Author Archive for Christian Raymond
Raymond is a writer and educator whose adventures in filmmaking range from writing screenplays for Walt Disney Pictures to creating film projects in Transylvania working with under-resourced youth. He develops film and digital media programs, teaches in school and community settings, and is the editor of the journal PERSISTENCE OF VISION.
Richard on Orson
Richard Linklater will thankfully never be pigeonholed as a genre director. His body of work ranges from indie films such as the counterculture defining Slacker, to studio projects like School of Rock, to the socially conscious and unapologetic Fast Food Nation. His latest project, Me and Orson Welles, veers in an utterly new direction. Adapted [...]
Angel Pedraza Scholarship Deadline Extended
The Angel Pedraza AFS Scholarship was created in memory of Angel Pedraza with the conviction to keep his spirit alive by supporting like-minded up and comers striving to achieve their potential and creative filmmaking dreams. The scholarship will be awarded annually to a high school senior based on artistic potential, strength of character, and dedication [...]
Two Film Club films selected for Josiah Media Festival
Two Austin Film Society student films have been chosen to be screened at the Josiah Youth Media Festival held in San Antonio on July 9th & 10th. The first film was created during the spring semester at Blackshear Elementary during the After School Club. The second film was created by John Austin as part of [...]
Digital Production Institute: It’s all in the Post!
AFS is partnering with Digital Media Council and Skillpoint Alliance to put on a post production teacher training workshop for high school teachers.
Details:
Three-day Workshop for High School Teachers
Key Audiences: Media Tech, Broadcast/ Journalism, Tech Apps
Designed for teachers who use visual and audio equipment in the classroom, this workshop focuses on using sound and visual editing [...]
AFS Outreach in Romania- Part 2
WEEK TWO:
Two students have begun showing up several hours early in the morning for class. We come early just to let them get their hands on the cameras. One of those students is so obsessed with the camera, he wants to use it all class long. I show him a number of angles and techniques [...]
AFS Outreach in Romania- Part 1
It was an unlikely proposal. Romanian filmmaker Sergiu Lupse and I would travel to a small village in Transylvania to conduct an intensive collaborative film project workshop over three weeks this summer.
The project included a daily filmmaking workshop for disadvantaged teens focusing on empowering them to create works about their community and views, the [...]
A Letter from the Editor.
Responding to a mysterious invitation, thirty-three guests, including artists, photographers, scholars and the otherwise inquisitive came together one night at the Grand Café on Boulevard des Capucines in Paris. Situated before an innocuous enough looking screen, they had little idea what to expect.
As the ritual still demands today, the room darkened and went quiet. To [...]
2009 Summer Filmmaking Camps!
Come make films with the pros at Austin Studios this summer. AFS youth filmmaking camps teach hands-on narrative and experimental techniques using digital video. In a fun project-based environment, students work in teams to craft short digital films and animations, from developing the kernel of a project idea to final edit and exhibition of their [...]
2009 Summer Filmmaking Camps!
Come make films with the pros at Austin Studios this summer. AFS youth filmmaking camps teach hands-on narrative and experimental techniques using digital video. In a fun project-based environment, students work in teams to craft short digital films and animations, from developing the kernel of a project idea to final edit and exhibition of their [...]
