Keylight offers a variety of film and video-related workshops throughout the Pittsburgh area, serving the community’s differing needs and interests. Some expose participants to a specific topic and promote understanding of the subject, while others offer hands-on training in aspects of media production.
Our instructors are experienced artists and professionals. Each workshop description includes pertinent details including location, a link to the instructor’s bio, cost and any necessary background or equipment a participant should have.
Upcoming Workshops
Introduction To Shooting Film
Sat, Nov 1, 8, Dec 6 1:00pm-4:00pm
Kingfly Spirits – 2613 Smallman Street
All cameras, tripods, and film included. Open to all levels. Age 18+
Instructors: Brady Lewis, assisted by Christopher Smalley
Are you aware of how special analog film looks when compared to digital? Are you eager to shoot something on Super-8 film? This is for you! This 3-session workshop is perfect, whether you are a budding filmmaker, or an experienced videographer eager to get into analog.
The first session will be spent going over the Super-8 camera functions, getting proper exposures, and the fundamentals of film.
The next week you will get the opportunity for hands-on experience shooting black and white film yourself, as well as assisting your fellow workshop attendees in shooting theirs. This will all be done with instructors standing by to give advice and assistance.
After a 4 week break to allow for film processing and transfer, we will reconvene to dig deeper into filmmaking processes. The class will conclude by viewing all of the Super-8 footage on a film projector that you will learn to load.
You will leave the workshop with a digital copy of all the film shot.
The Flickering Truth: An Imprecise Survey of Avant-Garde Film
Presented with The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Mon, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 7:30pm-9:30pm
Harris Theater – 809 Liberty Ave
Screening and Discussion Workshop 18+
Instructor: Greg Pierce
Join Greg Pierce (custodian of The Orgone Archive / ex-Director of Film and Video at The Andy Warhol Museum) for four in-person screening / discussion sessions on avant-garde, experimental, underground, personal, etc. filmmaking. A media mash-up awaits you as Pierce serves up an eclectic mix of moving image material from the past and present showcasing just a small sampling of the material, movement, colors, ideas, and attention to detail that visual artists working outside the mainstream have committed to celluloid. Films by Arnold, Brakhage, Duchamp, Henson, Kren, Lowder, McLeod, Tscherkassky, and many others will be shown and pondered. It is our sincere hope that the films and accompanying chit chat will excite, enlighten, aggravate, confuse, and inspire all attending makers and onlookers. If you do not attend you will miss out.