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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Local award-winning filmmakers Stacy Schoolfield and Arn McConnell will introduce a younger generation to the craft during a film camp for kids Aug. 3-7.
“We'll go through the process of writing story boards; we'll work on cameras, learn how to deal with sound issues, production design, acting, costumes, lighting and locations. We'll go through the whole process of editing, adding in effects,” Schoolfield said. “It's a lot of fun.”
Instruction and editing will take place in the Radio Room, 1310 Ute Ave., although shooting the camera may take place elsewhere depending on students' ideas, McConnell said.
Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. eight kids in grades sixth through 12th will divide into three groups and make films that they will then show to friends and families at the end of the week. Students will view short films before class.
Schoolfield has worked on more than a dozen short and feature-length films. She's also a volunteer producer of the KAFM Beyond Radio ReelTime — an independent film series held in the Radio Room, 1310 Ute Ave.
Schoolfield helped create the Spring Break Filmmaking Camp at the Austin Film Society, and has taught at Motion Media's Filmmaking Camp for two summers. She also taught filmmaking classes for teens and adults at the Austin School of Film, and has served as a mentor at the University of Texas Filmmaking Institute in Austin, Texas.
McConnell worked in the film and video industry in New York for 15 years. His works include a feature-length film called “Shock! Shock! Shock!” produced by Rhino Home Video, and a short film “Fun For Men!” — winner of the 1999 New York Underground Film Festival.
“Filmmaking ends up teaching a lot more than just using a camera and editing video,” McConnell said. “It's great for roving minds.” You learn a lot about the world, from how light works to how people work, he said.
“It's a collaborative medium. It's a great way to teach kids how to work well together.”
McConnell taught various post-production and animation courses at New York's Film/Video Arts. He's also worked in television production, and has been a news reporter, actor, and editor for MTV's “Beavis and Butthead.” He currently works as a freelance animator in Grand Junction.
McConnell also volunteers as a programmer at KAFM Community Radio station under the pseudonym Craven Lovelace. His variety radio show “Songs From Here and There, Then and Now” runs Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon.
Cost of the film camp is $300. Some partial scholarships are available.
To register, request tuition assistance or for more information contact filmcamp@KAFMradiorg. Sign-up forms and more information are available at www.KAFMradio.org.
Reach Sharon Sullivan at ssullivan@gjfreepress.com.
Go & Do
What: ReelTime Film Camp for Kids
When: Aug. 3-7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: Radio Room, 1310 Ute Ave.
Cost: $300 (partial scholarships available)
Information: filmcamp@KAFMradio.org, KAFMradio.org
“We'll go through the process of writing story boards; we'll work on cameras, learn how to deal with sound issues, production design, acting, costumes, lighting and locations. We'll go through the whole process of editing, adding in effects,” Schoolfield said. “It's a lot of fun.”
Instruction and editing will take place in the Radio Room, 1310 Ute Ave., although shooting the camera may take place elsewhere depending on students' ideas, McConnell said.
Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. eight kids in grades sixth through 12th will divide into three groups and make films that they will then show to friends and families at the end of the week. Students will view short films before class.
Schoolfield has worked on more than a dozen short and feature-length films. She's also a volunteer producer of the KAFM Beyond Radio ReelTime — an independent film series held in the Radio Room, 1310 Ute Ave.
Schoolfield helped create the Spring Break Filmmaking Camp at the Austin Film Society, and has taught at Motion Media's Filmmaking Camp for two summers. She also taught filmmaking classes for teens and adults at the Austin School of Film, and has served as a mentor at the University of Texas Filmmaking Institute in Austin, Texas.
McConnell worked in the film and video industry in New York for 15 years. His works include a feature-length film called “Shock! Shock! Shock!” produced by Rhino Home Video, and a short film “Fun For Men!” — winner of the 1999 New York Underground Film Festival.
“Filmmaking ends up teaching a lot more than just using a camera and editing video,” McConnell said. “It's great for roving minds.” You learn a lot about the world, from how light works to how people work, he said.
“It's a collaborative medium. It's a great way to teach kids how to work well together.”
McConnell taught various post-production and animation courses at New York's Film/Video Arts. He's also worked in television production, and has been a news reporter, actor, and editor for MTV's “Beavis and Butthead.” He currently works as a freelance animator in Grand Junction.
McConnell also volunteers as a programmer at KAFM Community Radio station under the pseudonym Craven Lovelace. His variety radio show “Songs From Here and There, Then and Now” runs Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon.
Cost of the film camp is $300. Some partial scholarships are available.
To register, request tuition assistance or for more information contact filmcamp@KAFMradiorg. Sign-up forms and more information are available at www.KAFMradio.org.
Reach Sharon Sullivan at ssullivan@gjfreepress.com.
Go & Do
What: ReelTime Film Camp for Kids
When: Aug. 3-7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: Radio Room, 1310 Ute Ave.
Cost: $300 (partial scholarships available)
Information: filmcamp@KAFMradio.org, KAFMradio.org
