Tag Archive: Education

Live from SXSWedu in Austin, TX

This is a post by JBFC Senior Faculty / Program and Curriculum Developer Aaron Mace Here I am in Austin, Texas at the SXSWedu Conference! First of all, I have to admit that it is great to be away from the snow. It’s been chilly and raining here but there are palm trees outside. What a [...]

Tuesday
Mar 10

Introducing Tara Clune

This is a post by JBFC Spring 2015 Emerging Artist Fellow Tara Clune While studying abroad in New Zealand, I simultaneously had the complete misfortune and good luck of registering for a Computer Graphics class. I was interested in writing animation software and was studying Computer Science at Columbia University with the dream of one day [...]

Monday
Mar 02

{Cinemania Student Critic}The Best of Looney Tunes

This is a post by JBFC Cinemania Student Critic Caleb Feinstein This collection of classic cartoons is definitely fun for any age despite coming from a kids show. The Best of Looney Toons is full of well-known (One Froggy Evening and Duck Dodgers) and lesser-known episodes (Back Alley Oproar) to offer a variety of entertaining [...]

Thursday
Feb 26

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine’s Day from the JBFC! To celebrate, enjoy Fish in Love, a short, stop-motion animated video created by fourth graders in our Minds in Motion program. [youtube width=”600″ height=”365″ video_id=”iiv3_LC2ens”]

Friday
Feb 13

Image, Sound, and Story in the Classroom

This is a post by Brady Shoemaker, JBFC Director of Curriculum “Watch your framing,” I said as I looked over the student’s shoulder at the viewfinder of her camera. “Oh, right; rule of thirds,” she said as she adjusted her shot. It was a tough shot to get right–a reflection in a car’s side mirror–but [...]

Tuesday
Feb 10

BAMkids Making Animated Movies

This is a post by JBFC Faculty Member Darrel Swann This past Saturday, the JBFC was invited to Brooklyn to participate in BAM’s BAMkids Film Festival 2015. The JBFC had five animation stations set up for kids of all ages and visitors as young as 4 years old got a taste of paper animation, live-action stop motion, [...]

Monday
Feb 09

{Cinemania Student Critics} Maidentrip

This is a post by JBFC Cinemania Student Critic Caleb Feinstein Imagine leaving home to make a 27,000-mile, two year long journey around the world on a small boat by yourself. I know I couldn’t, but 14 year old Laura Dekker could. Maidentrip, directed by Jillian Schlesinger, is the adventurous story of a Dutch girl [...]

Friday
Feb 06

Art Houses at a High Altitude

This is a post by JBFC Education Director Emily Keating Every year, a growing network of cinemas gathers in Midway, UT before the Sundance Film Festival for the Art House Convergence to talk exhibition, distribution, and all things independent movie-going. The entirely volunteer-run entity began as an initiative of the Sundance Institute in 2005 with [...]

Monday
Jan 26
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