WHAT IS APP FILMMAKING?
We all have the ability to be a great filmmaker, or as I like to say, a hAPPy Filmmaker.
The core of the "App Filmmaking" philosophy is Accessible Device Filmmaking, or using unlikely devices to tell stories. Furthermore, there is a world of products that now allow a young filmmaker to inexpensively mic, light, and adapt an Apple or Android device to create and tell a story. App Filmmaking is a site that encourages the use of technology to reimagine the way that people learn. It is a forum to encourage students, teachers and artists to take ownership of how they are creating. It is also a place to turn when you have an idea, but you are not necessarily sure how to achieve the goal.
Also, through the "Be The Teacher" collection of videos, you have the opportunity to look at the structure of a story in an attempt to understand how that structure functions in our lives. Filmmaking is storytelling. Storytelling is powerful, liberating, and transformative. By telling a story, we discover who we are and what we value. And, this concept can have significant effects on our workplaces, classrooms, and our lives.
ACCESSIBLE DEVICES
In a generation where people are glued to mobile devices, it is time to challenge how the way those devices are used to see the world.
Whether you are an actor or director looking to create art on a next to nothing budget, a teacher who wants to revolutionize his or her classroom, or a student who wants to explore the dynamic world of film, there is more possible in this moment than any other moment in history. In fact, we live in a time where the art of film has been democratized, and we all now have the potential to be the next great writer, director, project manager, and/or actor.
ABOUT ANTHONY STIRPE
Anthony Stirpe is an award-winning teacher who has been working in public schools for almost two decades. Anthony was named New York State English Educator of Excellence in 2012 and he received a Pioneer Teacher of the year in 2015 for his innovative use of technology in the classroom. Anthony holds undergraduate degrees in both Technical Writing and Spanish, and he received a Masters from Emerson College, where he had the opportunity to study both theatre and film. Although he spent much of his career teaching English Language Arts, he began to distinguish himself for his unique perspective on film and media literacy, and he is now a full-time theatre and film teacher in a large urban/suburban high school just outside of New York City. Anthony has worked on a number of theatre and film projects, his longest tenure served at Blue Man Group Boston where he worked on the theatre management side (No... he was never painted Blue).