Calling future film makers: Behind the camera workshop being offered in Rantoul

RANTOUL, Ill. (WAND) - Flyover Film Studios and the Champaign County Film Office are sharing a new event for future film makers.

Filmmaking 4 x 4 will be held November 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Flyover Lab in Rantoul.

It will provide the community with an inside look into the camera, lighting, art, and production departments.

Flyover Film Studios is partnering with Compass Casting’s education branch, Forge Film Acting to provide skilled intensives for future crew and cast to get the highlights of film school in one day.

“We want to give folks an opportunity to learn the highlights of the industry, without a full-time commitment,” said Sarah Sharp, Flyover Co-Founder and Producer, who will be one of the featured guests of the event.

Attendees will join with working film professionals who will walk them through a speed-dating-style circuit of what it takes to join the Camera, Lighting, Art, and Production Departments.

Flyover co-founder and cinematographer Robert Patrick Stern said, “The film industry is the industry of industries, but until you discover the invisible door, you have no idea that the skills you already have will work FOR you in filmmaking.”

Sarah Cayce, owner of Forge Film Acting and Compass Casting, said, "When I started building a talent pool in Central Illinois, I expected to find a few great faces and some folks interested in acting. I had no idea of the talent level —from actors to musicians, carpenters to chefs, seamstresses to CDL drivers—there are so many people who have become curious about the industry of industries that film creates. I’m excited to bring professional-grade filmmaking training to anyone interested in a warp-speed course in the foundational pillars of filmmaking.”

Registration is required, and early bird ticket sales end on November 8. Click here to book your spot.

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