Summer Youth Studio – #Selfie AKA Video Portrait

Venue: Root Division

Summer Youth Studio: #Selfie AKA Video Portrait

Love taking pictures and videos of yourself, your friends, your family, and your surroundings? Selfies and video portraits are an art form. Learn how to shoot, record, edit, and compile these into short narratives and documentaries. This one-week workshop will cover video performance, audio recording, and documentary video editing using Adobe Premiere and smartphone apps. (Yes, you can use your phone in this class!)

Instructor: Diana Li, MFA

Grades: students entering grades 7-12

Dates: 5 class meetings / Monday, August 13 – Friday, August 17

Time: 2:00-5:00 pm

Tuition: $250 (scholarships available)


COVID UPDATE

In response to the current COVID-19 situation, and the CDC statement on May 11, 2023, masks are not required but encouraged at Root Division.

If you are feeling sick, please do not come into the space - feel free to reach out and we can discuss options for making up missed material.

We ask this as a show of community care and a move towards continued safety while gathering in-person.


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