100 Loyola Students Learn How to Make Environmental Short Films in 72 Hours

In an effort to train a new generation of Dominican filmmakers to spread the message about environmental protection and sustainable development, the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) offered a workshop to students at Colegio Loyola in Santo Domingo. The workshop is called “Environmental Short Films in 72 Hours.”

Given by Gabriel Romero,
photographer, filmmaker, and film professor in the United States, the purpose of this workshop was to introduce this group of high school students to the world of professional filmmaking. Students learned the technical and artistic skills to produce an environmental short film involving the four major stages of the creative process: pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution. During the week, each group will make a 3-5 minute short film in 72 hours. The best projects will
be screened at the end of the Film Festival.

Art Education professors, Wendy Queliz and Juan Carlos Fernández, as well as the Biologist, Diana Alejandra Murcia, were also involved in the workshop with this enthusiastic and active group of students.

To hear the full interview with Professor Wendy Queliz, click here.

Place: Colegio Loyola, Santo Domingo
Date: September 8
Time: 9:00 am – Class signup closed

For more information: www.dreff.org