The Holiday Special Workshop

900 San Antonio Road,Palo Alto CA 94303

11 December, 2021

Description

A Kids Television Production Holiday Workshop Create a Holiday Special for Local Television! This one-day, six-hour workshop gives kids between 5th and 12th grade the opportunity to plan, produce, and star in a holiday special at their local television studio. Students will work together to script, film, and perform in short holiday-themed video stories of their own design. These video segments will be compiled into a half-hour television special that will be broadcast on local television and viewable by households throughout the Bay Area. Technical skills that students will practice include: Studio Camera OperationLight DesignSound DesignScene WritingOn-Camera PerformancePost-Production Video EditingWe'll also prioritize making new friends, building artistic confidence, and leaning into the holiday spirit! Space is very limited, so sign up early! Thorough COVID precautions will be taken to ensure the health and safety of our students, including frequent hand santization, surface cleaning, social distancing, and masks required when not in front of the camera. About Midpen Media Midpen Media is a local community access television service and center that encourages community engagement, facilitates free speech, inspires creative expression and reflects our local cultural diversity by providing high-quality media resources and training to members of our community. The organization has provided important local free speech access to video production and television programming opportunities for the people in the Silicon Valley communities of Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, East Palo Alto, Stanford, and other areas of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties since 1990. Midpen Media is a 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation. Learn more at MidpenMedia.org. The Midpen Media Center is a non-profit community media center dedicated to empowering local creators and uplifting local voice of the Bay Area's Midpeninsula community.