Director’s Cut Childcare Option for Children and Parents Affected by the BCTF Strike

A friend of RESP Info has passed along this children’s camp information for parents who may be in need of child care next week.  For any further information please contact them directly at the phone number listed below.

The Director’s Cut Workshops, Canada’s leading provider of digital literacy workshops responded to the news of the strike next week by offering day-long film making workshops for students in Grades K – 7 at Vancouver-area Cineplex theatre locations. Cineplex is a partner with the Directors Cut and also hosts Spring Break camps at various locations.

“We work closely with teachers when we deliver our in-class workshops at schools across the province and sympathize with their situation. We also understand parents will need options for their children during the strike and are offering educational and entertaining film-making workshops from Monday – Wednesday next week,” said Farrah Jinha, BC’s Regional Director.

The Director’s Cut uses state of the art digital hardware and software that provides children with the real “Hollywood” film making experience. Workshops are stop-motion animation film making classes where students work in film crews to develop a script, build clay characters and backdrops, film and then edit their movie with titles, music and voiceovers. They also then get to enjoy a matinee performance of the latest blockbuster children’s film along with a popcorn snack pack. The workshop runs from 9am to 4pm and the cost is $45 plus HST. Students only need to bring a nut-free lunch and their imagination.

Film Making Workshops will be held at the Scotiabank Theatre in Vancouver on Monday March 5th and Wednesday March 7th and at Metropolis Metrotown on Tuesday March 6th. Parents can register their children online at www.thedirectorscut.ca. Space is limited.

The Director’s Cut has grown from one school servicing 23 children, 6 years ago to 400 schools servicing over 110,000 children during the 2011-2012 film season. The Director’s Cut is the first mobile film and imaging studio dedicated to children in Canada. and the United States. Partners include Crayola, The Magazine and Cineplex Theatres and classroom and camps include content from Warner Bros, Twentieth Century Fox.

For more information, please contact:
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Farrah Jinha, Regional Director
The Directors Cut – British Columbia
mobile – 604-616-7687
email – farrah@thedirectorscut.ca

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