The NHSI Film & Video Institute offers students the same quality of experience they will encounter at top collegiate film programs, including Northwestern’s Radio-Television-Film Department. “Collaboration” and “Story” are the pillars that guide our curriculum, with an emphasis on film-“making”. Students get to experience the world-class facilities at Northwestern University, get a taste of Chicago, and steep themselves in their art for five weeks. Students leave this program better film makers, communicators, and collaborators. The production concentration is intended to teach a wide range of practical strategies and tools available for creating film meaning, and to encourage creative approaches to production. Students are instructed in both technical and aesthetic aspects of film-making through hands-on exercises and short projects. All students learn in Northwestern editing Labs. Concentration Highlights Production students focus on the techniques used in the creation and manipulation of motion pictures. Through the Production Core Curriculum, students will explore cinematography, editing, directing, and various other film production roles in order to collaborate on a multitude of film projects throughout the summer. The Production Concentration is intentionally “hands-on” and students will learn to use and master professional filmmaking tools in an effort to tell their unique stories. NHSI equipment => https://nhsi.northwestern.edu/film-video-division/production-concentration/film-video-our-equipment/ includes Canon cinema cameras with prime lenses and follow focus kits, RONIN stabilized handheld gimbal systems, DJI Phantom camera drones, GoPro cameras and accessories, Adobe Premiere Pro editing labs, and access to the same high-quality grip and electric gear used by Northwestern Radio-Television-Film => https://communication.northwestern.edu/academics/radio-television-film/index.html students. FINAL PROJECTS Each Production student will have the opportunity to produce a capstone project as either director, editor, writer, producer, sound designer, or DP. All projects will be fully realized by the individual student with the help of fellow Film & Video students, faculty and staff. You can watch a sampling of past students’ work on our Sample Film Work Page => https://nhsi.northwestern.edu/film-video-division/sample-film-work/