Workforce Development and Community Education: Summer 2024

29 Textbook Required FILM & SCREENWRITING REMOTE Directing for Film An introductory course designed to teach students the fundamental elements of film directing in a safe and nurturing environment. Taught by award-winning director/screenwriter and founder of Forgotten Artist Productions Michael Thomas Cain. Michael teaches his experience in script analysis, visual storytelling, rehearsing with actors before and during shoots, creating storyboards and shot lists during pre-production, and technical aspects of filmmaking like lighting, camera, and sound during production. Recommended reading: Kazan, Elia. Kazan on Directing. Vintage, 2010. ISBN 9780307277046; and Mamet, David. On Directing Film. Penguin Books, 1992. ISBN 9780140127225 CE-FILM 2053, 8 Sat., June 15-Aug. 3, 1:00-3:00 pm, $200. M Cain. #3096 REMOTE Weddings on Film: A Multinational Perspective At a time when ideas as well as goods flow freely across national borders, the movies are a good place to look for cross-cultural connections. In this two-part series, we’ll be exploring a genre that commands popular appeal around the world: wedding films. The hero in these stories (usually a woman) holds center stage in a drama about romance, relationships, responsibility and sometimes politics. In Session One, we’ll be looking at American varieties of the genre, including The Wedding Planner (2001), Father of the Bride (1950 and 1991), Sex and the City (2008), Bridesmaids (2011), and My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). In Session Two, we will extend our exploration to examples from India, China, Africa, and the Middle East to understand how the marriage rituals in these lands reflect both local customs and universal ideals of matrimony. CE-FILM 2052, 2 Thurs., July 18-25, 7:00-9:00 pm $60. W Costanzo. #3021 REMOTE Screenwriting An introductory course aimed at teaching students to write a screenplay. Students will be taught the nuts and bolts of character development, theme, and plot. Concentration on how to write action lines and dialogue and showing versus telling will be discussed. Each student will finish a first draft of a screenplay by the end of the class. No experience required. Only bring your creativity. CE-WRITG 2101, 10 Tues., June 13-Aug. 15, 7:00-8:30 pm, $195 (+ textbook). L Rhodes. #3050 WINE & FOOD EXPLORATION BAKING & COOKING REMOTE Summer Italian Kitchen Italian cooking celebrates seasonal ingredients through preparations focused on flavor. Approach the kitchen with a fresh perspective as you learn how to update your Italian dishes for the summer. Learn how vegetables, fruit, and other fresh ingredients form the basis of beautiful and satisfying Italian meals. Enjoy a demonstration of dinner and dessert while picking up tips and inspiration for the season. CE-COOK 2077, 1 Tues., June 25, 6:30-8:00 pm, $20. V Young. #3045 IN-PERSON Buttercream Decorating Techniques Learn the basic art of decorating with buttercream. In this workshop, learn how to prepare icing to obtain the right consistency for decorating, how to color icing, and how to fill a decorating bag. Discover the basic art of cupcake and cake decorating through basic baking tips and tricks. In the first class, students will bring eight cupcakes to decorate and for the second class, students will bring a cake to decorate. At SUNY Westchester Valhalla: CE-COOK 2060, 2 Sat., July 20-27, 10:00 am-1:00 pm, KNC-2, $65 (+ $40 materials fee, payable to instructor). L Nicholas. #3094 REMOTE Summer Salads: Beautiful and Delicious Ways to Enjoy the Summer Harvest Think beyond simply greens. Summer vegetables and fruit can be transformed into beautiful and delicious salads of all types, including heartier grain and dinner salads. Learn new methods of preparation, ingredient combinations, and homemade dressings for colorful, tasty salads to satisfy you all season long. CE-COOK 2071, 1 Tues., Aug. 7, 6:30-8:00 pm, $20. V. Young. #3046

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