COVID-19 UPDATE!

Scribe Video Center will be closed until further notice

In following procedures to keep the whole community safe as part of the campaign to contain the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, we are closing Scribe Video Center for all public programs beginning Monday, March 16 and continuing until further notice.

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ON-LINE WORKSHOP - Scriptwriting Summer Intensive

Mondays and Thursdays, July 20, 23, 27 and 29 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

In this two-week intensive, participants will study the fundamentals of narrative screenwriting, focusing on finding story ideas, character development, story structure, what makes strong film-writing, and finally, the basics of script format. The goal of this workshop is for participants to complete an outline for a short script and to write the first few scenes so that they have the tools to continue the screenwriting process on their own.
ON-LINE WORKSHOP: Document NOW: Creative ways of using your cellphone

Saturdays July 25, August 1 and 8, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

As our smartphones become vital devices for recording and capturing, how can we use them as tools to build and envision alternative futures. The Termite TV collective will discuss how to use easily accessible video equipment to document this current moment with hope and promise.
Philadelphia Independent Media Fund

Deadline: Monday, July 20, 2020 at 11:59 PM

The Philadelphia Independent Media Fund awards grants to Philadelphia area independent media makers with digital video and audio projects in three areas: Planning (awards of up to $2,000); Next Level (awards of up to $500); and Finishing (awards of up to $3,500).

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The Arc Towards Justice Series

July 2, 9, and 16 at 5pm

Tune in to WPEB (88.1FM) to listen to the Arc Towards Justice audio series. This is the story of Alexander Williams, who in 1931 became the youngest boy to be executed by the state of Pennsylvania. This six-part series dives into the history of injustice at Glen Mills Reformatory School and why Alexander was represented by the first African American lawyer in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Precious Places on PhillyCAM

Sundays in July at 9pm

The Precious Places Community History Project is a community oral history project inviting members of the Philadelphia region's many neighborhoods to document the buildings, public spaces, parks, landmarks and other sites that hold the memories of our communities and define where we live. Precious Places teaches the video production process to participating groups, fostering projects authored by those who intimately know the featured neighborhoods.

Welcome to Scribe Video Center

Scribe Video Center was founded in 1982 as a place where emerging and experienced media artists could gain access to the tools and knowledge of video making and work together in a supportive environment. Scribe provides training in all aspects of film, video and audio production. We also offer classes in computer-based interactive media to individuals and community organizations as well. We give emerging and mid-level video makers the skills and opportunity to use video and film as tools for self-expression and for representing and supporting their communities.

Scribe programs are designed to be accessible to all. Please contact us if you have special (audio or visual) needs so that we can accommodate.

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Featured Video

Your Rights and Responsibilities When Stopped by the Police

A short film excerpted from Scribe’s 1999 Community Visions program, made in collaboration with the Police Barrio Relations Project.... read more

Your Rights and Responsibilities When Stopped by the Police combines testimony from community members with instructional video and workshop footage, adding weight to the longstanding local history of community organizing against police violence.