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By James Ensor
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham kids with a flair for filmmaking were given the opportunity to learn all about basic cinematography from Incrediflix, a program at the Broadmeadow Elementary School. Actors, camera people, and the camera assistant (aka, the person with the slate) are all roles the kids can fill in order to experience every aspect of the filmmaking process.
In the morning campers would do ‘live-action’ film, meaning human actors everything we traditionally would think of as filmmaking. Campers make storylines and plots, and then film their ideas with the help of counselors and instructors.
Also available to the campers was Legoflix, in which they are given the chance to create animated films with a set built out of Lego. Moving the Legos ever so slightly, the kids would take a picture after every small move and eventually weave them together, editing voices and sound over the animation.
“I think it’s really great for kids to have a creative outlet,” said counselor Phoebe Morss. “I wish I had that, I just had sports when I was younger, but film is such a great way to capture ideas and it can be really powerful.”
The weeklong program has run through August 1 – August 5, and the Needham Park and Recreation website lists the option to register for the week of August 15 – August 19. Both morning live-action sessions and the afternoon Lego sessions are available to register for at a price of $160.
