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ActivitiesSearch ForumsAdministration |  I got my Bachelor's degree from Metropolitan State University in Minnesota, I majored in Screenwriting. I moved to Austin, Texas to write and make films. Texas was a lot of fun and I met a lot of filmmakers and screenwriters. Austin is is called the "third coast" (after New York and LA) and there is always something going on there. After five years in Austin, my little girl and I got in my '63 Merc. and drove back to Minneapolis. I enrolled at Augsburg College and began pursuing my Masters of Education Arts. I achieved my licensure from the state of Minnesota in 7-12 language Arts. I figured if I became an English teacher and did a good enough job, someone may let me teach film someday. Obviously, I was pretty excited when I was offered my post here at MTS. I am the founder and co producer of the .edu Film Festival, Minnesota's first state-wide, school sponsored high school film festival (www.edufilmfest.org). I watch a lot of movies. Some of my favorite filmmakers are Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing), Robert Rodriguez (Grindhouse/Planet Terror, Sin City, Spy Kids), Wes Anderson (The Darjeeling LImited, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore), and the Cohen Brothers (Burn After Reading, No Country for Old Men, Fargo, Blood Simple). I also like to watch the Sopranos, Prison Break, and The Office on DVD. I like to ride my bicycle, get tattooed, boat on the Mississippi, hang out with my wife and my two kids, and read detective novels. This course is designed to give you some basic information on lots of aspects of moviemaking. You will learn about composition, sound, cameras, mics, editing, lighting, and green screens (everybody wants to know about green screens!). You will make a 30 second commercial, a 5 minute narrative, and a 5 minute documentary. At the very end of the course, you will learn how to market your videos - online and through contests and film festivals. I hope you enjoy this course. Some of it is very tough, and some of it is very fun. But if you see it though, the end product is worth it. (to return to the course, click the "back" arrow on your browser, or click the square "SCR101" button below. | Skip Random Glossary EntryAction (in a screenplay)• The action is just what it sounds like; it describes all the action in the film. Action can only describe something that the camera can take a picture of, hence a line like, “Judy wanted to be a teacher when she grew up” is not good action. There is no way the camera can capture this statement• Action is always in the present tense • Action always uses active language. “He is trying to run” is passive “He tries to run” is active • Verbs proceeded by the word is and ending with “ing” are generally passive |
