Summer Teen Program

A: July 11 - 22, 2005
B: August 1 - August 12, 2005
Monday through Friday 9am-2pm
Tuition: $690.00--Age appropriate groups from 13-18

The Summer Teen Program concentrates on developing skills in film and video production. This intensive two week program culminates with students completing a final project on video. They will also have the unique opportunity to shoot on film while learning about the special qualities of film and the actual differences between film and video. The program provides a practical foundation for filmmaking skills--lighting, camera, composition, and editing. Students take full responsibility for their projects as they write the scripts, prepare storyboards, and finally shoot the project. At the end of the session, each student will take home a VHS copy of the final projects completed during the class. The tuition includes use of film and video equipment, textbook, film, and processing.

Shea Salyer teaches all the classes listed above. The Seattle Film Institute offers the most extensive filmmaking curriculum for youth in the Northwest. We are available to come and teach a workshop at your school or organization. We also custom design workshops for groups of four kids or more. Please contact the Seattle Film Institute for any information and stay tuned to yourturn.tv for films from local teens.

Ready for More: Advanced Filmmaking for Teens

A: August 15 - August 19, 2005
Monday through Friday 9am-2pm
Tuition: $495.00

This course is open to those students for have completed the Summer Teen Program (this year or in previous years) or have previous video experience. Take the skills you’ve learned and put them to work with either a large collaborative class project or test out those experimental and innovative ideas you have with the help of a group of dedicated classmates. As always, you’ll leave class with a final day screening and a DVD of the work you’ve done.