DULUTH CLASSES
Located at Zeitgeist’s Film Lab (222 E Superior St, Suite 306). Classes are designed for those aged 16+. All experience levels are welcome!
Intro to Indie Video Production
- 9/10 – 10/29
- Tuesdays 6:00pm – 8:30pm
- Registration is $75
- Instructor: Matthew Dressel
Experience the process of making a film from conception to pre-production and all the way to post. Each class will be a different module: Screenwriting, Lighting, Sound, and Composition until the class collectively shoots and edits a film together. Come ready to pitch your ideas for a practical short film!
Meet the Instructor: Matthew Dressel
Matthew Dressel is an award-winning screenwriter and producer at Skin of the Peach Productions. His last screenplay Daniel’s Gotta Die was produced by Darius Films in Toronto and released in theaters. His short films have been featured in textbooks, exhibited in theaters, and featured on programs like The Best Short Films in the World. At any given point in his life, he is five seconds from making a Simpsons reference.
CHISHOLM CLASSES
Located at the Minnesota Discovery Center. Classes are designed for those aged 16+. All experience levels are welcome!
Post Production Part 1: Premiere & Adobe Suite for Video
- 9/12-9/14
- Thursday – Friday 6:00pm – 8:30pm, Saturday 2:00pm – 4:30pm
- Registration is $75
- Instructor: Justin Joseph Hall
The Adobe Suite is a must for anyone interested in the Post-Production industry. Learn the basics of making a professional video in the software bundle with teacher Justin Joseph Hall in a two-part course. Justin has been a Post-Production creative on projects acquired by HBO, which received awards at The Emmys, TriBeCa Film Festival, & Brooklyn Film Festival. His class will focus on best workflow practices beginning and finishing a project, so you can have confidence that you’re maintaining the industry quality that you could deliver to major streaming and television networks. The class will allow you to ask a professional Editor any questions you have about Post-Production and will cover an introduction to using Adobe Premiere and Encoder, as well as skim through auxiliary programs like Photoshop, and After Effects.
Post Production Part 2: Basics of Resolve and More Adobe
- 9/19 – 9/21
- Thursday – Friday 6:00pm – 8:30pm, Saturday 2:00pm – 4:30pm
- Registration is $75
- Instructor: Justin Joseph Hall
Resolve is the most widely used Color Correction software in the film and television industry. It’s also a very popular free editing software. We will be covering the basics of bringing in footage to edit in Resolve and learn basic color correction techniques from teacher Justin Joseph Hall. Justin is an Editor and Colorist who’s used Resolve to deliver to HBO and other television clients. The class discusses what is great about a Resolve workflow and compares it to the Adobe Suite. Learn the advantages of Resolve over the Adobe Suite and vice-versa in this three-part intensive class.
Meet the Instructor: Justin Joseph Hall
Justin Joseph Hall is an award-winning, multilingual Director and Founder of Fourwind Films and Quatre-Vents, a Post-Production company based in Hibbing, MN. He’s worked as a lead creative on projects acquired by HBO and that received awards at The Emmys, TriBeCa Film Festival, & Brooklyn Film Festival.
Justin’s held positions as Editor for networks such as NBCUniversal, PBS, & History. He helped pitch and develop the Axios (2018-2021) as Senior Editor for the Emmy-winning documentary series. He edited Abuela’s Luck (2018) which was picked up by HBO and is now slated to be adapted into a full-length feature. His mastery of post-production and the visual arts has awarded him opportunities to work for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Discovery, Major League Baseball, & BMW to name a few.
The Zeitgeist Minnesota Media Arts School, in partnership with the Minnesota Discovery Center, is an affordable option for the Northland’s diverse creative community ranging from filmmakers, graphic designers, multimedia artists, and theatrical artists to learn, work, create, and connect. With teaching hubs in Chisholm and Duluth, we will add important contributions to the regional film ecosystem.
Our goal is to empower, support, and educate Northland community members ages 16+ as active participants in shaping our culture, and engage diverse communities to rethink the way we view film, art, and local storytelling. We provide access and a platform to work, learn, create, and experience filmmaking and media production in our community.
Benefits include access to iMac computers loaded with creative design and editing software, meeting rooms, multi-media studios, film/video equipment for on-site photo/video shoots & projects, digital tools, and more.
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