• Jan. 29 | RG Pro – Intro to Producing for Film and Media (Winter 2023)
• Feb. 4 | CFFS 2023 – Cakecraft with Cris (Winter 2023)
• Feb. 5 | CFFS 2023 – Cameraless Film Workshop: Digging Up Surprises (Winter 2023)
• Feb. 5 | RG Pro – Intro to Camera Operation and Technique (Winter 2023)
• Feb. 6 | Filmmaking Fundamentals: Narrative | Production (Winter 2023)
• Feb. 6 | Filmmaking Fundamentals: Post-Production (Winter 2023)
• Feb. 11 & 12 | Sounds Good: Intro to Sound and Audio Techniques
• Feb. 11 | CFFS 2023 – Exploring Shadow Puppetry
• Feb. 19 | RG Pro – Looks Good: Lighting Techniques and Mock Film Set (Winter 2023)
• Feb. 26 | CFFS 2023 – Cameraless Film Workshop: Digging Up Surprises
• Feb. 26 | RG Pro – Intro to Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro (Winter 2023)
• Mar. 5 | RG Pro – Intro to Motion Graphics in Adobe After Effects (Winter 2023)
• Mar. 5 | 16mm Film Tic Tac Toe: Performance, Collaboration, Play
• Mar. 12 | RG Pro – Livestreaming and Virtual Productions (Winter 2023)
• Apr. 5–26 | Film Analysis Seminar – Yasujiro Ozu [In-Person Only]
• Apr. 30 | Cadence 2023 – Somatic Spiraling: The Body as a Creative Resource [In-Person Only]
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• Wednesdays in September 2023 | Film Analysis Seminar – Adapting Austen [In-Person Only]
• Sep. 16 & 17 | Local Sightings 2023 – 16mm Found Footage Fiesta [In-Person Only]
• Sep. 19 | Local Sightings 2023 – Intro to Cinema Cameras and Rentals [In-Person Only]
• Sep. 24 | Local Sightings 2023 – Open Script Read: Reckless Spirits [In-Person Only]

• Oct. 1 & 2 | Intro to Producing for Film and Media (Fall 2022)
• Oct. 8 & 9 | Intro to Camera Operation and Technique (Fall 2022)
• Oct. 15 & 16 | Sounds Good: Intro to Sound and Audio Techniques (Fall 2022)
• Oct. 17 – Dec. 20 | Filmmaking Fundamentals: Narrative | Production (Fall 2022) w/ Vee Hua
• Oct. 22 | Monsters, Movies and Crafts, Oh My!
• Oct. 22 & 23 | Looks Good: Lighting Techniques and Mock Film Set (Fall 2022)

• ACTION! Narrative Apprentice Program
• Reel Queer Youth – Summer Camp
• Youth Summer Camp – Community Storytelling
• Youth Summer Camp – Imagination Animation Session 1
• Youth Summer Camp – Imagination Animation Session 2
• Youth Summer Camp – Magical Character Creation
• Youth Summer Camp – Making the Impossible: Special Effects
• Filmmaking Fundamentals: Post-Production (Summer 2022)

• Filmmaking Fundamentals: Narrative – Production w/ Vivian Hua (Spring 2022)
• Advanced Direct Animation with Nazlı Dinçel
• RG PRO: Production Intensive Workshop Series
• Animated Poetry Workshop with Neely Goniodsky
• ACTION! Narrative Apprentice Program

• Filmmaking Fundamentals: Narrative w/ Vivian Hua (Winter 2022)
• RG PRO: Intro to Producing for Film and Media (Winter 2022)
• RG PRO: Intro to Camera Operation and Technique (Winter 2022)
• RG PRO: Sounds Good – Intro to Sound (Winter 2022)
• RG PRO: Looks Good – Intro to Lighting and Mock Film Set (Winter 2022)
• RG PRO: Intro to Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro (Winter 2022)
• RG PRO: Intro to Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects (Winter 2022)
• RG PRO: Intro to Livestreaming and Virtual Productions (Winter 2022)
• CFFS 2022: An Exploration of Shadow Puppetry [In-Person] Workshop
• CFFS 2022: Ink & Tape: An All Ages Cameraless Film Workshop
• CFFS 2022: How to Make a Documentary: From Soup to Nuts w/ Sally Rubin
• CFFS 2022: Creative Storytelling with Sockz Theatre
• Cadence 2022: Animated Video Poetry w/ Neely Gondiosky

• Phytography on Film with Karel Doing
• Development Toolkit – Developing Your Script with Lindy West (August, 2021)
• Development Toolkit – Demystifying Representation Agents, Managers, and More from Jen Au (August, 2021)
• Development Toolkit – Developing Your Fundraising Plan with Jenessa West (August, 2021)
• Development Toolkit – Production Legal Tips with Matthew Dresden (August, 2021)
• Virtual Summer Camp – Reel Queer Youth (August, 2021)
• Summer Camp – Making the Impossible: Special Effects – (Ages 11-14) August 9-13, 2021
• Summer Camp – Imagine, Design, Build – (Ages 11-14) August 16-20, 2021
• Experimental Cyanotypes on 16mm Film: A Deeper Dive (July, 2021)
• Production Toolkits – Effective Prep Techniques & Set Etiquette with Tony Becerra (DGA)
• Production Toolkits – Techniques for Editing & Soliciting Feedback with Celia Beasley
• Production Toolkits – Pulling Your Team Together with Wes Hurley
• Production Toolkits – Advice on Working with Actors from Megan Griffiths

Visual Albums & Music Videos on a Guerrilla Budget with Danny Denial

Communal Coffee with Claire Buss & Justin Jeffers

The Get Together

Running a Green Production with Mischa Jakupcak

RG Pro Production Intensives

• Editing Workflows in Premiere
• After Effects Essentials
• Lighting for Film and Media
• Camera Operation and Techniques
• Sounds Good
• Producing for Film and Media
• Script and Storyboard

Filmmaking Fundamentals: Narrative

Beginning Editing in Adobe Premiere

Film Casting Processes

Local Sightings 2019: Working w/ Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Talent

Local Sightings 2019: Direct Cameraless Animation 

Local Sightings 2019: Local Lens and Film Funding at Washington Filmworks

Local Sightings 2019: BTS Stories w/ Bao Tran

Local Sightings 2019: S.O.S.! Understanding EPKs, DCPs & More

Local Sightings 2019: Producers Symposium: Marketing Your Movie Starts Yesterday

Local Sightings 2019: Intro to Unity–Virtual Production and Game Engines

Local Sightings 2019: Life is But a Dream 

Filmmaking Fundamentals: Narrative

After Effects Essentials

Editing Flows in Premiere

Editing with Anne Fabini

Beginning Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CC

Camera Operation and Techniques

Cameraless Filmmaking: Photograms and Ray-o-grams

Lighting for Film and Media

Sounds Good

DSLR Videography

Producing for Film and Media

Scriptwriting and Storyboarding

Craft Lecture with Mike Plante

Beginning Editing with Adobe Premiere

Just Shoot It: Short Filmmaking in Seattle with Megan Leonard

BTS: Stories – Thin Skinned

Pre-production

• Fundamentals of Film Casting
• Open Script Read
• Breaking Down a Script for Producers, Writers and Directors
• Comedy Sketch Writing

Production

• Documentary Filmmaker Production: Coaching & Structure to Get Your Movie Made!
• Recording Audio For Film
• DSLR Videography
• Cine Lenses for DSLR Cinematography

Post Production

• Beginning Editing with Final Cut Pro
• Beginning Editing with Adobe Premiere CC
• ByDesign 2019 – Text & After Effects
• Smooth Moves: Transitions and Effects in Premiere Pro

Full Processes

• Organizational Storytelling

Discussions

• Communal Coffee with Vlada Knowlton

Youth

• Cadence 2019 – Making Video Poetry
• Cadence 2019 – The Image Speaks: Video Poetry Workshop

Pre-production

• Open Script Read

Production

• DSLR Filmmaking
• Creative Producing In the Independent Age
• Intro to Lighting for Film
• Cine Lenses for DSLR Cinematography
• Documentary Filmmaker Production: Coaching & Structure to Get Your Movie Made!

Post Production

• Beginning Editing with Adobe Premiere CC

Full Processes

• Filmmaking Fundamentals: Narrative

Discussions

• What’s Media Got to Do with It? Understanding Representation
• Communal Coffee 2019 Visioning and Mixer
• SAG-AFTRA Indie Contracts

Youth

• Takeaways: Documentary Storytelling
• Puppet Making with Clyde Petersen
• 360 Filmmaking: Behind the Scenes of the Festival
• Friendly Rhythms of the Planet (1/26) – with visiting filmmaker Tatiana Skorlupkina

Post Production

• Captions & Subtitles for Beginners

Discussions

• SAG-AFTRA Indie Contracts

Youth

• Coyote Camp- Youth Filmmaking
• Takeaways: Animating with Adobe After Effects
• Takeaways: Trailer Editing

Production

• Cine Lenses for DSLR Cinematography

Full Processes

• Ying of the Hill: A Site-Specific Theatrical Workshop in and about Capitol Hill

Pre-Production

• Open Script Read
• Pre-Production for Documentaries
• Writing Shorts

Production

• Producing Fundamentals for Indie Filmmakers
• Koerner Camera Tour & ARRI Equipment Demo

Post Production

• Beginning Adobe Premiere Pro

Full Processes

• Filmmaking Fundamentals: Narrative
• Filmmaking Fundamentals: Documentary
• The HIJACK Experience at Velocity Dance Center

Discussions

• Communal Coffee with Mark Titus
• Communal Coffee with CB Shamah

Production

• Intro to Lighting for Film
• Recording Audio For Film
• Working with the Sony A7s
• Intro to PA Work & Set Etiquette
• Intro to Motion – Ronin Certification

Post Production

• Beginning Audio Editing
• Intro to Color Correction
• Editing Intensive with Celia Beasley

Discussions

• Understanding Submissions for Shorts Fests
• Inside “Our Town: A New Media Theatrical Experience”
• Communal Coffee with Jeff Unay

Youth

• CFFS 2018 – Dream the Future: Studying Digital Animation
• CFFS 2018 – Educator Happy Hour
• CFFS 2018 – Drop-In Activity: Dream Fabulous Adventures!
• CFFS 2018 – 360 Filmmaking
• CFFS 2018 – Mobile Filmmaking

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• 100% refund if we receive your cancellation notice via email at least (10) business days before the first day of the program.
• 50% refund if we receive your cancellation notice via email at least (5) business days before the first day of the program.
• Refunds can take up to (30) business days to process and transfer.

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If a workshop does not meet the minimum enrollment requirement, it will be canceled or rescheduled. Participants can receive a full credit for the amount of the workshp or a full refund.

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