Montclair International Film Festival, in partnership with Montclair State University, presents Behind the Screen – Careers in Media 101, a unique, new program for high school and college students interested in learning about jobs in the film, TV and media industries.
Behind The Screen: Media Careers 101, is a full day of television, film, and new media industry professionals describing what they do, how they got there and how you can too. The panelists are from our local community and include many award winning filmmakers.
The seminars include:
- Content Creation: Writers and Directors talk about how ideas become scripts.
- Producing and Directing: Making your project come to life! Finding funding, crew, services, and everything else.
- Animation: Hear about the artistic and technical elements in traditional and computer animation with the creators and producers of Dora the Explorer, The Wonder Pets! and others.
- Working as an Actor: Getting yourself in front of the camera
- Setting The Scene: Cinematographers, Production Designers, Art Directors from major films and TV shows like Pan Am and CSI on creating the look that tells the story.
- Putting it all together: Editors, Composers, Graphic Artists and others on telling the story in post production and beyond.
- Finding an Audience: major film and internet distributors discuss what it takes to get your project seen by audiences!
The day-long event is free to all high school and college students. You just need to register in advance here and show up with a student I.D.
MIFF Behind the Screen — Careers in Media 101
Who: High school and college students.
What: A day-long panel of seminars offering insight in media careers from professional panelists are from our local community and include many award winning filmmakers.
Where: Montclair State University, University Hall, Room 1070, Montclair, NJ, 07043
When: Sunday, December 3 from 9:15 am – 6 pm
Cost: Free. You must register in advance and show student I.D.
