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For anyone that still discounts the positive impact that social media can have for public good, this example of information sharing and collaboration should warrant some second thoughts.  We are happy to share another example of putting the power of the media in the hands of the people! 

We're keeping things fresh in the Learning Lab this summer, with new classes and recurring favorites being added to our class calendar every month!  What's new with June, you ask?  Well for starters, the Narrative Scriptwriting seminar is making a triumphant return to the Open Media class lineup.  Storytelling and screenplay techniques, as well as software training with the Celtx program; learn about everything you need to know to get your next big production off the ground!  The four-class seminar meets on Monday nights starting June 18, and seats are filling fast!  Class details and class registeration are online, read all about it here.

Other major players for June include 3D Animation with Blender, Final Cut Pro X Workshop and Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro.  We're always offering different classes every month, and you can see what's happening with the online class calendar or subscribe to our newsletter to get the full scoop.  Members of Denver Open Media get a discount on all OMF classes, so if you have been considering the allure of public access TV and want to take more classes for less money, check out what memberships are all about on DOM's website.

Together with the Knight Foundation and The Denver Foundation, OMF is looking at the unique communication patterns and needs of our neighborhood here in La Alma/Lincoln Park.  We are looking for neighborhood residents to help us with a Digital Scavenger Hunt we will be conducting in the OMF Education Lab. 

To all of our neighbors, we hope you come out and say, "Hello" when our volunteers go door-to-door on Saturday June 2, inviting residents to participate in an in-person review on June 9th, our Digital Scavenger Hunt.  The deal is sweet: take a short survey and get a free Programming Membership, and once you take the short survey you also have the opportunity to come to our building and your time will be reqarded with an upgraded Field, Studio or Editor Membership and a free class.  We offer the community access to communication, technology, and media education and this Digital Scavengar Hunt will help us improve as an organization to better serve our neighborhood.

Please email ann@openmediafoundation.org to find out more about the Digital Scavenger Hunt if you live in the La Alma/Lincoln Park area and would like to participate.

This summer, young people ages 14 - 19 are getting the chance to be apart of something big here at OMF.  The youth education program has put together a music video camp for one week in July that will go through the video and sound editing process from start to finish to create music videos for local bands who have donated a song to be used for the program, and now we have added the Seredipity Project to our list of musical collaborators.  We are so happy to working with these talented musicians to help promote their music, and getting our campers some experience on working with media that has a direct impact on our local community.

Spaces are filling up - make sure you register before May 15 for Early Bird prices!  Click here to register now. 

OMF is excited to spread the word and offer congratulations to our former intern John Stephens on his recent acheivement.  The Colorado Chapter for the Society of Professional Journalists awarded Stephens and his group with a couple of first place prizes in Health Reporting.  See all those awarded on the SPJ Website.

John Stephens was a Studio intern for Denver Open Media from January to March in 2012.  John grew up in Colorado and left in the '70s, returning in 2010. "I have a large skill set and a debt to public access. I'm making the transition from still photography to story telling. I just got my eighth granddaughter at the winter solstice. I've done human powered transportation since 1995, with over 130,000 miles under my wheels."  You can find out more about his velomobile at: http://www.lobosolo.com/velo

Open Media Foundation has opened registration for their 2012 summer youth filmmaker camp, to be held July 16-20th.  Students aged 13-19 will work on a production team, using songs from local bands, to film and edit a music video in one week.

A little about the local acts that are donating music to the program:

The Flobots are a progressive act with a progressive message, and are a nationally recognized musical act.  In 2008, the band started a 501(c)3 "using music and the arts as inspiration to help young people with tools to make a difference in themselves, their communities and their world" [visit their website to learn more].

Total Ghost is a multimedia performance band consisting of fictional German rock gods Chön and Biktor. The project started with a custom birthday video gift for a friend, and has grown to include award-winning music videos from the Nix Brothers.  Check out the Nix Bros. work on totalghost.com. 

Don't delay, spaces are limited.  Register for the youth filmmaker camp today - click here!

Music video production is one of the most accessible and hands-on ways to learn the business of film and video production. Modeled after similar programs that have a track record of success, Open Media Foundation’s camp will offer the youth participants an opportunity to gain real-world production and editing experience.  The camp’s instructors bring experience from all segments of the video production community, including pre-production, production, editing, aesthetics, and audio.