All In The Campaign for Blair Academy 2018-2025
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caroline james computers
Chiang-Elghanayan Center for Innovation and Collaboration
film class
computer lab in the Chiang-Elghanayan Center for Innovation and Collaboration

Film & Video Production

The film and video production program is centered around the craft of storytelling using industry-standard methods of television and motion picture production. Throughout the course of study, students learn all aspects of creating a movie from start to finish: ideation, writing a screenplay, preproduction planning, cinematography and audio recording, directing actors, editing, sound mixing and scoring, color correction, and distribution. Students have opportunities to work both individually and as a group and are encouraged to produce films for entry into film festivals.

Creativity abounds in Blair's centrally located Chiang-Elghanayan Center for Innovation and Collaboration, where students can leverage state-of-the-art video and audio production equipment in the building’s media lab and recording studio, complete with a built-in green screen and automated light grid.

Festival Success

Students submit their films and videos to more than 10 nationwide festivals each year, in addition to Blair's annual student film festival. Below is a list of recent laurels awarded to Blair's student videographers.

Indy Shorts winner award
Indy Shorts Audience Choice award
All American High School Film Festival award
New Jersey Documentary Film Festival award
Phantoscope High School Film Festival official selection award

5 years from water

Directed and edited by Thao Nguyen '21
Cinematography by Gator Hopkins '21Aniketh Bandi '22
Video coming soon.

All American High School Film Festival award
Award for 1:11 High School Film Festival

 

     

Airstream

Directed by Gabi Bernstein '21
Cinematography by Chris Tung '22
Edited by Committee.
Video coming soon.

All American High School Film Festival award
       

Squashed

Directed by Youssif Mostafa '22
Cinematography by DB Won '22 & Shea Garvie '23
Edited by Committee.
Video coming soon.

Additional Award-Winning Student Films

"Philly" film still

Philly
Group Project
Produced during the Spring Art Trip to Philadelphia