Upcoming Workshops

Learn basic editing with Apple’s Final Cut Pro, an exciting and powerful non-linear editing program that combines professional capability with consumer-level accessibility. This course builds a strong foundation that gets you started with logging, capturing, editing, transitions and much more. Apple computer knowledge is highly recommended. Participants will be expected to edit assignments outside of class either at their own Final Cut Pro workstation or at Scribe.

Learn how to edit, retouch, paint, manipulate and create still images using the industry standard graphic design program, Adobe Photoshop. Quickly become familiarized with Photoshop's interface and workflow. This class is useful for anyone wanting to create graphics for print, web and video. General computer literacy is required. Recommended for those interested in the Autodesk Maya 3D workshop.

This training workshop gives you the skills to be a community news reporter. How do you uncover the news? How do you know if a story is important? How do you produce a radio news story – quickly and accurately? Workshop participants learn the craft and technique of radio journalism by researching, producing and editing short news or feature stories about West Philadelphia for broadcast on WPEB 88.1 FM . The workshop culminates in a live radio broadcast on WPEB featuring news reports produced by workshop participants.

This workshop expands on Scribe’s Intro to Camera and Lighting to cover advanced camera operations including using manual menu functions; manipulating exposure and white balance; and understanding daylight, tungsten and mixed light settings. The workshop consists of setting up diverse shooting situations and filming sequences. It also includes demonstrations of more advanced lighting and audio equipment. Participants must have completed the Intro to Camera & Lighting workshop or demonstrate a working knowledge of MiniDV cameras.

This workshop provides an introduction to creating a web site and provides instruction in HTML, the programming language used to create documents for display on the Internet. Participants will learn concepts of basic web design and how to upload content using the FTP uplink process. The workshop will also demonstrate some of the free tools and programs available to help you create your own website or blog. Bring texts, digital images and ideas and be prepared to experiment. Familiarity with PC or Apple computers is helpful.

Through this workshop, participants turn their non-fiction project ideas into workable shooting scripts. The course will cover research, developing and visualizing ideas, scripting and storytelling techniques. At least one week prior to the start of the workshop, prospective participants must submit a one-page description of their non-fiction film idea for the instructor to review.

This workshop is open to all young people ages 11 to 19.

This workshop is open to all young people ages 11 to 19.

Learn basic editing with Apple's Final Cut, an exciting and powerful non-linear editing program. This course will introduce the basics of the software and provide a strong foundation to get started from importing and logging video footage to editing and much more. Participants will learn to edit using found video footage in the public domain to create video mash ups. Basic computer knowledge is required.

The HD revolution has arrived at Scribe with our acquisition of the Sony HVR-
Z1U, an excellent entry level high definition camera that shoots HD video and DVCam.
You must have taken this workshop to be certified to check out this camera.

Have an idea for a video documentary project? This intensive workshop is designed for people who want to work in small-format video (DV, miniDV and HDV). We will focus on how to creatively develop and break down your idea into a one-page treatment and introduce materials to create project production schedules and a sample budget. This is the ideal workshop for first-time videomakers at the start of their projects.