SUMMER 2010 MAKE A MOVIE WEEKEND COMING!

Do you enjoy making movies? Want to learn? The first Make-A-Movie Weekend will take place August 20-22, 2010 at the North Wayne Schoolhouse. Signup starts soon. Watch your Advertiser and Messenger for announcements. Area residents are invited to form teams of 1-4 members each and will have two days to create a six-minute film.

“Families are encouraged to jump in and there will be winners in many categories." says Catherine Fisher, an organizer of the event. “Everybody will have fun."

“People of all ages and backgrounds are trying their hands at capturing and creating visual stories using video,” says Betsy Bowen, also an organizer of the event. "Being able to make a movie will stay with you for a lifetime. You will get better at it every time you try."

The kickoff will be a Friday evening get-together to announce the "mystery prop" to be included in each film.

“The event is a collaborative, low-key opportunity for participants to practice their movie-making skills,” says Chuck Feil, another organizer. Feil, Fisher, Bowen and others will be on call all weekend to help out as needed. The teams will finish their movies on Sunday, and that afternoon there will be a group showing of all the movies.

An accomplished photographer who summers on Lovejoy Pond, Feil leads photographic excursions to unique locations that end with a group event similar to the one planned. "We anticipate people will enjoy working together, exploring and learning to showcase their visual stories."

"The North Wayne Schoolhouse seems like a fitting place to celebrate movie-making," says Bowen. "Once schoolchildren recited memorized speeches in the same auditorium where now we will be watching videos made on a computer."

“We want our community to use and enjoy the schoolhouse,” says Linda McKee, chair of the committee that has been working to preserve it. “This sounds like a fun-filled and educational event that families and others will enjoy.”

If you are interested, contact Betsy Bowen, loonalone@roadrunner.com. Signup will start early in Spring.