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Workshop Calendar

TWN Evening Seminars Spring 2013 Edition - In session Now !

Transmedia Production Planning, 30 Rock props, Sound and more

6:30 PM

The TWN Evening Workshops
Besides its intensive TWN Production Workshop, TWN also sponsors a walk-in series of workshops on various production topics. All are either sliding scale or free, and will be presented at various locations this semester.  Note: these workshops are in different locations!
The series starts soon and seats are limited - so register now by emailing workshop@twn.org.
 
Thursday, March 28th 6:30 PM
Sound Workshop - Getting Decent Sound with JT Takagi
Basic concepts, how to's, best practices and what to get - for the emerging indy filmmaker - and the already there filmmaker who has questions. Featuring new gear courtesy of Professional Sound Services. Location: TWN office, 545 Eighth Ave, Suite 550 (37/38 street) Sliding scale fee: $10-$20.
 
Thursday, April 4th 6:30 PM
Planning Your Transmedia Production and Social Media Outreach with Ann Bennett
Ann Bennett is a documentary producer for the PBS film currently in post-production, Through A Lens Darkly and a transmedia producer for the national multimedia community engagement initiative, "Digital Diaspora Family Reunion".  This one-night workshop will include tips and techniques for creating creating a social media plan and configuring your doc for various media platforms.  Location: Domestic Workers United, 10 West 37th Street, Suite 4W.
A Cosponsored workshop by Third World Newsreel and Domestic Workers United. Sliding scale fee: $10-$20.
 
Thursday, April 11th 6:30 PM
Working in the Props Dept - and Making "Changing Face of Harlem" with Shawn Batey
Shawn Batey, TWN workshop alum, is a long time Props Assistant for television, commercials and feature films, on shows including 30 Rock, Roll Bounce, Miracle's Boys, Inside Man, Chicago Hope, Law and Order and more. On top of this, she is also an award winning filmmaker. Her work includes Hair-Tage, Through My Eyes, 60+, Making the World Feel Better, and more. Shawn's films have screened at festivals and museums, and she is currently finishing her documentary, "Changing Face of Harlem". Shawn will talk about how one gets into the industry in fields like Props, and how does one balance being an independent filmmaker at the same time. FREE! Location: Maysles Institute, 343 Lenox Ave, NY (btwn 127 and 128 st) #2,3 to 125th street. A Cosponsored workshop with Maysles Institute. FREE
 
Thursday, April 18th 6:30 PM
Distribution and Marketing - what you need to plan - before you shoot - with Roselly Torres
Roselly Torres is the Director of Distribution and Marketing at Third World Newsreel, and previously worked at LAVA (Latin America Video Archives) She will talk about what filmmakers need to be working on even before they produce their project, and how to prepare oneself to distribute and market your film.
NEW LOCATION - Third World Newsreel, 545 Eighth Ave @ 38th Street, Suite 550. Sliding scale fee: $10-$20; limited registration!
 
Thursday, April 25th 6:30 PM
Keeping your Films and Original tapes and files: How are you going to save them?
Members of the Activist Archivist Group will talk about what filmmakers - and anyone - needs to consider when thinking about keeping their videos, films, DVDs,etc. - what to do? Plus - what does an activist archivist do? FREE!  LOCATION: El Barrio Firehouse Community Center, 175 E 104th Street New York, NY 10029 (Between Lexington and 3rd Aves)Phone: 212-757-2670
A Cosponsored workshop with MNN El Barrio Firehouse. FREE
 
More to Come - Stay Tuned!
 
RSVP by emailing workshop@twn.org
212 947-9277 x 15
TWN Workshops are sliding scale $10-20 except those listed as FREE.
 
Past workshop speakers have included:  Larry Banks, Cliff Charles, Laurens Grant, Stanley Nelson, Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez, Arthur Jafa, Sam Pollard. Bobby Shepard, and more!
 

 

 

Youth Media Workshops at TWN

Asian Girls Empowerment Through Media Workshop - AGEM and the TWN Camera to Classroom Workshop

Summer 2009 and 2010

The AGEM workshop, a media literacy and activist media production workshop for young Asian women from 13-17 years of age started July 11th and wrapped up September 12th, 2009.   
The AGEM participants produced two group documentaries - one on teen smoking and another on media stereotypes,  while several individual "diary" documentaries were also completed.  In a summer that combined team building exercises, media literacy, production skills, field trips, studio production, visiting professionals and more, 12 young women are now definitely, emerging social issue media makers.  Their completed projects screened at Anthology Film Archives, and one of them, "I'M NOT EVEN THAT" has been making the Asian American Film Festival circuit now.
The workshop was free, and was made possible with support from the Asian Women Giving Circle, the City College of New York, the Ford Foundation, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYSCA, NEA, North Star and the Funding Exchange.  
 
The TWN Camera to Classroom Media Workshop was a media literacy and production workshop in which TWN partnered with NYC public high school CITY AS SCHOOL during the spring/summer of 2010.  Youth made documentaries ranging from being a teen-aged father to skateboarding.  This program was free and supported in part by the Tribeca Film Institute, the City College of New York, the Ford Foundation, NYSCA and NEA.
 
Stay tuned for future TWN Youth Production/Media Literacy Workshops!
 

 

 


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