Instructor: Shelley Frost, SCCT Drama Teacher
Twin Pines Park, Belmont, CA
5 Classes, kids 6 - 12 yrs
T & Th 3:30 - 5:00
10/2 - 10/16
$100 residents; $120 non- residents
$25 lab fee
Belmont Parks & Recreation Dept.: 650/595-7441
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Make-A-Movie Workshop for Kids
Have you ever wanted to star in a movie? Now you can! We'll choose our script, cast our characters, plan our costumes, make-up and props. Then we'll rehearse action sequences and dialogue. Next comes "Quiet on the set... ACTION!" When the movie is shot, the director will say "That's a wrap!." Invite your friends and family to the Red Carpet Premier, enjoy some popcorn and see yourself on the big screen.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Free Movie Making Guide for Kids
I just finished writing a new guide that I'm giving away for free to anyone with kids interested in making movies.
Summertime is a great time for kids to get creative. Making a movie with the neighborhood children can be a great team building activity. They need to have their cast meetings; decide who will play which characters; scrounge through garages and basements for the perfect props; scout the entire neighborhood for the best locations; shoot the movie scene by scene; then edit the footage into an exciting feature film!
Best of all will be the movie premier. Announce the event with flyers, posters, e-mails, etc. Imagine the entire neighborhood gathering together on a warm summer evening to watch the movie premier on an outdoor screen. What could be more fun?
Visit Make-A-Movie Studios for movie scripts and the FREE Movie Making Guide.
Make-A-Movie Merchandise
For all you kids out there who've made movies with Make-A-Movie, now you can wear your movies on your sleeve (or head!) Visit our new store at Cafepress.com where you can buy t-shirts, sweatshirts, baseball hats and more. All with our Make-A-Movie logo. Then the world will know you've made movies with Make-A-Movie!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Make-A-Movie Kits
My wonderful neighbor Cathleen, runs a print shop. As we speak, she is creating gorgeous packaging for the Make-a-Movie Kits. As soon as the packaging is ready, I'll post a photo.
For anyone unaware, Make-a-Movie Kits include everything you need to make a movie in your home with your kids (minus the video camera and video editing software!) What is special about these kits are the fantastic movie scripts/screenplays.
Over the years, I've written these scripts, mostly with the help of casts of kids. All of the scripts have been produced into movies. Some of them several times!!
The kits are available right now by visiting www.makeamoviestudios.com.
For anyone unaware, Make-a-Movie Kits include everything you need to make a movie in your home with your kids (minus the video camera and video editing software!) What is special about these kits are the fantastic movie scripts/screenplays.
Over the years, I've written these scripts, mostly with the help of casts of kids. All of the scripts have been produced into movies. Some of them several times!!
The kits are available right now by visiting www.makeamoviestudios.com.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
From Screen to Stage
Tomorrow afternoon we'll continue play reheasals for "The Princess & the Pickle Pie" and "A Spy in Mozambula." What!! Wait a minute!! Aren't those movie scripts, not play scripts?!
Yes, they are movie scripts, having been produced as movies countless times, with different casts (party guests) and locations (homes of the birthday girl or boy). But because I also teach drama classes, I am always in need of play scripts. Over the years, I have found too many play scripts with too many talking animals with too few lines.
So, since the movie scripts from Make-A-Movie Studios are written to make each role significant, I decided to rewrite these two scripts into stage scripts.
In our last class we casted the two plays, and did a read-through. So, tomorrow we'll actually get on stage and begin blocking the scenes. It will be quite a transformation bringing these scripts to life on stage verses on screen. But the 19 actors in my class (8 - 11 year olds), are filled with enthusiasm, energy and a desire to please their audience.
Will these two "plays" be flops or a blockbusters? I'll let you know...
Yes, they are movie scripts, having been produced as movies countless times, with different casts (party guests) and locations (homes of the birthday girl or boy). But because I also teach drama classes, I am always in need of play scripts. Over the years, I have found too many play scripts with too many talking animals with too few lines.
So, since the movie scripts from Make-A-Movie Studios are written to make each role significant, I decided to rewrite these two scripts into stage scripts.
In our last class we casted the two plays, and did a read-through. So, tomorrow we'll actually get on stage and begin blocking the scenes. It will be quite a transformation bringing these scripts to life on stage verses on screen. But the 19 actors in my class (8 - 11 year olds), are filled with enthusiasm, energy and a desire to please their audience.
Will these two "plays" be flops or a blockbusters? I'll let you know...
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Shy Kids Do Great Making Movies
The first day of each of my Make-A-Movie Workshops or Theater Games classes, I am always on the lookout for my "shy" kids. These are the children whose parents wisely signed them up for an acting class knowing full well the discomfort their child may or may not feel during the class meetings.
Shy kids do great in Make-A-Movie classes. This is because they perform, character create and pretend play without an audience or a spotlight. Plus, there are no lines to memorize or scripts to follow. The Director follows a script of course, but the actors need not worry about words on a page being burned into their memories!
And the night our movie premiers, and all the parents and friends are in the audience, the "shy" child is no longer a "shy" child. They are larger than life, transformed into a character fighting to save the world... or in the case of "The Fowl Phobia" the life of a chicken!
Happy Movie Making!!
Shy kids do great in Make-A-Movie classes. This is because they perform, character create and pretend play without an audience or a spotlight. Plus, there are no lines to memorize or scripts to follow. The Director follows a script of course, but the actors need not worry about words on a page being burned into their memories!
And the night our movie premiers, and all the parents and friends are in the audience, the "shy" child is no longer a "shy" child. They are larger than life, transformed into a character fighting to save the world... or in the case of "The Fowl Phobia" the life of a chicken!
Happy Movie Making!!
Friday, December 28, 2007
Hiding Under My Desk
Getting ready for a Make-a-Movie birthday party is always a creative process. I always read through the script to make sure I feel it is tailored perfectly for the birthday boy or girl. If we're doing SPACE: The Movie, and the child playing the Commander is a girl, then I'd better go through it and switch all the 'him's" and his" to "her's" and "she's.'
I'll never forget the party where the Scientist character was played by a sweet little girl, yet the script referred to her character as a boy throughout. And wouldn't you know it, but I didn't even catch this until I was at my computer editing the footage??!! I wanted to crawl under the desk and just sit with all my wires and cables hoping the world would forget I even do Make-a-Movie birthday parties!!
Luckily, the family who hired me for this party was the most understanding and accommodating family I have ever worked with. This proved true when I rang their doorbell to deliver 15 freshly burned DVD's with a lovely printed sleeve that read "SPACE: The Movie" starring... "Misspelled Birthday Boy's Name." With no desk to hide under, I crept back to my car and hightailed it back home. Once there, I crawled back to my computer, and relaunched Final Cut so I could correct his name in all the titles. Fifteen freshly burned DVD's later, I trundled back to my ultra-patient customer to deliver the perfected DVD's.
I've never been one to describe myself as a perfectionist, but when it comes to spleling, I mean spelling, and a customer is the victim, there's no choice but to crawl out from under the desk and make it right.
Happy Movie-Making!
I'll never forget the party where the Scientist character was played by a sweet little girl, yet the script referred to her character as a boy throughout. And wouldn't you know it, but I didn't even catch this until I was at my computer editing the footage??!! I wanted to crawl under the desk and just sit with all my wires and cables hoping the world would forget I even do Make-a-Movie birthday parties!!
Luckily, the family who hired me for this party was the most understanding and accommodating family I have ever worked with. This proved true when I rang their doorbell to deliver 15 freshly burned DVD's with a lovely printed sleeve that read "SPACE: The Movie" starring... "Misspelled Birthday Boy's Name." With no desk to hide under, I crept back to my car and hightailed it back home. Once there, I crawled back to my computer, and relaunched Final Cut so I could correct his name in all the titles. Fifteen freshly burned DVD's later, I trundled back to my ultra-patient customer to deliver the perfected DVD's.
I've never been one to describe myself as a perfectionist, but when it comes to spleling, I mean spelling, and a customer is the victim, there's no choice but to crawl out from under the desk and make it right.
Happy Movie-Making!
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