Our first youth film workshop in Palmer, AK was a success! We had 7 students registered with 3 in attendance. Although we didn't have the numbers we would have liked... we had the enthusiasm- and that's what counts!
Day 1: The students learned the principles of photography and shooting with manual settings.
Day 2: The students we're introduced to stop motion animation and experimented on their own.
Day 3: The students received a crash course in Final Cut Pro, a professional editing application, where they edited their short animation with music. The finished work was screened with a public audience during the Food Film Festival presented by the Palmer Arts Council.
We thank Daisy, Magnolia, and Bayli for their participation in the workshop. We appreciated your enthusiasm and the work you produced in little time is impressive and shows great potential for your future creative endeavors. We also thank the Palmer Arts Council for their support in hosting the workshop!
It was rewarding to here that Magnolia has already signed up for a photography class at a local charter school. Her family just moved into a new residence and she even requested that her mother buy her a DSLR camera instead of furniture. We wish her luck and are excited to see her future film/photography work as she pursues photography while sleeping in a bare room...
You guys did a fantastic job teaching the film workshop. The students were totally engaged with the process and the resulting work was beautiful. We showed it all three nights at the Film Fest and the audiences were very impressed. Keep in touch about your plans for next summer and maybe we can work it out for a week long session (or two.)
ReplyDeleteWe've been having a fantastic Indian summer ever since you left! Haven't even had a killing frost in Palmer yet which is totally unusual.
All the best.......