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Sometimes people get into their hobbies with a
lot of energy and drive. Making Movies is no exception.
In 2002 we received an email from the
Casablanca company (they make Avio and Kron video editing systems)
advertising a series of summer seminars on making movies. We thought
we would pass some of this along to you, in case you are interested.
Here are a few quotes from the email:
Billy Field, through his
Make A Movie.Net program, is offering a series of summer seminars that
cover everything involved in making a movie, including screenwriting,
camera, lighting, audio and editing.
Many of you remember
Billy from his hugely popular programs at our Casablanca Conventions.
Like Billy, these seminars are not only instructional, they're
inspirational! As Billy says, if you don't believe you can make movies,
you'll believe it when you complete this seminar.
Every movie starts with
a story. Billy was a screenwriter in Hollywood for 14 years, where he
wrote for the television series FAME, Trapper John, MD and The Lazarus
Man. In Billy's seminar, you will learn many of the secrets of
screenwriting that Billy learned in Hollywood.
To learn to make a
movie, you need to actually make a movie. This seminar gives you the
opportunity to do just that. The seminars, held at the Bryant Conference
Center at the University of Alabama, are a cross between movie-making
and living history. As part of the seminar, you will make your own movie
about the history of the civil rights movement, the life of Helen Keller
or the great American novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. In doing so,
you will actually go "on location" to either Selma and Montgomery for
Civil Rights, Ivy Green (the birthplace of Helen Keller) or Monroeville,
Alabama, the home of Harper Lee.
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The cost of the 5-day
seminar (limited to 12) is $1,000. But if you sign up for the seminar by
May 20 (and tell Billy that we sent you), then the seminar is yours for
only $750. That's a great deal -- a deal that we are proud to make
available to you.
The seminars are ideal
for teachers, BUT ANYONE MAY ATTEND. If you're not experienced in movie
production, that's fine. The only requirement to be in the seminar is
the desire to learn.
To be eligible for the
scholarship you or your school must own a Casablanca, an Avio or a Kron.
If you do not own a Casablanca product, the scholarship is still
available. All you have to do is contact your Casablanca dealer
and arrange to test drive an Avio or Kron. You do not have to
agree to buy. You only have to agree to test drive.
To find a dealer near
you, go to www.casablanca.tv
Once you have made your appointment, tell Billy and the $250 scholarship
is yours! If there is no dealer in your area, you are free to test
drive the Avio or Kron at the seminar. Tell Billy so he can make
plans.
For more information, to
sign up or to download a PDF of the seminar brochure, please go to
www.makeamovie.net/seminars
First, this sounds like a marvelous experience.
We've left the contact info in place in case you want to pursue it.
Second, we all know that most people are not
going to do this. Not everybody can or will plop down a $1,000.00
(or $750) and spend 5 focused days learning to make movies.
But it sure would be fun! (C'mon, admit
it.)
Fortunately, you don't have to go to those kinds
of lengths, or spend that kind of money, to make movies, have fun, and
have an enjoyable hobby. But it is nice to see that companies like
Casablanca are making such things available to the die-hard movie-makers
among us.
We say a lot more about companies like
Casablanca in Making Movies with Your Kids.
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