16mm film or digital video.

FILM 1: THE SHOT

In the first film, students are introduced to the art of visual storytelling. Students will create a dramatic moment, and design a shot that they believe best expresses the dynamics of the scene.

FILM 2: THE CUT

Continuity is one of the fundamental principles of modern filmmaking. Students are challenged to make a film that maintains continuity in story, time, and space. Utilizing a variety of shots (10-15) in a continuous sequence, the action in these films should unfold seamlessly with no disorienting jumps in time or space.

FILM 3: MUSIC AND IMAGE

The third film introduces students to the relationship between sound and film, as well as to narrative tools like montage and jump cuts. Each student begins with a short continuous selection of music. In the editing room, they cut their images to work in concert with, or in counterpoint to, the sound.

FILM 4: FINAL FILM

Students produce, write, direct, shoot, and edit a film on a subject of their own choosing. It may be a music video, narrative, documentary or experimental film, of up to six minutes in length. Students may use sound effects, music, voice-over and ambient sound to help tell their stories. This project may be shot on 16mm film or 24p digital video.

A final screening will be a unique opportunity for family, friends, and cast to see the work students have produced. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a diploma and a copy of their work.