Young Filmmakers at Purchase College | Kids Out and About Westchester

Young Filmmakers at Purchase College

This two-week program is designed for rising 6th - 8th grade students interested in writing, directing, editing, and acting in original short movies, while learning the art of visual storytelling.

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Each day begins with a mini lesson wherein we introduce a new film technique of concept. (Examples include camera moves, green screen, recording sound, slow-motion).  Next, we then break into groups and apply this new technique in a short film.  After lunch break we continue filming, or head to the edit bays to cut together the scenes we filmed.  Fimmking topics covered include: Screenplay writing, using industry standard format and software,  Storyboarding,  developing characters/storytelling, blocking a scene with your camera (actors and camera crew practice together), image control: composition/depth of field, lighting, audio (sound) on the set and in post-production (editing), editing techniques using industry standard software: Adobe Premiere and/or iMovie.


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Location:

Purchase College, SUNY
735 Anderson HIll Rd
Purchase, NY, 10577
United States

Phone:

914 251 6511
Contact name: 
Heather Hamelin
Dates: 
07/28/2025
07/29/2025
07/30/2025
Time: 
9:30am - 3:30pm