Montgomery Community Media

Our future filmmakers arrived on time Monday morning ready to create their own music videos. They soon got down to business splitting up into groups and choosing a song that they want to work with. You’ll have to wait to find out what they have chosen but take a look at the how they are […]

Our filmmakers are working hard to finish their documentaries. Friday at 3pm is our screening party and I’m trying to convince them it should be a Black Tie affair. Not a chance! That’s okay, the projects will speak for themselves. I believe that their friends and family will feel the same sense of pride and […]

Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking.                         There are several editing stages and the editor’s cut is the first.                       An Editor’s Cut of a motion picture is made […]

First Week of Camp!   My name is Hannah Myers, and I am a junior at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where I am majoring in English with two minors in Vocal Music and Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies. My focus is in public relations and communications. This camp has definitely rekindled my love for […]

            Friday our campers went out in the community to shoot their documentaries. Each group was assigned a business to highlight and interview. First Group- The Trolley Boys, guess where they went?                         Second Group- Chamoda, went to Dolci […]

Hi! My name is Scott Goodin, and I am a rising senior at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts studying Film & Television Production. I am so excited to be a part of this camp! This week at the Documentary Camp the campers have been learning a great deal – from how the […]

Our campers are learning all the elements of Documentary Filmmaking. What is a wide shot, are you ready for your close-up? Research- research – research makes a great documentary. How do we get folks to tell us their secrets? Develop Interview techniques. How do you make a great Documentary? Practice – Practice- Practice Yesterday we […]

Did you hear? MCM and Docs in Progress have joined together this summer. You ask for more youth programs and we’ve teamed up to do just that. Our Documentary Camp started today with nine inspiring filmmakers and six enthusiastic interns. Let’s meet the gang. Meet our College interns, Scott Goodin, Jeremy Sultan, Hannah Myers, Samantha […]

Summer is here and our camps are off to a great start. This year MCM has partnered with Docs in Progress to offer two great opportunities for our young filmmakers. The first camp “Youth Documentary Summer Camp” starts this Monday and runs for 2 weeks. I met some of the families and they are excited […]

It’s Thursday of Week Two of DV camp, which means it end is near. It has been a long but enjoyable and educational two weeks for the kids. I’m sure they are ready for a week off before school starts again. Today, the class will continue editing and finish up the  editing of their projects.  On Friday, there will be a screening  […]