Introduction to After Effects Saturdays, May 26th and June 2nd 10am – 4pm Tuition: $125 (Scholarships available) No prior experience needed–just an interest in graphics and effects! Recommended for 8th graders and above. For questions, contact Jason Robinson (jason@lighthousestudio.org). Learn how to digitally enhance your movies with professional titles, motion graphics and other visual effects. Adobe After [...]
Editing with Final Cut Pro X Saturdays, April 28th & May 5th 10am – 4pm Tuition: $125 (Scholarships available) We are excited to have another special skills workshop this spring! Light House is offering the opportunity to learn Apple’s newest and most advanced version of the world’s most popular editing software: Final Cut Pro X. [...]
There will be NO OPEN STUDIO Sun 4/1, Thur 4/5, or Sun 4/8 due to Spring Break. It will resume as usual the following week on Thursdays and Sundays until the last session, Thursday, May 17.
As part of an annual workshop in collaboration with UNICEF, Light House students created and produced a 30-second public service announcement for the Charlottesville TAP Project. The spot will be running on local tv stations this week and next. Watch the PSA below: The Charlottesville TAP Project for UNICEF takes place March 19-25, and 14 [...]
We’ve just posted two new workshops starting this spring: Experimental Film and Music Documentary Workshop with the Music Resource Center (Advanced students only). For descriptions and an application go to our Workshops page. Open Studio is also still going strong – it’s not too late to join up for the spring for access to Light [...]
Light House is once again teaming up with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to offer a scholarship-based workshop which will give young filmmakers the unique opportunity to work with peers who have migrated to the US from three regions of the world: Iraq, Burma, and Nepal. These young people have volunteered to tell the stories [...]
Our Summer 2012 Workshop schedule is online and registration is open! You can now purchase workshops online with PayPal, or send in an application with a check to our studio. Contact Rebekah with any specific questions about workshops.
Light House Studio presents… Music Video Premiere with performances by: The DOWNbeat Project Borrowed Beams of Light The Fire Tapes Sunday, February 26, 2012 Doors: 5pm, Show: 6pm Light House Studio is rolling out the red carpet on Sunday, February 26 to premiere music videos that our student filmmakers produced last summer as part of [...]
Light House Studio is looking for experienced filmmakers to assist in mentoring some of their upcoming workshops. Spring workshops (March-May) are usually once a week after school hours. Summer workshops cover the topics of narrative, documentary, animation, and music video, and are 1-2 weeks long, from 9am-3pm. Some positions are volunteer, and others are paid [...]
STATIC: Cult Classic Edition starts this Wednesday! It’s not too late to sign up for this special offering of STATIC. This session will be dedicated to the good, the bad and the so-bad-they’re-good world of Cult Cinema. We’ll be watching and discussing both new and old, obscure, misunderstood and forgotten films that have gained notoriety [...]
We are very thankful to have been the recipient of the following grants: Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band (CACF), Charlottesville Area Community Foundation Endowment Fund, and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charlottesville, Inc. Below are the programs that these grants will help fund this year: Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band [...]
Give the gift of film to a special child in your life! Call us for details on purchasing a Light House Workshop Gift Certificate this holiday season! Give the Gift of Film With a Light House Studio Workshop from Light House Studio on Vimeo.
Our Winter 2012 workshops have been announced! Check out the Workshops page to see what we’re offering, and to see a sneak peek on some upcoming spring workshops. Keep checking back for news on the spring schedule, and sign up for our email list below to receive updates!
Light House Studio is proud to announce that after entering two teams into this year’s Virginia Film Festival Adrenaline Film Project, one of them walked away with the Jury Award! The team was composed of Jake Farrell (11th Grade, Renaissance School), Sam Gorman (11th grade, Nelson County High School), and Will Jones (9th Grade, Charlottesville [...]
Danger. Zombies. On Ice. Halloween skate for all ages! 10% of proceeds will benefit Light House Studio! Friday, October 28, 2011 Main Street Arena Light House was selected to be one of the nonprofit organizations to receive 10% from admission sales from Main Street Arena’s “Danger. Zombies. On Ice” skate on Friday, October 28th. The [...]
2011 Virginia Film Festival Announcement Wednesday was the Virginia Film Festival launch party, announcing this year’s program. We are thrilled that Light House student Reid Hildebrands’s film, The Balloonist, will be shown before the Opening Night film, The Descendants, at Culbreth Theatre on Thursday, November 3rd at 7pm. In addition, Light House will screen short [...]