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Workshop teaches movie industry basics to Anniston students

Friday, January 17, 2014

Jeffrey Nichols explains a scene to Anniston High School students before filming at a workshop on Friday (Photo: T. Brunson)

(WDNG) - A filmmaking workshop at Anniston High School teaches students the basics of the movie industry and prepares them for a citywide video competition.

Jeffrey Nichols is a guest artist in residence of film technology at Jacksonville State University and was at Anniston High School on Friday presenting a filmmaking workshop for students.

Nichols used each of the roughly 45 minute workshops to give an introductory primer into filmmaking to five groups of students, with each group having about 25 young men and women.

“For this particular project, I think the goal is to have them embrace the art, but also embrace the area they live in," he said.

The lessons started with a hands-on overview of how to handle expensive video equipment, taught students some industry terminology, and ended with Nichols working with students in filming a short scene. He says that learning about the film industry can help students learn discipline regardless if filmmaking is a career choice.

“Working with industry professionals, you don’t have to be in the film business to do that," Nichols said. "You’re going to do that all your life.”

Anniston High School Principal Sherron Jinadu believes the South could emerge as a Hollywood alternative and says the workshops are good for both students and the city of Anniston. She says Friday’s workshops offer an enrichment program for students outside of their traditional curriculum.

“It’s sparking me to want to have...enrichment workshops once a month for the students, because of the fact that we don’t have the traditional art built into our schedule," Jinadu said.

The workshops were also designed to help prepare students for the City of Storytellers competition, an event designed last year to improve Anniston’s image by featuring short films for the internet that highlight locations, people, and stories from the Model City.

The competition ends in April and has two divisions, one of which is reserved specifically for high school students. Nichols says Anniston’s youth can provide unique input through these short films.

“The perspective of a high school student telling a story is stellar because it’s new blood, it’s fresh ideas," Nichols said.

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