HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS - News & Updates

All of us at HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS want to wish you a very Happy 4th of July.   Happy Birthday America!

ALUMNI & CONTINUUM - News & Updates

 

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Christine Garcia, mother of our Alumni, Shawn Cavette.  Christine gave countless hours working on the HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS Newsletter.   She was also a regular attendee of the Tuesday night Alumni/Continuum, even though she had to do so from a wheelchair as she suffered from MS.  Below is a photo from one of our Angel Tree Christmas Gift giveaways (to the children of those incarcerated).   Sorry for the poor quality of the photo, but Christine is the one in the white van.  She may not have been able to walk, but that never slowed her down or kept her from being their for others.

Her always present, bright smile will be missed by all that knew her.   Please pray for God's comfort for her grieving family.

 

Although we will miss her, we celebrate that she is no longer bound by a wheelchair and is in the loving arms of our Lord.

 

HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS - News & Updates

Last week we held our Semester #12 graduation with (18) graduates.   Good student speeches that challenged those in the audience to change their lives and make this the last time they come to jail.  I continued that challenge by asking everyone to come to the Alumni/Continuum; a support group to help them to succeed once they're out. 

We're down for (4) weeks and then will start Semester #14 and begin our 5th year... Wow!!  Praise God!   Thank you to all of our volunteer instructors and all their support.   We couldn't do it without them.    See you all soon. 

ALUMNI CONTINUUM - News & Updates

Amazing things continue to happen at our Tuesday night Alumni/Continuum meeting held at Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita.   A man showed up struggling with Heroin addiction.   He'd been clean and sober for nearly three years but recently had a set back and was back on "Smack".   He called the Sheriff's Department looking for a nearby support group and was directed in our meeting.  He was met with support and love, not just from our instructors but by the entire group.  One of our members, a former addict himself, even offering to drive him to a rehab center that night.  Unfortunately, our visitor wasn't ready that night to take the help.  We don't know how this story is going to play out yet, but the man continues to come and stay in touch with some of our Alumni members.  At this point we can pray for him that at some point soon he will have the strength to get back into a sober living environment and "get back on the wagon" to success.

Please come by and join us any Tuesday night from 7PM to 9PM in room C215 -  Grace Baptist Church in Santa Clarita:

22833 Copper Hill Drive
Santa Clarita, CA 91350

HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS - News & Update

 

For the last (5) weeks, Derrick, our guest writing instructors, has been working with our students to teach them story and structure as he's helped them to write their scripts for a 10 minute short film.   It's not easy learning the screenplay format, but Derrick is an excellent, passionate teacher who has taught them these skills.   I think he has also given some of our students a new passion for writing that they did not have before.

 

 

 We will be reviewing the scripts and be selecting a winner soon.    Along with writing, our editing class have been going very well.   We should be moving in the camera class next.  

 

 

 

Thank you to Derrick and all of our other volunteer instructors who give up so much of their time to make a difference in these men's lives and show them another direction. Thank you and God Bless you all!

 



HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS - News & Updates

We have started Semester #12, with 18 brand new students and 4 returning students.   We will be doing something very different this semester.  We will be concentrating on screenwriting.   Our plan is to spend about a month focusing on the craft of writing.   We will then break the students into 5 or 6 teams with each team writing a 5 to 10 minute "short".   The best teams script would then we shot mid-semester and edited during the last half of the semester...  that's the plan anyway.   We'll keep you posted.  Please continue to pray of these men and their families, that God will change their lives so they may live, happy, productive lives when they are released from jail or prison.   Thank you for your continued support.

HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS - News & Updates

 

Semester #11 is over.   We had a great group of students.  We held our graduation (2) weeks ago, with (18) graduates.  Congratulations to all of our grads!!    Thanks for all your hard work.  We'll be down until we start Semester #12.