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The winning bidder will receive one free two-week session of Teen Actors Workshop, valued at $849.  Winner can also use the value towards the Teen Filmmakers Workshop and pay the difference of $150.  This is a great opportunity for ages 14-17 to build their acting or filmmaking skills in a small class setting with personal instruction from experienced actors and filmmakers.  The Workshop is held at Lasell College in Newton from August 1-12th.

About New England Film Academy:

Teen Actors Workshop (Ages 14 - 17)

Make no mistake about it, as an actor, you are a filmmaker! Without good actors, even the greatest scripts would fail to become great movies. So, when we say that we are "developing the filmmakers of tomorrow" that means you, too! If you want to act in film but you've never been in front of the camera, or you have some theatre experience, maybe even some technical expertise but no real training as a film actor, this workshop is for you!

Our Teen Actors Workshop is designed to prepare our students for being on camera as quickly as possible. At The New England Film Academy, we will prepare you for the films you will be performing in during the program, as the Teen Actors Workshop is closely tied with the Filmmakers Workshop, and for the auditions you'll want to attend after the completion of the program. Auditions consist of reading scenes, so a major focal point of the Workshop will be placed on scene preparation. We will still teach techniques and exercises to use but everything will be done in relation to preparing for a scene.

Students will also have the opportunity to be directed and filmed in a scene by their instructor. Their scene will be edited and shown at our “Premiere Night”, a screening night at the end of the program. Student’s scenes will all be put on a DVD compilation along with all the student films. So each acting student will leave the program with a DVD portfolio of all their summer work. Space will be limited to 10 participants.

Teen Filmmakers Workshop (Ages 14 - 17)

Wanna be a filmmaker? Now you can. No experience required! Learn how to format and structure a screenplay. Cast your own production. Rehearse and direct the actors. Learn the technique and subtle nuances of lighting a scene. Learn to get professional quality sound, shoot your scenes, learn to log and capture your footage on an iMac using Final Cut. Creating a time line, inserting footage and special effects, and building a soundtrack are among the post-production subjects to be covered. Collaborate with your fellow crew members as you fine tune your project and prepare to show it to the world. Are they ready? Are you? Got what it takes? You’ll have your chance to show us what you got this summer during our two-week workshop.

Whether you are a first time filmmaker with a vision or an accomplished student filmmaker looking to hone your skills, this workshop will give you the inside scoop on how to make a movie that will leave people saying "Wow, I cannot believe that movie was made by a high school kid." By the way, we know you are not a kid, but they will say it anyway.

You also get the added bonus of working closely with our Teen Actors Workshop that runs at the same time as our filmmaking workshop. One of the biggest problems a teen filmmaker can have is finding good actors. Take a look at some of the topics we will be covering. Each program will be limited to 15 participants. Hollywood’s waiting…

Instructors

Huey

Lead Instructor - Young Filmmakers Movie Camp / Jr. Filmmakers Movie Week / Weekend Film School

Known the state over as simply, "Huey", for over 25 years Huey has been making films on artists, youth, education, and the environment and teaching filmmaking to students of all ages. His films have been shown at film festivals in the US, on PBS, and on television in Europe. In March, 2002, he received the first "Huey" Award from the Maine Film Commission, presented to him by Maine's First Lady, Mary Herman, at a Blaine House ceremony. Named in his honor, the "Huey" Award will be given annually to a Maine resident who exhibits "exceptional contributions to film, video, and motion media in Maine". He is also the director of the Maine Student Film and Video Festival.

Leslie Fleming-Mitchell

Lead Instructor - Teen Actors Workshop

Leslie has worked extensively both in front of and behind the camera and has many film and television credits, including a lead role in Kihachi Okamoto’s award-winning film, East Meets West. She worked as assistant director and casting director on independent features, including The Mad Songs Of Fernanda Hussein, recipient of the Rosa Luxembourg award, as well as film coach for actors preparing for film and television roles. She is on the faculty at the Screen Actors Guild Conservatory in Los Angeles and has also been teaching the Young Actors program at the International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine since 2002. Leslie has lived all over the world, from the United States to Europe to Africa and now lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.

Douglas Gordon

Lead Instructor - Teen Filmmakers Workshop

Douglas Gordon is a Boston-based director/cinematographer whose work includes narrative, commercial and documentary projects. Doug's films have screened at numerous film festivals, and he has shot throughout the United States, as well as in South China and India. He holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.F.A. in Film Production from Boston University. Doug has taught film and digital production for the New York Film Academy, Cambridge Community Television, Massachusetts College of Art and has held the position of Adjunct Professor at Boston University for the past five years.

Corey Norman

Lead Instructor - Teen Filmmakers Workshop

Corey Norman is a local filmmaker and college educator, teaching film classes at both the University of Southern Maine and Southern Maine Community College. He has an extensive background in documentaries, having worked on over 80 hours of programming for such clients as: WGBH/NOVA, History, Discovery and National Geographic. One of these films, Bioterror (WGBH/NOVA), won best the News and Documentary Emmy Award in 2001. More recently, the Rivals, a high school football documentary on which Corey worked as the online editor, postproduction manager and additional cameraman, won best documentary and best cinematography at the LA Reel Film Festival in 2009. A Maine boy through and through, he currently resides in Raymond with his wife and their dog, Dexter.

 

Troy Lanier

Lead Instructor - Teen Filmmakers Workshop

Troy Lanier is the co-author of the award winning "Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts" which Publisher's Weekly calls a "helpful crash course" in filmmaking. He has also written for MovieMaker magazine and Microfilmaker.com. As a filmmaking teacher at St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas, the student body recently awarded him "Teacher of the Year". He has judged the youth filmmaking competition for the SXSW film festival, moderated panels for the Austin Film Festival and taught at summer filmmaking camps for teens. Mr. Lanier's production company, DadLabs, recently sold its first title to Monterey Media for national distribution. A father of two, Mr. Lanier spends a lot of time at soccer practice.

 

"While I am a professional filmmaker, I also have been working with high school students for over fifteen years. And through my work with teens I have found that they can be great filmmakers. They have great stories to tell and they are passionate about their work. Kids can be really, really funny or make a documentary that challenges the status quo. But, too often teen movies look amateur -- not because they were shot by teens, but because teens are beginner filmmakers. Making a movie is more than just pushing the record button on your camcorder. The good news that in three weeks we can show you the techniques and equipment that will help you to take your amateur movie and make it look pro." Troy Lanier

Brian Daly

Weekend Film School: Screenwriting 101

Brian wrote the screenplay for "Big and Hairy", a Showtime Original Family Feature starring Richard Thomas. He has written several other scripts and has also collaborated with screenwriter David Himmelstein and screenwriter/novelist Kelli Pryor. He's a member of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Link is www.nefilmacademy.org

Item Special Note

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A FUNDRAISING EVENT AND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS.  

CHECKS TO BE MADE OUT TO DEVOTION SCHOOL AND MAILED TO CINDY TUNGATE, DEVOTION SCHOOL SPRING CARNIVALE, 345 HARVARD STREET, BROOKLINE, MA 02446 (OR DROPPED IN HER MAILBOX AT SCHOOL)

All winning bidders will be charged a transaction fee of 5%, not to exceed $20 per item, to cover a portion of the auction transaction fees. We thank you for helping with this and supporting the school.