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Films by Huey
Workshops In Digital Media Arts and Media Literacy
For Students and Educators Grades K - 12
“In his work with children and young people, Huey provides a powerful learning experience as children discover how to use images, language and sound to express and convey layers of meaning. The culturally rich stories that children and teens have created have been valuable in helping people in many communities all over the U.S. recognize the power of children's multimedia storytelling."
Renee Hobbs director of the Media Education Lab at Temple University, co-founder of the Alliance for a Media Literate America, and co-author, Elements of Language.
Huey's workshops in animation, video production, digital media and media literacy are an exciting and appealing approach to education. His philosophy is Local Is Good, which means the movie’s content is drawn from the lives and heritage of the students and from within the community they live. In this process the students and educators learn by doing using digital media tools to tell their stories. Active as an artist-in-residence since 1976, Huey has been working with students and teachers in the classroom, in English as a Second Language Programs, with Native American students, and with special education and gifted and talented programs. Participants are immersed in all aspects of moviemaking: scriptwriting, storyboarding, research, operating a camera, creating artwork, animation, acting for the camera, interview technique, narration, digital editing, soundtrack recording, DVD authoring, and video magic. Movie production topics come from the local community, its people, places, cultural heritage, and history; youth issues; original stories written by students; and curriculum subjects. All residencies end with a gala premiere open to the school and community and distributed locally through libraries and globally through the web.
Dear All,
I like to design each residency and workshop for the unique needs of your school or organization. The examples below are just that--examples. Please contact me and we can discuss what will work best for your students and educators.
Peace, Huey
On location SMCC, New England Film Academy Summer Moviemaking Camps 2007
Residencies and Workshops
2007 - 2008
*New England Film Academy, summer camps in moviemaking for middle school and high school students. 3 sessions held at SMCC this summer. More sessions are scheduled for Summer 2008 in expanded locations. Watch for workshops for all ages coming this Winter. http://www.nefilmacademy.org/
*New Boston Central School, New Boston, NH, document Memorial Day celebration and documentary and live action films on New Boston's history. Funded with a grant from the NH State Council on the Arts.
*Van Buren High School, Van Buren, ME. School accreditation video made by the students under my supervision, documentary on the town's 125th Anniversary, and a film on the closing of Gateway Elementary School and consolidation of all grades K-12 in one building.
*CACES, 3 different elementary schools in the Concord, NH area. Workshops on The Famous Inventors Show and video magic for grades 1-5.
*Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, November 26 - 29, Nashua, NH. I will be giving workshops on all 4 days in video production, editing with iMovie and Final Cut Pro, authoring DVDs with iDVD, and web sites using iWeb. To sign up for these workshops go to http://www.nhcmtc.org/
Let me know if you are interested in my doing a residency at your school, library, art center, and after school program, huey@filmsbyhuey.com
Paper cut out animated figures made by students at Indian Island School, Penobscot Nation, Maine
Biography
Huey was named one of the 10 most intriguing people in Maine in Portland Magazine, 2006. He received the first “Huey” award from the Maine Film Commission in 2002. This award is given to an individual who makes “Exceptional contributions in film and education in Maine”. He was awarded a fellowship in film from the Maine Arts Commission and is the recipient of the First Annual Center for Children's Media Award presented by Peggy Charren. He is the director of the Maine Student Film and Video Festival, now in its 30th year. He has been a consultant to Maine Learning Technology Initiative, Maine's first in the nation laptop program for middle school students; Wheelock College; Multilingual Program, Portland (ME) Public Schools; and Indian Island School, Penobscot Nation. He is a member of the Maine Touring Artists Program & New Hampshire Arts-in-Education Program. He has led workshops at conferences: NAMAC National Youth Education Conference; Christa McAuliffe Technology Conferences; Maine Library Association, Exploratorium, San Francisco; and TESOL & NABE. His students' movies have won awards from Maine to California. His films have been shown throughout the USA and in Europe and broadcast on television and are available at www.filmsbyhuey.com.
Consulting and Teacher Training (1-5 days)
Hands on training in video production, animation, and digital editing using iMovie, Final Cut Pro & Final Cut Express and iDVD and Media Literacy. Huey consults on how to set up video courses. He has offered accredited courses at University of Southern Maine, Bates College, Maine College of Art, Wheelock College, and conferences.
Video Production (Grades K-3 introductory, grades 4-12 and college level)
Introduction and Pixilation (1-1.5 hour presentation) A discussion on moviemaking in general Including screening of student made movies and behind the scenes footage. Ends with filming of a pixillation. This is an animation of the students created and improvised on the spot.
Limit to class size, 15-25 students, all grades. Can do 3 sessions in one day.
*Famous Inventors Show (1-3 hour workshop or 2 - 1.5 hours workshops done over 2 days): The students make another chapter in the Famous Inventors Show which starts off with a talk show format and cuts to a demonstration of the invention using video magic. In this hands-on workshop participants go through all the production steps necessary in making a video: scriptwriting, interview technique, camera operation, sound recording, directing, acting for the camera, and video magic. Grades 3-12, college level, and educators.
*All day workshop: Participants go through all the steps in the 3 hour session plus an introduction to digital editing techniques using iMovie or Final Cut Pro or Express.
Limit to 15. Grades 5-12 , college level, and educators.
*Residencies: A longer movie can be made going through all the video production steps and can be spread out through a semester or a school year. Size is 15 to 75 students, depending on length of residency. Average residency length for 3 classes is 12 days
Animation (Grades K-3 introductory, grades 4-12 make a complete movie)
All day workshop: This workshop includes a screening of student made animations and an introduction to basic animation techniques. Participants choose paper cut-out animation, which works best for beginning and younger students, or three-dimensional animation using oil based clay, which works best for older or advanced students. Participants create artwork for an animated scene in the morning and film in the afternoon. Limit to 12 people.
*2-3 day workshop: Participants work all day for 2-3 days creating a short animated movie with a soundtrack. Students go through all animation production steps: storyboard, artwork, animation filming, digital editing, soundtrack with dialogue, sound effects, and original music.
*Residency: Average length is 12 days with 3 classes. Each class makes one 3 minute animation. Art supplies are billed per site and range from $50-$200 depending on type of animation.
Seeing Through Wide Open Eyes (All Grade Levels)
School Presentation, Conference Workshop, or Keynote Address
An inspiring presentation on how to use the digital media arts successfully in the K-12 classroom. Illustrated with examples of award winning movies made by the students in Huey's artist-in-residencies. Behind the scenes footage of the making of the movies are shown. Emphasized throughout the talk is the importance of teaching young people how to express themselves creatively in the media arts. The movies show how youth take pride in who they are and where they live and give honor to their cultural heritage. Movies made by ESL classes, Native American students, and students in rural and urban settings are shown.
Length: 30 minutes to 1 hour and is for any size audience.
Fees
Huey is in the NH Arts-In-Education & the Maine Touring Artists Program. Residency and Workshop funding is available through these programs.
Please inquire about fees in New England--travel days may apply. Inquire about fees outside of New England--travel days do apply. It is best to use the site's equipment, but residencies include use of: video camera with animation capability, tripod, lights, microphones, and digital editing system using iMovie and Final Cut Pro.
The site provides a television and VCR on a cart or a video projection set up for large audiences.
Contact
Films by Huey
103 Montrose Ave, Portland, ME 04103
Phone: (207)773-1130
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