IN REAL TIME: MOVING IMAGE PROFILES
Ages 16-29
Summer 2021, Online
In this online workshop, student fellows will create video portraits that deliver the essence of a person through distinct visual elements like setting, object, and movement. They’ll focus on simple, habitual actions that incorporate an object; jumping rope, fishing, cooking on a grill, watering the plants. And through close observation of telling detail, they’ll evoke a brief but powerful in-the-moment reality, while accessing the subject’s consciousness and personal style. Two to four minute vignettes will document the action through a brief continuous timeframe, whether in a single take, over a series of cuts, or through time-lapse stills. Fellows might explore indoor or outdoor settings and try day- or nighttime shooting. Films won’t feature dialogue or voice over, but might include sound effects, recorded directly or added in post-production. Fellows might experiment with several subjects, selecting one for a polished short film. Their work will be shared in a virtual exhibition and on the program website. Limited to 8 student fellows.
Alfonzer Harvin is a graduate of the Screenwriting and Animation program (SWAN) at Morgan State University. He is Media Specialist and Web Designer at NorthBay Education Inc., and has created animations for Comcast and the Baltimore Parking Authority. He is skilled in all phases of production, and believes that knowledge is all we need to change the world.
Alisha Mona'e Coates graduated from Morgan State University with a B.S in Multi-Platform Media Production. A BYFA participant since 2016, she started her photography career at Edmondson Westside, and hopes to eventually open an art/photography studio.
