Super 8 Eco-Processing with Echo Park Film Center

Using the classic home-movie camera, participants will explore the history, application and tender sophistication of small format filmmaking. After capturing some Super 8 images on a stroll around Pacific Palisades Park, we'll return to the Camera Obscura Arts Lab to process our film using a developer we'll make from organic ingredients such as instant coffee, local flowers and seaweed!

Stick around after for a brief screening of two Echo Park Film Center 'City Symphonies.' Workshop Facilitators: Andrew Kim, Nicole Ucedo and Penelope Uribe-Abee.

All Echo Park Film Center events:

Fridays & Saturdays, November 24 - December 22, 10am-12pm: I'll Be Your Mirror open worksessions (FREE!)

Saturday, December 1, 12-4pm: Cinematic Stocking Stuffers in conjunction with Repair Café (FREE!)

Saturday, December 8, 11am-1pm: Feeling Blue: A Cyanotype Workshop $5

Saturday, December 8, 1-4pm: Make Your Own Camera Obscura! $5

Saturday, December 15, 12-4pm: Super 8 Filmmaking and Eco-Processing $5

Saturday, December 22, 12-4pm: Home Movie Day (FREE!)

Established in 2001, Echo Park Film Center is a non-profit media arts organization that inspires, educates, activates and empowers using community cinema as a catalyst. Committed to providing underserved communities with equal and affordable access to film/video resources, EPFC operates a neighborhood microcinema space, offers free and nominal-cost education programs, provides access to a comprehensive film/video equipment and resource department, hosts artist residencies and tours locally and internationally with their eco-friendly mobile cinema and film school. More at www.echoparkfilmcenter.org.

Visit us at 1450 Ocean Ave at Broadway in Santa Monica & http://smgov.net/camera
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Train/Bus: Metro terminus at 4th St/Colorado, 4 blocks away. Upon exiting the station go west on Colorado to Ocean Ave, cross the street to the Pier and go north in the park just past Broadway. http://metro.net or http://bigbluebus.com.

Directions: The Camera Obscura Art Lab is at 1450 Ocean Ave on the west side of Ocean just north of Broadway.

By Metro - 4th St. Santa Monica Downtown stop, walk two blocks west to Ocean and 1.5 blocks north from the Pier entrance.

Parking is $6 or less for 3 hours in Parking Structure 6 (2nd between Broadway and Santa Monica), and $5 on weekends at the Civic Auditorium lot just down Main Street at 333 Civic Center Dr. Meters on Ocean Avenue; $2/hr maximum 3 hours. More info: smgov.net/parking.
Buses: visit bigbluebus.com or metro.net for more information.
Bike share lockup just south of us in the park; for personal bikes remember to bring a strong lock.

Registration: We encourage reserving online with a credit card. Some classes accept drop-ins. Bring cash to cover material fees, if applicable. Refunds/Transfers: Full refunds are given if class is cancelled before taking place - enroll online with confidence. For student withdrawals for any other reason, $15 processing fee for each multisession activity refunded; one-time classes & expended material fees are nonrefundable. Requests must be made in person, by mail, fax (310-899-0840), or email to communityclasses@smgov.net within 24 hours of first class meeting. All class dates, times, locations, and instructors are subject to change.

About: Visit the Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean to get a different perspective. The City of Santa Monica offers arts, crafts and culture classes for adults here year-round, and you can polish your writing, take a better photo, learn how to make paper, get your groove on and find a community of makers and movers. Weekly hangouts with artists through the ongoing Studio Residency program as well as workshops and one-off experiences bring insight into a variety of artistic work. This community practice space offers room for you to develop your own creativity and learn from others.