Scribe is looking for filmmakers and humanities scholars to serve as facilitators for the 2019 Precious Places Community History Project. It’s a great way to collaborate with emerging community-based filmmakers from throughout the Philadelphia area. Facilitators are paid an honorarium.

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A sponsored project of Allied Media Projects, the Detroit Narrative Agency (DNA) seeks to shift the stories that are currently being told in and of Detroit to advance social justice. We are showing five short films from their 2017- 2018 Fellowship Program. 

Take Me Home
Dangerous Times | Rebellious Responses
Sidelots
Riding with Aunt D. Dot
Femme Queen Chronicles

Prepare for your upcoming production by learning organizational strategies for breaking down your script or treatment into an achievable shooting schedule that takes into account all the details of production. 

This three-session workshop will provide participants with a broad-based introduction to oral history practice, including project design, interview preparation, question lists, ethics and law, and interviewing techniques.

Manthia Diawara’s film is based on the opera Bintou Were, from the Sahel region of Africa, which recounts an eternal migration drama. The Bintou Were opera, filmed on location in Bamako, Mali in 2007, serves as a mirror for Diawara to build an aesthetic and reflexive story, through song and dance, about the current and yet timeless drama of migration and the ongoing refugee crises. 

This semester-long “how-to” workshop covers all major aspects of film and video production and supports participants in the completion of short projects. Bring your individual project ideas and get instruction in scriptwriting, production planning, digital video, sound recording, lighting, and editing.

Through hands-on exercises, participants will learn to how to operate Scribe’s video cameras and lights. Participants will learn how to utilize available and practical light in addition to how to set-up a simple lighting scheme with professional lights. 

In this workshop, instructor Sloan Seale will build upon the skills taught in Intro to Scriptwriting, but now with an emphasis on story structure and character development. 

World-renowned poet and recording artist Ursula Rucker will guide participants through the process of writing and performing their own epic poem/memoir for the camera. 

This accelerated workshop teaches participants essential skills needed to edit any video in Premiere Pro.  Participants learn how to navigate Premiere’s workflow to make use of its powerful editing tools from importing, managing and editing media to creating sequences, applying transitions and effects, to encoding and exporting their completed projects.

Improve your interviews and voice-overs by learning to acquire the best-quality sound for audio documentaries and multimedia productions. In this four-part class, we’ll discuss the best gear and techniques for using that equipment.

Join Termite TV as they tackle the theme of “Home” using virtual reality and augmented reality techniques. Learn the process of creating an immersive media project and create your own work which will be included in the final production presented as a part of a Termite TV exhibit at Scribe Video Center. 

This workshop will focus on the fundamental principles of animation for video. Students will become familiar with the Adobe After Effects interface, animation terminology, and exporting practices for professional delivery. 

Dyana Williams and Derrick Sampson, hosts of the weekly music program “Soulful Sunday” on Old School 100.3 FM, provide an overview of the skill sets necessary to be a solid broadcaster and execute a meaningful show, whether it’s music, talk, or news program.