Westport
"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child."
- George Bernard Shaw
The concept at the core of all our work at Filmmakers Ink is to teach our young filmmakers and artists how to focus their attention off themselves, onto something outside themselves. What to focus on and what not to focus on. When they do this, they allow their talent to live, to be expressed. Now more than ever, our kids need to strengthen this muscle. Exercising creativity and togetherness, community, is vital for ourselves and our young ones.
We have designed our film and Arts programs to address this. We invite you to sign up for a film arts experience, to keep your adventurous spirit alive.
Guided by Filmmakers Ink professionals, our filmmakers learn by doing as they develop key creative and technical skills required for exceptional filmmaking. Filmmakers Ink programs are designed to give students solid lifelong hacks with which to access, express, and develop, their creative ideas and turn them into movies.
Under the leadership of award-winning filmmaker Patrick McCullough (Actor Coach to Oscar winner, Adrien Brody during the making of Houdini, and Actor Coach of the 'bad guy' in the Charlize Theron film, Atomic Blonde. Producer, Writer, Actor, and Director), Filmmakers Ink has set itself apart from other film camps, online or offline, by focusing on the most challenging part of the process: how to come up with, and develop, good ideas for great films.
Filmmaking Workshop
(Entering Gr. 6-8)
Build the filmmaking instincts needed to write, direct, and capture your story.
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Develop a screenplay
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Storyboarding
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Cinematography
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Directing and Acting
Learn how to effectively tell visual stories on the page and on screen. Experience the moviemaking process. All students will develop scripts and make a short film together with the Actors from the Acting Workshop. Find your crew and turn your ideas into movies. Note: Download link for Films made in camp delivered by end of summer.
Monday - Friday
July 15 – July 19
9:00am – 3:00pm SHS $695
Save with Combination Packages. See below
Acting Workshop
(Entering Gr. 6-8)
Step on the film set and get professional, on-the-job acting coaching. Early in week one, you’ll perform professional acting exercises designed to help you sharpen your listening skills, learn to live truthfully within your scenes, and work improvisationally with a crew of actors and filmmakers. Later in the week, you’ll get plenty of on-camera experience, as you act in the films being produced by the Filmmaking Workshop program. Note: Download link for Films made in camp delivered by end of summer.
Monday - Friday
July 15 – July 19
9:00am – 3:00pm SHS $695
Save with Combination Packages. See below
Editing Workshop
(Entering Gr. 6-8)
Elevate the story to its final, finished form. Learn to create a rough cut by editing picture and sound. Then, under the guidance of our professional editor, apply special effects, transitions, sound design, music and titling for a final cut. Discover the secrets of playing with time so you can keep the attention of your audience right where you want it. Full-day students will work on multiple films, offering a variety of challenges. Computers will be provided. Note: Download link for Films made in camp delivered by end of summer.
Monday - Friday
July 29 – August 2 1 week
9:00am – 3:00pm SHS $695 Full Day
Save with Combination Packages. See below
Special FX Filmmaking
(Entering Gr. 3 - 5)
Learn filmmaking by making films. Guided by experienced Filmmakers Ink instructors, you’ll collaborate with your filmmaking tribe to develop an idea for a film, then write, produce, shoot, and direct a 5-7 minute. Note: Download link for Films made in camp delivered by end of summer.
July 15 – July 19 1 week
9:00am – 12:00pm SHS $395
Sign up for both, Special FX Filmmaking and Stop Motion Animation and pay the discounted rate of $695 for the full-day week. Bring your lunch and eat with the Filmmakers Ink Instructors.
Stop Motion Animation
(Entering Gr. 3 – 5)
Animate your imagination! You create characters—using materials from LEGOs to Hot Wheels, action figures to stuffed animals, clay, found objects, even wood, stone, and metal—and our experienced filmmakers will help you get them moving. Learn the science of freeze frame filming and the art of shot choice, camera angles, believable dialogue, brisk plotting, and set design. Tell your story, one frame at a time. Note: Download link for Films made in camp delivered by end of summer.
July 15 – July 19 1 week
12:30pm – 3:30pm SHS $395
Sign up for both, Special FX Filmmaking and Stop Motion Animation and pay the discounted rate of $695 for the Full Day week. Bring your lunch and eat with the Filmmakers Ink Instructors.
Artists Create Full Day Multi-Art
(Entering Gr. 3-5, 6-9)
Train with working artists, writers, filmmakers from Filmmakers Ink, photographers, composers, songwriters, and actors. Spend the day making movies with award-winning filmmakers; create animation and sketch with professional artists; write a short story or poem with a Pulitzer Prize nominee; improvise and explore movement and physical theater with working NYC professionals, and more. Walk in the shoes of working artists. Practice with them, and create a unique summer experience.
Gr. 3-5 July 29 – August 2 1 week 9:00am – 3:00pm SHS $695
Gr. 6-8 July 29 – August 2 1 week 9:00am – 3:00pm SHS $695
Combination Packages
Filmmaking or Acting and Editing Full Day Programs;2 weeks: $1295
Artists Create with Filmmaking or Acting Workshop, 2 weeks: $1295
Special FX Filmmaking and Stop Motion Animation, 1 week: $695
Artists Create with Special FX Filmmaking or Stop Motion Animation/Both: $1095/$1295
