Greenhill School Goes to AFI
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On Friday, March 28, advanced video production (AVP) students from Greenhill School showed nine short films at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival held in Victory Park in Dallas.
The Student Short Block event featured films from nine area high schools and one New Jersey school. Nine of the Greenhill student-produced shorts were shown at the screening – each running between 45 seconds and 3 minutes in length.
Corbin Doyle, Greenhill’s digital art and video production teacher, has been working with his film students since the fall on of principles and techniques of film-making. His students have produced so much work, it took Doyle weeks to select nine entries from the more than 40 short films the created.
“I picked pieces that weren't too long so we could show a lot of what we do, and a lot of the different student's voices. Each member of the AVP class works a different job for each project. A student might write the script for one piece, direct another, act in a third, and be part of the sound crew for the fourth,” said Doyle.
Along with the screening of their films, several students were selected for a Mobile Film School Pitch session to be held at the W Dallas hotel on Friday, April 4. The session will teach students how to pitch ideas to industry professionals in television and film. The original plan was to have one student represent Greenhill in the session, but event organizers selected all four entries from Greenhill.
Senior Tyler Rowland, senior Conor Biller, junior Serena Anis, and junior Alan Michnoff will all have the chance to hear how to develop a project and make it attractive to financial backers. In addition to attending the session, Anis has been working as a volunteer photographer at AFI events all week.
Many Greenhill students have volunteered at screenings, question and answer sessions, and red carpet events.
“Being a volunteer allows me to see so much of the festival,” said Anis. “But at the same time, I’m a participant which is great because I’m learning so much.”
Earlier this spring, Michnoff and Anis won the Audience Choice award for their video “Aaron gets an answering machine” at the 827 Film Festival in Seattle, WA. The festival was only open to high-school filmmakers. Senior Milas Bowman said that working with industry professionals this week has made him appreciate the video production program at Greenhill.
“We’ve been seeing all of these films by big name producers and famous actors,” he said. “And in the credits, it mentions that the film was edited using the same software that we use in the classroom every day.”
Doyle said the students have responded with such enthusiasm to the entire festival.
“The students who get to see the process will get a peek at something that the probably wouldn't see until they were out of school and in the profession,” he said. “We’ve spent the last few mornings just shaking our heads and smiling, immediately followed by a barrage of all of the films that we saw, all of the people we met, and all of the events the volunteers got to attend the day before.”
Mobile Film School Pitch Session at AFI Dallas
Friday, April 4, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
The Great Room at the W Dallas Hotel
This event is free and open to the public.
Student Short Block Re-Run featuring Greenhill short films
Saturday, April 5, 2008 on the Victory Park Screens
This event is free and open to the public.
AFI Dallas Participants:
Serena Anis
Eshan Kejriwal
Conor Biller
Sean Khatami
Brett Bode
Ryan Kline
Milas Bowman
Aaron Krage
Faris Chehabi
Michael LaMendola
William Davis
Taylor Litman
Kara Duncan
Saakshi Muralidhar
Leah Duncan
Tyler Rowland
David Ernst
Courtney Webb
Hilary Fagadau
Robyn Wolin
Zach Galant
Chris Heinlen
Chelsea Hall
Kass Kaiser
Alan Michnoff
Located in Addison, Texas, Greenhill School is a coeducational private day school with an enrollment of more than 1,200 students, Pre-K through Grade 12. It is a diverse community of learners that strives for excellence; values individuality; fosters a passion for learning; promotes the balanced development of mind, body, and character; encourages service, and instills a respect for others.
The Student Short Block event featured films from nine area high schools and one New Jersey school. Nine of the Greenhill student-produced shorts were shown at the screening – each running between 45 seconds and 3 minutes in length.
Corbin Doyle, Greenhill’s digital art and video production teacher, has been working with his film students since the fall on of principles and techniques of film-making. His students have produced so much work, it took Doyle weeks to select nine entries from the more than 40 short films the created.
“I picked pieces that weren't too long so we could show a lot of what we do, and a lot of the different student's voices. Each member of the AVP class works a different job for each project. A student might write the script for one piece, direct another, act in a third, and be part of the sound crew for the fourth,” said Doyle.
Along with the screening of their films, several students were selected for a Mobile Film School Pitch session to be held at the W Dallas hotel on Friday, April 4. The session will teach students how to pitch ideas to industry professionals in television and film. The original plan was to have one student represent Greenhill in the session, but event organizers selected all four entries from Greenhill.
Senior Tyler Rowland, senior Conor Biller, junior Serena Anis, and junior Alan Michnoff will all have the chance to hear how to develop a project and make it attractive to financial backers. In addition to attending the session, Anis has been working as a volunteer photographer at AFI events all week.
Many Greenhill students have volunteered at screenings, question and answer sessions, and red carpet events.
“Being a volunteer allows me to see so much of the festival,” said Anis. “But at the same time, I’m a participant which is great because I’m learning so much.”
Earlier this spring, Michnoff and Anis won the Audience Choice award for their video “Aaron gets an answering machine” at the 827 Film Festival in Seattle, WA. The festival was only open to high-school filmmakers. Senior Milas Bowman said that working with industry professionals this week has made him appreciate the video production program at Greenhill.
“We’ve been seeing all of these films by big name producers and famous actors,” he said. “And in the credits, it mentions that the film was edited using the same software that we use in the classroom every day.”
Doyle said the students have responded with such enthusiasm to the entire festival.
“The students who get to see the process will get a peek at something that the probably wouldn't see until they were out of school and in the profession,” he said. “We’ve spent the last few mornings just shaking our heads and smiling, immediately followed by a barrage of all of the films that we saw, all of the people we met, and all of the events the volunteers got to attend the day before.”
Mobile Film School Pitch Session at AFI Dallas
Friday, April 4, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
The Great Room at the W Dallas Hotel
This event is free and open to the public.
Student Short Block Re-Run featuring Greenhill short films
Saturday, April 5, 2008 on the Victory Park Screens
This event is free and open to the public.
AFI Dallas Participants:
Serena Anis
Eshan Kejriwal
Conor Biller
Sean Khatami
Brett Bode
Ryan Kline
Milas Bowman
Aaron Krage
Faris Chehabi
Michael LaMendola
William Davis
Taylor Litman
Kara Duncan
Saakshi Muralidhar
Leah Duncan
Tyler Rowland
David Ernst
Courtney Webb
Hilary Fagadau
Robyn Wolin
Zach Galant
Chris Heinlen
Chelsea Hall
Kass Kaiser
Alan Michnoff
Located in Addison, Texas, Greenhill School is a coeducational private day school with an enrollment of more than 1,200 students, Pre-K through Grade 12. It is a diverse community of learners that strives for excellence; values individuality; fosters a passion for learning; promotes the balanced development of mind, body, and character; encourages service, and instills a respect for others.
