Weekend Film Class (Ages 7-17) (Drop-In)

Say goodbye to boring weekends. Kids have fun filmmaking and collaborating with their peers.

One Sunday, one craft — directing, camera, edit, stunts, make-up. No commitment, no experience needed. Good for a first try.

Sun, Sept 20

Introduction to Film

• The language of cinema, how movies are made, and what we’ll create together.

Sun, Sept 27

Guest week: Acting

• Performance, emotion on camera, and how to direct actors.

Sun, Oct 4

Guest week: Make-up design

• Prosthetics, special-effects make-up, and character transformation.

Sun, Oct 11

Guest week: Stunts

• How action sequences are planned, choreographed, and shot safely.

Sun, Oct 18

Guest week: Sound & music

• Scoring, sound design, and how audio shapes a film’s emotion.

Sun, Oct 25

Guest week: Writing

• Screenwriting, story structure, and crafting scenes that work on screen.

Sun, Nov 1

Guest week: Cinematography

• Camera, lighting, and the visual grammar of film.

Sun, Nov 8

Principal photography

• We shoot the film.

Sun, Nov 15

Editing & post-production

• Cutting the film together.

Sun, Nov 22

Wrap & festival

• Locking the cut — it screens at the city festival.