Grand Rapids Community College Offers Film Training
Michigan is one of the few states courting the film industry with
rebates and tax incentives. This should bring more film makers
to Michigan in 2009. In anticipation of the films and film crews
that will be needed to bring these projects to completion,
Grand Rapids Community College is offering 4 different courses
in training for film production.
- Basic Film Set Training
- Film Camera Loader Workshop
- Introduction to Technical Labor: Electrical
- Introduction to Technical Labor: The Film Grip
These classes run from $125 to $1750 for tuition fees and some may
require some technical knowledge and expertise.
TicTock Studios in Holland MI is co-sponsoring the Basic Film Set
Training to supply needed expertise to film makers here. These
programs are state approved and might qualify for No Worker Left
Behind funding to participate in the film training program.
Michigan Film Office lists 14 films that were made in Michigan last year,
including Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, which has Oscar nominations.
(We saw this one last week - a very powerful film)
West Michigan Tourist Assoc. has opened a West Michigan Film Office in
anticipation of the need for coordination of West Michigan sources for
film crews and production.
Henry Ford Community College is also offering classes.
The classes at GRCC start in March, so check out the links and
you could be working on a movie set this year!
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