The Narrative Scriptwriting class walks students through the process of scriptwriting.  Students are taught basic story-telling and dramatic principles, writing a treatment, scene structure, different avenues and genres, and writing a script.

 

The class also introduces students to Celtx, a free program that can be used for scriptwriting, storyboarding, shotlists, and production budgets.  

 

This is a 4-class series and students must be able to attend all 4 sessions. 

 

 

Hold your spot by registering here. 

Spoken Word Cinema is a new 48-hour film challenge. The filmmaking teams have 48 hours to create a cinematic interpretation of a local poets poem, and the completed films will be screened at the showcase on June 19th at the Nomad Theater in Boulder, Co. 

Get more information here. 

We are moving in the direction of getting DOM member badges for each of our DOM members.  We feel like this will help our team better facilitate your experience here at the studios.  More info on that soon!

We need you to help us canvass on June 2nd!  We're going out door-knocking in teams of 2 and would love it if you would help out.  We'll meet at OMF at 11am for a brief training on the questions we're asking and then we'll all have some lunch together, then hit the streets!

 

Please email asap if you're available.  This will be a fun way to meet our neighbors and get the word out about OMF! 

Monthly Update with Tony Shawcross   

This is shaping up to be a huge summer for OMF!  Next month, we'll be launching a cloud-based version of the software that enables community members to run their local media stations through our Open Media Project. In August, we're launching new open-source software to help local governments make their work more transparent and accessible as we've done with the Colorado Channel. All summer, we're working with local partners to gain unprecedented insight into the unique communication and technology needs of our community through the Knight Community Information Toolkit.  More info on these endeavors will come later this year.  

 

For this month's report however, I wanted to call attention to the services that are the true backbone of OMF. All of the exciting work we do in education, with DOM, and blazing new trails with open-source software development are made possible through the revenues generated by our web and video services. Hundreds of local nonprofits have hired OMF to build their websites or produce videos to promote their work, train their staff, or help raise funds. Back in March, we highlighted the robust new website we built for Free Speech TV, one of several nonprofit websites we launched this spring. On the video production side, one project we're especially happy with is this short fundraising video produced for Denver Kids, Inc.

Denver Kids, Inc. 2012

These 7-minute fundraising videos can sometimes follow a formula that becomes banal or stale, but in nearly a decade of working with Denver Kids' ED Glenna Norvelle, we've always been challenged to think outside the box. Its no coincidence that the videos we've produced for them have not only been some of our favorites, but also among the most effective. This video, for example, helped Denver Kids raise over $300,000 at their annual fundraising breakfast last month. 

 

Working exclusively with nonprofit and public-sector clients, OMF offers a 50% matching grant to help make our services affordable to even the smallest community organization. If you know of an agency or organization who could use a new website or video --or who wants to learn to make them on their own-- please send them our way!

Only 4 weeks left to register for

the Open Media Generation Camp!

The Open Media Generation Camp is a one-week multimedia camp for young people interested in using music, art and film to create social change. Using soundtracks from local musicians, students will work on a team to produce a music video, and will participate in all aspects of the creative process, including pre-production, filming and editing.

When: July16-20th

Final Screening on eve of Thursday, July 23rd

Who: 13-19 year olds  

This month, we talked with Anthony Weathersby, one of the instructors for our 3D Animation with Blender workshop.   We're so excited to have Anthony teaching for OMF, and he's created one of our most exciting new workshops!

Tell us about yourself.

I'm a full time tech junkie with a penchant for 3D art. I love both the technical and aesthetic side of computer graphics. I've been attending the Art Institute of Colorado for Animation,  and being able to create 3D art is like a dream come true.