5 Sessions - Tuesdays, December, 9,16 & 23, 2025 and January 6 & 13, 2026, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Instructor: Louis Massiah
Cost: $125, $100 for Scribe members
Turn your documentary idea into a workable shooting script. This workshop covers research, developing and visualizing ideas, scripting, and storytelling techniques. Participants must submit a one-…
What’s a filmmaker to do when they have a lot of footage but not a lot of time (or money) to edit? Paper edits. Paper edits allow you to visualize and “read” your work before you invest time in an…
6 Sessions - Mondays, January 5, 12 & 26 and February 2, 9 & 16, 2026, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Instructor: Ryan Saunders
Cost: $135, $100 for Scribe members
This workshop teaches participants essential skills needed to edit any video in Premiere Pro, whether it’s a three-minute trailer or an hour-long documentary. Participants learn how to skillfully…
Explore how emerging AI tools can expand access and possibilities within video art and filmmaking, from writing and ideating using ChatGPT and Claude to mood boarding and visual…
This workshop will focus on the fundamental principles of animation for video. Using After Effects, students will learn how to create titles, kinetic typography, and simple compositing to…
4 Sessions - Saturdays, January 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2026, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Instructor: Lowell Boston
Cost: $100, $80 for Scribe members
In dreams, and in animation, anything is possible. In this workshop, you will be encouraged to visualize a dream (in the broadest sense) through animation. Animator, filmmaker, and college professor…
Prepare for your upcoming production by learning organizational strategies to break down your script or treatment into an achievable shooting schedule. Learn how to plan, organize and execute your…
Yvonne Welbon is an award-winning filmmaker and the founder and CEO of the Chicago-based non-profit Sisters in Cinema. In this Special Learning Session, Yvonne Welbon will discuss the…