New York (Vertical) Film Festival

It's time to make good videos on your phone
So you've been wanting to make videos on your phone; perhaps for work, for advocacy, or for fun. And yet, you wonder, what is the best way to make the videos? Do you need special lights and microphones? How do you edit them? What is the most effective time to post them? What are the best formats? The list goes on, and smothers all hope of your first video ever seeing the light of day....
UNTIL NOW
Please join Fractal Campus, Maximum New York, and Manhattan Institute for the New York (Vertical) Film Festival! Here you will show up, get direct instruction about how to make a video, and—within the course of an hour or less—you will make and post your first video. Maybe even two.
THEN YOU ENTER THEM INTO CATEGORIES, WE'll SCREEN THE VIDEOS, AND WE AWARD PRIZES!
Who should come to this event? People who want to make videos (loosely themed around NYC), but have been blocked. We'll unblock you, and help you post a video within an hour.
Run of show
Arrival window and snacks: 11:30am–noon
Intro and video making demos: noon–12:30pm
Video making around Fractal Campus: 12:30–1:30pm
Submit videos to categories and break: 1:30–1:50pm
Video screenings, prizes, and socializing: 1:50–2:30pm
What you need to bring
Willingness
A phone for video making
An app to post your video on (e.g., Instagram)
Notes on attending
We'll be taking pictures at the event to post online!
The event will be governed by the Maximum New York Code of Conduct, including: have a good time, be gracious, and display the postures of stick-to-it-iveness and a positive attitude!