2nd Big Bear Micro-PAH
Orientation for the competition, Project Accessible Hollywood, an amateur filmmakers opportunity to be artistic and create a mini-film on a cell phone! Details to be explained at the orientation.
This activity is free and open to all festival attendees and the community of Big Bear Lake.
Mr. Coppola himself personally gives the surprise Cellphone Art topic on the day of the contest. Don't miss it!
Christopher Coppola is a seasoned film and television director who is also founder and chairman of Project Accessible Hollywood (PAH), a non-profit organization that brings digital empowerment to underserved communities and individuals worldwide. Designed to reach the “everyday person,” PAH seeks to educate people on using simple digital media while encouraging them to express themselves artistically. Through its free, new media festivals, PAH brings technology education and community engagement, while supporting artistic expression through a digital storytelling competition. Since its inception, he has sponsored 10 full scale PAH-FESTS, and 13 Mini-PAHS in the US and abroad, bringing digital empowerment to everyday people by providing them with the tools and skills to tell their stories in the 21st century. Please visit www.pahnationfest.org for more information. Christopher is also President of Christopher R. Coppola Productions, a new media studio. Christopher has been a champion of and leader in digital media for over a decade. During his tenure, he has directed 8 feature films and a number of television shows.
Traveling across the United States and overseas, PAH-FEST is a groundbreaking digital media festival that celebrates the stories and voices of everyday people. Through a variety of fun and exciting contests, local participants are invited to create their own short digital films with pro-sumer cameras and video-enabled mobile phones provided by the Festival. Experienced industry “coaches” help festival participants realize their vision within the allotted timeframe.
Finished pieces are posted on the PAH-FEST online theater, where celebrity judges and the public choose the winning entries. The winners are screened for the local population in a closing ceremony, and cash prizes awarded. PAH-FEST’s goal is to use the democratizing power of the digital media revolution and the internet to connect people from all walks of life. Visual storytelling is the new universal language, particularly amongst young people. PAH-FEST offers participants the opportunity to discover the “artist within us all,” and to provide entertaining, quality content to the general public.
