Smartphone Filmmaking Ages 18 & up Wednesday 6:15-8:15 Location: Theatre Tuition: $240 Instructor: Claude Kerven Learn the fundamentals of visual storytelling and start applying it today. In this 6 week workshop, you will learn how to make a short film relying only on a smartphone and your own imagination. No filmmaking experience is required. Sophisticated equipment, special effects, advanced editing software, and big budgets are not necessary to tell a great story. With nothing more than a cell phone and your own creativity, you can touch people and move them in profound and meaningful ways. Who Is This Course For? This course is for anyone. Whether filmmaking is your passion, your hobby or just something you’ve always wanted to try, Smartphone Filmmaking will demystify the process of telling stories visually and help you translate your ideas into expressive and eloquent images. About Claude Kerven Kerven's career is highlighted by his Emmy Award winning work in children’s television, over 25 short films directed at Saturday Night Live, and his most recent directorial work, "They Never Found Her," starring Handmaid Tale’s, Elisabeth Moss. As a screenwriter, Kerven co-authored "Mortal Thoughts," which starred Bruce Willis, and worked as a staff writer for director/producer Sam Raimi (“Spiderman”). Formerly, the Chair of the Filmmaking Program at the New York Film Academy, where he taught directing and screenwriting. No Class May 29. Final class will conclude with a film screening for family and friends.