Film 2 Links

Here are the links from Film 2.
Ink - a stopmotion short by Grace, Sarah, Jaclyn, Gabby, and Anusha.
FRUIT PUNch - the oh so wrong short by Dirk, Jason, Arhum, Cole, Ben, and Corbin.  This isn't done.  We are going to live with it for a while then edit it for pacing sound, and content.
Escap'n - by Andrew, Jeb, and Esmir.
also here is the link for the Escap'n Bloopers - They had a lot of fun/slaps making this.
Left - the spooky short by Jennie, Leah, and Emily.
and finally here is You Can't - the one shot film devised by Luke Jacobs

Thank you all for a creative week of teamwork.
Go team!

Film 2 Friday

We had a great week.

Lots of indoor film production as we dodged the monsoons this week.

Lots of great teamwork.

Go team!

Film 2 Thursday

Good day today.  The sun was out even though we were all indoors finishing production, it was still a welcome friend.
All 5 projects went from objects to stories.  All of the groups made great moves.
The stop motion people took great leaps.
The spooky hand film went from some cool images to the beginnings of a taut story.
The slap pun group showed how editing can take the shots to exciting filmmaking.
The fruit pun hoard had a blast putting words in their fruits mouths.  It is completely ridiculous and often wrong.  The might be having more fun than is allowed.
Luke was able to produce his one shot horror film.  We have been having good talks about this all week so seeing it produced was good. It was a very good learning experience.
Pizza tomorrow!  Go team.

Film 2 Wednesday

Lots of big weather.  Lots of film production.  Lots of laughs and hard work.

Film 2 Tuesday

We moved from dreaming and imagining to producing today.

Great energy in the room.

We avoided most of the rain, shooting the last scenes for Trolley as the downpour began.

Lots of inside production planned for tomorrow.

Go team!

Film 2 Monday

We had a great day of planning, dreaming, and writing.

Tomorrow we will finalize initial groups, get shot lists together, take some beginning images, and react accordingly.

The mood in the room was great today.

Film 2 Starts Tomorrow!

Everything will be ready for Film 2 tomorrow morning.
Address is 9257 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas, 75218
Coming from Greenhill we usually go South on Tollway, East on Northwest Highway.
Right on Bucker, and Right on Biscayne.
We are on the right.  Green paint, with orange and white accents.
I will be on the porch welcoming everyone.
My cell is 214-516-3571
Please be as close to 9am for drop off and 3pm for pickup.
Remember to bring a sack lunch and great ideas.
We will spend the whole day sharing ideas, watching, talking, and planning.
See you all in the morning!

2 Days Until Film 2

Everything on schedule over here.
My address is 9257 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas, 75218
cell 214-516-3571
See you all at 9am, pickup at 3pm.
Bring a sack lunch.
I will have tea and lemonade ready.
Bring ideas, dialog, stories, pictures of props and costumes, etc.
We will brainstorm, watch some shorts, form groups, and build stories.

Weather looks warm and muggy but we can easily work with anything.

I will have bug spray.

Please put on sunscreen and dress accordingly.

Please be checking your email students.

Excitement is high!

Go team.

Film 1 Links

Here are the links to the Film 1 2015 films.
These were all written, developed, produced, and edited by the Film 1 Students.
We have some spooky, semi-wrong, and deep films this week.
Enjoy the film!
Sold - by Amber, Olivia, Luke, and Ben
Allumette - by Jaclyn, Jennie, Jessica, Lindsay Jade, Lane, Sudeeep, Lucy, Sophia, and Grace
Trolley - by Dirk, Jason, Cameron, Arhum, Garrett, and Cole
These are just initial edits.
They might stay like this.
We like to live with them for a while and let fresh eyes hall make final decisions.
Trolley still has some immediate work to be done, but we wanted to get a version out now.
Thank you all for a great week.
Go team!

Film 1 Friday

We had a great week.

I think everyone learned a lot, worked a lot on building stories, 

and most importantly bonded into strong teams.

It was great to see.

I am uploading the last film now, 

so check back soon for the three links to the films from this week.

Thank you all.

Film 1 Thursday

Lots of production today.

Lots of big decision making.

I think we were close to the goal of wrapping production on all three projects today.

Tomorrow will be editing, showing the whole group, re-editing, and final wrap up.

Remember we will have pizza for lunch.

It was great to see everyone acting like filmmakers today.

I look forward to seeing finished films tomorrow.

Film 1 Wednesday

We had a big day today!

So much production.

The ballet group got to film inside the Bath House Cultural Center.

It was very kind of them to let us go in there and set up.

The older boys group set their compasses.

The super four did some amazing planned shots,

including a blood squirt scene.

Thursday is our last day of production.

Very much go team!

Film 1 Tuesday

We began production on three films today.

Folks went home tired.

Wednesday will be a day full of production.

Go team!

Film 1 Monday

We had a great day of planning, brainstorming, and writing.
This fruitful endeavor will empower them during production.
Go team!

Film 1 Starts Tomorrow!

Everything will be ready for Film 1 tomorrow morning.
Address is 9257 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas, 75218
Coming from Greenhill we usually go South on Tollway, East on Northwest Highway.
Right on Bucker, and Right on Biscayne.
We are on the right.  Green paint, with orange and white accents.
I will be on the porch welcoming everyone.
My cell is 214-516-3571
Please be as close to 9am for drop off and 3pm for pickup.
Remember to bring a sack lunch and great ideas.
We will spend the whole day sharing ideas, watching, talking, and planning.
See you all in the morning!

2 Days Until Film 1

Everything on schedule over here.
My address is 9257 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas, 75218
cell 214-516-3571
See you all at 9am, pickup at 3pm.
Bring a sack lunch.
I will have tea and lemonade ready.
Bring ideas, dialog, stories, pictures of props and costumes, etc.
We will brainstorm, watch some shorts, form groups, and build stories.

Weather looks great but warm.

I will have bug spray.

Please put on sunscreen and dress accordingly.

Please be checking your email students.

Excitement is high!

Go team.

3 Days Until Film 1!

Both classes are 100% full now.
Carpools are forming.
I will send more emails and post more to this blog this weekend.
Go team!

4 Days Until Film 1

4 Days Until Film 1
I have been emailing students and families from the Film 1 group.
I have asked the students to start compiling a list of ideas, images, costumes, stories, etc.
We will share these as a group on Monday.
As folks share ideas we will begin breaking into smaller production groups.
We will spend most of the day in the house on Monday, but students should always be ready with sunscreen and appropriate warm and muggy weather clothes.
We will leave for a least a little while to scout locations on Monday.
Students bring sack lunches Mon-Thurs.
I will always have snacks, lemonade, and iced tea.
Our house is at 9257 Biscayne Blvd., 75218
My cell is 214-516-3571
email doylesummerfilm@gmail.com
Let me know if you are not receiving student or family emails.
Film 2 students get ready too!
I will be posting images and info after every day of class so be checking the blog daily.

1 Week Until Film 1 Starts!

Woooooo!
1 week until Film 1 starts.
I will be emailing Family group and Student group this weekend and during the week.
Here are the basics:
Film 1 - June 8-12 - 9am -3pm.
Film 2 the week after.
Please get there as close to 9am and 3pm as possible.
I am working on prep right until 9, and leave soon after 3 to get supplies, props, etc for the next day.
The weather looks like it is going to play along, but still dress appropriately for wet, muggy, and warm conditions.
I will have bug spray but I would wear sunscreen and if you like a hat and sunglasses.
Please bring a sack lunch Mon-Thurs.  We will have pizza on Friday.
I will always have iced tea, lemonade, water, and some snacks handy.
Monday we will be in the house most of the time writing, brainstorming, and planning but we will go on safari a bit.  Tues-Thurs we will most likely be outside the majority of the time.  Fri mainly indoors finishing editing.  We will work around any weather conditions.
Each class is $550.  You can bring a check the first couple days of the class.
Excitement is high.
Contact me at 214-516-3571 or email.

2 Weeks Until Film Classes Start!

Every film that gets into a film festival gets a movie poster made.

Above is the poster from last summer's film Michael.

2015 Summer classes start 2 weeks from today!

Film 1 - June 8-12 - 9am-3pm - $550.

Film 2 - June 15-19 - 9am-3pm - $550.

We live on the east side of White Rock Lake.

If you are interested in attending please look through the many years of this blog for info and links to past films. Contact me at 214-516-3571, or email here.

Both classes are almost full.

Excitement is high.

When I get emails confirming a spot, I build email chains so people can look for carpools.

Mon-Thurs each student brings a sack lunch.  Friday we have a pizza party.

I will provide some snacks, lemonade, iced tea, and water.

There is a long tradition of summer film folks having a great time, learning a lot, and making great films.  These films often get into film festivals.

The usual schedule is Monday planning and sharing ideas.  Tuesday-Thursday producing.  And Friday finishing post production and wrapping up.

Please page back through this blog for lots and lots of information.

Don't hesitate to contact me with questions or to confirm a spot.

Thank you.

3 weeks until Film Classes!

I've been seeing Queen Anne's Lace and scissor-tails around the neighborhood at White Rock Lake.  This is always a harbinger for the beginning of the Summer Classes!  There are just a couple spots left for the Film 1 and Film 2 classes.
Film 1 June 8-12 - 9am-3pm - $550
Film 2 June 15-19 - 9am-3pm - $550
All you need to bring is a sack lunch Mon-Thurs for each camp.
We have a pizza party on Friday.
Both classes are at our home on White Rock Lake.
9257 Biscayne Blvd. Dallas, TX 75218
We use the lake as a great location for our films.
Both camps use professional supplies to make narrative films.
If you have any questions please call and leave a message on my cell at 214-516-3571.
Or email me at doylesummerfilm@gmail.com
When you contact me that you want to attend, I will add you to the email class list.
This helps if you want to get carpools together.
This is always a great summer tradition.
We just had several of our summer films at the Jesuit Film Festival.
We had 3 of the 6 finalists at the Austin Film Festival.  The only films from Texas.
Total this school year 26 of my students' films have been in film festivals this year.
Go team!
(Please note that this is a blog so there is lots of pertinent and interesting info if you scroll through the past few years of classes)

4 Weeks until Film Classes Begin

We had 7 films at the Jesuit Film Festival last weekend, bringing this school year to 26 different films in festivals so far.
It's amazing that film classes begin in 4 weeks.
Film 1 is June 8-12, Film 2 is June 15-19.
We live at 9257 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas, 75218.
It is on the east side of White Rock Lake, very close to the Bath House.
We start at 9am and finish at 3pm.
Mon-Thurs please bring a sack lunch.  I will have some snacks, iced tea, and lemonade.
On Friday we end the week with a pizza party, so no need to bring lunch.
I will give lots more info as we get closer.
There are still a couple of spots left for each week, but they are very close to being full.
Go team!

Summer 15 Almost Full

It's been a crazy few weeks.  We finished SxSW, ISAS arts festival, and just finished DIFF.  USA FF this weekend.  We have had 22 different films shown at 24 different festivals to date this school year.  Had the honor of seeing Sarah Ivy's doc Do You Dream in Color? with a group of students.  She was one of the original film students in 7th grade 18 years ago.

So here we go for summer '15.  The classes are almost full.
If you are still interested please email me at doylesummerfilm@gmail.com or call at 214-516-3571 to get one of the final spaces.
I will be sending more info to families who have signed up soon.
Scroll back on this blog so see lots of more information.
Go team.
Mr. Doyle

Time to Sign Up! March

The film folks have had a great week at SxSW.
For the seventh year we have more films than any other group at SxSW.
And it is time to sign up for this summer.
There will again be two film classes, called Film 1 and Film 2.
Both classes will break into groups and make short narrative films, but the materials can change between each group.  We can make stopmotion films, documentary films, comedies, dramas, and whatever the students' minds can create.  The mood was exceptional last year.  Many students did both classes.  One class they made a comedy live action film and the next week they made a beautiful dramatic stopmotion film.
The dates for Summer '15 are:
Film 1 - June 8-12 and
Film 2 - June 15-19
We meet at our house at 9am until 3pm.  We live on White Rock Lake.  The setting adds an excellent element to the films.
The cost for each class is $550.  The price hasn't changed in seven years, but I bumped it up a bit this year to cover material costs.
Both classes filled up last year again.  To reserve a spot just email me at doylesummerfilm@gmail.com or leave a message on my cell phone at 214-516-3571.
Excitement is already high for this summer from students I have talked to.
This is a blog so just navigate this site to see past years' films and images.
Don't hesitate to ask me any questions.
Go team!
Mr. Doyle

Time to Sign Up!

We just heard from the SxSW film festival.  We have 4 films in.  Three other schools have 2, the rest have 1 or zero and we have 4.  The other cool deal is that 3 of the 4 were made by alums of this summer class.  Pretty cool huh?
So now its time to start planning for Summer '15.
There will again be two film classes, called Film 1 and Film 2.
Both classes will break into groups and make short narrative films, but the materials can change between each group.  We can make stopmotion films, documentary films, comedies, dramas, and whatever the students' minds can create.  The mood was exceptional last year.  Many students did both classes.
The dates for Summer '15 are:
Film 1 - June 8-12 and
Film 2 - June 15-19
We meet at our house at 9am until 3pm.  We live on White Rock Lake.  The setting adds an excellent element to the films.
The cost for each class is $550.  The price hasn't changed in seven years, but I bumped it up a bit this year to cover material costs.
Both classes filled up last year again.  To reserve a spot just email me at doylesummerfilm@gmail.com or leave a message on my cell phone at 214-516-3571.
Excitement is already high for this summer from students I have talked to.
This is a blog so just navigate this site to see past years' films and images.
Don't hesitate to ask me any questions.
Go team!
Mr. Doyle

It's Time to Plan - Summer 2015!

Ok, there will be a lot of info here!
We have had a great school year.  There were 6 finalist award films at the Austin Film Festival in the student section.  Our summer classes made up 3 of the 6, and none of the other 6 were from Texas.
It was a great festival.  This was the first time we have sent films to this festival and we will definitely submit again.
So now its time to start planning for Summer '15.
There will again be two film classes, called Film 1 and Film 2.
Both classes will break into groups and make short narrative films, but the materials can change between each group.  We can make stopmotion films, documentary films, comedies, dramas, and whatever the students' minds can create.  The mood was exceptional last year.  Many students did both classes.  One class they made a comedy live action film and the next week they made a beautiful dramatic stopmotion film.
The dates for Summer '15 are:
Film 1 - June 8-12 and
Film 2 - June 15-19
We meet at our house at 9am until 3pm.  We live on White Rock Lake.  The setting adds an excellent element to the films.
The cost for each class is $550.  The price hasn't changed in seven years, but I bumped it up a bit this year to cover material costs.
Both classes filled up last year again.  To reserve a spot just email me at doylesummerfilm@gmail.com or leave a message on my cell phone at 214-516-3571.
Excitement is already high for this summer from students I have talked to.
This is a blog so just navigate this site to see past years' films and images.
Don't hesitate to ask me any questions.
Go team!
Mr. Doyle