Free Filmmaking Program For High School Students-Starting Soon

Forwarded from Rev. Cari.  Contact the program director (contact info below) ASAP if you are interested!

Get internship credit and learn how to make a documentary video in

EVC’s Basic Documentary Workshop

September 2008-January 2009

 

What is Doc Workshop?

Doc Workshop is a semester-long video production internship that begins every fall and spring,  Monday through Thursday from 3-6pm. Students from different high schools around the city meet at EVC and learn how to make a documentary. They choose a topic around issues that affect their lives and their communities. They research that topic, interview people about it, and create a 20-minute documentary that tells other people about that issue. Past topics have been hip hop, graffiti, gun violence, race relations, problems in the public school system and youth activism. They also get high school credit for the internship! Who can apply? Students (grades 9-12) enrolled in a New York City public high school.

 

What do you learn?

• Digital video camera operation

• Editing with Final Cut Pro
• Script writing
• Storyboarding for film and video
• Interviewing
• A lot about the issue your group chooses as a topic,  PLUS MORE!

 

Why else should you join?

Doc Workshop is challenging, but it’s also exciting. You’ll leave the program with a 20-minute documentary about something important to you. You’ll learn things that will help you do well in almost any other media field—fields like music production, TV broadcasting, journalism, photography, writing and theater. You’ll meet other young people from around the city and learn what’s on their minds. Plus, if you’re really interested in video production, there are other great opportunities at EVC you can get hooked up with. There’s EVC’s advanced Doc Workshop and, when you finish high school, there’s YO-TV where you work with other young producers to make a professional documentary and get paid for it!

 

How do you sign up?

Talk to your internship coordinator or your guidance counselor. Our next semester begins soon, so, please call the EVC Doc Workshop Manager, Christina Biddle, at 212-465-9366 extension 26 to set up an interview.