
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593, michal@unm.edu
June 8, 2007
UNM Hosts Summer Film & Media Boot Camp for High School Students
The University of New Mexico Arts of the Americas Institute (AAI), a research institute in the College of Fine Arts, will host an intensive film and media boot camp designed to train Hispanic and Native American New Mexico high school students in the basic elements of digital filmmaking.
The boot camp will be held June 10-17 on UNM’s main campus in Albuquerque.
The week-long camp will host students from Albuquerque High School, Española High School, Laguna Acoma High School and Albuquerque’s South Valley Academy. Four students from each school will reside at UNM for the week, accompanied by their high school teachers, and attend daily classes and evening workshops that cover topics of filmmaking from pre-production through the post-production and editing process. The camp will also focus on college preparation, especially for careers in digital media technology. Each team of students will complete a class project, the production of a short film screened on the final day of camp.
At the conclusion of the boot camp, each of the four schools will receive a computer editing station with a camera and sound equipment.
The 2007 UNM Film and Media Boot Camp is funded by a grant from the New Mexico Higher Education Department, UNM Office of the President and Institute for American Indian Research. Additional support comes from UNM’s ARTS Lab, the Center for Regional Studies and the College of Fine Arts.
For more information, contact the UNM Arts of the Americas Institute, 277-2744.
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