SEPTEMBER 2010 - FILMSTEPS COMES TO CHISWICK!
We are delighted to announce that a brand new Filmsteps will be opening their doors in September in Chiswick, West London. Based at the Arts Educational School, Filmsteps Chiswick will be running term time film schools every Wednesday evening plus a wide variety of courses and workshops in the school holidays. For more information please call 0870 922 9514
JULY 2010 - SUMMER SCHOOLS SELL OUT
Our popular 5 Day Summer Film Schools are now in their fourth year! This year we are running Summer Schools in Belsize Park, Maida Vale, Teddington, Poole and Maidstone and have more young crews joining us than ever before. We are very much looking forward to the Red Carpet Cinema screenings of all the films made this autumn.
MAY 2010 - FILMSTEPS POOLE CELEBRATES IT'S FIRST BIRTHDAY!
The Poole term time crews celebrated with a Special Effects Make Up Session with Horrible Histories Make-Up artist Farida. The kids learnt how to create gory wounds, sunburn and missing teeth at our Pirates of The Carribean big birthday party!
APRIL 2010 - FILMSTEPS MAIDSTONE ARE THE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS 2010!
Congratulations to Filmsteps Maidstone who won the Filmsteps Challenge 2010. All our crew members were challenged to choose a charity and devise their own fundraising tv show in aid of their chosen charity. You can see all the entries on Filmsteps TV (www.filmstepstv.com) / Studio 2/ Funday channel.
MARCH 2010 - CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNING FILMSTEPS CREW MEMBERS
Filmsteps crew members win a whole host of fabulous competition prizes courtesy of the makers of Nanny Mc Phee and Astro Boy!
NOVEMBER 2009 - ODEON CINEMA TO SHOW ANIMATIONS MADE BY FILMSTEPS CREW MEMBERS
The Odeon Maidstone have invited Filmsteps Maidstone students to show their Alvin themed Stop Motion animations alongside a public screening of the new exciting feature length Alvin movie coming out this Christmas.
NOVEMBER 2009 - FILMSTEPS & THE LONDON CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
A special thank you to our friends at the London Children's Film Festival 2009 who have offered our lucky Filmsteps crew members a chance to win free tickets. Now in its fifth year, our friends at the London Children's Film Festival tell us that it going to be bigger and more exciting than ever. For more information you can visit their website: http://www.lcff.co.uk
OCTOBER 2009 - FILMSTEPS & 20TH CENTURY FOX
To celebrate the exciting release of the film FANTASTIC MR FOX, we teamed up with our friends at Twentieth Century Fox to give one lucky Filmsteps crew member and their families the chance to attend an exclusive press screening of FANTASTIC MR FOX in London's West End 5 DAYS BEFORE THE REST OF THE WORLDÉ.! The lucky winner was Taryn (9yrs) from FIlmsteps Maidstone!
Here is what Taryn's mum had to say about the day:
"Just wanted to let you know that we have had the most magical day at the Fantastic Mr Fox preview. Taryn had the chance to enjoy Fantastic Mr Fox cakes, biscuits, face painting, balloon modeling, the screen was well stocked with apple fruit shoots and he got some great goodies like pencils and book marks. The film was fantastic and really funny. We got a copy of the Mr Fox production notes and it was amazing to see that a 45 second scene in the film of preparing a huge feast, took 3 months to make. It was amazing and thank you Filmsteps for such a great opportunity!!"
SEPTEMBER 2009 - SUMMER FILM SCHOOLS 2009
Congratulations to all the Filmsteps Crews who took part in our 2009 Summer Schools! This year, Filmsteps Poole, Filmsteps Maidstone, Filmsteps Teddington, Filmsteps Belsize Park and Filmsteps Maida Vale all ran special 5 Day Summer Film Schools. The films from our Summer Film Schools were screened in real cinemas at various locations across the country at special glamorous Filmsteps red carpet screenings and they can all now be seen on the Movie Channel on Filmsteps TV (www.filmstepstv.com)
MAY 2009 - BEN STILLER AND BARBARA WINDSOR!
Read the interview with Hollywood star Ben Stiller plus a special message to Filmsteps crews from British veteran actress Barbara Windsor in the Masterclass Zone on Filmsteps TV - www.filmstepstv.com
APRIL 2009 - FILMSTEPS COMES TO POOLE!
Filmsteps is delighted to announce a brand new school - Filmsteps Poole!
The school will be opening it's door to young filmmakers with an exciting 5 Day Summer Film School at the end of July 2009 and has a Saturday School starting in September 2009. For more information please call 0844 579 1721.
MARCH 2009 - FILMSTEPS CHALLENGE 2009 JUDGES ANNOUNCED!
Congratulations to all our Filmsteps Crews who have been busy making their pop videos in response to our Filmsteps Challenge 2009. We are delighted to announce that RICK BLASKEY and THE LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR are going to join forces with Filmsteps Head Office to help pick the 'Filmsteps Challenge 2009 Winners'!
RICK BLASKEY has been involved with major international artists including Whitney Houston, Ricky Martin, Sir Cliff Richard and Russell Watson. He has also been Executive Producer of music for FIFA World Cups, The FA ,The BBC Olympics, Rugby World Cups, and currently ITV FA Cup theme 'Abide With Me' featuring The London Community Gospel Choir.
THE LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR are one of Britain's best loved choirs. They have sung with Elton John, Madonna, George Michael, Mariah Carey and Westlife. Sung on The Lion King soundtrack, and have featured on numerous X Factor shows, GMTV, Parkinson and Royal Variety and other TV shows.
MARCH 2009 - FILMSTEPS CHALLENGE 2009 PRIZE ANNOUNCED!
We have an amazing prize for Filmsteps Challenge 2009 Winners: The winning crew will get to hear two professional singers singing their song! Two members of the London Community Gospel Choir will pay the winning crew a visit next term to sing their song with them. The event will be filmed as the 'concert version' of the winning song and featured on Filmsteps TV! The winning crew will be announced on Filmsteps TV on Saturday April 18th 2009. All the other entries will be available for viewing on Filmsteps TV from Thursday April 23rd 2009. www.filmstepstv.com
FEBRUARY 2009 - FILMSTEPS COMES TO MAIDA VALE
Filmsteps have just announced the launch of a brand new school - Filmsteps Maida Vale. It will be opening its doors to young filmmakers from April 2009 and is now taking bookings. To reserve a place please call 0870 024 2522 or to find out more click on Term Time Schools/ Maida Vale.
JANUARY 2009 - FILMSTEPS CHALLENGE 2009 IS ANNOUNCED
Each of our Filmsteps Schools was given the Filmsteps Challenge 2009 at the start of this term. A brand new piece of music was commissioned and composed especially for our Filmsteps Crews and they have just 10 weeks in which to turn it into a hit pop video! Good Luck Filmsteps! The pop videos will be shown on Filmsteps TV later this year.
DECEMBER 2008 - TALES OF DESPEREAUX INTERVIEW
Read the interview with the Animator's from Universal Pictures's new cinema release in the Masterclass Zone on Filmsteps TV! www.filmstepstv.com
SEPTEMBER 2008 - FILMSTEPS TV!
A brand new online TV station for young people by young people is to be launched on September 28th 2008! The site will feature all the work made by our students and children will be able to make their own programmes at home or at school and upload them. www.filmstepstv.com
JUNE 2008 - TWO NEW BRANCHES!
Filmteps Teddington and Filmsteps Rochester will be opening their doors to young filmmakers from September and are now taking bookings for their Term Time Schools. They have lots of exciting plans so watch this space!
MAY 2008 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY FILMSTEPS!
Filmsteps is celebrating its first birthday. In celebration of our first birthday we organised a special birthday ballot and the lucky winners had a free trip to visit the studios of the popular Saturday night BBC show 'I'd Do Anything' at Television Centre.
Our winners were shown around the Director's gallery, the Sound gallery and Lighting galleries. They got to see how a crane camera works and then they were invited to watch the dress rehearsal. Plus they got to see Graham Norton, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many of the 'Nancys' and 'Olivers' taking part in the show!
A fitting celebration for a fabulous first year! The response to our ballot was overwhelming and we just wish we could have taken everyone who applied!
APRIL 2008 - BBC LONDON RADIO
You can listen to two of our Term Time Students on BBC London Radio's Saturday Morning Breakfast Show here: