Introduction to Filmmaking
Adult Multi-Week | Available
In this course you will be able to learn the basic of the whole filmmaking production: script writing, storyboarding, pre-production, camera work, lighting, sound recording and post production. You will be divided into groups to finish a small film project based on a theme, and will receive feedback along the way. This course also includes various screenings to enrich your knowledge in film history, film analysis and experimental film appreciation.
- Bring your own camera and tripod with you. You can use your phone if you want but a DSLR would be recommended. Students are also required to buy an external hard drive (recommended 1TB) for working on the stations in VisArts
On-site courses do not come with studio access outside of class time. Paid open studio access is available through our Studio Access Program. Please visit visarts.org for more information.
This instructor speaks Chinese Mandarin, and Japanese, but the class is held in English.
Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
Leilei Xia
Leilei Xia was born in Guangzhou, China. She is a multimedia artist who works in tactile art, experimental animations, video art, and participatory collective art. As one of the editors of independent science zine Icosa Magazine and the founder of tactile art collective Tactileye, Leilei explores how tactility and bodily feelings are manifested in different medium, and is interested in combining the process and the result of art together to make art not as a noun but as a verb.
Her workshop has been hosted in Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and her films and animation has been awarded or selected in Ann Arbor Film Festival, Stop Trik Animation Festival, Berlin Female Film Festival, Paris International Animation Festival, and so on. Her works has been shown in exhibited internationally in New York, Geensboro, Richmond, Guangzhou, and other cities. She was also one of the speaker in TEDxVCU 2023. She holds an BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also currently a teaching faculty at VCUarts, University of Richmond and Visart in Richmond.?
Website: leileixia.com