Say goodbye to boring weekends. Kids have fun filmmaking and collaborating with their peers.
The fall term, week by week
Five guest weeks with working professionals, then the crew shoots, cuts and premieres a film of their own. Every city runs the same ten weeks.
Sun, Sept 20
Introduction to Film
- The language of cinema, how movies are made, and what we’ll create together.
Sun, Sept 27
Guest week: Acting
- Performance, emotion on camera, and how to direct actors.
Sun, Oct 4
Guest week: Make-up design
- Prosthetics, special-effects make-up, and character transformation.
Sun, Oct 11
Guest week: Stunts
- How action sequences are planned, choreographed, and shot safely.
Sun, Oct 18
Guest week: Sound & music
- Scoring, sound design, and how audio shapes a film’s emotion.
Sun, Oct 25
Guest week: Writing
- Screenwriting, story structure, and crafting scenes that work on screen.
Sun, Nov 1
Guest week: Cinematography
- Camera, lighting, and the visual grammar of film.
Sun, Nov 8
Principal photography
Sun, Nov 15
Editing & post-production
- Cutting the film together.
Sun, Nov 22
Wrap & festival
- Locking the cut — it screens at the city festival.
