With support from the California Arts Council Reel Stories Alumni and Teaching Assistant Grace Patterson will attend courses in Adobe filmmaking software to advance her skillset and better support our students. The Bay Area courses will focus on Adobe Premier and After Effects. These courses will support Grace as an Alumni of Reel Stories continue her professional filmmaking development, as well as advancing her capacity as a teaching artist training the next generation of filmmakers.
Through summer programs, after school programs and weekend workshops Reel Stories trains the next generation of female filmmakers. Reel Stories is the only girls’ media camp in the United States taught by top media professionals. Young women receive hands-on workshops with professional technology. This not only enhances their craft but gives them insight into the plethora of career options in the film, television and media industries.
Reel Stories programs are designed to give campers the experience of real-world filmmaking. Every activity has a carefully designed curriculum which provides technical skills, collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving, media literacy, and professional mentoring. Each program culminates in a short film that is ready for distribution

