WEEKEND FILMMAKING CLASS

The Weekend Film Workshop for high school students is offered at our schools in New York City and at Universal Studios in Los Angeles for individuals eager to learn filmmaking during the school year. The workshop meets for twelve sessions on Saturday afternoons from 2pm-6pm. Additional time may be scheduled for editing and production as needed.

Students in the Weekend Filmmaking Workshop will write, shoot, direct, and their own short films of up to three minutes. In addition, students will work on their classmates' films as crew-members.

Hands-on classes in directing, writing, editing, cinematography, and production cover the creative and technical demands of telling a story with moving images. The art and craft of film is taught through a balance of classroom instruction, hands-on workshops, and immediate directing experience. From the first day of class, students are behind the camera, learning by doing. At the Universal Studios location, students will also have the opportunity to shoot their productions on the studio back lot.

Students shoot on 24p digital video cameras, and will learn how to compose, direct, and light their movies. They will edit using Final-Cut Pro on Apple editing stations. At the end of the course, the final films are celebrated in a screening open to cast, crew, friends and family.