Award-Winning Filmmakers Teach Intense Digital Filmmaking Course; 'Imagine a filmmaking program where you shoot on the first day and keep the camera when you graduate!'.Entertainment Editors & Education Writers HOLLYWOOD--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 20, 2001 The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Film School unveiled an innovative new program to complement its existing 10-month immersion immersion /im·mer·sion/ (i-mer´zhun) 1. the plunging of a body into a liquid. 2. the use of the microscope with the object and object glass both covered with a liquid. filmmaking film·mak·ing n. The making of movies. and part-time programs. The 6-Week Digital Filmmaking Program is an intense project-oriented course of study in which students create a series of professional-quality short digital films; students get a camera on the first day and show a film that week in the state-of-the-art digital facilities; they go on to make four more short films, exploring rich image creation and the professional Hollywood process. Presented in the final week is a brief introduction to High Definition, the highest-quality digital format, as well as digital media issues such as Web sites, streaming, etc. The Los Angeles Film School has already become well known for teaming highly trained professionals with new technology, and this program is no exception; Larry Paull, the production designer from "Bladerunner" and "Back to the Future," and Danny Green For the Major League Baseball player, see . Daniel ("Danny") Thomas Green (born March 9, 1973) is an Australian professional Light Heavyweight Boxer and former Olympian, who is nicknamed The Green Machine. , the two-time Oscar-nominated editor, are among the instructors this next term. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Joe Byron, the school's director of technology, "This program is not just a sampler sampler, sample piece of needlework or embroidery, of silk, cotton, or worsted, for the preservation of some pattern or as an example of the ability of a child or a beginner. In museums and private collections there are samplers dating from as early as 1643. of digital technologies; it gives the student the chance to live it, do it, be it: that is, to be a filmmaker making films for six intense weeks." For more information e-mail Joe Byron at Jbyron@lafilm.com or visit the school's Web site at www.lafilm.com. |
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