Lights, camera, education – MAPS Media Institute’s new after school program in Ravalli County, Montana

In the afternoon, they come to learn the ropes.

They travel from up and down the Bitterroot Valley for a chance to gain the skills required to make movies and the other media consumables that are the staple of an increasingly electronic culture.

Some lessons are nuts and bolts: White balance. Pixel manipulation. Registering a Web site domain name.

Some are more creative: The use of lighting and camera angles. Script writing. Design.

It all adds up to the MAPS Media Institute’s http://mediarts.org new after school program and, to be sure, this is not the audio-visual club your school’s jocks and bullies used to target.

by SEPP JANNOTTA – Ravalli Republic

Full Story: http://www.ravallirepublic.com/articles/2009/10/16/news/news17.txt