Today wrapped up a series of workshops offered in the Learning Studio this November. This is the third year Canon has sponsored the student film competition with camera bodies and pro-series lenses.
Paul McAniff from Canon kicked off the series with an introduction to DSLR filmmaking (you can find his talk and slides here).
Then Matt Bardwell and Nathan Driskell from the Learning Studio led a director’s masterclass on David Fincher. Participants walked the process of setting, lighting, and shooting a scene with actors from the Department of Theatre performing the opening scene from The Social Network. Thanks to Seth Womack and Connie Esch for a memorable afternoon.
Finally, this week Nathan Driskell offered an introduction to film editing with Adobe’s Premiere Pro. Nathan and Matt have been using Premiere for the bulk of their video work this year including multi-camera work for Cornerstone.
Thanks to all of the students who joined us for workshops this fall. We’re looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
One of the services we’re piloting this fall is producing a handful of distinguished speakers and academic events each semester. Summit hosts dozens of classes and keynote speakers each fall but some of the panel discussions haven’t always been captured. This fall we were happy to capture two of these events that all featured ACU faculty as respondents.
Then in November we worked with Dr. Jeff Childers in the Graduate School of Theology to capture this year’s Carmichael-Walling Lecturer, Dr. Stephen Fowl from Loyola University Maryland.
Let us know if your department or college is bringing in a guest speaker and we’ll check the schedule.
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Summit Coffeehouse: Dr. Walter Brueggemann
A conversation with Dr. Mark Hamilton, Graduate School of Theology
Gospel According to Twilight: Dr. Elaine Heath
A conversation with Dr. Jennifer Shewmaker, Psychology
Thanks to Paul McAniff from Canon for joining us at ACU for a couple days to introduce students to DSLR video. The workshop was the first of several the Learning Studio will be hosting to prepare FilmFest participants to shoot, light, and edit films this November.
For those unable to join us, here are the slides and video of the presentation.
The 24fps International Short Film Festival returns to the Paramount Theatre this weekend. There is an astonishing variety of work in narrative, documentary, and animation categories.
If you’d like a chance to win tickets to attend one of the programs this Friday and Saturday, keep an eye on our Learning Studio channels this week.
Thanks to all of you who joined us this weekend in Marfa for a phenomenal workshop with Scott Martin. Scott is a professional photographer out of San Antonio who for the past several years has focused on night photography in workshops in Big Bend, Yosemite, and points beyond. We were delighted to get on his schedule and had a remarkable group.
For those who couldn’t join us, here are links to some of Scott’s work highlighted in Wired magazine. Really stunning images.
