Home Education: An Excellent Choice

Workshops - Film & Culture Track

Film and Culture Track

Learn from successful filmmakers and authors!

Gain a new perspective on Hollywood from those who have been there. Inspiration, vision, and the practical steps for getting started in film and book writing will be offered in these sessions.

SPEAKERS

Geoffrey Botkin

Anna Sofia & Elizabeth Botkin

George Escobar

WORKSHOPS

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, SESSION 1 – 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Vocational Realities for Aspiring Christian Filmmakers ~ Geoffrey Botkin

This seminar addresses trends and opportunities affecting the generation of pioneering filmmakers who venture outside Hollywood. Botkin establishes the scriptural legitimacy of filmmaking as a vocation, along with the inherent dangers of this vocation. He points the students to important spiritual and academic qualifications for venturing into this arena. He offers perspective on how to develop vision and how to get started with small family productions.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, SESION 2 – 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Launching Your Film Company ~ George Escobar

Learn the fundamentals of professional feature filmmaking for Christians, specifically in the untapped homeschool market. This practical workshop covers the basics of raising investor funding; organizing your production; acquiring equipment, resources and locations; and recruiting your cast, crew, investors, and supporters. The pitfalls and realities in targetmarketing and self-distribution for your movie will also be discussed. The lessons taught in this workshop have been pioneered and applied by Advent Film Group for its own productions with Patrick Henry College. AFG is now helping other filmmakers across the country launch their own homeschool-based film production and distribution companies.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, SESSION 3 – 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

How to Write a Best-Selling Book ~ Anna Sofia & Elizabeth Botkin

In this workshop, Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin talk about the most important things their parents taught them about being writers, as well as the lessons they’ve learned since they began writing their best-selling book, So Much More, at the ages of 17 and 15. Among other things, you’ll hear the common attributes of best-selling authors, tips on style, and warnings to all aspiring writers.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7, SESSION 4 – 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

100 Years of Hollywood History ~ Geoffrey Botkin

The story about the specific ways Hollywood destroyed itself, creating a sensuality cartel that could communicate a new theological message about fathers and fatherhood in America.