2020 Winter Video Production Camp

The Camp featured 32 students rising into grades 3 – 8.  The camp was led by Patrick Fitzgerald and Jon-Mark Sandquist with the help of Orin Sandquist, Lucy Fitzgerald, and Faith Lindsey.  The group led the students through learning how to record and edit videos. We made a total of 16 videos.

The Camp began by breaking into 5 groups and making “Icebreaker Videos”.  The videos serve to be an icebreaker in getting students to learn to work together on projects and get to know each other, but they also each contain at least one of each of the main camera angles that students will use the rest of their filmmaking career like wide shots, mid shots, close-ups, cut ins, etc.   An icebreaker video comes with a very detailed screenplay that prescribes each shot and camera angle.  After recording the raw material, the students are guided through a crash course in video editing that ends up with a finished video in about 2 hours.  In this case 2 scripts were each done by two different groups to allow us to see how different directors make different choices.

 

Take One Pass it Around

This video was made by team Patrick.  A hungry character calls another character looking for a snack.  The delivery method, however proved to be fatally flawed. 

 

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We’ve Gone Crackers

Team Faith used the exact same script as team Patrick and produced a video that is very similar and also different. 

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The Newspaper

Team Jon-Mark made this video that pits digital technology against analog to tackle an age-old problem.

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Junk Bowl 1

Similar to the above crackers skits, a failed communication and delivery method dooms a hungry character.  Team Orin made this version. 

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Junk Bowl 2

With the exact same script as team Orin, Team Lucy (a.k.a. Team Nutjob) made this piece. 

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Breakout Sessions

In breakout sessions, we broke into 5 small groups.   Each group was given a script with very little direction on how to break the script into shots, camera angles, etc. The students gave a lot of input and figured it out with the help of their group leaders.  Here are their finished pieces.

Reliable Joe

Sometimes you reaally need someone to vouch for you, and no one rises to the occasion.  If you want something done right, you might have to do it yourself. Team Jon-Mark made this one. 

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Straight Flush

Everyone loves a good card trick, and sometimes the magic takes just a minute to work completely.  Wait for it….

Team Patrick made this one. 

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Love Letters

Sometimes when you receive a love letter, it is more literal than you might think. Team Orin made this one. 

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Storm of the Century

Many kids have superstitions about how to make it snow, and all kids love a snow day.  Well, almost all kids.  Team Faith recorded the news anchor portions of this, and Team Lucy make the superstition part. 

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Welcome to Miami

We set up a teleprompter and a green screen to give the kids an opportunity to try out their news anchor skills and how to avoid an impending threat.  Patrick led this group. 

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Team Lucy interpreted it this way. 

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Action Genre

Team Jon-Mark to an action oriented look at this one. 

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Horror Genre

Team Faith is creeping me out with this interpretation. 

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Dramatic Genre

Team Orin did not just save the drama for your mama. 

 

 

(Original Camp Info Below)

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Winter Video Production Camp for students grades 3 – 8

Partnership between Highlands Community Ministries & Beargrass Media

(Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church – 1722 Bardstown Road)

Two-day camp instructing in intermediate to advanced video techniques

Thursday and Friday January 2 and 3, 2020 9 AM – 4 PM

Application Deadline December 29, 2019

Please send an email to Beargrassmedia@gmail.com indicating student intent to sign up and follow up with the form linked below. 

The students will learn intermediate to advanced techniques on how to record, edit, and publish video and audio productions.  The students will use video cameras, microphones, a teleprompter, green screen, iPad with stop motion video, and computers with video editing software and the Microsoft Office suite.  The students will execute detailed filmmaking techniques including use of DSLR cameras, steadicam, camera sliders, and multitrack external audio recording to create quality video productions.

For a few examples of past videos made at Beargrass Video Camps, click Here.

Combined Camp Application and Video Release Form to be filled out and sent in:

2020 BGM Winter Video Camp Application

 

Camp Director Bios

Jon-Mark Sandquist was the director of the Bloom Elementary Media Club for 5 years.  He also has taught music lessons to children in Louisville for 15 years.  He has done freelance graphic design for many local businesses. His video team called 8 Pint Productions has competed in the Louisville 48-Hour Film Project for each of the past five years and been invited to the “Best of 48 HRFP” four times.

 

Patrick Fitzgerald has worked with Louisville youth on video projects for the past 12 years.  He started the Bloom Elementary Media Club in 2008, and led it for five seasons producing two weekly broadcasts featuring over 100 students from the school’s 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grades.  He started Beargrass Media in 2011 and has led after school programs under that name every year since that time at Highland Middle School, The Louisville Free Public Library, Kentucky Youth Career Center, Neighborhood House, Iroquois High School, the Boys and Girls Club, and the Kentucky YMCA Youth Association.  Beargrass Media has entered films in the Louisville 48-Hour Film Project each of the past 7 years and been invited to the “Best of 48 HRFP”  four times.  Starting in 2019, Patrick became the City Producer of the Louisville 48 Hour Film Project.  Beargrass Media has produced videos for nonprofit organizations including Kentucky Waterways Alliance, WE Day Kentucky, The Louisville Nature Center, Metro Housing Coalition, and the Olmsted Parks Conservancy.