Teaching, Learning and Growing

eFace Media offers classes in screenwriting, film production video editing and more:

Video Editing: Final Cut Pro, Motion Graphics
Video Editing for Story - Narrative Film
Video Editing for Story - Documentary Film

Screenwriting

Documentary 101: Creating, researching, producing, filming and editing your documentary.

Feature 101: Writing, casting, producing, filming and editing your documentary.

Creative Writing

Graphic Design: Working with Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark (coming soon, InDesign)
Learn the basics of color separation, layout, typography.

Please email or call 516 432 1559 for further information.

Primary Instructor

David E. Feldman
Award-winning producer, screenwriter, playwright and Vessel Films, LLC founder David E. Feldman has been writing stories and books for thirty years, most recently "Pilgrimage from Darkness, Nuremberg to Jerusalem," (Univ. Press of Mississippi, April '04). His screenplays include the recently-completed spiritual/psychodrama LET ME OUT!, which he co-directed/produced as well and which was awarded Best Psychological Drama at the New York Independent International Film and Video Festival in March '09. His romantic comedies MAKING HEADLINES and PEARL are both in the final stages of development. Mr. Feldman co-produced and the documentary "ZHANG YAN: The Story of A Beijinger" with documentary filmmaker/producer Defu Chen. ZHANG YAN is expected to air on Chinese TV in '09. Mr. Feldman's first documentary, WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN - A SPIRITUAL DOCUMENTARY, is now available on DVD and has been used as a classroom teaching tool in religious institutions. Mr. Feldman is the owner of the ad agency and graphic design studio E. Face Graphics, LLC, which he founded in 1989. Prior to that he was involved in typography and print advertising production for agencies with clients including Revlon, Estee Lauder, BMW, ESPN and Cosmair cosmetics. He lives in Long Beach, NY with his wife and two sons.

Guest Instructors

Gary Planken
Award-winning director, producer, screenwriter, and Under The Sun Films founder Gary Planken has been crafting films for 8 years. He has directed three films and produced four: INDIAN LARRY (Documentary; produced/directed); THE WORLD'S LARGEST PORTRAITS (Documentary; produced/directed); PUNK SMOOTH (Feature; produced/directed); NETHERLANDS (Feature; produced). Currently, he is directing the documentary, WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN - A SPIRITUAL DOCUMENTARY. He is also an experienced writer and video editor. He lives in Atlantic Beach, NY with his wife and daughter.

Awards:
Producer: Best film Long Island Intermational Expo for movie Netherland a crime drama
Producer: Honorary Award: New York Film Festival for Documentary THE WORLD'S LARGEST PORTRAITS.
Press: NY Times featured article: Indian Larry Memorial Field Tribute : Remarkable and Outstanding/NY TImes

Barbara J. Weber - Soundscapes

Winning 1st prize for her Symphonic Tone Poem entitled “Exodus” at the 2008 “Bible Art Show” in Long Beach, NY was just one of the recent elements that inspired a classical trained violinist to consider composing for film. The piece, “Exodus” based upon the famous biblical scene where Moses leads the Jews out of exile from Egypt was electronically composed on a Mac computer. It simulates a full orchestral sound complete with strings, brass, percussion and an array of sound effects depicting the parting of the Red Sea as well as elements in the famous flight.

Since then, Barbara’s music has appeared in two films. One is a documentary, “What Does It All Mean?” which asks questions regarding faith.  She has also scored an Indie feature entitled “Let Me Out.” It is scheduled to appear at the New York International Film and Video Festival this March.

Fueled by a tremendous range of musical appreciation, the content of her music has been greatly influenced by a number of diverse musical styles and artists; from the minimalism and ambience of John Adams, Jon Michael Jarre, Andreas Vollenweider, and Brian Eno, to the tangos of Astor Piazzolla , the trance of Paul Van Dyk and the consonant harmonies and melodies of Stephen Sondheim. Additional composition credits include a series of live performances of her “Iberian Rhapsody” a solo unaccompanied work for violin performed by violinist Neal Wackenhaimer on several occasions in and around the Forest Hills, NY area and in Rhode Island. Ms. Weber grew up in Brooklyn, NY. She was introduced to the violin while in the New York City school system. Quickly excelling in the instrument, she attended the High School of Performing Arts and The Juilliard School. She was a student of the esteemed violin pedagogues Christine Dethier and Ivan Galamian. Ms Weber also has an MFA degree from Brooklyn College in Theatre Management. Following an internship program, she was hired by Columbia Artists Management, Inc. (CAMI) and became part of a world famous management team responsible for bringing Vladmir Horowitz back to the concert stage in the 1980’s (one of his final concerts.)