Education
Through integrated educational programs, the Austin Film Society provides opportunities to learn about film and filmmaking. These activities include:
- After school film programs and summer moviemaking camps for area youth.
- Studio tours for schools and community groups.
- Discussion programs with experts in the field for members and students.
- A multi-tiered internship program that creates professional opportunities.
- A journal that explores the practical and aesthetic aspects of film.
Our Education Programs:
After School Film Program
Education
AFS teaches after school film workshops at between five and eight underserved elementary, middle and high schools each year. AFS FILM CLUB students learn to analyze, explore, and create movies through focus areas ranging from stop-motion and computer animation to screenwriting and digital filmmaking.
Summer Filmmaking Camps
Education
Conducted at Austin Studios, a feature film production facility, our summer filmmaking camps teach hands-on storytelling techniques using digital video technologies. We also partner with local activity centers and schools incorporating Austin Studios tours and guest lectures from professionals working in film production.
Moviemaker Dialogues & Speakers Bureau
Education
Moviemaker Dialogues provides a setting to hear from and soak up advice from visiting filmmakers. Guest filmmakers screen clips or shorts, then expound upon their respective craft through discussion.
Internships & Apprentice Program
Education
AFS InternsThe Austin Film Society strives to provide up-and-coming film professionals the skills, contacts and supportive environment they need to break into the business.
To do so, we offer:
- office internships
- stipend apprentice positions
- referrals for feature-film crew positions
- opportunities to supplement professional experience, learn new skills and make professional contacts
Persistence of Vision Journal
EducationAFS' journal, Persistence of Vision, explores a wide range of issues relevant to cinephiles and filmmakers alike. PoV is available FREE to members and also on a limited basis at a number of local coffee houses, theaters, and eateries.
Read the Austin Studios cover story here, including additonal behind-the-scenes photos not included in the print issue!
STUDIO LO-FI SCI-FI
By Mike Dolan
There is a fairy tale element to film studios. The buildings are huge, often resembling — or in the case of the Austin Studios, actually originating as — aircraft hangars. Inside, anything is possible: you could walk through the massive doors and be in Paris or the jungles of Vietnam, or you could stand in front of a gigantic green screen and be sent to Mars. This is the particular brand of magic that occurred this summer, as local animator Geoff Marslett's film Mars became the 32nd feature shot at Austin Studios.
