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2011 Camp Themes and Descriptions

Each week includes instruction in camera (still photography and video) and filmmaking skills including script writing, interviewing, producing, directing, and editing.  Professional instructors teach all levels and each day includes classic camp activities with filming opportunities.  Campers divide their time between small age-clustered groups, and larger production teams. Camps run M - F from 9am to 4pm with an available extension to 5:30pm for an additional hourly rate.
 
Birding in the Bitterroot (6/13-17) (ages 9-17) ($200)
Students begin their week honing their birding and camera skills along the shores of the Clark Fork River.  Next, they will take their skills on the road and visit the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, guided by Five Valley’s Audubon master birder Larry Weeks.  Students then visit the Raptors of the Rockies ranch to spend time up close with some rad raptors. The week ends with great editing sessions to clip together their fantastic footage, interesting interviews, and memorable moments, leaving them with their very own film.
 
Being Bear Aware (6/20-24) (ages 9-17) ($200)
Being bear aware is a terrific skill to have here in Montana.  Students have a blast mastering their camera and production skills in the first days of this camp while getting a visit from the Center for Wildlife Information, learning all about bear awarness. Then we are off to the Wind River Bear Institute in Florence to learn about the Karelian Bear dogs before getting a great lesson on Grizzlies from UM Wildlife Biologist Mark Ruby in Seeley Lake. The week wraps up with editing the interviews and adventures into an exciting film.  
 
Capturing Moments: Photography Focus (4 days, 7/5-8) (ages 9-17) ($140)
Still photography is the focus of this four day camp.  We keep it local, focusing on daily activities in our local parks and natural open spaces.  Students shoot with digital cameras.  We’ll meet with two local professional photographers who will share their secrets and show us their favorite places to shoot in Missoula.  To close the week we’ll learn photo-editing skills and print our favorite shots to mark our progress.
 
Horsing Around (7/11-15) (ages 9-17) ($200)
With fieldtrips to Dunrovin Ranch and around Western Montana’s horse culture, this is sure to be an educational and exciting week. Students will choose their film topics and harness their scriptwriting and filming skills early in the week, take field trips and finish their week learning the finer points of film editing.  Students new to horses as well as equine experts will find just what they are looking for while having a blast “horsing around.”
 
Looney for Loons (8/1-5) (ages 9-17) ($200)
We begin our week learning about larger ducks and important filming skills for active objects. Turning our attention to Loons, we’ll visit Seeley Lake and hope to interview Donna Love, the Seeley Lake “Loon Lady.”  While in the Seeley area we will visit some secret Loon hang outs to film these large ducks that hunt underwater and are often heard from the shores of area lakes.  If we’re lucky we’ll capture their beady red iris/black pupil eyes on film.  The week will end with more local ducking and film editing and production that results in an amazing film.
 
Montana’s Marvelous Culture (2 weeks: 8/8-19) (ages 9-17) ($400)
Following the Western Montana Fair theme of Country Roots and Cowboy Boots we’ll be spending our first week interviewing Fair producers and entrants to the fair and writing the story line for our production.  We’ll then take to the field and capture the rodeo guys and gals riding at their best and classic fair scenes.  The second week will be focused on film editing but will include a special visit to the Ninemile to learn about the horse packing traditions in our regions mountains.  Students will finish the camp with additional filming opportunities at community events that capture the communities continued interest in country life and the cowboy culture.

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