Movie Makers Production Team:
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Calling all movie makers! Have you ever wanted to make and/or be in a movie?
Come and join us for our 14th Season creating and filming in this exciting year-long Movie Makers Intensive! We will bring to life an original adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic Twelfth Night!
Students will take on many roles throughout the year-long process from researching and reporting on the Bard, adapting their own Shakespearean short scripts, helping shape an original screenplay adaptation made specifically for live action, with potential for animation, and original art. Students will become true thespians while they practice writing, building a character, learning about voice acting, costume and makeup design, prop building, film production, film editing and collaborating on a one-of-a-kind original film like no other! Students will collaborate as a production team for Twelfth Night as well as solo creators for smaller projects. This is the "reel" deal!
Our one of a kind film will be a collaboration between stop motion animation, artwork, digital animation, and live action film making. If you’ve ever wondered about animating through Procreate, Final Cut Pro, Adobe, or good ol’ fashioned single frame animation, join us on our creative film making quest to add adventure and excitement to this original film! An iPhone and imagination are required. Extra plus is access to the app Procreate on an iPad, but not required.
Once the film is edited there will be a special Outdoor Potluck & Film Screening where everyone can reunite for a one-of-a-kind movie night and potluck (slated around Fall/Winter 2025)! Digital copies of the film will be available so that each student can have a keepsake memory of this special time!
Unique to this year of Movie Makers is the opportunity for both in person and online production which will create new opportunities for creativity and connection. Artistic Leaders in Training (ALIT) will also have special opportunities to invest further into this project through leadership opportunities.
Production & Registration Details
Twelfth Night
*FALL & WINTER 2024
Why Mostly Online?
- During the Fall and Winter seasons when it rains or fires make it too challenging to meet comfortably outside, we end up meeting online more than in person. There will be a schedule that will be updated by the month so folks can plan. If I am sick, or the weather is too challenging and we were slated for an in person day, the schedule will flex to be online.
- It is ideal for us to meet and focus online when learning about: Shakespeare, researching, doing reports, read-throughs, writing and script adaptation opportunities, animation, stop motion techniques, special effects, storybook tableaux art making through Procreate/Adobe, art, team production planning.
*class will agree to a set of in-person class times with the ability to alter for sickness/weather.
**SPRING 2025
Why Mostly In-Person?
- Ensemble building, drama games, improvisation, live action acting/film making, set/costume/prop/art building, opportunities for performers, technicians, stage management and directing, filming “on location” in beautiful Bay Area wild spaces. We may also make a field trip to see a local Shakespeare performance together, last year was at Cal Shakes.
Why In -Person AND Online with Program Flexibility?
- Meeting online offers:
- Intense focused learning with some social connection, research, reporting, character work, voice over acting, and unique and creative film making using storybook tableaux art, stop motion animation, and animating.
- Meeting in-person allows for:
- Healthy socializing, community, improvising, movement, spontaneity, and live action film making with sets, costume, and makeup. This is a community effort and parents can sign up for a variety of support roles with Tracy.
**class will mostly be in-person but may change to online with sickness/weather issues.
When?
- September 6th - May 31st
- Fridays 10am-1pm when Online and 10am-2pm when In Person rehearsals (Shoot schedule will alter to 10am-4pm).
- Tracy reserves the right to cancel class due to sickness and will reschedule where possible
- Potluck & Film Premiere TBD Fall/Winter 2025
Where?
- Various outdoor nature locations in the Bay Area which will allow us a perfect backdrop for a variety of scenes. Locations TBA (most likely multiple East Bay Areas locations)
Program Perks
- All class materials: script, drama binder, research materials
- Family & Friends Potluck & Film Screening
- Digital keepsake film copy
- Cast t-shirt, tote bag, journal
- Access to student gatherings and events (sometimes social, sometimes educational field trips)
- Community & partnership with a growing group of talented young artists and bridging to indie film and professional projects
- Experience collaborating with artists young & old, beginners and professionals, through project based and hands on performing arts and behind the scenes technical production
YOUNG AUTHORS INTENSIVE
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Have you ever wanted to be an author? Join teaching artist Tracy Randolph and Author Geneva Clawson for a year-long writing intensive where students will also participate alongside the International NaNoWriMo Novel writing challenge and work towards completing a novel to submit for publication with Young Authors Press!
Join Young Authors Intensive for our 4 part year long intensive September 2024-May 2025:
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an international writing event in November which draws people of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels to put themselves to the test of conceiving and completing a novel or project in the span of one month. Through the power and practice of imperfect action students become better writers by doing. We break the process into steps that are doable.
Our process is fun, challenging, satisfying, and rewarding. We build self confidence and community.
Young Authors Intensive
2024-2025 Breakdown
Part I: Dream Up & Prepare
September-October 2024
Mondays 4:30-6:30pm
Come dream with us. What are your favorite things to read about? What do you love? Any ideas that come to mind when you think about writing? A book of poetry? A short story collection? A play adaptation? A novel that you’d like to read or perhaps the sequel to a book you’ve already written? September (Preptember) and October (Preptober) we will be helping students set themselves up for success by preparing for November’s NaNoWriMo International Challenge with exploratory writing sprints, choosing an idea that speaks to them, learning tools and creating opportunities to produce a plot outline, in depth character analysis, and challenges geared to their specific projects that empower them to take off during the two-day per week November challenge.
PART II: Create & Write
November 2024
Mondays 4:30-6:30pm (extra & optional "writing sprint" times will be added)
Students will be encouraged to set their own goal that will be challenging, rewarding, and unique to them as well as take on NaNoWriMo’s word-count challenge. As a group we will use writing exercises and brainstorming techniques, and participate in designated writing sessions to help kids progress and get words on paper! Discussion groups will help shape stories through constructive feedback from other students and guidance from instructors, where we can problem solve and support our plot lines together. With a focus on accountability and completion, students will come out of November with a project they can be proud of and a wealth of new skills to help them keep creating.
PART III: Edit & Submit
December 2024-March 2025 (no class 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 2/3, 2/10)
Mondays 4:30-6:30pm
In part four of our intensive, students will edit their book and submit for publication. Editing often proves to be the most challenging and rewarding process of the whole intensive. Writers are often ready to move on to the next project when faced with reworking scenes, making fixes, and investing the time and energy needed to navigate doing what it takes to edit a book and prepare it for publication. Personal feedback and discussion groups will help shape stories through constructive feedback from other students and guidance from instructors, where we can problem solve and support our plot lines together. New this year will be a checklist of items authors must complete with support from family and friends before their book can be submitted. Note: Not all students want to publish their solo novels. Some prefer to publish an excerpt or smaller projects as part of our group Anthology which acts as a publication and as a tool to market and promote the authors publishing solo projects.
PART IV: Marketing Your Book
March-May 2025 (no class 4/28)
Mondays 4:30-6:30pm
Our published students will be encouraged to set their own marketing goals that will be challenging, rewarding, and unique to them as we navigate doing what it takes to market and sell our books. Personal feedback and discussion groups will work to support students in an author community with guidance from instructors, where we can problem solve and support goals together. With a focus on accountability and selling our books, students will come out of Spring with a project they can be proud of and a wealth of new skills to help them keep creating. Note: Students choose what they want to publish (solo book project or project/excerpt in our anthology).
*There will be special meet up times for book signing & promoting!
Join Young Authors Intensive for our 4 part year long intensive September 2024-May 2025:
- Part I: Dream Up & Prepare
- Part II: Create & Write
- Part III: Edit & Submit
- Part IV: Marketing Your Book
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an international writing event in November which draws people of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels to put themselves to the test of conceiving and completing a novel or project in the span of one month. Through the power and practice of imperfect action students become better writers by doing. We break the process into steps that are doable.
Our process is fun, challenging, satisfying, and rewarding. We build self confidence and community.
Young Authors Intensive
2024-2025 Breakdown
Part I: Dream Up & Prepare
September-October 2024
Mondays 4:30-6:30pm
Come dream with us. What are your favorite things to read about? What do you love? Any ideas that come to mind when you think about writing? A book of poetry? A short story collection? A play adaptation? A novel that you’d like to read or perhaps the sequel to a book you’ve already written? September (Preptember) and October (Preptober) we will be helping students set themselves up for success by preparing for November’s NaNoWriMo International Challenge with exploratory writing sprints, choosing an idea that speaks to them, learning tools and creating opportunities to produce a plot outline, in depth character analysis, and challenges geared to their specific projects that empower them to take off during the two-day per week November challenge.
PART II: Create & Write
November 2024
Mondays 4:30-6:30pm (extra & optional "writing sprint" times will be added)
Students will be encouraged to set their own goal that will be challenging, rewarding, and unique to them as well as take on NaNoWriMo’s word-count challenge. As a group we will use writing exercises and brainstorming techniques, and participate in designated writing sessions to help kids progress and get words on paper! Discussion groups will help shape stories through constructive feedback from other students and guidance from instructors, where we can problem solve and support our plot lines together. With a focus on accountability and completion, students will come out of November with a project they can be proud of and a wealth of new skills to help them keep creating.
PART III: Edit & Submit
December 2024-March 2025 (no class 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 2/3, 2/10)
Mondays 4:30-6:30pm
In part four of our intensive, students will edit their book and submit for publication. Editing often proves to be the most challenging and rewarding process of the whole intensive. Writers are often ready to move on to the next project when faced with reworking scenes, making fixes, and investing the time and energy needed to navigate doing what it takes to edit a book and prepare it for publication. Personal feedback and discussion groups will help shape stories through constructive feedback from other students and guidance from instructors, where we can problem solve and support our plot lines together. New this year will be a checklist of items authors must complete with support from family and friends before their book can be submitted. Note: Not all students want to publish their solo novels. Some prefer to publish an excerpt or smaller projects as part of our group Anthology which acts as a publication and as a tool to market and promote the authors publishing solo projects.
PART IV: Marketing Your Book
March-May 2025 (no class 4/28)
Mondays 4:30-6:30pm
Our published students will be encouraged to set their own marketing goals that will be challenging, rewarding, and unique to them as we navigate doing what it takes to market and sell our books. Personal feedback and discussion groups will work to support students in an author community with guidance from instructors, where we can problem solve and support goals together. With a focus on accountability and selling our books, students will come out of Spring with a project they can be proud of and a wealth of new skills to help them keep creating. Note: Students choose what they want to publish (solo book project or project/excerpt in our anthology).
*There will be special meet up times for book signing & promoting!
NATURE RHYTHMS
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Nature Rhythms 2024-2025 SCHEDULE
Seasonal Waldorf Projects, Primitive Skills & Nature Connection
Tuesday 12:30-4pm: Project Days - Waldorf & Primitive Skill Inspired Art
Wednesday 12-3:30pm: Nature Connection Adventure
Sundays 1x a month from 1-4pm: Fiber Arts Gathering & Knitting Circle
To Enroll: Class size is limited. Please fill out our contact page for more information and to schedule an interview to see if this program is a good fit.
Seasonal Waldorf Projects, Primitive Skills & Nature Connection
Tuesday 12:30-4pm: Project Days - Waldorf & Primitive Skill Inspired Art
- Fiber arts: felting, wet felting, knitting, sewing, crafting, weaving, natural dyes, Inkle Loom
- Whittling & Wood working (special guest teacher Ayman)
- Construction
- Leather craft with natural primitive ways (no chemicals or short cuts)
- Painting & Art
- Basketry: various weaving styles (special guest teacher Peeta)
- Cooking
- Paper mache
- Candle making
- Self care products
- Macrame
- Call & Response Singing
Wednesday 12-3:30pm: Nature Connection Adventure
- Hiking
- Exploring
- Nature connection
- Foraging
- Plant identification
- Survival skills
- Shelter building
- Stories
- Games: nature, movement, drama
- Wilderness first aid
- Native American & Ancestral Ways: Guest Teachers John, Rosita, Jenny
- All weather nature confidence
- Meditation
- Seasonal traditions
- Birding
Sundays 1x a month from 1-4pm: Fiber Arts Gathering & Knitting Circle
- Tracy & Guest Teacher Sarah Hershon guide and support our community through fiber arts and knitting projects. Come as you are with a project waiting for you, or bring your current project to work on and build community.
To Enroll: Class size is limited. Please fill out our contact page for more information and to schedule an interview to see if this program is a good fit.
