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Welcome to the Seattle Cinematography Workshop.
SCW June 16th 2024 session is cancelled due to lack of availability by mentees and mentors. Please check back for the next session, on October 20th. Also check out the regular substack blog "How to Start a Cinematography Workshop" that chronicles the process with regular posts. April and May shoot videos are currently in post-production. To register for mentor positions: Please email and share your background, shoot date preference(s), and mentor position interests. You will receive a reply within a few days, max. If possible, please fill in the registration below, for organizational purposes. To register for mentee positions:
1. fill out the form below. Please share details about yourself in the comments section. 2. Secure yourself a spot on the crew with a suggested participation donation of $35-150 sliding scale to cover expenses for venue rental, equipment insurance, and lunch. Crew position eligibility is assigned first come, first-served as determined by donation submit date. 3. Crew assignments are given by the DP and Director team, based on eligibility of experience. Please inquire if you have eligibility questions. When the team gives you a crew assignment you will be notified by email (approximately 10 days before the shoot). 4. Cancels/refunds. If you need to cancel, your funds minus processing fee are transferrable to another shoot date or are refundable by request UNTIL YOU HAVE CONFIRMED CREW ASSIGNMENT (based on date of email, see 3.) 5. PLEASE EMAIL RESUME/BIO IF INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: Director of Photography Mentee Director Mentee Producer Mentee Camera Operator Mentee 1st Assistant Camera Mentee Gaffer Mentee Best Boy/Grip Mentee In addition to registering, please email your resume or bio and work sample links, or list them in the comments section to verify eligibility. Please note: you still may get a position above, without experience! So specify your interests no matter what your experience level! 6. Press SUBMIT. Then please go to a contribution app, choose an amount to contribute, and press SUBMIT (your position preference order is determined by contribution submit date). Now you have registered, congrats! You will receive a confirm email within a few days. If you don't please email to check in, Do you have more questions before registering? No problem. Please see details, below or email Hallie Aldrich, Executive Producer, for more information. |
PAYMENTS to reserve your crew spot can be made at Venmo @danczmode (see QR code below) or via PayPal = @danczmode. $35-150 sliding scale suggested donation. Please note that a small fee goes to the payment app.
Registration can be tax deductible! Click the button to go thru Allied Arts Foundation fiscal sponsor link (also a payment alternate option).
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SCW DESCRIPTION
The Seattle Cinematography Workshop gives filmmakers access to equipment and crew in a low pressure, experimental place from which to grow technically and creatively with other filmmakers. Mentors "train it forward" as a mentor, or receive pro knowledge as student/mentee. SCW is about making art, pooling resources, networking, community building, and education. Community members build connections, try ideas out, and share methods and styles of creativity and technicality. Yes, it’s also educational, as art always is, but the emphasis is on communal creative experience, as well as skill-building. There will be established filmmakers working side by side with other established filmmakers, something different than a school environment. There is opportunity for professional networking that can further careers, pros included. Workshop participants will be Artists (established and emerging and in between) experimenting together with cameras, lights, and creativity. This will be organized using nonhierarchical leadership methodologies. There is no consistent leader or teacher; all roles shift every month, both student crew and mentor positions. SCW is every third Sunday of the month, shooting 12-5pm, book-ended by load in and load out. The location is in a South Park warhouse and space grounds, for a generously reduced fee. Here is how every month is scheduled:
The SCW is fiscally sponsored by Allied Arts Foundation, and sponsored by Koerner Camera and Pacific Grip and Lighting. There are so many ways to participate. Are you a producer that wants to learn more about the gaffer's job? This is for you. Are you a "I do it all" filmmaker that wishes for hands-on experience in a specific department position? We will find you a pro to shadow you. Do you take film classes and want a practical situation to continue learning? We'd love your participation. Are you a pro who needs crew? Teach them and recruit them directly by sharing your knowledge in this one-day shoot that you can schedule around professional commitments. THE LEAD TEAM, THE SCRIPT, AND THE CREW CREATIVE LEADS. A DP or director comes forward with an idea or technical desire. Either one can be the content instigator. From there, four positions are filled (ideally) to make the team of students each with a mentor/shadow-- a pro director and a student director, and a pro DP and a student DP. Meeting before the workshop, the team works with the storyboard/script to generate a crew sheet, equipment list, and shot list, Creative team members and the script are different every workshop. These positions shift, but can be filled several times by the same person (at least to start). Crew participants may repeat each month. The creative leads and crew are booked no more than two workshops ahead. THE SCRIPT. A DP or Director proposes a 3 minute scene. The script can be anything without sound needs (for now)-- a camera movement, a fight scene, a dance, or nonverbal portion of a script --anything experimental or non-commercial that someone has been wanting to try. The script can be proposed by a pro or a student, If from a student, a pro approves it or helps develop it to a working point. A pro can also bring a script. CREW POSITIONS. Then participants who have registered for a crew department are given more specific roles, with each department having both students and pro mentors. Crew participants may repeat each month. The creative leads and crew are booked no more than two workshops ahead. EQUIPMENT. Using the DP’s equipment list, equipment is acquired from individuals and rental houses. Community members may share or pool equipment each month (even prefer it) based on the creative team's resources and desires. SUGGESTED DONATIONS are the way to reserve your crew participation, registration is reserved on a first come first serve basis except for DP, director, and some camera crew positions which require eligibility approved by the mentors,, based on each session's technical needs.. See the left column for links. $35-150 sliding scale suggested donation goes to pay for the venue, insurance, and lunch costs. Do you want a tax-deductible receipt? No problem. We are fiscally sponsored by Allied Arts Foundation of Seattle. Soon there will be a link to the online giving platform for Seattle Cinematography Workshop at https://www.alliedartsfoundation.org/sponsored-projects. Please feel free to support with additional funding. This project is growing thanks to your interest and involvement. Coming soon: A substack blog, "How to start a cinematography workshop" will be a funding platform based on grassroots interest. Blog subscribers can. get insider scoop via photos, videos, audio, and chronicles from the producer, mentors and crew members. for free, or, the extra-access version--for $5 a month, Learn about creative crewing from anywhere and/or support the cause! |