CMS Documentary Filmmaking Workshop

RESERVED FOR PVSD – CORTE MADERA 6th-8th GRADE STUDENTS ONLY

In a partnership between PVSD, PVSF, and KMVT, this documentary workshop will provide students with all the skills needed to produce their own journalistic videos.

Discover what it’s really like behind the scenes by working with a team of creative peers to produce an engaging documentary. In this special partnership with PVSD, PVSF, and KMVT, students will learn from video experts, and gain hands-on experience with KMVT’s industry standard production tools. Students in this course will learn to develop narratives, conduct interviews, and produce a documentary style film about the Portola Valley School District.

Throughout the spring, students will develop their concepts of stories to tell about life at CMS/Ormondale, and the impact of the Portola Valley Schools Foundation. They will interview students, staff, and administrators who have inspired their stories in order to produce a video shown to district families. Filmed on location at Corte Madera and Ormondale schools.

This workshop is designed to give students hands-on experience with industry standard equipment & software! Explore every role–from camera operator, sound, and lights, to graphics, and directing! This course will prepare students to make a creative vision a reality on screen.

KMVT is a Community Media center in Silicon Valley that offers students the opportunity to be creative and explore new skills on set. Sign up today and get in on the action! 

Minimum 5 students/Maximum  10

Enrolled 6th – 8th graders meet in the CMS Library on Wednesdays after school, from 2:10pm – 4pm. 

This course runs from 4/15 – 5/27.

Production techniques covered in this course include:

• Media Literacy
• History of Broadcast Journalism
• On Location Production techniques
• Camera Operation
• On Set Communication
• Storytelling & Journalism
• Feedback Principles

What to expect:

• This is a 2-hour, 7-week workshop so we’ll be working hard and having fun!
• This after school class is for students in 6th-8th grade.
• Working in small groups, students will develop a documentary concept to create during the course.
• Students will be respectful of each other’s ideas, and play a role in the production even if they aren’t on screen.
  • Class hours are 2:10pm – 4pm. 
  • Meet at the CMS Library
  • Travel to Ormondale’s Campus for 1 session of filming is being explored 

What to bring:

• Snack & Water bottle
• Curiosity and a collaborative spirit