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Fall 2021
Freedom & Unity Young Filmmakers Lab is now open for enrollment!
Sponsored by Ledyard National Bank
This young filmmakers’ lab is about building production and teamwork skills, inspiring and engaging our storytelling abilities, and fostering resources for more ambitious community filmmaking.Over 8 weeks students will learn about and engage with various production techniques and filmmaking styles. They will be encouraged to strengthen their voice and begin thinking about making a Freedom & Unity Contest film of their own.
The WRIF Freedom & Unity Young Filmmakers Contest (Spring 2022) accepts entries from Middle & High School students across Vermont and New Hampshire, and offers feedback from professional filmmakers, access to a regional media community, and cash prizes.
Summer 2021
Media Workshop: 3D Art “Night School”
This summer former CATV camper Joe Jacobs returned from USC School of Cinematic Arts to share his passion for creating 3D art in movies and video games in Blender, a free software available to anyone! We wish Joe all the best as he returns to California to finish his animated thesis film.
Summer 2021 Moving Image & Media Arts Camps
This summer CATV offered Moving Image and Media Arts camps for curious creators entering grades 5-8. From optical toys and celluloid film to digital cameras with green screen effects and on-location filming, camper crews stepped into all production roles to discover the power of collaboration to translate their visions to the screen, including a statewide “Crowdsource Cinema” project to recreate Jurassic Park! Final camp movie projects are now broadcasting and streaming on CATV.
