Upcoming Workshops

Learn basic editing with Apple’s Final Cut Pro, an exciting and powerful non-linear editing program that combines professional capability with consumer-level accessibility. This course builds a strong foundation that gets you started with logging, capturing, editing, transitions and much more. Basic computer knowledge is required. In addition to the workshop meetings, individual edit time is required.

Learn to how create a website for your project with easy-to-use and free online tools! This class is a survey of accessible Open Source tools and management systems for working with text, audio, images and video on the web. Students will understand how to build websites for diverse content needs. This workshop will guide participants through the steps of creating a blog and then look at the process of adding moving images to their sites. Come with ideas, text, images, digital video and prepare to experiment and create!

Participants will learn basic 16mm (Bolex) camera operation techniques, operation of light meters, lighting for film, and editing on Scribe’s Steenbeck flatbed film editor. Each participant will access to the Bolex outside of class and have the opportunity to shoot their own100-ft roll of 16mm film. The Saturday session is intended for a location shoot.

Join JT Takagi for a workshop on approaches to audio recording and sound equipment for documentary video production, including working with small format cameras including DSLRs, and options in working double system with low and medium budget digital recorders. This is an opportunity to learn about the essential gear for audio production, as well as talk about techniques and approaches to good location audio. Workshop participants are invited to discuss planned projects.

Director Mark Landsman will guide participants through the process of marketing their work. At each step of the creative process, indy filmmakers must know how to attract potential backers, crew members, distributors and exhibitors to their project. Landsman will use his current project of adapting a documentary to a narrative feature as a model. Please submit a brief description of your project prior to the workshop.

How do you cope with difficult sound situations? What are the pros and cons of wireless microphones? How do you master a mixer? This special two-part workshop will look at important considerations for field recording, particularly with HDV camcorder productions, including choosing the proper gear for your project. The workshop will also look at some of the newest technological innovations for digital video sound recordings.

Have an idea for a video documentary project? This intensive workshop is designed for people who want to work in small-format video (DV, miniDV and HDV). We will focus on how to creatively develop and break down your idea into a one-page treatment and introduce materials to create project production schedules and a sample budget. This is the ideal workshop for first-time videomakers at the start of their projects.

Geared to beginners and those who want to refresh their skills, this workshop will teach camera operation, interior and exterior lighting design, composition and varied shooting styles and techniques. Although not required, participants are encouraged to bring their own cameras, if they have them, in order to get the most from this workshop.

Animation is the art of creating the illusion of motion through frame-by-frame manipulation. Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring different techniques of stop motion animation including mixed media, hand drawn, and cut paper. Participants will work in groups and on individual projects inspired by theme. No previous art or computer training is required, just a good imagination and some patience.

Open to all young people ages 11 to 19. We also offer partial scholarship support, based on need. Please call us at 215 222 4201 for more information.

Flip Out! Is an intensive workshop on the tools, techniques, and processes of making a video blog. Participants will design and create video reports to share with other teens from around the world using Flip Video Cameras and Digital Video Post Production Tools. The media projects created in this summer’s Flip Out! will be focused on the investigation of the role of the Media as it is relevant to the lives of young people. Our goal is to expose youth to new ideas and critical thinking processes while building skills in video/TV production.