Decatur City Schools Get Ready for the 2nd Annual River City Film Festival
The River City Film Festival invites filmmakers of all ages to submit short (less than 20 minutes) or feature films by the extended deadline of February 24, 2012. This year the Festival is open to all movie genres with entries for original short and feature films in one of the following categories, Young Filmmaker Short (grades K-12), Young Filmmaker Feature (graded K-12), Independent Filmmaker Short and Independent Filmmaker Feature.
Decatur, AL, February 05, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Students at Decatur City Schools are putting the final touches on movies for screening at the second annual River City Film Festival, March 24 at the historic Princess Theatre Center for the Performing Arts. Austin High School has been offering video production for several years. One of the intentions of the class and festival is to highlight opportunities in a medium that has become more financially accessible to young and emerging film and video-makers over the past decade. Students are able to involve themselves in all aspects of production from scripting and talent acquisition, camera, sound and lighting techniques, to creative editing and more. Showing their final creation on the Princess Theatre's big screen brings the experience full circle.
“Our students are excited to be able to submit their works at the River City Film Festival at the Princess Theatre,” said Warren McLemore, Art and Video Studies at Austin HS and River City Film Festival Committee member. He continued, “Each year brings a new group of talented students to the classroom. We use video as a tool to nurture that creative talent and enable the students to find their strengths in a medium they might not have explored before. It becomes more than point and shoot. It’s design. It’s sound. It’s storytelling.”
Filmmakers can receive tweets @rivercityfilm and also get great tips and tricks at River City Film Festivals YouTube channel.
About The River City Film Festival
The River City Film Festival invites filmmakers of all ages to submit short (less than 20 minutes) or feature films by the extended deadline of February 24, 2012. This year the Festival is open to all movie genres with entries for original short and feature films in one of the following categories, Young Filmmaker Short (grades K-12), Young Filmmaker Feature (graded K-12), Independent Filmmaker Short and Independent Filmmaker Feature. The competition rules, entry fees, deadlines and submission information are posted on the festivals website at www.RiverCityFilmFestival.org or call 256-350-1745 x301.
The River City Film Festival is made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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“Our students are excited to be able to submit their works at the River City Film Festival at the Princess Theatre,” said Warren McLemore, Art and Video Studies at Austin HS and River City Film Festival Committee member. He continued, “Each year brings a new group of talented students to the classroom. We use video as a tool to nurture that creative talent and enable the students to find their strengths in a medium they might not have explored before. It becomes more than point and shoot. It’s design. It’s sound. It’s storytelling.”
Filmmakers can receive tweets @rivercityfilm and also get great tips and tricks at River City Film Festivals YouTube channel.
About The River City Film Festival
The River City Film Festival invites filmmakers of all ages to submit short (less than 20 minutes) or feature films by the extended deadline of February 24, 2012. This year the Festival is open to all movie genres with entries for original short and feature films in one of the following categories, Young Filmmaker Short (grades K-12), Young Filmmaker Feature (graded K-12), Independent Filmmaker Short and Independent Filmmaker Feature. The competition rules, entry fees, deadlines and submission information are posted on the festivals website at www.RiverCityFilmFestival.org or call 256-350-1745 x301.
The River City Film Festival is made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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256-606-9895
rivercityfilmfestival.org
Michael Kienzle
256-606-9895
rivercityfilmfestival.org
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