2020 Workshops

Want to learn how to make a movie? Registration now open for the 2020 PCFF Youth Filmmaking Workshops for kids ages 6 to 17. Learn the art of animation, experiment with a green screen, create a music video and more! Participants’ collaborative films will be included in the 2020 Group Workshop Reel, shown on the big screen during the Festival! Classes often sell out, so don’t delay – register today!

Sunday, February 9
FULL-DAY WORKSHOP

LOCATION: TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts, 275 Westminster St., Providence, RI
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• PCFF Give Me 5 Youth Film Lab 
  Sunday, 11:00am–6:00pm
  Ages 12 – 17
  Cost: $65 for the whole day, includes material/equipment fee, lunch and 2 courtesy passes to the 2020 Festival (February 14 – 23). Scholarships available. No one turned away based on inability to pay.Make a Minute Film Challenge. Want to create a movie without dialogue, without spoken words, without even ONE line?! The PCFF Give Me 5 Youth Film Lab challenges teens to work collaboratively to complete a one-minute film, in only six hours. Assigned teams guided by a film coach will make a film from beginning to end: brainstorming, writing, storyboarding, acting, filming, and editing. At the end of the lab, parents are invited to watch the finished films and hear the teams discuss the process. No previous filmmaking experience required! Because this workshop is partially funded by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, in-state residents will receive placement preference.

Click to watch 2016 Group Workshop Reel

PAST WORKSHOPS

Saturday, February 10
3-HOUR WORKSHOPS

LOCATION: RISD Auditorium Building, 7 Canal Walk, Providence. Use Market Square entrance. map
Cost: $45 per 3-hour workshop. Includes material / equipment fee PLUS allows student and 1 guest to attend the Youth Filmmaker Showcase free of charge. Limited scholarships are available.
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• Make a Music Video
  Saturday, 9:30am – 12:30pm
  Ages 8 – 14
  Find out how to make a music video that rocks! This exciting workshop breaks down the process of music video production. Workshop attendees collaborate as a group to storyboard and construct visuals to make a video for a locally recorded song by a You Rock School of Music youth band.
• LIVE ACTION! Green Screen
  Saturday, 1:00pm–4:00pm
  Ages 10 – 14
  Ever wondered how a green screen works? In this workshop students learn the fundamentals of green screen special effects and take turns filming themselves in front of a green screen with their own artwork becoming the backgrounds.
• Bring-A-Thing Animating
  Saturday, 1:00pm–4:00pm
  Ages 6 – 10
  Kids are encouraged to bring small objects from home to create their own characters (supplies also provided). Then get ready to bring them to life on the screen in this animation workshop. Have a blast while learning how to make something appear to jump and soar in space!

Sunday, February 11
3-HOUR WORKSHOPS

LOCATION: RISD Auditorium Building, 7 Canal Walk, Providence. Use Market Square entrance. map
COST: $45 per 3-hour workshop. Includes material / equipment fee PLUS allows student and 1 guest to attend the Youth Filmmaker Showcase free of charge. Limited scholarships are available.
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• Play with Your Food
  Sunday, 9:30am–12:30pm
  Ages 6 – 10
  Kids get to play with their food and make it appear to come to life with some movie magic! These noms will seem to grow to enormous sizes and chase this class around! Please let us know of food allergies.
• LIVE ACTION! Special Effects and Camera Tricks
  Sunday, 1:00–4:00pm
  Ages 10 – 14
  Discover the world behind practical special effects using common ingredients. Concoctions of slime, blood, and alien drool will be made in class. Learn how to use a camera to fly, slide, and teleport!
• Make a Music Video
  Sunday, 1:00–4:00pm
  Ages 8 – 14
  Find out how to make a music video that rocks! This exciting workshop breaks down the process of music video production. Workshop attendees collaborate as a group to storyboard and construct visuals to make a video for a locally recorded song by a Girls Rock! youth band.

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