Students are invited to focus their cameras on Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and enter the fourth annual Digital Mountain Film Festival.
Students are invited to focus their cameras on Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and enter the fourth annual Digital Mountain Film Festival.
Student filmmakers from seventh to 12th grade can contact Park Ranger Kupono McDaniel at 985-6015 or kupono_mcdaniel@nps.gov to arrange filming and editing at the park; beginners are welcome.
“This is an opportunity not only for students to express what Hawaii Volcanoes National Park means to them in a creative, fun way, but for the park to see how we are perceived by our youth — the ones who will be the future stewards of public lands,” said McDaniel.
The short films will be uploaded by park staff to YouTube, and the public will be able to vote for their favorite films online starting Nov. 12. The deadline for all entrants is Nov. 5. The park will loan cameras to students who need them.
The Digital Mountain Film Festival culminates at 6 p.m. Dec. 1 with a celebration and public showing of the films at the Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium. Winners, who have a chance to win laptop computers and digital cameras, will be announced at the festival.
For more information, contact McDaniel or visit facebook.com/DigitalMountain FilmFestival.