CLASSES
72 HOUR FEATURE PROJECT
MONDAYS
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.*
February 5 - March 26
INSTRUCTOR: Kristie Alshaibi
DESCRIPTION: Students will brainstorm and then refine ideas and plans of action for creating a feature length (70 – 90 minute) motion picture in three days or less. Concrete examples will be used as models. Students will have a public premiere at a Chicago theater at the end of the program. This class is based on the original 72HFP, in which 11 groups of filmmakers successfully completed the challenge. (more...)
D.I.Y. DOCS
WEDNESDAYS
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.*
February 7 - March 28
INSTRUCTOR: Usama Alshaibi
DESCRIPTION:An experienced documentary filmmaker walks students through the process of creating a no budget documentary movie. Topics from finding stories to interview techniques, using release forms, budgeting, fundraising, and finding an audience will be covered. Each student will come away with their own short doc, ready for festivals and/or broadcast. (more...)
DIRTY MOVIES
SATURDAYS
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.*
February 10 - March 31
INSTRUCTOR: Kristie Alshaibi
DESCRIPTION: Watch your fantasies represented on screen, the way you want to see them. Students learn all the ins and outs of making adult cinema. Topics will include history, casting resources, legal issues, niche markets, and all the technical and production skills needed to be your own adult video producer or adult webmaster. Students will watch and discuss classic and contemporary porn movies, and then make their own unique and original pornography. (more...)
* NOTE: When feature length movies are screened, classes may run longer than three hours. Students will have the option of staying late to watch the entire film, or may leave and borrow the DVD/tape at a later date.