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• Mark Your Calendars for March 9th award ceremony at the History Center

  posted by: Sarah on 02/23/2010 12:00 AM

  Documentaries have the power to change the world! Support the next generation of filmmakers by attending Story Board's "Being 15" screening and award ceremony on Tuesday, March 9th, at the Minnesota History Center's 3-M Auditorium.

  The screening marks the culmination of Story Board's "Being 15: Generational Stories of the Teenage Years" documentary series and the students' hard work on their short documentary films.

  Tony award-winning actor, T. Mychael Rambo, will be the Master of Ceremonies, and cash and prizes totaling $500 will be awarded in two categories: Audience Choice and Juried Prize!

  Admission is $5 donation; proceeds go to Story Board's mission of providing educational programs to student filmmakers.

• Only 1 one on one sessions left, register today!

  posted by: Grant on 01/25/2010 12:00 AM

  Register now to lock in one of the ONE remaining one on one sessions with noted documentary filmmaker Melody Gilbert.  Melody will review the rough cut of your Being 15 documentary and give you the feedback and encouragement you need to complete it.

• Student Leaders Interview Notable Minnesotans at HDMG

  posted by: Sarah on 01/20/2010 01:00 PM

  On January 14th, Story Board called on two of its Program Assistants (student leaders), Andrew and Serina, to interview two notable Minnesotan's at HDMG, a professional post-production house in Eden Prairie.

  With the help of the amazing crew at HDMG, Andrew interviewed social activist, Roy Barker, and Serina interviewed Minnesota State Senator Sandy Pappas.

  Footage from these interviews will be used by students who attend the January 21st editing workshop, "Editing - The Final Stage." At the workshop, editors at HDMG will teach participants how professionals combine audio, motion and stills together in the editing stage.

  The completed films will be shown along with individual student films on March 9 at the "Being 15" screening and awards ceremony at the MN History Center.

• From Betty Crocker to Murder - Documentary Filmmaker Susan Marks to Teach Students

  posted by: Sarah on 11/17/2009 03:50 PM

  On December 1st award-winning independent filmmaker and author, Susan Marks, will be the teaching the third workshop in the "Being 15" documentary series, Finessing Story Structure.

  Susan is a Jerome Grant recipient and a writer/producer/director with Lazy Susan Productions. Her documentary film, The Betty Mystique unearths the secret life of Betty Crocker, as does her companion book, Finding Betty Crocker.
  
  Currently, Susan is producing Of Dolls & Murder, a feature-length documentary about dolls used in crime scene investigation, and our nation’s obsession with murder. In 2009, Susan wrote the book, Historic Photos of Minnesota.

  Students can register now for the December 1st workshop held at the MN History Center (6:30-8:30pm).

• Student Filmmakers to work with Master Cinematographer

  posted by: Sarah on 11/02/2009 12:00 AM

  On Saturday, November 7th high school students will have the opportunity to work with master cinematographer, Lee Sandberg, at the “Creating a Style: Camera Movement and Sound” workshop at Northwestern College.

  With 20 years of professional experience as a Director of Photography, Lee Sandberg has done it all. His projects have taken him all over the world including Nairobi, Kenya and Shanghai, China. He’s also worked with celebrities including Taylor Swift for the Best Buy @15 campaign.

  His corporate clients include: Target, General Mills, Cargill, Medtronic, Polaris, Thomson/West Group and Ameriprise.

  Lee has also had the role of DP on numerous independent films including the feature Midnight Chronicles and short films Good Morning and the award winning Little Acorn.

  For the last five years, Lee has been working on his own documentary film about legendary jazz musician, Irv Williams. The piece is titled: Irv Williams – Find a Note.

  Students can still register for the November 7th workshop.