2018
July 16-20 Acting for the Camera 7p-10p 14 yrs and up all younger must audition
July 16-20 Media development and the Moving Camera
July 20 – 22 Screenwriters Workshop (film campers only)
Film Camp July 23th- August 4th (12 days, Sat & Sun included- These are usually shoot days)
2 weeks, 9am - 4pm times are a general idea . . . filming and editing days are longer and depending on the scenes required for shooting there may be evening shoots, 9-4 is a loose idea, this is the minimum time and there will be days that require more time. Food is important, daily fuel is important, BRING IT!!! Lunch and sometimes dinner.
Registration call 581-5592 or fill out the form to the right of this page
Registration opens March 2, 2015
This camp is directed by Sam Dalton - Writer/producer/director/acting teacher
Sam Dalton is experienced in all phases of film and television creation and production on both sides of a camera. He is the founder and director of "Actors Asylum", a nationally recognized professional acting and film/video production training facility, creator, producer and host of Family Adventures and Boomer Adventures, both television travel program series, producer and host of Scrunch, an award winning nationally syndicated children's television program. Mr. Dalton has been a professional actor and teacher for many years and is the executive writer, producer and director of the Illusion Factory, an entertainment, promotion, and Public Relations Company located in Los Angeles, responsible for the on-going development of multiple entertainment programs, infomercials and commercials.
ages 14 and up sibling discounts and Scholarships available Fill out form to the right and submit to Presser PAC 900 S Jefferson Street
Instructor: Sam Dalton
SAM DALTON ONLINE
Program Description
The art of filmmaking (including writing, cinematography, directing, and editing) is part of a business that requires hard work, dedication, and perseverance throughout one’s career, especially if one is to achieve a modicum of success. A high level degreed proficiency in the craft is necessary for high school students whose college and future career interests lie in any aspect of the entertainment business. What do you do? Where do you go following high school? Who do you contact? What do you need to know? What is it like to attend film school? This "hands-on" course takes a no-nonsense approach to the realities of becoming a professional filmmaker (including most careers within the discipline i.e. producer, director, AD, cinematographer, script supervisor, writer, editor, sound tech, grip), especially in Southern California.
This is a no-nonsense film making course that is designed to give high-school and college students hands on experience in the art of film making from concept to completion compacted into an intensive two-week, Monday through Sunday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm schedule. Students are expected to comport themselves as though attendance, participation, discussion, and assignments during the Pre-college Program/Film Track at Presser Performing Arts Center are part of a full-time college-level film making course, if not part of an industry-related summer job or internship. Behavioral Contracts will be signed! Students are expected to be on time, do the work, turn in the assignments, and participate in class. Students work in collaboration as a team to create and produce a short-length digital film (10-15 minutes) in length, of their own design and execution, from concept to story development to script writing to pre-production to production to post-production and distribution. Through this process, students acquire comprehensive knowledge of the duties required and gear used to produce motion pictures and television programs. Students rotate through all the typical positions that are incumbent in the process of creating their project film including writing, directing, videography/cinematography, script supervision, lighting, and sound. In addition to a screening of the completed film that is open to industry professionals as well as the general public, the completed film is submitted for consideration to several Film Festivals.
