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Belvedere Home Made Film Festival

Adam Gavzer

  • BHMFF Workshop 8/22/26 recap

    Thanks for attending another fun and productive workshop with AJ Meininger guiding us to create Real People interviews and documentary style short films. Attendance was fantastic, and we had a great turn out from our Team Redwood, once again helping us film and edit our stories. As AJ put it: “We could not be doing…

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  • BHMFF Workshop Saturday 8/22/26

    This week, we continue our exploration of short filmmaking on Saturday 8/22 with AJ Meininger explaining various techniques used to create a good interview. “Real People/Real Stories” will also include a discussion about how to use the Close Up to great effect. Members of Team Redwood will once again be on hand to help with…

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  • BHMFF Workshop recap

    It was so great to see so many of you at the workshop today, and to welcome some new folks to the project. AJ Meininger once again guided us through a fun lesson with hands-on activities designed to help us understand what makes a successful montage. We also learned about the power of using the…

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  • BHMFF Workshop this Sat 8-15-26

    I’m looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday at the Library for a fun workshop designed by AJ Meininger. In this workshop, we will discuss what makes an successful montage, and learn about the impact that editing has on the story we choose to tell. We’ll learn about the Kuleshov effect, and how powerful it…

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  • Stop Motion emotion

    We had another awesome stop-motion workshop today, presented by Norm DeCarlo, who generously provided us with a second workshop on this inspiring topic. It is so gratifying to see how excited everyone is when working collaboratively on a creative project! And I am so happy to report that I received my first submission today from…

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  • Stop Motion Workshop 2.0!

    I’m looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow, Sat 7/25, starting at 11am sharp to learn more from Norm DeCarlo, who has generously offered to run a second workshop for us! Now that we’ve got the basics, let’s start thinking about new stories we want to tell. Please come to the workshop with a simple idea…

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  • UPDATE! Stop Motion Workshop 2.0!

    I’m excited to announce that, due to popular demand, Norm DeCarlo has offered to run a second workshop this coming Saturday! Now that we’ve got the basics of how to get to work down, let’s start thinking about new stories we want to tell. I also have an idea for a promotional video for the…

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  • Clay Animation- Thanks Norm!

    After a few minor technical glitches, the workshop prepared by Pixar alum Norm DeCarlo was a complete success. Thank you to this professional animator. What a treat. We had two stations set up so everyone who wanted to create an animation could do so. One set up had a seamless backdrop and was shot from…

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  • Clay Animation- this Saturday 11am-3pm

    This Saturday, we are giving a break to AJ and turning to Pixar alum Norm DeCarlo who will be teaching us the magic of stop-motion filmmaking! This workshop will start at 11am sharp and go to 3pm, so please plan accordingly. Because this is such a hands-on process, not everyone will get studio time this…

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  • Genre & Silence was a great workshop!

    Hello everyone. We had a really fun workshop today where we broke into groups and created short films using a genre-based soundtrack as the inspiration to guide the storyline. It quickly became clear that the soundtrack of a film has an immense impact on the emotional thrust of a film – and once again, Team…

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