WRITE! SHOOT! EDIT!

Today's digital technology allows teens to produce short films with enviable accessibility. But there is a darker side to today's technology, too: the expectation to live and share your life online, to become an instant success with your first creations. Imagine being free to experiment and play with the medi-um, with a mentor beside you helping you craft solid, professional work that never looks like a home movie. Industry pro Deborah Patz is that mentor. Much like writers pen journals they don t publish (aka writing practice, as taught by Natalie Gold-berg), Write! Shoot! Edit! mentors teens in first film making crafting complete, scripted movies in a safe place free from public exhibition and scrutiny, experimenting with the medium, and discovering one s own visual storytelling voice. You want to direct and edit, but your friend wants to write? Not a problem. Don t read the book in order! Just follow the path. Write! Shoot! Edit! is written in three distinct and intertwining paths, so you can experience the book as you want to: as a writer, director / DOP, or editor. Start making scripted films today so that you can be the overnight success of tomorrow!