Filmmaking

Filmmaking involves leadership, problem solving, team work, and communication. It's about working towards a common goal working together. It’s about overcoming the lack of resources and producing creative works that answer questions, reveal information and inspire. It’s about seeing your work presented to an audience and your ideas communicated to others.

Tony Papa has been producing films and television for over 20 years, and has won numerous awards for his work including a Gemini For Best Documentary. Papa ran a production company called Avanti Pictures for 12 years in Vancouver producing many award winning films for television and the big screen.

Writing and Acting

It’s all about stories. Whether they’re on the web, in a magazine, book, government plan, or on TV, stories are what grab people by the heart. Everyone loves a story. That’s what I do: take facts and ideas, interview people, add imagination, clarity, and organization, and produce written stories that inspire — an action, organization, reader or audience.

Heather Conn is an author, award-winning freelance writer, editor, and writing instructor/coach. She wrote, produced, and directed the 2013 short documentary A New Way: An Organic Garden Changes Lives and has co-written two short films for Bravo! TV: Divine Waters, and Corona Station. The latter screened at a number of film festivals in North America.

Animation

Filmmaking isn't just confined to the physical world. During your enrollment at the Powell River Digital Film school, you will also get to try your hand at hand-drawn, claymation, and stop-motion animation! Animation is about letting your creative energies flow onto a truly unique canvas, and making static images come to life through the magic of motion and editing.

For some examples of what you can do with animation, check out our 2018 Class' final AniJam, which was a collaborative project involving pieces from every student in the class.

Check it out here!