2012 YOUTH CLASS SCHEDULE

Winter Session - 4 weeks: February 2012 (Class size limited, call or email for availability)
DEAR DIARY
4 Sessions on Saturdays 10 am- 2 pm, February 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
Instructors: Rick Bahto and Cosmo Segurson

This advanced, four-week intensive class will immerse students in the history and practice of personal / diary filmmaking. Through screenings and discussions students will explore the diverse forms personal filmmaking has taken, from amateur home movie makers to the avant-garde. Students will create their own film diaries, using regular 8 mm film—the dominant format for home movie making from its development by Kodak during the Great Depression until the invention of Super 8 mm. All students will complete their projects entirely through analog means, and will learn every step of the process from loading the camera, using a light meter, editing using a splicer, and how to operate projectors. There will be one mandatory weekday field trip, date and time pending.

As this class is very intensive and only one month long, it is limited to returning students who have had previous experience working with analog film processes, ages 16 – 19.

All program equipment, materials and instruction provided free of charge by EPFC. Class size is limited so call or email to reserve your spot.
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Spring Session - 12 Weeks: March - May 2012 (Limited Enrollment)
MOVE IT!
12 Sessions on Thursdays 4:30 - 6:30, beginning March 8

In this course students will learn about urban planning and transportation issues, and how these themes have shaped Los Angeles over history and continue to impact our lives today. Using Super 8mm film, students will work individually or in groups on projects that will explore and respond to these issues, with the final project a collaborative multi media live performance.

Instructors: Rick Bahto, Alee Peoples, Kim Strouse, Walter Vargas

Open to local youth ages 12 – 19; no filmmaking experience necessary. All program equipment, materials and instruction provided free of charge by EPFC.

The class is limited to 20 students. Students interested in participating must write a one-page essay on why they want to take the class, what aspects of our city interest them most, and what they hope to learn during their time at EPFC. Essays are due MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 . Students will be notified if they have been selected by THURSDAY, MARCH 1.

A one-hour MANDATORY orientation session for all interested students and their parents/guardians will be held at Echo Park Film Center on TUESDAY, MARCH 6th at 7:30PM.

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Summer Session – 2 weeks: August 2012 (12 students)

August 13, 15, 17, 20, 22 & 24 (4:30 - 6:30)

Instructor: Aritists in Residence Paolo Davanzo and Lisa Marr

No experience is neccesary and students will receive all equipment and materials free-of-charge. (Free to youth 12 - 19 years of age - limited to 12 students, preference given to newcomers.)

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Fall Session – 13 weeks: September – December (Limited Enrollment)
THE BODY
13 Sessions, Thursdays 4:30 - 6:30 pm, beginning September 13

This course will focus on issues related to the body as subject matter in moving image art. Students will watch and discuss historic film and video art related to theme, and will create their own projects.

Instructors: TBA

Open to local youth ages 12 – 19; no filmmaking experience necessary. All program equipment, materials and instruction provided free of charge by EPFC.

The class is limited to 20 students.

A one-hour mandatory orientation session for participating students and their parents/guardians will be held at Echo Park Film Center on September 11 @ 7 pm.

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