Maine Media 2020 Summer Guide

2020 Online Summer Workshops platform

GOING DIGITAL Online. In Real Time. click to learn more 4-Week Cinematography Intensive (Online) MAY 18-JUN 12 | VARIOUS RENOWNED INSTRUCTORS Invite cinematography masters into your home. This four week sequence of workshops explore the art and craft of cinematography in a series of master classes, lectures, presentations and demonstrations, led by some of the world’s most accomplished cinematographers. Non-Fiction Storytelling (Online) MAY 18-22 | Dana Rae Warren There is no better way than non-fiction filmmaking to more deeply know storytelling… and yourself. If used fully, the craft itself demands that of us. Learn how intentional and immersive use of the craft can transform material into an experience for viewers and for yourself. The Camera and Visual Storytelling (Online) MAY 18-JUN 8 | Steven Fierberg, ASC Learn the cinematic language of shot design and composition to tell effective and emotional stories. This course will heavily focus on the visualization the director and the cinematographer share. Editing the Series / Editando las Series (Online) MAY 30–AUG 15 | Luis Zerón| $995 | 9 students Maine Media’s first-ever Spanish language workshop! Guided by an accomplished editor with many years of experience at the top level of this industry, get the training to enter the world of on-demand video content. Cover: Jesse on the Rocks © Cig Harvey

Finding the Story (Online) JUN 1–5 | Sarah Rice| $895 | 12 students Suited to photographers wanting to shoot editorial stories or pursue journalistic projects, this 5-day workshop will show you how to find local stories to tell. You’ll learn to identify what makes a good story, determine the narrative, and interpret that visually. 1-Day Introduction to the Photographic Object (Online) JUN 3 | Dawn Surratt | $50 | 25 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. An introduction to photography-based objects and how artists have incorporated imagery in unconventional installations, assemblages, and objects. 2-Day: HOW TO TALK THE TALK: Creating Your Brand and Communicating about your Work (Online) JUN 6–7 | Alice Sachs Zimet | $345 | 12 students A weekend workshop to help photographers get work out into the art market! Begin with an in-depth presentation going ‘inside the collector’s mind,’ and go on to analyze your own communication tools and branding materials. RACHEL MORRISON, ASC just added to cinematography MASTER CLASSES WEEK! June 8—June 12 Rachel Morrison is the FIVE MASTERS first woman ever to be IN FIVE DAYS nominated for an Oscar in cinematography $295 week pass (for Mudbound). She is $65 per class also the first woman to have lensed a Marvel CLICK HERE superhero movie, BLACK PANTHER. platform

CINEMATOGRAPHY INTENSIVE Invite these Cinematography Masters into your home! ONLINE. IN REAL TIME. INDIVIDUAL CLASSES $65 | MAY 18–JUN 12 MAY 18–JUN 8 MAY 20 MAY 22 The Camera and Visual The Art of Cinematography: The Power of Lighting Storytelling (4 WEEKS) Finding Your Voice with with with Natalie Kingston Bill Holshevnikoff Steven Fierberg, ASC MAY 27 MAY 29 JUN 3 Camera in Motion Lighting for Film & TV Episodic with with Cinematography Leland Krane Adrian Peng Correia with Ben Kutchins JUN 5 JUN 8 JUN 9 Directing Actors The Camera and Visual Cinematography for the Camera Storytelling: Master Class with with The Master Class with Michael Goi Steven Fierberg, ASC Matthew Libatique, ASC JUN 10 JUN 11 JUN 12 Cinematography Cinematography Cinematography Master Class Master Class Master Class with with with Igor Martinović Jonathan Freeman, ASC Rachel Morrison, ASC click to learn more

2-Day iPhone Filmmaking (Online) JUN 6-7 | Anna Graham| $350 | 12 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. This workshop will explore using an iPhone (or a similar device) to experiment with creating footage and taking this tool to a whole new level. 2-Day Adobe Lightroom – Catalog & Craft (Online) JUN 6–7 | Joe Lavine | $325 | 12 students Capturing your images is only the first step in making great digital images. Post processing, file management and organization of those images is essential for digital photography and there is no software package better suited for digital photographers than Adobe Lightroom. 1-Day Camera Basics (Online) JUN 6 | Terri Lea Smith | $125 | 12 students Are you still using automatic settings? Then this class is for you! This introductory class is for beginners looking to learn the basics of their digital camera and move into the manual control modes. Students discover how digital cameras work and how to control their image making. 1-Day Relax and Write SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. JUN 7 | Maia Danziger | $155 | 12 students Most of us write using only a small part of our available resources—intuition, creativity, and deeper knowing. The Relax & Write method unlocks your unconscious and develops your passion for writing. FIVE MASTERS Cinematography Master Classes (Online) IN FIVE DAYS JUN 8–12 | Steven Fierberg, ASC; Matthew Libatique, ASC; Igor Martinović; Jonathan Freeman, ASC | Rachel Morrison, ASC Cinematography $295 | Individual Classes $65 Invite cinematography masters into your home. In real time. These world-class cinematographers will discuss their work and explore the dynamics and challenges of achieving the look. platform

The Portfolio (Online) JUN 8–19 | Brenton Hamilton | $1095 | 10 students Strive toward a deeper understanding of personal point of view. Join Brenton for a two-week experience in portfolio development to further develop your eye and a deep understanding of your work. This is a dynamic course and a chance to concentrate on your photography with a mentor. 2-Day Eyes Wide Open (Online) JUN 7–8 | Eddie Soloway | $425 | 12 students Join Eddie Soloway on a fun and insightful two-day intensive designed to open your eyes to photographs all around you, just waiting to be made. See the world we walk right by, and explore the realms of light, focus, abstractions, reflections, layers, and movement. Adobe InDesign: Digital Design for Publication (Online) JUN 8–12 | David Allen | $695 | 8 students InDesign is the industry standard program for creating files to be published in print or digitally on mobile and web platforms. Through group demos and self-directed tutorials, students of this remote workshop will learn the basics of creating a publishable file from start to finish. Creating the Podcast (Online) JUN 9-25 | Daniel Gross | $795 | 10 students Podcasts have created a powerful and intimate new form for connecting with diverse audiences. Learn to conceive, produce, and distribute compelling podcast episodes from home. This course is for anyone who wants to understand the essential elements of audio storytelling. Writing for Corporate Video & New Media (Online) JUN 15–19 | Bob Rosswaag; Jeanne Reilly | $795 | 14 students This workshop provides writers or producers of marketing content the tools and inspiration to tell an organization’s unique story, enhance its value to clients, and produce fresh, original, and on-brand content in today’s omnichannel universe. click to learn more

The Creative iPhone Image (Online) JUN 15–26 | Rick Allred | $695 | 12 students What is the best camera? The one you have with you! Your iPhone is a constant companion with its “always ready” camera. This workshop will have you using your iPhone to create portraits, beautiful landscapes, and raise the quality level from snapshots to creative travel images. The Director’s Craft (Online) JUN 15–19 | Peter Werner | $975 | 14 students The guiding force of any narrative film is the director. This immersive course is for emerging directors interested in the craft, process, and techniques of directing. Develop effective ways to lead, inspire, and direct the cast and crew’s energies to realize a creative vision. Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Classic for Young Artists (Online) JUN 15–17 | Deanna Witman | $395 | 8 students This 3-day intensive will meet in the afternoons. Students will learn how to manage their files, how to import images, create catalogs, how to organize images using Collections, Quick Collections, and rating systems. All your summer plans have been cancelled! Why not take this time to plan, design and create a limited edition book. Join Richard Reitz Smith for this summer long class. Meet once per week in a 3 hour Zoom platform. June 10– Aug 26, 2020 $645 | 15 students Art of the Book (Online) platform

Going Solo: The One-Person Documentary (Online) JUN 19–JUL 10 | Luke Lorentzen | $795 | 10 students Some of the most intimate and ground-breaking documentaries of all time have been made by one-person crews. Over the course of this four-week workshop, students will develop, shoot, and edit a five minute documentary without the support of a crew. Luke Lorentzen’s acclaimed 2019 feature-length documentary, Midnight Family, was shortlisted for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and was a New York Times ‘Critics’ Pick’. Still from Midnight Family © Luke Lorentzen Image: ©Craig Becker The Creative Explored – Advanced Book Projects (Online) JUN 16–AUG 25 | Richard Reitz Smith | $425 | 10 students click to learn more This is a platform for sharing work and ideas with a supportive group who will do the same. Meeting every other week, to insure you are setting time aside amid the chaos to be creative and learn with like lovers of the book format and all that it offers as a creative outlet. 2-Day Adobe Photoshop - “I’ll just fix it in Post” (Online) JUN 20–21 | Joe Lavine | $325 | 12 students Didn’t get the perfect image? Just fix it in Post! Bring your creative ideas to life with Adobe Photoshop, the professional digital imaging standard, used by photographers and designers who want to perfect their digital images. 1-Day: Switching To Film (From Digital) (Online) JUN 20 | Mark Sperry | $125 | 24 students Presets got you down? Try the real thing! Switching to Film will cover the how and even why to shoot film in the digital age. This course will cover the best techniques, cameras and materials needed to get the results you want without the trial and error of jumping in blind.

Young Filmmakers (Online) JUN 22–JUL 3 | Jamie Companeschi | $995 | 12 students This workshop is for teens who are interested in filmmaking and want to explore their creative curiosity, as well as gain a solid foundation in the processes and techniques of the art form. All the most important facets of movie-making are covered and practiced. The Lyrical Photograph (Online) JUN 22–26 | Sal Taylor Kydd | $655 | 12 students The places we live, or those we have visited, often hold powerful meanings and associations for us. How does an object or particular landscape convey its history and suggest that echo of past experience? In this course, uncover the nexus between the landscape and memory. 3-Day: How to Get What YOU Want (Online) JUN 22–26 | Cig Harvey; W.M. Hunt | $595 | 12 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. Led by well-known champions of photography, this new online workshop covers how to engage with photographs, problem solve, and, ultimately, get what you want. The Color of Light (Online) JUN 22–26 | Arthur Meyerson | $1095 | 9 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. This renowned workshop is designed for both amateur and professional photographers. Through daily shooting assignments, critiques, and discussions, acquire techniques to become more sensitive to light and its effects on color, composition, texture, pattern and design. Exploring Alternative Processes (Online) JUN 22-26 | Brenton Hamilton | $875 | 10 students Transform how you think about printmaking as you experiment with 19th century photographic processes! This is a “Nuts & Bolts” online experience to illustrate your questions about the cyanotype in all its forms. platform

Adobe Premiere (Online) JUN 22–26 | Alex Burnett | $795 | 12 students Learn editing basics and become familiar with the inter- face of Adobe Premiere Pro. This course is designed for students with little to no editing experience. We will start with the basics and build from there. It is also good for self- taught editors who would like to break their bad habits. Looking Into the Light (Online) JUN 24–JUL 7 | Sean Kernan | $795 | 8 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. We’ll teach the eye to wait, we’ll explore making photos with the mind and heart, then ask them who they are. Above all we’ll surprise ourselves! Divining the Personal: How to Bring Your Life to Your Projects (Online) JUN 24–JUL 22 | Jennifer McClure | $695 | 12 students Learn how photography can help you make sense of your world and reveal personal patterns. We will cover strategies for using your emotions and experiences as a basis for a compelling photographic journey. Do’s and Don’ts of Collecting Photography (Online) JUN 24–JUL 8 | Alice Sachs Zimet | $375* | 20 students * Students may also sign up for days individually for $125. These three half-day sessions are geared for the beginner to more seasoned collector or the photographer interested in learning more about the market and how collectors think and build collections. 2-Day: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator (Online) JUN 27–28 | David Allen | $265 | 12 students Learn the essentials of working with graphics in Adobe Il- lustrator. Through demos and hands-on work, students will learn the essentials of working with vector-based graphics in this introduction to Adobe Illustrator. click to learn more

FIVE MASTERS IN FIVE DAYS ONLINE. IN REAL TIME. MATTHEW LIBATIQUE, ASC Iron Man | Black Swan | A Star Is Born RACHEL MORRISON, ASC Black Panther | Mudbound IGOR MARTINOVIC House of Cards | Man on Wire STEVEN FIERBERG, ASC The A air | Entourage JONATHAN FREEMAN, ASC Game of Thrones | Boardwalk Empire JUNE 8—JUNE 12 platform $295 week pass | $65 per class

Richard Blanco Ellen Bass Kevin Pilkington The Photographic Poem Conscious Imitation In Pursuit of a More Passionate Syntax Whether candid snapshots, cell phone In this workshop you’ll consider a variety of This generative workshop will challenge images, or formal portraits, photographs contemporary poems that demonstrate and ignite work from close, analytical are replete with conscious and unconscious specific aspects of the craft. Then you’ll make reading of poems by established poets. stories to mine. In the interdisciplinary your own poems that build upon the past After examining the elements that make spirit of Maine Media Workshops + College, to create something fresh. Each day you’ll these poems striking and memorable, you will use photographs as ekphrastic study a particular element, such as metaphor, you will reinvigorate your own poems prompts to write poems that explore your image, diction, syntax, discovery. You’ll write with exercises done in class that energize emotional responses to those rich stories. new poems and share your work. and further the impulse and intention of your poem. POETRY WEEK JUNE 14–19, 2020 Three amazing poets, one incredible week of workshops, seminars, & readings. Luncheon Conversations with Guest Artists just added to Poetry Week. Click Here to Register Joyce Tenneson Olaf Willoughby & Eileen Muldoon Richard Reitz Smith click to learn more

Seeing Inward: Explore the Art of Rediscovery (Online) JUN 28-JUL 26 | Stella Johnson | $795 | 10 students Compelling documentary work demands a photographer’s strong connection with his or her subject– in this case, ourselves– which can be evocative, provocative, difficult, beautiful, hopeful or just plain colorful. In this course, learn to see and develop a personal style of image-making. 4-Week Screenwriting Intensive (Online) JUN 29–JUL 24 | VARIOUS INSTRUCTORS | $2750 | 10 students In the screenwriting industry, writers engage in the fluid conversation about which medium is best suited for an idea. In this intensive, study with professional screenwriters in both film and TV, then develop your idea and script with the guidance of an accomplished screenwriter. Adobe After Effects (Online) JUN 29–JUL 3 | $795 | 12 students Adobe After Effects continues to be the industry standard for creating motion graphics. Students create dynamic content for logo treatments and commercials and understand visual effects features such as keying and compositing for film, video or multimedia. BEGINS JULY 5 “Just like poems, chapbooks Poetry Chapbook Intensive don’t just with happen— Richard Blanco they are crafted.” “The Maine Media Poetry Intensive provided valuable in-class instruction and on-going classmate feedback. Richard Blanco Both gave me the momentum and confidence to submit my manuscript for a chapbook contest which I won. Without them, I know I would not have attempted it.” —Bonnie Larson Staiger, author of Destiny Manifested winner of the “Poetry of the Plains and Prairies Award” from NDSU Press. www.mainemedia.edu/chapbook platform

Autobiographical Fiction (Online) JUN 29–AUG 3 | Sarah Van Arsdale | $725 | 10 students You don’t need to know whether you want to write fiction or memoir; in fact, you can write a blend of the two and still end up with engaging, lively, and publishable writing. Explore how to use your own life experiences to inspire your writing and to create autobiographical fiction. Story Structure and Character Development (Online) JUN 29–JUL 3 | Wayne Beach | $895 | 12 students Gain a solid foundation in the essentials of screenwriting: concept, character, story, plot, dialogue, and structure. Guided by a professional screenwriter, students will examine format, the importance of visual storytelling, developing an economical writing style, and more. Stop Motion Animation for Filmmakers & Photographers (Online) JUN 29–JUL 3 | Tom Gasek | $725 | 10 students Discover the art of single frame movement. Learn how to expand the limits of film and photography by creating many animated practical effects with simple animation techniques, a DSLR or smartphone camera and capture software. Focus on Color (Online) JCUoNnt2e9m–pJoUrLar3y|TArelinsodns SinhPawho|t$o8g4ra5p|h1y0(sOtundliennet)s JUL 1–AUG 19 | Brenton Hamilton | $225* | 40 students Photography is very much a meeting of both the creative SiacnOsdLoDtfhieOntUteeTrce!hsEntmi–acilayrleo.guIisntrratorh@wamntaivnceermeinead,itaAi.vedleiustvooinjsoiiwnotnihle,l wcaoitvliestr. various top- editing your imag- Jeos,inanBdrefninteonarHtapmhoilttoongrfaoprhayn–8a-ws eweekllsaessssihoonodtiinscgussestintigngths e tarnedndtispisn, epqhuoitpomgreanpthdyefmrooms, tahned2w0o0r0k’fslofwor. ward until now. 2020 Poetry Chapbook Intensive (Online) JUL 5–NOV 8 | Richard Blanco | $2795 | 12 students Discover the momentum and confidence to generate, edit, and organize your chapbook! Join Richard and a cohort of poets for five months of online discussion, workshopping, and critiques in this brand-new intensive program. click to learn more

Stop Motion Animation for Filmmakers & Stop Motion Animation for Families (Online) Photographers (Online) JUL 13–15 | Tom Gasek | $495 | 10 families JUN 29–JUL 3 | Tom Gasek | $725 | 10 students The format of the “Family (non-puppet) Stop Motion Workshop” will be a 2 Discover the art of single frame movement. Learn how to expand the hour Zoom meeting Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning (it’s just a 3 limits of film and photography by creating many animated practical effects day workshop) from 9:30 to 11:30. Tom will give instructions, demonstrations with simple animation techniques, a DSLR or smartphone camera and and examples of the kind of work he want families to produce each day. Tom capture software. will assign a simple exercise for the families to produce together and then they will upload those short exercises. Tom Gasek has over 30 years of award winning professional stop motion animation experience as an animator and director. platform

Break Through the Noise The Solo Documentary Experience by Licia Morelli Luke Lorentzen (center) on location of Midnight Family. Luke Lorentzen Speaks with Maine Media Maine Media: Maine Media: How is the idea of your workshop Going How can people document Covid and/or Solo: The One-Person Documentary the political unrest right now and why is it ideally suited for the current times we’re in? important to do so? Luke Lorentzen: Luke: I think [the one-person documentary] is This is a really good question, one that I’m the only way to make films today. I started honestly trying to figure out myself. making documentaries because of an Historically, I have not been a filmmaker eagerness to get started. I didn’t have that works off of news cycles. I think all friends that were making films or acting of my films have tried to look for timeless or writing and I wanted to make [a film] human stories of everyday life. [Now] and the only way to do it was alone. That we’re in this global moment where led me to discover the big benefits that everything is being affected and impacted come from a small approach...the inti- by the many things that are going on. And macy and ability to strip away the whole learning to use my skill set and use what I apparatus that usually comes with making know how to do to contribute is what I’m a film. To focus on human connection and trying to figure out and trying to adapt to. storytelling. And today, gathering in large I think filmmaking on a very fundamental groups isn’t possible. The only way to keep level is about empathy and about making films is to adapt and to change the creating spaces to connect with people way that we think about filmmaking. One outside of your bubble. And I think of those steps is to crew smaller [or solo] we are in need of that in so many different and learning how to juggle more jobs in a ways right now, whether it’s the ability shoot will be essential. to travel to a different part of the world Luke Lorentzen click to learn more

through a film, or the ability to see a before COVID and before the political In 2020, Luke Lorentzen‘s social issue through the lens of someone moment that we’re in, and reassess their documentary, Midnight Family, else’s eyes. I think filmmaking is a really relevance, reassess how they might be was shortlisted for an focused form of communication and made and move forward. I’m working Academy Award nomination it can cross barriers that society has actively on getting another film kind of for Best Documentary Feature. thrown at us. off the ground and taking this moment Midnight Family, critically to dive deeply into maybe four or five acclaimed and winning over Maine Media: different stories to kind of see which 35 awards overall including What has documentary filmmaking really need to be made and which were being a New York Times taught you about yourself? just kind of a curiosity of mine. critic pick, demonstrates the success Luke has had as a Luke: Maine Media: solo documentarian. I think with each film that I’ve made, I’ve Is there anything else you would like left a comfort zone, gone into somebody potential students to know about what Going Solo: The One- else’s world and actively worked to create they’ll gain while taking your class? Person Documentary a relationship. That process of putting myself into other people’s spaces has Luke: JUN 19–JUL 10 | Luke Lorentzen really changed the way that I see my own I’m hoping for it to be a very tailor-made $795 | 10 student spaces. experience for the people that sign up. Over the course of 4 weeks, students will I am a filmmaker that is self-taught, have the opportunity to learn from Luke I think of filmmaking as a really active everything I know came from doing [the over group zoom calls and 1:1 instruction. engagement with the world around me. work]. I’m eager to give them some of And that can be a film about my brother that [non-traditional] experience of going platform or it could be a film about someone living out, engaging with the world, and learning on the polar opposite of planet earth. how to kind of capture those feelings and emotions without being intimidated, or And I think we as humans are a without being stopped by this feeling that culmination of all the little experiences cinema needs to be this massive machine. that we have in life, and making films The best films aren’t [big machines], has given me a really wide variety of [instead they] break through that noise to those experiences. And it’s been really something much more fundamental. fulfilling. The thing that I love most about my work are those relationships and the An alum of Maine Media way that spending three years with a Workshops + College, family that’s really different from mine, Luke is back to teach the way that changes how I feel about an online class this summer really fundamental things. titled. Going Solo: The One-Person Documentary. Maine Media: What are your future film plans? Luke: I am working on a few different films. It’s been a creative challenge to figure out how to take ideas that were hatched

Non-Fiction Film: Story Craft (Online) JUL 6–26 | Dana Rae Warren | $795 | 10 students Learn the craft to shape your story and anticipate what foot- age you’ll need in the edit room. This is an intensive case- study based class that will delve into specific shooting and editing choices, and how they arise out of fundamental questions we must ask ourselves all day, every day. Young Screenwriters (Online) JUL 6–10 | Wayne Beach | $695 | 10 students The basis for any great film is a great story and turning a story into a screenplay is the important first step in film- making. This workshop will give teens a foundation in understanding how screenplays are written and developed. Composition & Craft (Online) JUL 6–10 | Andrea Birnbaum | $655 | 14 students Seeing photographically is what this week is all about, join us as we learn how to create strong compositions within the camera. We do not dwell on the equipment, software or editing. During this week we will discuss the visual, intellectual and intuitive elements, which go into creating a photograph. Magazine Writing in the Freelance Age (Online) JUL 6–17 | Daniel A. Gross | $750 | 12 students Learn to tell true stories and find them a home in the digital age. This course answers two intertwined questions: How do journalists structure their most riveting and ambitious narratives? And how do freelancers structure their lives so that they can get paid doing it? Writing Fiction Editors Love (Online) JUL 6–16 | Maurice Carlos Ruffin | $895 | 6 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. Every writer understands that they must write well, but that’s only half the story. Publishing a novel, short story, or piece of flash fiction requires insight into the publishing industry. click to learn more

The Art of Observation (Online) JUL 6–AUG 3 | Gail Albert Halaban | $795 | 12 students With the proliferation of digital cameras, we all take a lot of pictures. This constant recording with our camera can prevent us from seeing. This class will hone participants’ observation skills and explore the power of photography with new insight. It will be a boot camp in artistic thinking. Writing for Television (Online) JUL 6–10 | Michael Sardo | $795 | 10 students What’s the difference between a movie and the first episode of a television series – the pilot? How do you create a unique world, with characters an audience will want to follow? We’ll analyze and discuss the mechanics of existing pilots to consider how concept and character are launched. Alternative Process for High School Students (Online) JUL 6–10 | Brenton Hamilton | $645 | 8 students Prior to this workshop, Maine Media will use your digital files, camera or iPhone to make digital negatives to send you just before the class. In this dynamic forum you will learn to use a light sensitive, non toxic emulsions that you can coat onto paper, Tee-Shirts or cotton cloth. Intuitive Portraits (Online) JUL 7–21 | Andrea Modica | $695 | 6 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. Experienced photographers continue to develop ways of working with subjects to create a sense of personal style in their work. This course investigates historical and contem- porary fine art as well as editorial portraiture. Crash Course in Photographic Creativity (Online) JUL 7–21 | Lee Anne White | $325 | 20 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. Feeling a little rusty? Uninspired? Can’t get out to explore your usual subjects right now? Curious about trying some- thing new? This might be just the class you’re looking for. platform

Sarah Van Arsdale Wayne Beach Richard Blanco Autobiographical Fiction Story Structure and Character Development Poetry Chapbook Intensive JUN 29—AUG 3 JUN 29—JUL 3 JUL 5—NOV 8 You don’t need to know whether you want to write fiction This workshop provides a solid foundation in the essentials Discover the momentum and confidence to generate, edit, or memoir; in fact, you can write a blend of the two and still of screenwriting: concept, character, story, plot, dialogue, and organize your chapbook! Join Richard and a cohort of end up with engaging, lively, and publishable writing. and structure. While the unit’s primary focus is on devel- poets for five months of online discussion, workshopping, Explore how to use your own life experiences to inspire oping scripts for film, television, and the web, many of the and critiques in this brand-new intensive program. your writing and to create autobiographical fiction. lessons will also resonate for novelists, playwrights, game designers, and filmmakers working in non-fiction. Daniel A. Gross Maurice Carlos Ruffin Richard Goodman Magazine Writing in the Freelance Age Writing Fiction Editors Love WritingYour Life: Creative Memoir JUL 6—17 JUL 6—16 SOLD OUT! JUL 13—31 Learn to tell true stories and find them a home in the digital This workshop provides a solid foundation in the essentials We all have a story we want to tell. The real challenge is age. This course answers two intertwined questions: How of screenwriting: concept, character, story, plot, dialogue, how do we turn our personal drama into something that do journalists structure their most riveting and ambitious and structure. While the unit’s primary focus is on devel- will captivate complete strangers, our readers? Along with narratives? And how do freelancers structure their lives so oping scripts for film, television, and the web, many of the writing exercises, learn from both nonfiction and fiction that they can get paid doing it? lessons will also resonate for novelists, playwrights, game examples that illustrate techniques to make that happen. designers, and filmmakers working in non-fiction. click to learn more The Writers Harbor™

David Gessner Stephanie Elizondo Griest Steve Almond Writing from Place in an Age of Crisis Travel Writing in the Apocalypse Writing Into DeepTruth JUL 20—24 JUL 20—31 AUG 3—7 In this workshop, explore the role of writing, and the way Got wanderlust? Don’t let the coronavirus quash it. A generative workshop to compel you to turn away from writing about places can play in personal essays, fiction, Traveling is a mindset. In this course, we will learn new fancy language and gimmickry to focus on telling the truth memoir, and nature. Through exercise, prompts, and tools ways of bearing witness to our rapidly changing world so about people and events that matter most deeply. Focus on like journaling and interviews, you will learn to write about that we can turn any journey into a travel narrative— subjects such as obsession, doubt, disequilibrium, romantic “place” that is vivid and visceral, not dry and abstract. even if we’re venturing no farther than our driveway. yearning, and friendship. Write every day to share our work. Anita Verna Crofts Kevin Pilkington Annabelle Gurwitch 2-Day:The Stuff of Memoir Nuts & Bolts of Writing Poetry Live Storytelling (in the Fall) AUG 10—14 AUG 8—9 OCT 11—17 This workshop is for both the beginner and the more Translating lived experiences to the page is much more advanced poet. You’ll be examining word choice, In life and in business, it’s important to know the art of than simply transcribing memories. Writing first-person metaphoric language, music, diction, sonics, and the line storytelling. Learn how to carry an audience with you into essays or a memoir asks an author to become a keen and and line breaks. You’ll explore how these elements best the heart of a true story. careful observer. serve and come closest to your vision. Click to find out moplraetfo.rm

Maurice Carlos Ruffin Writing Fiction Editors Love (Online) JUL 6–16 | Maurice Carlos Ruffin | $895 | 6 students talks about the Maine Media workshop experience. Every writer understands that they must write well, but that’s only half the story. Publishing a novel, short story, or Click on the picture to see the video. piece of flash fiction requires insight into the publishing industry. Learn ways to write well and increase your chanc- es of publication. 2-Day iPhone Filmmaking (Online) JUL 11–12 | Anna Graham | $350 | 12 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. There is now a new session August 8-9 Click Here This workshop will explore using an iPhone (or a similar device) to experiment with creating footage and taking this tool to a whole new level. Daring to See the World in a New Way - Mystery and Beauty in the Everyday (Online) JUL 12–18 | Maggie Steber | $1150 | 12 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. There are two ideas at work in our photography—reality and mystery. Be challenged to see differently through your images. click to learn more

Image: ©Sarah Rice Young Editing & Post-Production (Online) JUL 13–17 | $695 | 10 students This is a foundational course for new filmmakers interest- ed in the art and craft of film editing. Through screenings, theory discussions, and analysis of films, students explore how pacing, shot selection, rhythm, and juxtaposition can be used to create emotional impact and advance a story. Script Development Lab (Online) JUL 13–17 OR JUL 13–24 | $850 OR $1295 | 10 students This script lab is for writers who have a script in progress and are seeking guidance and direction from an accomplished screenwriter. The lab is relevant for those writing both feature-length screenplays or episodic television scripts. Projects may be at any stage of evolution. Writing Your Life: A Workshop in Creative Memoir (Online) JUL 13–31 | Richard Goodman | $725 | 9 students We all have a story we want to tell. The real challenge is how do we turn our personal drama into something that will captivate complete strangers, our readers? Along with writing exercises, learn from both nonfiction and fiction examples that illustrate techniques to make that happen. The 15 Minute Portrait (Online) JUL 13–17 | David Turner | $695 | 14 students Celebrity portraits often look like they had all day to set up. The reality is the image is snapped in a matter of minutes. This course teaches students how to work with lighting to ultimately, master an environmental portrait on location, no matter the subject. Exploring Photographic Styles (Online) JUL 13–17 | Elizabeth Greenberg | $655 | 12 students This course will broaden your visual interests and add new intensity to your work. Inspiration and knowledge is derived from lectures that examine the work of major photographers in specific fields, providing a context for each day’s work. platform

Stop Motion Animation for Families (Online) JUL 13–15 | Tom Gasek | $495 | 10 families Stop Motion Animation has been described as the easiest animation technique to access and the most difficult to master. In Stop Motion Animation for Families any close group or family can participate in this three-day workshop. The only equipment required: a smartphone and a tripod. Young Camera in Action (Online) JUL 13–17 | $695 | 10 students This course is for young, emerging cinematographers and filmmakers looking to immerse themselves in the fun- damentals of camera operation and movement. Through a mixture of lectures and demonstrations the students explore the fundamental skills of a camera operator and camera assistant. Illusions: Extending Vision (Online) JUL 13–AUG 10 | Connie Imboden | $695 | 8 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. Illusions are not only fascinating, they are powerful. An illusion plays with the line between knowing and seeing. This class is about ways of exploring the influence of illusions beyond mere tricks of seeing to compelling and poetic communication. DaVinci Resolve (Online) JUL 13–AUG 5 | David Martinez | $745 | 20 students Illusions are not only fascinating, they are powerful. An illusion plays with the line between knowing and seeing. This class is about ways of exploring, discovering, developing, and utilizing the influence of illusions beyond mere tricks of seeing to com- pelling and poetic communication. Storytelling in the Edit Room (Online) JUL 13–17 | Deana Rae Warren | $845 | 8 students Each film is its own Odyssey. We have the best chance of creating powerful and resonant storytelling if we approach it that way and search anew each time for the intersection of The Craft, what arises out of the material in front of us, and who we are. This week, we will be digging into all three. click to learn more

The Middle School Online Photo Camp - Exploring Pictures (Online) JUL 13–17 | Brenton Hamilton | $595 | 8 students Use your iPhone or DSLR camera to make images: in your yard, or home, in your environment, the landscape around your neighborhood. We’ll work and talk together online for dynamic critiques, exploration and sharing our work. Young Artists: Developing Your Vision (Online) JUL 13–17 | Deanna Witman | $545 | 8 students Let’s talk pictures! Looking for inspiration, direction, or a community to share your pictures with? This is your week to create new images, receive personal and meaningful feedback on your pictures in a group setting, and develop an understanding of your images. Experimental Film Intensive (Online) JUL 14–AUG 6| Gregory Zinman | $995 | 12 students Our 4-Week Experimental Film Intensive is an immersive program that exposes you to the history, meaning, and methods of avant-garde film and video, and provides you with the knowledge to begin making your own experimental media. For all Young Artists workshops, visit mainemedia.edu/yo platform

2-Day Pro Tools (Online) JUL 18–19 | Walter Clissen | $350 | 12 students AVID Pro Tools is groundbreaking software for audio engineers and sound designers. This intensive crash-course introduces you to its fundamental principles and concepts, and brings you the essential skills and knowledge to bring a project from initial set-up to final mix-down. Finding Your New Visual Voice: Creating a Whole New Way (Online) JUL 19–24 | Laurie Klein | $795 | 12 students Your images are speaking to you. Can you hear what they are saying? This is where we will begin, our jumping off point, imagery you have already created. Through exercises and assignments, learn to find your new visual voice. Advanced Young Filmmakers (Online) JUL 20–31 | Tom Ryan | $995 | 12 students During this course students delve deep into every facet of film production, and hone their skills in story development, cinematography, editing and the creative and technical aspects of camera, lighting, and sound design. This course is designed for teens with existing filmmaking skills. Digital Photography I (Online) JUL 20–24 | Terry Abrams | $655 | 12 students Learn the basic controls of your digital camera while using key visual concepts to create photographs in daily exercises. You will learn to use Adobe Lightroom software to import, organize, and output your images while practicing image adjustments and creative processing controls. Film & Video Teachers Workshop (Online) JUL 20–25 | Ben Stumpf | $695 | 14 students The art and craft of teaching filmmaking is constantly evolving, and the number of students looking for an education in film and video production is increasing. This workshop is for high school, college, middle school, and gifted & talented educators, and others teaching or planning to teach filmmaking. click to learn more

Young Animators (Online) JUL 20–24 | Brandon Soards | $695 | 8 students Explore the history of animation using your own imagination, bringing your stories and characters to life as you track your creativity throughout the myriad fields of animation. In this course, students will begin with the paper and pencil as they breathe life into their inanimate creations. Historic Process Mentoring (Online) JUL 20–24 | Brenton Hamilton | $695 | 8 students Have you been working on a project in the historic processes? In our new dynamic online forums you can troubleshoot, discuss your ideas and concepts, learn the nuts & bolts of processes that interest you most. The Craft and Art of the Fine Digital Print (Online) JUL 20–24 | Jim Nickelson | $695 | 12 students In this online course, students will learn a workflow for creating fine digital prints. The workflow includes digital capture, establishing an artistic intent, digital processing in Adobe Photoshop and/or Lightroom, printing on an inkjet printer, and handling the finished print. Young Creative Writing: Finding Your Deep Voice (Online) JUL 20–24 | Kathrin Seitz | $595 | 8 students We each have our own voice. You have your own voice, your own rhythm and tonality. You created it over the years informed by the earliest sounds you heard. During this week-long class you will begin to identify your own voice and help your classmates identify theirs. Intention, Expression, and Articulation: The Photographer’s Trifecta (Online) JUL 20–29 | Aline Smithson | $695 | 10 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. This workshop is designed to help photographers build the articulation that surrounds their work. platform

click to learn more Narrative Photography & the Cinematic Storyteller (Online) JUL 20–31 | Madeleine Morlet | $655 | 20 students Storytelling, like gossip, or opposable thumbs, is part of what makes us human. We are all storytellers. This workshop is for photographers of any ability or discipline, who are interested in pushing the boundaries of their practice and experimenting with new ways to tell bigger stories. The Art of Editing (Online) JUL 20–24 | Kate Williams, ACE | $895 | 12 students This online workshop is for editors, directors, and other filmmakers who want to go beyond software and workflow, and explore nuances of what makes a cut motivated and compelling. Students explore how pacing, shot selection, rhythm, and juxtaposition can be used to advance a story. Navigating the Street Beyond the Frame (Online) JUL 20–24 | Arlene Collins | $695 | 14 students Street photography can be approached both as art and documentary. This workshop will give you the photography essentials, tools and insights in practical ways to master techniques, enhance your vision, and kick your images up a notch! Writing from Place in an Age of Crisis (Online) JUL 20–24 | David Gessner | $795 | 12 students In this workshop, explore the role of writing, and the way writing about places can play in personal essays, fiction, memoir, and nature. Through exercise, prompts, and tools like journaling and interviews, you will learn to write about “place” that is vivid and visceral, not dry and abstract. Travel Writing in the Apocalypse (Online) JUL 20–31 | Stephanie Elizondo Griest | $895 | 10 students Got wanderlust? Don’t let the coronavirus quash it. Traveling is a mindset. In this course, we will learn new ways sign up today atof bearing witness to our rapidly changing world so that we can turn any journey into a travel narrative— even if we’re BandH.com/eventuring no farther than our driveway.

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Interviewing for Documentary & Media (Online) JUL 20–29 | Mimi Edmunds | $845 | 12 students The workshop will introduce foundational principles for conducting effective, intimate interviews. It will explore techniques for the long form interview, the nature of questioning, research, sequences of questions, environmental considerations, and potential ethical issues. Advanced Film & Video Teachers Workshop (Online) JUL 26–AUG 1 | Rich Underwood | $695 | 14 students If you’re already a film teacher or professor, or have worked in the industry, or have already taken our Film & Video Teachers Workshop, this more advanced online workshop is designed for you. If you’re looking to launch a new program, reinvigorate your curriculum, or discuss the latest gear, join us! Mastering Flash On Camera and Off (Online) JUL 27–31 | Arlene Collins | $695 | 14 students This workshop is for the intermediate and advanced photographer who wants to improve their lighting style through the use of compact flash units. Photographing in real life situations or when traveling can be easy if you know how to use your flash unit. Audio Post Production (Online) JUL 27–31 | Walter Clissen | $795 | 12 students Audio Post Production is the general term for all stages of audio production happening between the actual recording on location or in a studio and the completion of a final project. This workshop offers a unique opportunity to develop the professional skills required to work in this exciting industry. Intro to Photojournalism (Online) JUL 27–31 | Samantha Appleton | $795 | 14 students This workshop provides an introduction to photojournal- ism. Through photo assignments and critiques, students will learn to look critically at images, make photographs that are both creative and rich in content, and produce a photo story through the editing and sequencing of images. click to learn more

Digital Photography II (Online) JUL 27–31 | Terry Abrams | $655 | 12 students Take your photography to the next level by employing advanced camera and image processing techniques. You will learn to use HDR photography, panoramic images, focus stacking, and image retouching in both color and black and white images. Young Artists: Bookmaking with Adobe Lightroom and Blurb (Online) JUL 27–31 | Deanna Witman | $545 | 8 students The world of online publishing offers an exciting myriad of options for artists. Young artists in this workshop will dis- cover and explore the lo-fi and hi-fi creative possibilities of digital publishing with Adobe Lightroom and Blurb. Alternative Process for High School Students (Online) JUL 27–31 | Brenton Hamilton | $645 | 8 students Prior to this workshop, Maine Media will use your digital files, camera or iPhone to make digital negatives to send you just before the class. In this dynamic forum you will learn to use a light sensitive, non toxic emulsions that you can coat onto paper, Tee-Shirts or cotton cloth. 3-Day if Not Now, When? (Online) JUL 31–AUG 2 | Teresa Piccari | $325 | 8 students You know that story you have been meaning to write? It’s not gonna write itself. Seize the day, well three days to be exact! There will be two class days, with an independent writing day in between. Not everyone has a book in them but most people have one story they are driven to write. Transforming the Experience (Online) AUG 2–7 | Betsy Schneider | $695 | 12 students By looking at artists and specific works, you’ll be exposed to different methods for expression of experiences. Explore how certain forms of expression lend themselves to certain ideas and how humor, pathos, lyricism, drama and subtlety can all transform experiences and create meaningful work. platform

YOUNG ARTISTS (YOs) Join the Next Generation of Creative Professionals This summer, Maine Media is bringing its young artists together virtually! Enroll in our all-new online Young Artist workshops for high school students. Perfect your media skills, build your creative resume, and find your expressive voice. WRITING PHOTOGRAPHY FILMMAKING & MIXED MEDIA Young Creative Writing: Finding Introduction to Adobe Your Deep Voice (Online) Lightroom Classic for Young Young Filmmakers (Online) Artists (Online) JUL 20–24 | KATHRIN SEITZ JUN 22–JUL 3 | JAMIE COMPANESCHI We each have our own voice. You have your own JUN 15–17 | DEANNA WITMAN This workshop is for teens who are interested in voice, your own rhythm and tonality. During this week- After you capture all those terrific images – what do you filmmaking and want to explore their creative curiosity, long class you will begin to identify your own voice and do with them? Learn to install Lightroom, manage and as well as gain a solid foundation in the processes and help your classmates identify theirs. organize your photographs, and post-process your files. techniques of the art form. All the most important facets of movie-making are covered and practiced. BOOK ARTS Alternative Process for High Young Screenwriters (Online) Young Artists: Bookmaking with School Students (Online) Adobe Lightroom and Blurb JUL 6–10 | WAYNE BEACH (Online) JUL 6–10 | BRENTON HAMILTON The basis for any great film is a great story and turning JUL 27–31 | BRENTON HAMILTON a story into a screenplay is the important first step JUL 27–31 | DEANNA WITMAN Using your digital files, negatives of your work will be in filmmaking. Learn the fundamentals of screenplay The world of online publishing offers an exciting made prior to class. Then, in this dynamic forum, learn development while crafting your ideas into a script. myriad of options for artists. Young artists in this to use light sensitive, non toxic emulsions coated onto workshop will discover and explore the lo-fi and hi-fi paper, Tee-Shirts, or cotton cloth to print your images. Young Editing & creative possibilities of digital publishing with Adobe Post-Production (Online) Lightroom and Blurb. Young Artists: Developing Your Vision (Online) JUL 13–17 This is a foundational course for new filmmakers JUL 13–17 | DEANNA WITMAN interested in the art and craft of film editing. Students Looking for inspiration, direction, or a community to will explore how pacing, shot selection, rhythm, and share your pictures with? This is the week to create new juxtaposition can be used to create emotional impact images, receive personal and meaningful feedback, and and advance a story. develop an understanding of your images. Young Camera in Action (Online) JUL 13–17 | DAVID MARTINEZ This course is for young, emerging cinematographers and filmmakers looking to immerse themselves in the fundamentals of camera operation and movement. Young Animators (Online) JUL 20–24 | BRANDON SOARDS Explore the history of animation using your own imagination, bringing your stories and characters to life as you track your creativity throughout the myriad fields of animation. In this course, students will begin where animation began, with the paper and pencil as they breathe life into their inanimate creations. Advanced Young Filmmakers (Online) JUL 20–31 | TOM RYAN During this course students delve deep into every facet of film production, and hone their skills in story development, cinematography, editing and the creative and technical aspects of camera, lighting, and sound design. clicPhkototboy DlaercyaArdners more Young Documentary Filmmakers (Online) AUG 3–14 | CAMILLE HOWARD | TOM RYAN This workshop is for young, aspiring filmmakers looking to immerse themselves in the process of nonfiction storytelling, and become familiar with the exciting and growing world of the documentary!

Scholarships Available Visit www.mainemedia.edu/yo for more details. WORKSHOPS FOR MIDDLE “It surpassed my expectations. SCHOOLERS & FAMILIES Whatever I thought I was going to learn initially was Stop Motion Animation for Families (Online) taken to a whole other level.” JUL 13–15 | TOM GASEK -Remy Plattiers, Young Beginners Stop Motion Animation has been described as the easiest animation Filmmakers technique to access and the most difficult to master. Any close group or family can participate in this three-day workshop. The Middle School Online Photo Camp – Exploring Pictures JUL 13–17 | BRENTON HAMILTON Use your iPhone or DSLR camera to make images: in your yard, or home, in your environment, the landscape around your neighborhood. We’ll work together online for dynamic critiques, exploration and sharing our work. “It was more like dipping your entire leg in.” -Trevor Schmock, Young Animators LEARN MORE AND REGISTER: www.mainemedia.edu/yo platform

Finding the Words: Writing About Your Work (Online) AUG 1–9 | Kat Kiernan | $325 | 8 students In this workshop, students will utilize creative writing techniques to enhance their professional practice and explore their photographic vision. Not your typical “how to” writing workshop, we will focus on developing written statements as unique as the images they accompany. Digital Collage & Painting (Online) AUG 3–7 | Susan Bloom | $750 | 12 students Dive into the techniques and aesthetics of digital collage using combinations of imagery sources, from photos to textures and scans. The class learns Photoshop layers, as well as techniques for creating digital versions of traditional painting mediums: watercolor, pastel, oil, charcoal, etc. Creative Sound Design for Film & TV (Online) AUG 3–7 | Eugene Gearty | $795 | 10 students Guided by an Oscar and Emmy-winning sound designer, discover the hidden art of sound design. Through case studies and experimentation with creating soundscapes, you’ll never listen to sound the same way. Young Game & World Design (Online) AUG 3–7 OR AUG 3–14 | $750 OR $1095 | Chuck Carter | 10 students In this workshop we will create an original game world you can explore and amaze your friends and family! You will learn the fundamentals of game design, basic game scripting and asset and world creation. Alternative Storytelling: Allowing the Story to Guide the Process (Online) AUG 3–20 | Daniella Zalcman | $795 | 14 students Explore a range of alternative processes and experimental documentary photography styles as storytelling tools, and learn how different techniques can be used to augment traditional documentary photography.

Image: ©Susan Bloom Beyond Lucky: The Art of Intentional Travel and Street Photography (Online) AUG 3–7 | David Julian | $795 | 12 students Join a constructive group review of both student and professional images. With daily goals and serendipitous light, students explore their home locations or afar to practice skills with themed shooting assignments. Developing a Travel Narrative: From Capture to Print (Online) AUG 3–7 | Alan Winslow | $795 | 12 students Create your own travel story. In this intensive shoot to edit workshop, award-winning photographer Alan Winslow will help you to hone techniques and strategies for making a body of work that captures the essence of a destination. Making the Documentary: A Real World Guide (Online) AUG 3–7 | Heather Winters | $795 | 12 students Be guided by an award-winning producer, director and writer through the creation of a documentary film. Step-by- step, learn how documentaries are written, beginning with a simple one-sentence logline, then learn how to craft a structure for your documentary that helps refine your story. Carbon Printing (Online) AUG 3–5 | Brenton Hamilton | $695 | 8 students This is an online learning experience to understand how to prepare for carbon printing. Brenton will be illustrating the carbon process, instructing in preparations, tools, papers, recipes and methods. Writing Into Deep Truth (Online) AUG 3–7 | Steve Almond | $850 | 16 students A generative workshop to compel you to turn away from fancy language and gimmickry to focus on telling the truth about people and events that matter most deeply. Focus on subjects such as obsession, doubt, disequilibrium, romantic yearning, and friendship. Write and share every day.

Young Documentary Filmmakers (Online) AUG 3–14 | Camille Howard | Tom Ryan | $895 | 10 students Documentaries take us on all kinds of journeys. This workshop is for young, aspiring filmmakers looking to immerse themselves in the process of nonfiction storytelling, and become familiar with the exciting and growing world of the documentary! The Camera and Visual Storytelling (Online) AUG 3–24 | Steven Fierberg, ASC | $295 | 50 students Learn the cinematic language of shot design and composition to tell effective and emotional stories. This course will heavily focus on the visualization the director and the cinematographer share. 2-Day: The Stuff of Memoir: Mining Personal Artifacts and Journals to Write Your Story (Online) AUG 8–9 | Anita Verna Crofts | $275 | 8 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. Inspiration and guidance is revealed through the primary source materials of your life. 2-Day iPhone Filmmaking (Online) AUG 8–9 | Anna Graham | $350 | 12 students SOLD OUT! Email [email protected] to join the wait list. This workshop will explore using an iPhone (or a similar device) to experiment with creating footage and taking this tool to a whole new level. Finding Your Compass Through Portraiture (Online) AUG 10–14 | Greg Miller | $750 | 8 students Whether or not you’re aware of it, fear of photographing strangers dictates the pictures we make, inhibits the success of projects, and even alters our career trajectories. This intensive, yet fun, workshop tackles these anxieties by empowering you to remove these invisible obstacles. click to learn more

allow light and the land to reveal the presence of what is no longer there Memories and the Land (Online) with Elizabeth Greenberg, August 17–21 Creative Renewal: Mindfulness in Photography (Online) AUG 10–14 | Douglas Beasley | $750 | 12 students Join us for a powerful week exploring new ways of seeing and making photographs that come from a more personal and intimate place. We will learn to harness intuition, quietness, spirituality and even introversion, as creative forces in our art and photography. Creative Producing for Film & TV (Online) AUG 10–14 | Heather Winters | $845 | 12 students A producer must be adept in bridging creative and financial worlds in order to make a film or TV project happen. This workshop closely examines the role of the creative producer in overseeing the development and production of a project from conception to completion. Nonfiction DSLR & Mirrorless Cinematography (Online) AUG 10–14 | David Martinez | $795 | 20 students This one-week course is for emerging documentary filmmakers and video professionals who want to explore the growing possibilities of shooting non-fiction stories with today’s most accessible, and increasingly capable, digital cinema cameras. platform

DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING Creative Sound Making the Design for Film Documentary: A Real World Guide & TV AUG 3–7 AUG 3–7 Heather Winters Eugene Gearty The Camera Nonfiction DSLR & Visual & Mirrorless Storytelling Cinematography AUG 3–24 AUG 10–14 Steven Fierberg, ASC David Martinez 2-Day Advanced DaVinci Resolve Nonfiction DSLR AUG 15–16 & Mirrorless David Martinez Cinematography AUG 17–21 www.mainemedia.edu click to learn more

SUMMER/FALL 2020 WORKSHOPS Online. In Real Time. * Young Documentary Filmmakers AUG 3–14 Camille Howard, Tom Ryan Adobe 1-Day After Effects Adobe Premiere AUG 11–20 AUG 15 Alex Burnett Adobe Premiere AUG 24–28 Alex Burnett COMING SOON... Documentary Master Class OCT 12–16 in collaboration with * All workshops listed here will be held in an Online format using Zoom. platform

The Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture is a $20,000 prize that is awarded annually to an artist whose work demonstrates a compelling new vision in photographic portraiture. The Prize is generously funded by the Arnold & Augusta Newman Foundation and proudly administered by Maine Media. The Griffin Museum of Photography holds an exhibition of work by the winner and three finalists each October. The 2020 Call for Entries is open from July 1st to August 3rd. Visit www.mainemedia.edu/ANP to learn more and submit your work. Photo © Louie Palu, 2019 Winner

1-Day Adobe Premiere (Online) AUG 15–16 | Alex Burnett | $150 | 20 students Adobe Premiere continues to be the preferred software for many professional editors. In this 1-Day crash course, students learn to use and navigate Premiere’s dynamic interface. We’ll cover how to properly manage and organize your media and files to set the ground-work for an effective workflow. Advanced Nonfiction DSLR & Mirrorless Cinematography (Online) AUG 17–21 | $795 | 20 students This advanced course is for working cinematographers and filmmakers who want to explore the robust capabilities of the DSLR/M in shooting cinematic non-fiction stories. Learn about technical and aesthetic considerations of using these cameras. Narrative Videos for Storytelling Photographers (Online) AUG 17–28 | David H. Wells | $795 | 12 students Today’s successful narrative video maker creates brief, dramatic, visually compelling videos maximizing ambient sound and compelling visuals, while minimizing talking heads. In this workshop, learn how to make these “new” videos, working as a one-person band. What Matters to You: Writing the Personal Essay (Online) AUG 17–22 | William Giraldi | $795 | 12 students The personal essay is an eclectic literary form that can include elements of memoir, philosophical contemplation, and psychological rumination. In this discussion-based workshop you’ll aim to compose a personal essay while studying important essays by masters of the form. Finding Intimacy (Online) AUG 17–21 | Elinor Carucci | $945 | 12 students This workshop enables students to enhance their vision and style while delving deeper into the emotions and nuances of their lives and what is around them, their surroundings, the people and places they choose to go to and observe, any experience that they encounter.

Nuts & Bolts of Writing Poetry (Online) AUG 10–14 | Kevin Pilkington | $795 | 12 students This workshop is for both the beginner and the more advanced poet. You’ll be examining word choice, metaphoric language, music, diction, sonics, and the line and line breaks. You’ll explore how these elements best serve and come closest to your vision. 2-Week Filmmaking Bootcamp (Online) AUG 10–21 | Alex Burnett | $995 | 20 students In this workshop, students gain a solid foundation in film theory and the filmmaking process. While we will discuss the many roles and functions of a large film crew, the focus of the course will be creating work individually. By workshop’s end, students will each create a short narrative or documentary film. From Still to Motion (Online) AUG 10–21 | Tom Donohue | $1195 | 10 students Apply your photographic talents to the creation of a video. You have the eye for photographic composition and lighting; You know your camera and lenses. Now tap into your camera’s powerful video capabilities. This workshop will take you through the process of making a documentary film on your DSLR. Adobe After Effects (Online) AUG 11–20 | $795 | 12 students Adobe After Effects continues to be the industry standard for creating motion graphics. Students create dynamic content for logo treatments and commercials and understand visual effects features such as keying and compositing for film, video or multimedia. 2-Day DaVinci Resolve (Online) AUG 15–16 | David Martinez | $325 | 20 students This workshop is a weekend-long introduction to digital color correction and grading using DaVinci Resolve. In this workshop and demonstration structure, students will take their first steps toward a technical understanding of the art and craft of color correction and grading for digital video. click to learn more

Accepting applications for this fall. PCVS ©Peter Logue Accepting applications Professional Certificate in Visual Storytelling for September, 2020. Join us for this 30-week Students aspiring to careers as artists and working certificate program offering professionals in the world of media arts become fluent in intensive and immersive multiple forms of visual media in order to effectively tell learning with a balance of a story—whether it is one of personal expression, skill acquisition and the documentary journalism, social advocacy, or fictional development of artistic voice. narrative. The Maine Media Workshops + College Professional Certificate in Visual Storytelling program is Hear from PCVS graduates Jacklyn Grad (2019), designed to graduate visual storytellers with the skills, Matt Cosby (2012), as well as renowned photographer vision, experience, and knowledge needed to build a Joyce Tenneson on the PCVS Experience. career in the evolving field of media arts. Maine Media Workshops + College Federal Financial Aid Available www.mainemedia.epdula/ptcfvosrm

Rob Schulz conducting an interview at Rainbow Bike Lewiston, ME, Subject John Grenier © Jeff Smith. Photography Rob Schulz started the Maine Media College + Workshops Professional Certificate & Filmmaking in Visual Storytelling (PCVS) program after leaving a career as a classroom teacher. in a New Age As Rob embarked on his 30 week learning journey, he could not know that as a student in 2019 the world would be turned on its head and the landscape of learning One Student’s would endure its own edits and refinement. A new composition of education would Triumph in emerge. Something, he says, Maine Media was able to do successfully. What better Maine Media’s community, both in-person and online, could a photographer and filmmaker create PCVS Program within as a pandemic unfolded? Rob seems to think there was none better. by Licia Morelli Progressing through the program last year, Rob was able to refine his voice within his short form documentary filmmaking and photography, learn marketable skills Click here to see Rob’s and to set his business in motion and learn how to move past his artistic limitations. other PCVS student work Through the support of his faculty mentors and fellow classmates, a year that could have gone wildly off the rails ended up being a gift for his work professionally. click to learn more Rob sat down with Maine Media College + Workshops to shed light on the PCVS program, how it helped build his confidence and expand his network and how he thinks this education will carry him professionally for years to come.

Maine Media: It was so dynamic. It was wonderful. There my skill set. There was never an What made you take the leap to enroll in was so much exchange. What I think it opportunity for me to get lazy and fall the 30 week PCVS program? How did that allows, rather than having to be in an area back on my laurels. unfold for you? or commit to moving to Rockport, is for people to sign up from wherever they live They made sure that I experimented Rob: in the world. I thought it was an even richer with as many veins of artistic interests that It was all happenstance. I was leaving experience than when I had in my critiques I had, from what I had shared over the my profession as a classroom teacher to in the classroom. year, and didn’t let me skip any of them. become a professional photographer “Didn’t you say you wanted to do this and filmmaker and began researching And what I think is wonderful, and this Rob? Didn’t you say you wanted to do this options. I had no idea that a highly speaks to how engaging learning was Rob? Weren’t you interested in this Rob?” respected film and photography school online, is that as a class we’ve continued on And forced me to go there in a sense. was in my backyard. with our own private critique. We still get together in whatever number of the group Maine Media: Having spent time in my childhood in is available, and we go through each What marketable skills do you feel the Camden, Rockport and Rockland and other’s work. program provided? discovering Maine Media Workshops + College, I thought “this is perfect for me.” It speaks to everybody’s willingness to Rob: Looking at Maine Media, I felt like people engage, and share respectfully online. This program gave me the skills to know there were working. Things were happening Which is a new talent from sitting in how to market myself. I think it is the and that’s what I wanted to be a part of. person in the classroom. There’s some biggest piece. It really gave me the scaf- nuances to it but, I think it went really well. folding to start out as a new photographer Then talking to Brenton Hamilton, he and filmmaker, and then build up from immediately made me feel like I belonged Maine Media: there. To begin with an outstanding at Maine Media. When I told him my story, Can you talk a little bit about the benefits foundation. I know the languages, the and what I had been through career wise of working with the faculty at Maine places to go, the people to seek out, and what I was hoping to do, he got to Media, and then of course having them in how to make that network, and then I know what I was about, and who I was, your network now as a professional? can grow, because I started with a solid and wanted to make sure that I was enrolling foundation. I can grow that from there. for all the right reasons. I appreciated that. Rob: I think the parting comment that Elizabeth © Rob Schulz Maine Media: gave me when I was all done was You had both the in-person and online along the lines of, “You need to work on Web: resonant-photography.com experience – how did you like the online confidence, Rob. You’re a professional Phone: 207-831-1902 experience once it began? now. You’re a photographer. You’re a Instagram: @resonant_photography documentarian. This is where you’re Facebook: @resonantphoto Rob: going.” It has been a slow row for me to What made the online version really hoe in convincing myself to use that platform good for me, is that it felt more tailored. language for self description. As I made that It allowed me to work more. I was able leap and started referring to myself that to really focus on what I needed, and way, I could see the changes in my work. ask those questions, and be on my computer and looking at things and doing I think the biggest thing the faculty did is things at the same time. not allowing me to take the easy route. They continued to push me to find other things that I’m interested in, and push

Memories and the Land (Online) AUG 17–21 | Elizabeth Greenberg | $655 | 12 students Even the most familiar and ordinary places have the ability to reveal clues that point to the mysteries of the past. Allowing our imagination to play, we will intermingle recollections, personal narrative and history to create images that transform place and time. Visual Narrative Editing Workshop (Online) AUG 17–28 | Sarah Leen | Bill Marr | $795 | 10 students Work with two National Geographic photographers and a group of other photographers to workshop your own editing and sequencing project. At the end of the workshop, present your work to the group and beyond. The Staged Poetic Image (Online) AUG 24–28 | Richard Tuschman | $795 | 12 students As fine art photographers, how do we develop, strengthen, and maintain our ability to craft constructed compositions with compelling emotional resonance? In this workshop, uncover and explore the tools and long-term strategies necessary to become effective emotional messengers. Film History: Beginnings to the French New Wave (Online) with Kenneth James | SEP 8–OCT 27 click to learn more

Adobe Premiere (Online) AUG 24–28 | Alex Burnett | $795 | 12 students Learn editing basics and become familiar with the inter- face of Adobe Premiere Pro. This course is designed for students with little to no editing experience. We will start with the basics and build from there. It is also good for self- taught editors who would like to break their bad habits. 2-Day DaVinci Resolve II (Online) AUG 29–30 | David Martinez | $350 | 20 students This workshop is a follow up to 2-Day DaVinci Resolve, and is designed for students who already have a fundamental understanding of primary correction, scene matching, and basic grading. We will move further into secondary corrections, node structures, color schemes and more advanced tools. New classes being added every day. Please check back. platform

Maine Media Workshops + College receives a $1.125M gift from the Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation This transformational gift is the largest in the Institution’s history and will support the prize for Photographic Portraiture, new scholarship opportunities for aspiring photographers and more media production tools and resources. ROCKPORT, ME The influential and revered photographer and educator, Arnold Newman, enjoyed a decades’ long association with Maine Media Workshops + College, where he taught numerous photographic workshops over the years. The Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation has continued his legacy at the College, supporting scholarships, media production, a distinguished lecture series, and the prestigious Arnold Newman Prize in Photographic Portraiture, a cash prize of $20,000 accompanied by an exhibition awarded annually to a photographer whose work demonstrates a compelling new vision in photography. The gift of $1.125M will permanently endow both the prize and scholarships for aspiring photographers at Maine Media. “Arnold Newman had a profound influence on photographers in the latter half of the 20th Century,” noted Maine Media President Michael Mansfield. “That his legacy continues to shape conversations around photography, to support new generations of image makers – portraiture in the 21st century – is truly inspiring.” Arnold Newman © Greg Heisler Both the Newman Prize and the scholarships often arrive at important moments in a photographer’s career. “The Arnold click to learn more Newman Prize was instrumental in giving me the freedom to focus all of my energy on a passion project,” says Daniella Zalcman, the recipient of the 2017 prize. “For me, there are few more important investments in a body of work than time. I’m so grateful for the support that the Arnold Newman Prize provided, and for the work I was able to produce as a result.” On behalf of the foundation, Eric and David Newman said, “Our father taught at the Maine Media Workshops + College for over 30 years and he and our mother considered Maine Media their home away from home. They looked forward to spending time with Maine Media students, staff and faculty in Rockport every summer. They would be thrilled to know that we have been able to honor their memory by establishing and supporting the Newman Prize for Portraiture and the Newman Scholarships in their name.” Right top: © Jess T. Dugan, 2019 Prize Finalist Right center (l): © Cheryle St. Onge, 2019 Prize Finalist Right center (r): © Bryan Thomas, 2019 Prize Finalist Right bottom: © Louie Palu, 2019 Prize Winner

The significance of the gift Greg Heisler, one of Newman’s former is acknowledged through a assistants and close friends, commented, newly named position, The “The Newmans’ incredible gift is an expression Arnold and Augusta Newman of Arnold’s lifelong commitment to the Provost at Maine Media medium, his insatiable curiosity about people, Workshops + College, a position and Augusta’s generosity, compassion, and held by artist and educator humanity. They deeply valued education and Elizabeth Greenberg. delighted at the discovery of bright new talent. Their gift will make it possible for Greenberg will oversee and Maine Media to continue to develop promising administer both the scholarships young photographers, recognize innovators and the prize itself, and will in photographic portraiture, and bring masters announce the 2020 recipient of the medium to share their wisdom, for in the coming weeks. many years to come.” “Looking back, I realize one of his greatest legacies was giving and elevating others,” added Louie Palu, the 2019 Newman Recipient. He continued, “It’s funny to think that from when I first met him 33-years ago to today, he would be supporting and inspiring more of my work and for that, I am grateful.” platform