OU's Independent Film Project will offer a crash course on making an independent film Saturday in its Third Annual School of Art Motion Picture and Video Symposium at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
Oklahoma independent filmmakers Rick Walker, Jill Noonan and Rod Slane will lead workshops showing the production process of their films.
Walker produced and directed "Sam & Janet," which he shot in Oklahoma City last year and won the award for best screenplay at the New York International Film Festival.
Walker said his workshop from 10 a.m. to noon will teach both film students and film enthusiasts.
"After two hours, you'll know how to make a movie, from page to projector," he said.
Tulsa filmmakers Noonan and Slane produced and directed last year's "The Round and Round," a political film about the issue of cockfighting. Noonan and Slane's workshop will begin at 1 p.m.
Following the "The Round and Round" workshop, seven Oklahoma filmmakers and film scholars will lead a panel discussion on making independent films. Panelists include Brad Beesley, director of the documentary "Okie Noodlin';" Marlon Edwards, director, writer and star of "Black Marshal" and Grant and Lance Brittan, directors of "The Living Testament of Larry Darryl."
Shawnee Brittan, OU's filmmaker in residence, said this symposium will be both a learning experience and a networking opportunity for attendees.
"For anybody interested in filmmaking, or who wants to make a movie or has a story they'd like to tell, this is a wonderful place to come to learn how to do that and network with other filmmakers," he said.
Registration for the workshop begins at 9 a.m. and will include a free lunch at the museum's Redbud Cafe. The panel discussion will conclude at 4 p.m. For more information, call the Independent Film Project at 325-4670.
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