Our Story
COVID note: InterGen Studio is working closely with school officials and senior groups to ensure the program is held in a COVID-safe environment, and according to the rules and directions from the local official entities.
HAPPENING FALL 2022
InterGen Studio is partnering with the McCord Museum to run a 3-month program in Montreal, connecting seniors and youth over their shared love of capturing stories. Sharing Our Memories Together is an intergenerational program where participants focus on archiving stories through filmmaking. With the guidance of the McCord Museum, the participants will receive direction in empathic learning, memories and archiving. The InterGen Studio brings together mentorship, storytelling and hands-on learning of filmmaking mediums.
Participants will dive into the cornerstones of filmmaking: (1) the point of view, (2) visual concepts, (3) movement and space, (4) montage, (5) storyboard, (6) symbolism, image & metaphor, and the (7) importance of sound.
McCord Museum’s Partageons Mémoires/Memories Together session will begin, a program on empathic learning, memories and archiving. The youth and senior participants will be paired off into groups.
The intergenerational groups will use the following weeks to focus on what story they want to tell, while learning how to use their filmmaking framework to showcase it.
Participants will film their stories and be in full InterGen Studio mode! With the guidance of their mentors, participants will work on interviews, b-roll, and filming in general.
During post-production, participants will learn about the digital softwares used to edit films. They will edit their films, source sound recordings and add any graphics needed.
The goal? Create a broadcast-quality video to be showcased in December.
InterGen Studio Film Festival:
Introducing InterGen Studio’s first film festival! This will be where our filmmakers have the opportunity to showcase their films to friends, family, and the community. There will be a judging panel and prizes given out for the best film in each category.
The Film Festival is a chance for InterGen Studio participants to share their stories publicly and interact with their community.
