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Event Series:
Film Summer Camp
Film Summer Camp
June 24 – June 28
| Date & Time | Ages | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 24–28, 2024 (9 a.m.–4 p.m.) | 14–18 | Kenilworth Square East & Mitchell Hall | Lilly Warren, film-admission@uwm.edu |
The Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres at UWM’s Peck School of the Arts welcomes young filmmakers to develop their skills at a week-long day camp this summer! This camp, with optional overnight accommodations, includes hands-on workshops and sessions led by practicing artists and professors, so participants gain knowledge from experienced professionals.
Film Summer Camp | June 24–28
Housing & Accommodations
Workshops & Sessions
- Storytelling & Screenwriting with Jeff Kurz
Learn how to navigate an idea, structure a story and format a treatment and screenplay. Develop ideas that you will shoot and edit during the week with fellow film camp students. - Cinematography & Lighting with Mike Gibisser
Learn basic techniques of camera operation, exposure control and visual design. Practice professional lighting in our lighting studio and greenscreen studio as well as on-location lighting set-ups. Light and shoot your ideas from your screenplay or treatment! - Directing & Acting with Carol Brandt
Study the art of guiding actors and gain insight on performance with introductory directing and acting exercises. - Editing & Postproduction with Renato Umali & Lilly Warren
Use your footage to learn basic editing techniques with Adobe Premiere Pro in one of our editing labs. Edit your footage into a short project or reel that you can take with you! - Film Score Theory & Design or Animation Techniques with Renato Umali
These are optional workshops available during open editing lab.
Instructors
- Associate Professor, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
- Director, Film Graduate Program
- Co-Chair, Programming Committee
- gibisser@uwm.edu
- Mitchell Hall B83A
- Lecturer, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
- klatte@uwm.edu
- 818-640-3800
- Kenilworth Square East 492
- Teaching Faculty I, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
- rumali@uwm.edu
- Mitchell Hall B83A
- Teaching Faculty II, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
- Outreach Coordinator, Undergraduate Advisor, Film, Video, Animation and New Genres
- Chair, Scholarship Committee
- Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee
- lillyjc2@uwm.edu
- Mitchell Hall B69
Registration
Sorry, we’ve reach capacity for this program!
| Registration | Deadline | *Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | Before May 1 | $750 |
| Standard | After May 1 | $800 |
| Early Bird (with overnight accommodations)*** | Before May 1 | $1,200 |
| Standard (with overnight accommodations)*** | After May 1 | $1,250 |
**Split payments are available with 50% due during registration and the remaining balance due by June 1, 2024.
***Overnight accommodations are only available for the June Film Summer Camp