SMARTPHONE STUDIO
workshops
Smartphone Studio teaches communities all over the country how to make professional quality video content. We believe video literacy is an essential skill for the future, and it shouldn't be out of reach to those without a lot of resources. We've taught this as 90 minute lectures, 2 day weekend workshops, and even 6-week virtual classes via Zoom! Check out some of the amazing communities and stories we've heard so far!
The We Make Movies Smartphone Studio Workshop was the most exciting and successful event we hosted in the whole year.
- Rosey Hayett, TRUE KIDS 1
Chicago Summer Stories
WMM takes the eARTh Project to Chicago to teach students to make high quality videos using iPhones, while working on charitable causes.
Chicago Untold Stories
We Make Movies and the We Uplift The World Foundation take the eARTh Project to Chicago, yet again, to inspire and usher a new generation of filmmakers through the battles of 2020.
Duluth
A 2-day master class on independent and network television production combined with our usual hands on mobile filmmaking tutorial using iPhone Xs, Macbook Pros and Final Cut Pro X. This workshop was taught in conjunction with Cirina Catania (Co-founder of Sundance Film Festival, former VP of Worldwide Marketing at MGM-UA and United Artists), Philip Gilpin (Executive Director of the Catalyst Film Festival) and Patty Mester (President/Station Manager of WDSE-WRPT). The class was made up students of all levels of experience — from complete beginners to experienced professionals. They learned how mobile gear can make visual storytelling more affordable and easier, yet deliver results as professional as anything Hollywood makes.
EARTH PROJECT
This is a teaser video about the Compton Smartphone Studio project created by filmmaking community
We Make Movies and The We Uplift The World Foundation.
Jefferson City
We Make Movies brought a two-week version of Smartphone Studio to the Showdown Film Academy Camp for ages 13-18 in Jefferson City in 2019. Thanks to gear loaned by Apple, the students were editing short films they shot on iPhones in Final Cut Pro X at the end of day 1! They also learned how to shoot documentary style interviews, create a suspenseful 5-shot dramatic exit, and then wrote, directed, produced and edited their own 5 minute short film. Over the course of two weeks the camp produced over 25 short films and celebrated with a standing room only screening open to all!
New Mexico
We were able to outreach to 4 different communities in 6 days across the state in an epic deep dive into a new model for media education. Something really unique and meaningful was established in these native communities. In Los Lunas we did a 2-day workshop at the School of Dreams Academy. Next stop was Taos and we partnered with Rosey Hayett of media non-profit True Kids 1 who pulled in the entire Taos community for this epic workshop. Through personal connections, the students were able to get unprecedented full access to the town for their shoots, including the Sheriff’s office, Judge’s chambers, and the Taos Pueblo. The event culminated in a standing room only screening at the local museum.
sag-aftra
Smartphone Studio has been presented several times at the LA SAG-AFTRA local HQ, Las Vegas SAG-AFTRA Conservatory, the Seniors Committee, and the LA SAG-AFTRA Summer Intensive amongst others. WMM takes special pride in equipping SAG-AFTRA performers with the tools and education needed to take back control of their careers by making high quality content for themselves and polishing their self-tape auditions. The workshop has also been featured in the SAG-AFTRA local LA newsletter and national magazine.
San Diego
We brought our signature 2 day workshop to the PUSD and worked with 6 groups of students from different elementary and middle schools in the area. The amazing tech evangelist Cirina Catania was on hand to help inspire and guide students in their 5-shot challenge. Most of these students were already comfortable working iPhones and shooting video in the native app, but we gave them a deeper dive into advanced gear like gimbals and focused more on polishing their edits in FinalCutProX! PUSD High School interns were on hand to shoot and edit behind the scenes footage of the event —- also using iPhones and mobile gear.
St. Louis summer stories
We Make Movies takes the eARTh Project to St. Louis, to teach students to make high quality videos using iPhones, alongside the Cardinals and a host of other local legends.