Month: November 2010

We’re happy to report that our 20th Century Fox donated computers are all up and running. This is terrific news because now our student/inmates can use them during our screenwriting class and our resume and office skills class. Cyndi worked very hard to make this all happen. The guys couldn’t be happier!

In our last class, “Post Production”, we talked a lot about visual effects. The 20th Century Fox film, AVATAR, of course had a great deal of visual effects in it. Below is a brief clip from Giant Studios (one of the visual effects companies that worked on the film). The reason I’ve included this, is so you can see how actors have to learn to perform, even when everything is make believe. Go to the link below and then scroll down to “Performance Capture”. I think you’ll find it interesting.

http://www.giantstudios.com/avatar.html

Note: To buy the movie AVATAR go to: www.avatarmovie.com

We’re five weeks into our twelve week semester. We have lost some of our inmate/students, (to early release & transfers) but we still have 25 men, who have all been eager to learn. It’s interesting, but we have (2) inmate/students who actually asked the judge to extend their sentences so they can complete this semester at HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS… That is amazing to me.

The men now have five weeks of basic Avid editing taught by our intructors Stan and Chandler who report that each week their skills get stronger and stronger. You have to realize that for many of these men, they didn’t even know how to use a computer much less a complicated editing system.

This last Wednesday, our instructor Chris and his wife Rachel came in and talked about how to become an “extra” on a TV show or movie. The men really enjoyed getting this information. This could help them earn some money when they get out.