Learning More About Making Movies
Tips for Encouraging Kids Who Are Really into Films and Making Movies
- Go to films, museums, concerts, and plays of all kinds to see others’ work and inspire creativity
- Collect costumes, props, and fabrics from yard sales, consignment shops, and Goodwill
- Visit a local TV station to see how it’s done
- Write stories, draw storyboards, READ
- Get involved in team activities – Destination Imagination, sports, neighborhood projects – as filmmaking is a collaborative challenge
- Provide equipment – camera, lights, editing software such as IMovie
- Take a filmmaking class or camp after school or in the summer – contact LightHouse (434-293-6992) and other local schools for options
- Look at the credits in films and learn about the different jobs involved in making a film – producer, director, screenwriter, actor, costume designer, casting director, make-up artist . . .
- Hold a home screening in a “theatre” setting for friends and family – red (paper) carpet, dim lighting, popcorn, and applause
- Act in a local production – community theatre, after school programs
- Attend screenings by the Young Filmmakers Academy, LightHouse, and Music Resource Center at the Virginia Film Festival’s Family Day to see what local kids have produced!
