Filmmaking Workshop at Ole Miss
Features 3 of Its Own Best, July 7-10, 2008

Micah Joseph Ginn will direct the ninth annual Filmmaking Workshop at the University of Mississippi July 7-10.  Micah Ginn is an award-winning filmmaker-producer in the University’s Center for Documentary Projects and Media Production.  The intensive four-day workshop is designed to introduce amateurs to both film appreciation and the actual techniques of filmmaking. Assisting Micah Ginn in direction of the workshop are Joe York and Matthew Graves, also award-winning producer/directors in the Center for Documentary Projects.

THE SCRIPT

The four-day workshop is a unique opportunity for high school students (freshman through seniors), college students, teachers, and all adults interested in filmmaking.  The participants will be shown a variety of films that will showcase the elements of filmmaking discussed and applied throughout the course.  Students of the workshop will be introduced to all aspects of the filmmaking process as they produce their own short film during the four-day class.  From sound design to lighting, from camera operation to story-boards, participants will gain valuable practical experience in the art of filmmaking.

THE FOCUS

• Provide hands-on filmmaking
• Illustrate the filmmaking journey from story to screen
• Examine the opportunities and outlets available for today’s independent filmmaker

THE AUDIENCE

• High school students (freshmen through seniors)
• College students
• Teachers
• All adults interested in the techniques of filmmaking

THE CAST

• Micah Joseph Ginn, Workshop Director
  Producer, Media and Documentary Projects, the University of Mississippi, and Co-Director of the Oxford Film Festival
• Matthew Graves, Workshop Instructor
  Producer/Director, Media and Documentary Projects, the University of Mississippi
• Joe York, Workshop Instructor
  Producer/Director, Media and Documentary Projects; Producer, Blues Radio Show Highway 61, and author of With Signs Following: Photographs from the Southern Religious Roadside

THE SHOOT

The workshop will be held at the Historical Oxford Depot adjacent to the University in Oxford and behind the Gertrude C. Ford Performing Arts Center on University Avenue.
The Depot is a short walk from the Inn at Ole Miss.  Participants will receive a detailed schedule and map of the area at registration.

THE WINDOW

The dates of the 2008 workshop are July 7-10.  Pre-registration is required.  The deadline to to register is July 2.

THE BUDGET

Residential—Dormitory: $425, includes dormitory housing, costs, workshop, manual, meals
Residential—Hotel: $625, includes room at the Inn at Ole Miss, workshop, manual, meals
Commuter: $325, includes only the workshop and manual

THE COSTUME

Dress is casual and comfortable throughout the workshop.

THE CONTACT

Robert E. Fox, Project Coordinator
Office of Professional Development and Non-Credit Education
Division of Outreach and Continuing Education
P.O. Box 879
University, MS  38677-0879

Phone: 662-915-1408
Fax: 662-915-5138
Email: rfox@olemiss.edu

Click here to register online.

Click here to download a PDF registration form

Click here for information about the Advanced Filmmaking Workshop.