Upcoming Workshops

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.

FREE and Open to all young people ages 11 to 19. Please call us at 215 222 4201 for more information or to register.

This workshop is an introduction to basic screenwriting for film and video production and is designed to help participants complete an outline and a rough first act of their screenplay. Topics covered include this dramatic story structure, dialogue, character development, and visual storytelling. Participants must submit a one page description of their project.

This workshop is currently at capacity. Please call Scribe at 215-222-4201 if you would like to be on a waiting list.

We are honored that the distinguished poet and playwright Sonia Sanchez will conduct a writing workshop this summer. Over three sessions, Sanchez will help participants find their voice through the process of creating a performance monologue. A soliloquy told simply and directly is what thrills us about radio, theater and often film. The audio monologue is the essence of storytelling. Workshop participants are invited to come with an idea, an image or experience that they would like to explore and write about. Finished works may be thought of as a performance work or as the script for an audio or video piece.

above photo of Sonia Sanchez by Jim Alexander

Premiere Pro works on both PC and MAC systems. Through hands-on exercises, this workshop will teach students how to import, manage, and encode media; efficiently navigate Premiere’s workflow; and make use of editing tools for effects and transitions. Students will also learn how to encode projects for distribution via web, disc and mobile devices.

This semester-long “how-to” workshop covers all major aspects of film and video production and supports participants in the completion of short individual projects.

Bring your project ideas and get instruction in scriptwriting, production planning, digital video, sound recording, lighting and editing. The workshop will meet on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays, with additional time for shooting and editing projects. Participants will work together as crew on each others’ projects. Two instructors, each with their own area of expertise, will co-teach this workshop.

*Participants with projects who are interested in registering must submit a brief written description about their proposed project for the 14-week workshop and are required to meet with one of the instructors prior to the workshop. Non-fiction projects exploring personal visions, social issues and/or community life, under 10 minutes in length, are encouraged. Please note there is limited space for participants without projects who wish to attend the workshop training sessions and serve on crews for other projects.

For more information, please call 215-222-4201 or register online now

This series of four workshops will provide participants a broad-based introduction to oral history practice, including project design, interview preparation and question lists, ethics and law, interviewing techniques, collecting supporting documents, the construction of memory, presentation in multiple media, and the preparing of materials for deposit in an archive.

Reelblack's Mike D and Craig Carpenter will teach you the basics of filming and editing live performances, from Rock Concerts to Stand-Up Comedy to Spoken Word, from Single camera to multi-camera edits. The end result will be a completed six minute documentary film about The Harvest, Spoken Soul 215's monthly open mic series, filmed and edited by the class.

For the day of shoot on Wednesday, June 19, the class will meet at Scribe at 5:00PM to tech up, then head over to World Cafe Live to shoot The Harvest open mic.

Some experience with HDV video cameras and Final Cut Pro is helpful, but not required.

Each student will produce a short video based on their in-class experimentation with different modes of storytelling, including Japanese haiku poem and the personal essay. Students will be introduced to video camera operation, sound, editing and digital media production techniques.