THE
WIZARD OF OZ is
the film that best speaks to the mission of the Brooklyn
Young Filmmakers Center (BYFC). The protagonists of
our story are working class adults and teens, who often
doubt they have the brains, courage and heart – or
the connections and understanding of how things operate – to
make a career in the film industry (or in any of the
many creative freelance industries in New York City).
OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE IN TROUBLE We
know about the effects of poverty, anger, illiteracy
and violence. But what do we know about the effects
of isolation, defeatism, and boredom? Increasingly
in New York City people who are struggling economically
are becoming surrounded in their neighborhoods
by people who are wealthy. How does this impact
on someone’s sense of self-worth?
WE
NEED TO INSPIRE intelligent
conversations, creativity, positive risk-taking,
and a sense of purpose and connectedness. What could
be a more fun way of doing this than taking people
to the movies in a whole new way – from the “inside” of
how films are made – by giving them an opportunity
to work as part of the crew on a low budget film.
COMMUNITY
FILMMAKING is
Brooklyn Young Filmmakers yellow brick road and our
OZ is Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Young Filmmakers
is developing a Community Filmmaking model to put
diverse community members together in production
assistant teams to work on the “no-budget” narrative
films of emerging filmmakers.
COMMUNITY
BRIDGING PROJECT In
order to develop local support for our Community
Filmmaking Project, Brooklyn Young Filmmakers is
establishing the Fort Greene
Information X-Change Project . You can keep
up with BYFC and learn more about Fort Greene and
its residents at:
The BYFC website has
received funding from JPMorgan Chase Regrant Program
administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC)
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Make A Film
Class
#1:
Intro to Scriptwriting
Starting Date: April 14
Class #2:
Getting Started in Film
Starting Date: May 19
Class #3:
Make A Film
Starting Date: July 7
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FREE!
"I LOVE FILM" Class
Tuesdays in April & May
1:30-3:30pm
For Adults & Teens
For more info:
classes@wearebyfc.org
(718) 935-0490 |
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