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 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.

Kids Who Enjoyed a Day of Acting

Making movies with kids is so rewarding because of the sheer enjoyment the children express afterwards. All you need is a strong script, filled with smart, funny characters, and a few exciting props (what child doesn't get excited to use cell phones or walkie-talkies!), and your movie making experience is ready for "Action!" www.makeamoviestudios.com

Acting Like Kids OR Why kids LOVE to Act!

Pretending. Make-believe. Fairytales. Storytime. All of these child-activities are a form of acting. You might wonder about adult actors who do the same thing in their multi-million dollar movies. Is becoming an actor a path to never having to grow up? Maybe - and who could blame Dustin Hoffman for diving into the role of Mr. Magorium? Or Nicole Kidman as Samantha in Bewitched?

Remember when, as a child, your mother would read aloud a story to you? Think of those images that formed in your head as you imagined how the scene would look, or the color of a character's hair, or the scowling expression on the witch's face. What if someone invited you to come up on stage or to stand before a camera where you could pretend to be that character you so vividly saw in your imagination?

Kids have so little power in their everyday lives. But when they are given the opportunity to act, to perform a story, everything changes. Through the characters they create, the stories they tell through their performances, children can feel the power of personal expression. And isn't that what Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman do best? Expressing the many facets of their personalities and their abilities for all the world to see.

Where there's pretend play, there's freedom.