Filmmaking Workshop at Ole Miss
Features 3 of Its Own Best, July 6-9, 2009

Micah Joseph Ginn will direct the ninth annual Filmmaking Workshop at the University of Mississippi July 6-9.  Micah Ginn is an award-winning filmmaker-producer in the University’s Center for Documentary Projects and Media Production.  The intensive four-day workshop is designed to introduce amateurs to both film appreciation and the actual techniques of filmmaking. Assisting Micah Ginn in direction of the workshop are Joe York and Matthew Graves, also award-winning producer/directors in the Center for Documentary Projects.

THE SCRIPT
The four-day workshop is a unique opportunity for high school students (freshman through seniors), college students, teachers, and all adults interested in filmmaking.  The participants will be shown a variety of films that will showcase the elements of filmmaking discussed and applied throughout the course.  Students of the workshop will be introduced to all aspects of the filmmaking process as they produce their own short film during the four-day class.  From sound design to lighting, from camera operation to story-boards, participants will gain valuable practical experience in the art of filmmaking.

THE FOCUS

• Provide hands-on filmmaking
• Illustrate the filmmaking journey from story to screen
• Examine the opportunities and outlets available for today’s independent filmmaker

THE AUDIENCE

• High school students (freshmen through seniors)
• College students
• Teachers
• All adults interested in the techniques of filmmaking

THE CAST

• Micah Joseph Ginn, Workshop Director
  Producer, Media and Documentary Projects, the University of Mississippi, and Co-Director of the Oxford Film Festival
• Matthew Graves, Workshop Instructor
  Producer/Director, Media and Documentary Projects, the University of Mississippi
• Joe York, Workshop Instructor
  Producer/Director,Media and Documentary Projects; Producer, Blues Radio Show Highway 61, and author of With Signs Following: Photographs from the Southern Religious Roadside

THE SHOOT
The workshop will be held at the Historical Oxford Depot adjacent to the University in Oxford and behind the Gertrude C. Ford Performing Arts Center on University Avenue. The Depot is a short walk from the Inn at Ole Miss.  Participants will receive a detailed schedule and map of the area at registration.

Monday
1:00-2:30 p.m.	Registration
2:30-3:00 p.m.	Introduction and class overview
3:00-4:00 p.m.	Act One: The Story
4:00-5:30 p.m.	Act Two: Pre–Production
5:30-6:30 p.m.	Break for Supper
6:30-8:00 p.m.	Act Three: Production
8:00-10:00 p.m.	Story boarding
Tuesday
8:00-12:00 a.m.	Finish our story boards and begin prepping for our first scene
12:00-1:00 p.m.	Break For Lunch
1:00-5:00 p.m.	Shooting begins
Wednesday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	All–day shooting schedule. (One hour lunch break at or around noon)
Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.	All–day edit. (One hour lunch break at or around noon)
4:00 p.m.	Today’s Independent Filmmaker: Before you leave, we’ll talk to you about the ways in which you can get your work seen, what equipment you may want to invest in, and how to get the most out of what is available to you.

THE WINDOW
The dates of the 2009 workshop are July 6-9.  Pre-registration is required.  The deadline to to register is July 1.

THE BUDGET
Residential: Dormitory: $425, includes dormitory housing, costs, workshop,
manual, meals
Residential: Hotel: $625, includes room at the Inn at Ole Miss, workshop,
manual, meals
Commuter: $325, includes only the workshop and manual

THE COSTUME
Dress is casual and comfortable throughout the workshop.

THE CONTACT
Port Kaigler, Project Administrator
University Camps & Conferences
Division of Outreach and Continuing Education
P.O. Box 879
University, MS  38677-0879

Phone: 662-915-5132
Fax: 662-915-5138
Email: sdkaigle@olemiss.edu

ACCOMMODATING SPECIAL NEEDS: If you require special assistance relating to disability, please contact Dr. Robert E. Fox, at (662) 915-1408 or rfox@olemiss.edu prior to the workshop start date.

Click here to register online.
Click here to download a PDF registration form
Media and Documentary Projects Center