FILMMAKERS INK SUMMER FILM PROGRAM  (Entering Gr. 6-8, 9-11) 
Want to see your name in lights?  Are you the next Steven Spielberg?  A future Oscar winner?  Here’s your chance! Join Filmmakers Ink’s team of Award-winning filmmakers and artists and make magic! Filmmakers Ink provides intensive creative instruction in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.   We will be building confidence in our students by teaching teamwork with daily success, giving each a strong foundation in collaboration, imagination, creativity and storytelling.  Whether writing, directing or acting in the role you were born to play, you will never forget this experience.  Enrollment is limited!    

Under the leadership of award-winning filmmaker, Patrick McCullough, Filmmakers Ink has set itself apart from other film programs through the depth of knowledge and achievement of their staff.  Check www.Filmmakers-Ink.com for more details, or call Patrick McCullough at (413) 320-6071, or email: Patrick@Filmmakers-Ink.com

SCREENWRITING PROGRAM:
Our young filmmakers will work with an award-winning screenwriter, learning to write visually. They will develop characters, dialogue and plot to tell stories with words and images that have personal meaning.  Students are encouraged to bring in their stories for consideration, but it is not necessary.  Our young filmmakers will also learn to sharpen their listening skills and begin to work improvisationally, learning to concentrate, trust and collaborate with their teammates.

ACTING FOR FILM PROGRAM:
During the first week, our young actors will sharpen their listening skills and then work improvisationally, learning to concentrate, trust and collaborate.  In the second week, they will act in the films being produced by the Intensive Filmmaking Program (see description below).  Our actors will learn to live truthfully within their scenes, gaining plenty of on-camera experience. 

EDITING PROGRAM:
Our young filmmakers will digitize the footage from the Intensive Filmmaking Program and edit picture and sound to create a rough cut of each film.  They will work with special effects, transitions, sound editing design, music and titling to create a final cut using such editing programs as Final Cut Pro, iMovie and Windows Moviemaker.  Computers will be provided or students may bring their own laptop. Prerequisite:  Must also be enrolled in Filmmakers Ink’s Filmmaking, Screenwriting or Acting Programs or be a former Filmmakers Ink student.

INTENSIVE FILMMAKING PROGRAM:
Our filmmakers will gain knowledge in every aspect of filmmaking.  The first week will be the Screenwriting Program.  Students will develop several scripts, then produce several films, and learn to tell stories using important principles of light and composition while working collaboratively.  They will work with Actors from our Acting For Film Program.  Students will learn important elements of pre-production, production and post-production:
— Pre-Production: develop scripts, storyboards, location scouting, set design and casting.
— Production: work closely with seasoned professionals in specific crew positions, including Director, Cinematographer, Gaffer (Lighting) and Sound and work with props, wardrobe and set dressing.
— Post-Production: study and evaluate each shot and select the best takes based on camera work, composition, performance, continuity, sound quality and other criteria that we will discuss as a group.

• To register for any of the classes through our secure registration system, please click on the course number or description (in bright blue) and you will be taken to a page which will allow you to register through a secure server for that specific course. 
• Register for additional courses if desired. 
• If you are registering more than one person, you will be required to do them separately. 
• For your convenience, a profile will be created on each student which will expedite future registrations. 
• Registrations can be placed over the phone.  Please note that registration fees are waived for online registrations.