Learn how to make movies
- Free filmmaker Q&A:
Interested in a filmmaker Q&A at your school? Teachers should contact Katy Evans at The Grand Cinema, katy@grandcinema.com.
- Check out equipment for free:
The Main Branch of Tacoma Public Library has a Digital Media Lab where you can learn about and borrow film equipment. You can check out video cameras, tripods, audio recorders and reserve a computer with movie editing software: find out more here.
- Moviemaking 101 websites:
48 Film Project 5 Rules to Remember
Cinescopophilia Making Films on your Cell Phone
Learn how to write a poem
- Check out these sites on poetry writing for beginners:
Learn about the ocean and plastic trash
- The facts about the ocean trash problem:
- Annie Crawley (Ocean Fest speaker and filmmaker):
Inspiring ocean videos, plus the Great Pacific Garbage Patch at
Ocean Fest speaker and filmmaker Annie Crawley
The problem with plastic in the ocean:
Annie Crawley’s Refuse Single-Use Plastic Challenge
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Going Plastic-Free
Learn about chemical and oil pollution in Puget Sound
Puget Sound Keeper: The Problem with Pollution
Learn about microplastics in Puget Sound
Center for Urban Waters, scroll to videos, “UW 360”:
And you should enter in other competitions, too!
From the Bow Seat, an international ocean awareness contest with a $1,000 – $1,500 first prize