Announcing the first annual Digital Mountain ’09: It’s My Park! Film Festival, a special event designed to actively engage, inspire, and help equip youth with digital media skills, while strengthening ties to one of Hawaii’s most cherished sites: The Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.

It couldn’t be easier to learn some exciting new movie-making skills, even if you’ve never touched a video camera before. We’re bringing professional video/filmmakers and a classroom on wheels (filled with computer workstations) to a town near you, and inviting youth, 7th – 12th grades, to learn, build a video, submit it to our short film festival, and have the chance to WIN!

No charge to take workshops, no charge to shoot & edit your film on our equipment, no charge to enter the festival. Student workshops start Monday, July 13, 2009 and repeat through the month of July.

Learn video skills, submit a short film; Win Some Awesome Prizes

If you’re a student who will be in the 7th thru 12th grade in the fall of 2009, you’re invited to submit a short film to the Digital Mountain 2009: It’s My Park Film Festival (DM•IX). Not sure you can create a short film worthy of submitting to a competition? No worry, we’re sending out a few working pro’s from the film & TV industry to help prepare you to shoot & edit you short film, all onboard the amazing Technology Bus, in partnership with “Friends of the Future,” a Big Island Non-Profit.

“SHOOT DAYS” are full days where students are picked up in the morning at designated places in their towns, then driven to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park where they will meet friendly Park Rangers and DMIX crew. There, students will be provided with digital cameras, guidance & coaching, and escorted to explore the park where they’ll shoot raw footage for their DMIX film short entry.
COST: $0.00 (Students are responsible for bringing their own brown bag lunch and snack)

ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

“TECH BUS WORKSHOPS” are 3-hour video editing training workshops that will take place in designated places on Hawai‘i Island. We provide the instructor, the classroom (the amazing Tech Bus!), a computer for editing, and a great experience of fun & learning. Seating is limited, register early.
COST: $0.00 (Students are responsible for bringing their own brown bag lunch and snack)

ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

More info at:
www.digitalmountain-hawaii.com