Advanced Film: "Throw It Back" trailer

Here's the completed trailer for the short film Throw It Back which stars and was produced by Mr. Needles, the Advanced Film class, and the Media Art Honor Society as well as cameos by Smithtown East Staff like Mr. Lynch and some of the security team.  Look out for the full film which will be out this summer and will be submitted into a few local film festivals!

Advanced Film: Exterior Shoot Week

This week we start the principal photography on our short film "Throw It Back" and we'll be shooting all the hallway and exterior scenes so be prepared to act as an extra in your Smithtown attire or plain colored shirts as well as fill your various production roles Tuesday and Wednesday!

SKYPE in the classroom: Guest speakers

Now that we have SKYPE in the classroom we are looking for guest speakers in the film industry (actors, screenwriters, directors, or even grips) to speak to my Advanced film class about the profession and how to get into it. Is Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, or Judd Apatow available?

Advanced Film: Montage

This week the advanced film class will be working on short films consisting of a montage of images and sound. There may or may not be a formal storyline but there should be no sound dialogue because we'll be working on the filming techniques, techniques for editing, image adjustments, color correcting, and other post production elements. Above is the the example we created in the Media Art Honor Society.