Lights! Camera! Action for Poway Unified students in summer workshop

A free two-week summer workshop on cinema for high schoolers will culminate Friday in a film debut at Angelika Film Center & Café.

That is when Poway Unified high school students and invited guests will view the teens’ creative efforts on a movie theater screen.

The AME Summer Cinema Workshop brought 17 incoming freshmen through seniors together with professionals in the film industry so the teens could explore the Arts, Media and Entertainment Career Technical Education Pathway in Poway Unified.

To make the short film “The Sidekick,” students had to go through every step of the film production process under the guidance of mentors. The student-created film is about an ordinary woman who finds herself mistaken for a superhero and she ends up helping her new sidekick save the day, said Ross Kallen, digital media production teacher at Rancho Bernardo High.

Students Katie Leung and Sophia Calcagno with mentor Mike Brueggemeyer at the director’s monitor.

Students Katie Leung (director) and Sophia Calcagno (first assistant

Laredo Film Modern society hosts images workshop

The following star, photographer or film screenwriter may possibly be in Laredo, and Laredo Film Modern society, a area nonprofit group, is seeking to present folks the possibility to make their talents shine or learn new kinds by way of a series of workshops during July.

On Saturday, one of the workshops was held teaching how to choose much better photographs and learn about the art of pictures. It is section of a workshop approach by the firm to enable locals be additional involved in the media arts.

“Photography is a type of expression, just like any other medium this sort of as portray, poetry, producing, sculpture,” Laredo Film Society board member Gabriela A. Treviño claimed. “Just like realist paintings of portraits and landscapes, pictures began as a representation of actuality – some say the truest representation of reality in art.”


According to Treviño, there are now countless choices as

Around Town: Photography workshop, Salmon Jam, sound tech training
Isabelle Nothstine pitches during a Cordova Little League game. Photo courtesy of Penny Lynn Johnson

Spirit of the Copper River
The last chance to see works by visiting Homer artist Charlene Cline will be noon-5 p.m. Saturday, July 3 at the Copper River Gallery.

Alaska WILD
The Copper River Gallery’s next show, “Alaska WILD,” will feature works by Alaska Society of Nature Photographers, with opening reception from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, July 9 at the Copper River Gallery. The show will remain up through August 28. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturday. Call 907-424-6665 for more info.

Photography workshop
The Alaska Society of Nature Photographers is hosting Creative Close-Up with nature and close-up photographer Margaret Gaines from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, July 10. Registration is $20. For more information and to register, contact the Cordova Museum at 907-424-6665.

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