Fright Fest, 2017

Mark your calendars: Fright Fest, 2017 is coming. Join us for a night of horror on October 30. We will be screening several short horror films, plus the 2016 release Ouija: Origin of Evil.

Tickets are only $2. Doors open at 6:30.

Here is the trailer for the film.

EGFC Produced Segment on Frosh Soccer

Here is a recent segment produced by EGFC for the EG360 morning announcements. The segment was produced by Simone Sierra.

EGFC Produced Segment on Fall Play

This year, Elk Grove Film Club will occasionally produce segments for EG360, the morning announcements at Elk Grove High School. Our first featured the Fall Play, "Peter and Wendy." Check out the extended version below, complete with "bloopers."

EGFC 2017 Trivia Contest

Join us on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 for the "Life is Like a Box of Trivia" Movie Contest! Who knows the most about movies? Snacks and prizes will be available.

After school in room 252. All are welcome.

CSFF 2017 Call for Entries

Call For Entries Open for CSFF 2017

Attention filmmakers!  It is that time of the year to start thinking about making a film for the CinéStudent Film Festival. This year, the festival will be held on March 17, 2017.

Submissions are due by February 20, 2017.  Submit at cinestudentfilmfest.org

Fright Fest 2016 Poll

EGFC Produced Video for the Elk Grove Parent Teacher Council

For the last 3 decades, the Elk grove Parent Teacher Council has hosted the "Holiday Sampler Arts and Crafts Show" the first Sunday of November. The purpose of the show is to raise funds that go right back to the school to help run clubs and activities. The EG Film Club has received generous grants from the PTC.

Several Elk Grove Film Club students filmed the craft show in 2015 and we just completed a video that shows just how important the Craft Show is to the students of Elk Grove High School.

What is a Grenadier?

Over the last couple of days, members of the EG Film Club have been filming our Grenadier for a short film to highlight that unique mascot of ours. Severals students donned the costumes, other set up shots and managed crowds in order to get the best footage for our film.

And here it is: Our Grenadier a film by the Elk Grove Film Club.  Enjoy.  Oh, and don't forget to vote in the Comcast Sportsnet Mascot Competition!

EGFC Technology Boost Fundraising Drive

This is going to be an exciting year.  Not only will the Elk Grove Film Club be sponsoring monthly community film screenings, we also plan on offering filmmaking workshops and hosting our first annual cinéStudent Film Festival in the spring.

In order to get this year off the ground, we need your help.  We have partnered with donorschoose.org to raise some funds in order to buy some equipment for us to get started.  Since most of our students have iPads, we are looking to get some equipment to turn this device into a full-fledged movie-making machine.  Any donation will be greatly appreciated for us to meet this goal.  Since donorschoose.org is a 503c charitable organization, any donation made to EGFC through donorschoose.org is completely tax deductible.

Check out the video below for more information about the Technology Boost Fundraising Drive:


This equipment will allow us to start making films, supporting the school in meaningful ways and offering others in the school the opportunity to use this technology.

Please visit our fundraising page at donorschoose.org for more information.

Thank you for your support.

EGFC Press Release: Elk Grove Film Club to Make Crowd-Sourced Video

***For immediate release***
Elk Grove Film Club to Make Crowd-Sourced Video
The new Elk Grove Film Club needs your video footage.  In a kick-off event inaugurating the new organization at Elk Grove High School, the film club will be producing a video containing footage shot by students, staff, parents and community members.
“Any video footage of Elk Grove High School will do,” says sponsor Bruce Janu.  “All that it needs to be is positive, uplifting and interesting.”
Crowd-sourcing is a relatively new technique in which people not associated with the production provide footage and pictures via email and social networks.
“People document their lives on their phones and tablets all the time,” explains Janu.  “And they have some great stuff that will never be used or seen.  Crowd-sourcing allows us to use that footage and celebrate it in a video.”
People who submit footage that ends up in the final video will have their names in the credits.  
“We want as many people involved as possible,” Janu says.  “This is a celebration of Elk Grove High School.”
The club is looking for video that displays interesting aspects of Elk Grove High School:  dances, practices, award ceremonies, athletic events, competitions, prom, graduation.  The footage then will most likely be incorporated into some type of music video.
“The candid shots are the best,” says Janu.  
People who want to submit footage can do so by emailing the footage to egfilmclub@gmail.com.  If the footage is already online, people can also just send the links.   More information can be found at the official website of the Elk Grove Film Club (http://www.eghsfilmclub.org) Contact: Bruce Janu  Elk Grove High School bruce.janu@d214.org (847)718-4767

EGFC DIY Filmmaking: Episode 1

One thing this club will be doing is producing DIY filmmaking videos.  Here is our first video and others will follow in the coming year.  This one is about Green Screen technology.