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Youth
Workshops
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Saturday, october 13 and Sunday, october 14
10:00 am–6:00 pm (attendance required both days)
Intel Computer Clubhouse
at the Marin youth Center (the MyC)
1115 Third St., San Rafael
$220 for either workshop, both days, including lunch
Limited enrollment. Ages 11–19.
“Green” is the theme for these two youth video
workshops, DVTEK1 for newcomers and DVTEK2
for those with some experience. Come produce
digital video messages to change the way we think,
act and consume in the world.
DVTEK1: $220 WORK01
DVTEK2: $220 WORK02
Please select just one workshop.
DV: TEK1
Learn how to create professional videos and
post them on the Internet. From storyboard to
postproduction, shoot with professional equipment
and green screens, mix sound and create titles.
DV: TEK2
you’ve done some editing and made some videos
but want to take it to the next level. This is the place
to learn how to sharpen your storyboard skills, boost
your audio and create special effects, working with
professionals to produce a video for inclusion on
FyI-Marin, Marin’s public access youth video show.
For more information, visit www.digiquest.org.
Youth Focus
In addition to our Children’s FilmFest and the youth Reel, The iGeneration
Download (see below), the Festival includes many other films that feature
young people. See the list below as a reference to these films. Note: Please
check the film descriptions and use your own judgment as to whether a film is
appropriate for a young person. Our recommendations are not a substitute for a
well-informed adult decision.
youth FoCuS pRogRamS
autism: the musical
bee-ing me
butterfly
Chicago 10
Colors of memory
Control
Crossing the dust
youth Reel
The young Critics Jury has evolved into a
rich program since its inception six years
ago. The popular three-day crash course
held each July includes everything about
film we can cram in, through lectures,
round-table talks and hands-on work.
young critics depart the course
significantly better prepared to understand
the world through this medium.
This summer’s film industry guests
included everyone from the screenwriting
team of Finn Taylor and Jeff Brown to
veteran stuntwoman Jean Malahni. Sound
editor Vivien Hilgrove and foley artist
Dennie Thorpe (whose collective credits
read like a volume of contemporary film
history) paired up to talk about the
importance of sound in film. Bob Cilman
discussed being the subject of a
documentary (the upcoming BBC
production Young@Heart), and Jeffrey
Weissman talked about being a film actor.
Mike Terpstra came to talk about his work
with special-effects company The
Orphanage, and Academy Award–nominee
and documentary filmmaker Connie Field
showed clips from her latest work, while
Craig Baldwin’s daring presentation from
his Other Cinema delved into experimental
film. On the other side of the camera, film
critic Michael Fox spoke about film
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doubletime
the Kite Runner
Kiviuq
Kobra’s decision
london to brighton
Red Robin
uranya
aesthetics, and pianist Bruce Loeb showed
how to score a silent film, accompanying
Charlie Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms.
The following week, six jury members and
one alternate were chosen from the larger
group to peer jury hundreds of youthproduced
work that eventually became our
Festival youth Reel. It’s a daunting task to
create a 90-minute reel from a hundred
hours of film. This year’s reel, called The
iGeneration Download, comprises 20
films from the US, Mexico and Germany.
Jury members were Mira Levy, Charlotte
Townsend, Hannah Norby, Cody Harris,
Zoe Kaufman, Evan Greenwald and Harley
Fisher.
At the iGeneration Download screening,
on Saturday October 13 at 11:00 am, the
youth filmmakers will be presented with a
copy of Final Draft, the premier
screenwriting software for professionals.
CFI Education will begin taking
applications for its 2008 young Critics
Jury course in April. For information, email
John Morrison, director of CFI Education,
at jmorrison@cafilm.org, or go to the CFI
website, www.cafilm.org.
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