If you had unlimited cash to make a movie, what would it be about?
“Native Americans. There are movies about the Holocaust and slavery, but Native Americans got screwed too.”
–Michelle Labrador, 29
interior designer, Lincoln Square
“Something about snowboarding, but not cheesy tricks. Maybe about their life on the road and how they never have a summer.”
–Lori Mukoyama, 29
designer, Wicker Park
“Life in Peoria, Ill. My friend and I have a script already.
A schizophrenic gets a girl pregnant and then moves to Hawaii.”
–Sean Knight, 26
Lakeview
“A documentary on the impact of political parties on African-American voters.”
–Wendy Rowls, 30
accountant, Edgewater
. . . OR BANK IT
For less than a cool $1,000, you can start your film career in Chicago.
Chicago Filmmakers offers screenwriting and directing classes for $350 each, and digital editing classes for $365. Film Production 1, in which you make your own short film, runs $870. www.chicagofilmmakers.org.
The Chicago Academy of Visual Arts offers The Beginning Filmmaking, a six week course for about $350. www.smsprod.com/cava/index.html.
Or, try these acting courses:
The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts Players Workshop at $210 per eight-week term to boost your improv skills. www.theaterland.com.
Act One Studio’s Fundamentals of Acting series of the craft for $295. www.actone.com.
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Edited by Lara Weber (lweber@tribune.com) and alBerto Trevino (atrevino@tribune.com)
