5th Annual SLOIFF Summer Filmmaking Workshops
(not just for kids!)
Sponsored by Rabobank and the Avalon Foundation
If you’re looking for a fun and stimulating summer camp this summer, you’ve come to the right site! Young people, ages 7 to 18 learn useful filmmaking skills, stretch their creativity and make new friends in our popular Youth Filmmaking Workshops taught by professional filmmakers.
And this summer, our workshops are not just for kids! Knowing how to craft a film is an incredibly useful skill, just for fun, for a school or work project, or as a way to hone skills for a career in filmmaking. Movies Matter!
Headquartered in downtown San Luis Obispo (exact location TBA soon), participants will create short films in small age-appropriate groups, from conception to completion, using a variety of techniques including claymation, stop animation, music
videos and live action comedies and dramas.
Film Production Workshop
Learn about story concepts, screenwriting, storyboarding, acting, cinematography, sound and editing while producing short films. Group screening & wrap party on July 19th and August 2nd.
Session One: July 9-19 (Monday-Thursday/no class July 13)
Ages 7-10 – 9:00am – 12:00pm
Ages 11-14 – 1:00-4:00pm
Ages 15-18 – 5:00-8:00pm
Instructor/Filmmaker: Aaron Metchik
Tuition: $350 Registration Form
Session Two: July 23-August 2 (Monday-Thursday/no class July 27)
Ages 11-14 – 1:00-4:00pm
Ages 15-18 – 5:00-8:00pm
Instructor/Filmmaker: Patrick Lawler
Tuition: $350 Registration Form
Animation Workshop
Learn the basics of claymation and stop animation and create animated films. Group screening & wrap party on July 27th and August 3rd.
Session Two/Week One: July 23-27 (M-F)
7-10 yrs. 9:00am-12:00pm
Session Two/Week Two: July 30-Aug.3 (M-F)
11-14 yrs. 9:00am-12:00pm
Instructor/Filmmaker: Jody Nelson
Tuition: $225 Registration Form
Movie in a Day Marathon
Is it possible to make a movie in a day, from initial idea to final edit? This event is a fun and exciting challenge for filmmakers of all
ages. This year, the MDM will take place in San Luis Obispo during the Youth Summer Camps but all ages can get involved. Youth participants aged 7-15, will take to the streets to make their films on Friday, July 20 and older participants aged 16+ will compete on Saturday, July 21. Participants will start out at the Summer Camp Headquarters (TBA) where they’ll be placed in teams of four. Each team will need to provide one lap top computer with editing software that at least one person on the team is familiar with. Please let us know, when you register, whether you can provide a laptop with appropriate software (it can be PC or Apple) and have editing experience.
At 10am, filmmaker Ryan Johnson will share professional tips, and teams will find out which San Luis Obispo landmarks and other elements must be used in their
films. After thirty minutes of brainstorming, teams will be turned loose with HD FLIP video cameras (provided). They will return to HQ when they are ready to edit their short films, adding music and effects, and finish work on the dot of 4:00pm. All films will be screened on Sunday, July 22 and a panel of judges will choose winning films. Prizes will be awarded to winners and all films will be posted on YouTube.
There is a $50 registration fee to participate. Registration Form
Weekend Filmmaking Workshop for Teens and Adults
Learn basic acting, screenwriting, shooting and editing skills while you make a short film.
All skill levels are welcome. This workshop will encourage group participation and give all participants a fun and informative overview of how a film is made in this “learn-by-doing” workshop.
July 14 & 15 • 10am – 4pm
Ages 16+
Instructor/Filmmaker: Alan Fraser
Tuition: $175 Registration Form
Please call (805) 546-3456 or email festivaldirector @ slofilmfest.org to inquire about the availability of half-tuition scholarships for all workshops. Scholarships are not available for the Movie in a Day Marathon.
Workshop Instructors
Aaron Metchik is a UCLA film school graduate with nearly a decade of experience writing, directing and producing short films. He is also a professional actor and has been in many feature films since childhood, including one he wrote, directed and filmed locally, titled TEN YEARS LATER. He has taught classes and workshops about filmmaking, music video production and acting. This is Aaron’s fifth summer teaching the SLOIFF summer camps and we are delighted to have him back to share his knowledge and energy with budding filmmakers of all ages!
Patrick Lawler was born and raised in San Luis Obispo. He fell in love with making movies at a young age and has never slowed down. He received a degree in cinematography from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and currently lives in Los Angeles where he shoots music videos and commercials and runs a small camera rental business.
Jody Nelson is a credentialed Santa Barbara teacher who has 20 years of teaching and 15 years of filmmaking experience. She has produced three award-winning short films about children and sports, and has designed and led film workshops, camps and festivals for young people. This is the third animation workshop she will teach with the SLOIFF and she is excited to share her passion for filmmaking and claymation with young people in SLO this summer.
Ryan Johnson is a professional filmmaker and has spent over 20 years producing TV programs, infomercials, commercials and independent features. He recently completed a new web series, and was the creator, executive producer and director of the AMERICAN DRAGSTER series on ESPN. He also owns SMASHProps, specializing in Special Effects Breakaway props for film and theatre. Ryan enjoys the manic “Movie in a Day Marathon” pace and looks forward to sharing his expertise along the way.
Deb Hernandez is the owner of Rushing Wind Productions, a video company that produces documentaries, commercials and industrial videos. Deb received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Theater Arts from University of Albany, in New York. She has volunteered for San Luis Obispo International Film Festival for the past six years, worked as a chaperone for the “Movie in a Day” for two years, and last year had the pleasure of working with Ryan Johnson as an organizer of MDM. She looks forward to the creativity and energy of the participants of MDM.
Alan Fraser has directed two feature length films, written screenplays, and taught filmmaking at a variety of levels. His film NEXT TIME played over 20 film festivals, won Best Picture Awards at the Hollywood and Long Beach Film Festivals and received dvd and cable distribution. In 2005 he was a semi-finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. He has taught film at Hancock and El Camino Colleges. He now runs Fraser Creative Services, a web content provider, and partners with his wife in Sonrisa Photography.
2013 Festival Workshops/Panels
Jane Lynch, Norman Jewison and Mickey Jones / SLOIFF 2007
Part of our mission is to educate our community and Festival-goers about the art of filmmaking. We look forward to offering more exciting opportunities chock full of insight, laughs, demonstrations and anecdotes at the 2013 SLOIFF. Audience participation is
encouraged.
