For Immediate Release – 6/21/09
Morgan Arts Council
Berkeley Springs, WV
www.macicehouse.org
 
Press contact only: Jennie Mallory – 304-258-2300
 
VIDEO PRODUCTION WORKSHOP IN BERKELEY SPRINGS
 
BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV ---- A video production workshop series for all 
ages concludes at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs on Tuesday, June 
30 at 6pm. "People are invited to come even if they didn't attend 
either of the first two," says Jennie Mallory, the Morgan Arts 
Council's administrator. Shamus Cleveland is the instructor.
 
The final production workshop is aimed at applying focus and polish to 
ideas in preparation for attendees to enter the Very Fast Video 
Contest sponsored by FAST (The Morgan County Forum on Arts, Sciences 
and Technology) with a deadline of July 18. Tuition is free for 
contest entrants. "People should bring their videos and plan to come 
early and stay late," says Bill Lands who founded FAST. According to 
Lands, instructors demonstrate various computer tools, give feedback 
and answer any questions videomakers may have. "Even if video makers 
do not enter the contest, they can benefit from the skills they'll 
learn," says Lands.
 
The Morgan Arts Council (MAC) is conducting the video workshops as a 
collaboration with FAST. “We hope to boost entries in the contest by 
making it easy for people to create their 40 to 120 second videos,” 
says Mallory. “We’re pleased that so many fathers and sons are 
working on projects together."
 
Equipment required for the class includes either a video camera or 
computer with Power Point capacity.
 
The FAST video contest is part of the Morgan County Fair. It offers 
$1200 in cash awards for very short videos in categories including 
arts, sciences, technology and social studies. There are plans to 
make the videos the core of a future virtual museum called Paradox 
Place.
 
To register for the workshops or for more information, contact MAC at 
304-258-2300, email art@macicehouse.org or check online at 
www.macicehouse,org/workshops.html.
These workshops are funded in part by a grant from th National 
Endowment for the Arts and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.