Digital Magic Workshop Is Scheduled Saturday With One Of Mississippi’s Premier Filmmakers
Local students and young adults have a chance to spend the day at a workshop with one of Mississippi’s premier filmmakers, Dr. Wilma E. Mosley Clopton.
WATER VALLEY – Local students and young adults have a chance to spend the day with one of Mississippi’s premier filmmakers, Dr. Wilma E. Mosley Clopton. The day-long Digital Magic Workshop on June 7th will introduce students to the concepts that create meaningful films and social media using the familiar tools—smartphones or tablets.
The workshop will be held at Everest, located at 802 Central Street, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and includes lunch.
Dr. Clopton has offered her Digital Magic Workshop to students across the state. Clopton helps participants develop critical thinking skills to tell their own story using digital media. She focuses on creating an understanding of the importance of subliminal messages and how they may be used to sway opinion.
Participants will explore the use of artificial intelligence but also discover how research is critical to the development of a complete story. Digital Magic is strategically designed to incorporate the components of research, social studies, history, reading, language, social interaction, and critical thinking. These are tools used to build meaningful skillsets and confidence for each student – while also learning the art of transforming their own stories into film.
The day-long digital media workshop is free and open to high school seniors and rising seniors as well as college-age young adults. Participants should be able to use a smartphone or tablet. Interested participants should contact Marie Antoon at MarieAntoon@gmail.com to register. Registration is limited.
Dr. Clopton, Ph.D. is an award-winning video historian and filmmaker. Dr. Clopton serves as president of NMHS Unlimited Film Productions, a Jackson-based nonprofit film company with the mission of telling the untold stories of people of African descent in Mississippi and the significant contributions that they made.
NMHS Unlimited began in the 1940s as The Negro in Mississippi Historical Society and was founded by her mother, Dr. Jessie Bryant Mosley. To date, her body of work includes 20 short films, 5 books, a children’s coloring book, and a play about people of African descent in Mississippi – with more works currently in progress. She is currently an adjunct professor at Jackson State University.
The Digital Magic Workshop is offered by Mississippi Blooming Creatives, a Special Project of the CREATE Foundation, and funded in part by the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
