Free Film-making Club
Eastside Community Center
Sponsor: TPCHD, Arts First, & Metro Park Tacoma
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- Where: Eastside Community Center
1721 E 56th St, Tacoma, WA 98404 - When: Fridays 3:30-5:00. January 27 – May 26
(First Day of Class is January 27th. Interns will meet starting January 20th) - Who: Students 12-18 years old
- Cost: Free
- Limited Space: 16 students
Club Summary: Students will explore the fundamental of film-making. They will be introduced to the Fine Art of visual story-telling; screenplay writing, cinematography, music, Foley, lighting, storyboarding, acting, and video and sound editing. Students learn and edit in Davinci Resolve 17, Final Cut Pro, and Logic Pro. Arts First will provide all necessary equipment.
After the end of class, students will learn basic filmmaking terminology and create anti-vaping short films to enter in a film contest.
Signup online or email us at info@artsfirst.org.
Instructors and Artist
Youth Interns:
Youth Intern Vaping Presentation:
- Lydia Fergurson: Environmental Effect of Vaping
- ( RJ) Ramil Rosales: Vaping on Asthmatic & Non-Asthmatic
- Brayden Harris: Vaping Facts
Syllabus
Week 1 – Jan 27
- Intro to Visual Story Telling
- TPCHD – Presentation
- Camera Operation
- Force Prospective
Week 2 – Feb 3rd
- Guest Artist: Derek Dunn – Directing Actors and Actresses
- Action Film Brainstorming
Week 3 – Feb 10th
- Guest Artist: Carlos Ortiz – History Of Film
- Action Film Storyboard
Week 4 – Feb 17
- Shot List
- Finish Action Film Storyboard
- Fight choreography
Week 5 – Feb 24
- Action Film Production Week
- Rack Focus and Zoom
Week 6 – March 3
- Guest Artist: Lydia Valentine – Intro to screenplay writing
- Post-Production Action Film
Week 7 – March 11
- Finish Post-Production of Action Film
Week 8 – March 17
- How to shot dialogue
- Master shot, Over-the-shoulder shot, single shot, 180 degree rule, etc
- Screenplay comedy short film
- Storyboard comedy short film
Week 9 – March 24
- Production Comedy Film
Week 10 – March 31
- Guest Artist Derek Dunn: Staging and Blocking
- Lydia Anti-Vaping Presentation
Week 11 – April 14
- RJ Anti-Vaping Presentation
- Brayden Anti-Vaping Presentation
- Post Production Comedy Film
- TPCHD Presenation
- Youth Prevention Resources
Week 12 – April 21
- Guest Artist: Stefon Payne – Intro to Logic Pro
- Finish Post Production Comedy Film
- Student Videos
Week 13 – April 28
- Create film crews for the anti-vaping short films
- Select film genres for anti-vaping short films
- Anti-Vaping Film Script and Storyboard
Week 14 – May 5th
- TPCHD sample video
- Production Final Anti-Vaping Video
Week 15 – May 12th
- Final Production Anti-Vaping Video
- Start Post-Production of Anti-Vaping Video
Week 16 – May 19th
- Final Post-Production of Anti-Vaping Video
- Online Film Contest
Wee 17 – May 26
- Film Party At ECC – Film premiere for friends and families
- Prizes for best film: