[NEohioPAL]Horror Film Camp

[Jeremy Paul]

Horror film Camp
presented by First Cut Studios Inc. at Benedictine High School.

Session 1
It’s Alive! An Intro to american horror
--Camp begins with a crash course in the history of the American Horror 
film, beginning
with the Universal cycle of the 1930’s and its development after World War 
II. Different
ways of interpreting horror films will be examined as well as basics of 
horror movie
production: make-up, lighting, sound, and cinematography. Movies will 
include
Frankenstein, THEM!, and Psycho, with clips from Nosferatu, The Phantom of 
the Opera,
and Cat People.

Session 2
monsters 101: producing horror
--Using a original script by BHS graduate Peter Matuszewski, students will 
work on the
set of a short horror movie in several capacities: light and sound crews, 
make-up/
costume crew, and digital photography. Effective use of budget in producing 
horror will
be looked at in Night of the Living Dead, The Mummy (1932), and The Mummy 
(1999).

Session 3
Nightmares, Chainsaws, and Questions
--In this session, students will discuss some of the more controversial 
aspects of the
horror genre such as the depiction of women and the dubious pleasure of 
explicit
violence, tying in with the broader question of why people watch horror 
movies in the first
place. Students will also receive a brief tutorial in non-linear digital 
editing with final Cut
Pro using the camp movie shot in session 2. Movies will include The Texas 
Chainsaw
Massacre, Halloween, Alien, and Evil Dead 2. Optional clips will come from 
Blood and
Black Lace and Suspira.

Eligibility
        First Cut Studios’ Horror Film Camp is intended primarily for 
current high school
students or incoming freshmen, and recent graduates. The course may be of 
interest to
film-lovers of all ages who are also welcome to attend.

Schedule
Dates:         Session 1        July 11 - 13
                 Session 2        July 18 - 20
                 Session 3        July 25 - 27

Times:      Fridays             4pm - 6pm
               Saturdays       10am - 4pm
               Sundays           1pm - 4pm

Cost
    --$50 per session
   --Students who attend all three sessions will receive a free VHS copy of 
the movie shot
during Session 2.

For more information, please contact:
      Jeremy Paul, Camp Director
      Phone: 440-773-4719
      e-mail: jpaul at wesleyan.edu

Founded in August of 2002, First Cut Studios Inc. is an Ohio not for-profit 
corporation
created with the goal of promoting interest in movie production among young 
adults,
particularly in the Cleveland area.  In conjunction with Benedictine High 
School, FCS will
expose students to aspects of movie pre-production, filming, editing, and 
distribution via
annual productions, film camps, scholarships to local film festivals and 
workshops, and
discussions with established filmmakers about careers in the film industry.

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