Deaf Film Camp at Camp Mark Seven

Registration is now live for DFC 2021 summer camp! PLEASE NOTE: As you know, it is still uncertain times with the coronavirus pandemic going on, the M7DF board will be meeting this spring to determine whether we will continue to keep the camp programs open or not. Please know that, should we decide to close the camp again, your $200 non-refundable deposit will be refunded for this reason. This applies to all camp programs.

Online registration for Deaf Film Camp will start at midnight on January 1, 2021 for all programs except KODA at the Active site: https://campscui.active.com/orgs/CampMark7 Be sure to reserve your spot!!! For more information about registration/refund policy, please check www.campmark7.org

Sale ends one week from today! Get them for your DFC kiddos!

Stocking stuffer ideas for the upcoming holidays! A Cat's Meow Village or a Micro Puzzle. Payable through CM7 PayPal page. Items can be picked up in Rochester, NY area or shipped to your home address.

Special Announcement: 2021 CM7 Schedule & Registration We hope that you and your families are safe and healthy during these unpredictable times. The safety and... welfare of our campers, counselors, staff and family continues to be Camp Mark Seven’s top priority. CM7 has announced our summer camp program schedule for next year, 2021. Please bear in mind that the summer camp programs are subject to change and could possibly be cancelled again due to the coronavirus pandemic and guidelines imposed by the state of New York. We are proceeding with our online registration on January 1, 2021 for all programs except KODA, and the KODA programs on Sunday January 3, 2021. We are cautiously optimistic and look forward to serving you again for summer of 2021. Please do remain in touch with CM7 updates through our website and Facebook page, Mark Seven Deaf Foundation, Inc Camp Mark Seven. Please continue to social distance, wear your masks, stay healthy and be safe.

Congratulations to Deaf Film Camp at Camp Mark Seven for winning the Jr. Deaf Rochester Film Festival Showcase award with this film "All For You"!! Congrats to Brian Jimenez, Nate Goff, Marden Kowalczyk, Serena Rush, Audrey Gray, Spencer. Ragona and Joshua Howell-Leyer. And special thanks to the Deaf Rochester Film Festival crew for hosting this wonderful virtual event. This is awesome! We’re so proud of this group! Way to go!

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DFC ALERT!! DFC films will be showcased at this virtual event! Mark your calendars! Jr DRFF Showcase for for Wednesday, October 14th at 10AM - 11:59PM (Eastern Time).

Check this out! We know our DFC campers would love this!

#GivingTuesday Amazon Wish List- Week 2: Our featured item is the Cuisinart Stainless 5 Quart Saute Pan. Camp Mark 7 needs two stainless steel saute pans for ...efficient heat distribution for simmering, boiling, and reduction of liquids. If you want to donate $ to get these pans for CM7, please go directly to our CM7 Wish List by clicking on the link below: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/RL2PX0FC4N2Y See more

Don't forget to register for our 4th and LAST Monday Deaf STEM webinar this coming Monday, September 21st!

Anyone willing to help? Your support means a lot!

Curious about mechanical engineering and how to become one? Look no further as this webinar on Monday, September 14th at 4 pm, will give you an insightful intro...duction to the aspects of mechanical engineering! Get the chance to meet Cory Behn, who's deaf, works for the Department of Defense as a Mechanical Engineer! Register now at www.deaffilmcamp.com to reserve your spot! This will be voiced and captioned made possible by NTID’s Access Services!! Thank you NTID! See more

Wanna learn cool coding tricks with Minecraft? Register now at www.deaffilmcamp.com for TODAY’s webinar at 4 pm! This will be voiced and captioned made possible by NTID’s Access Services!! Thank you NTID!

Wanna learn cool coding tricks with Minecraft? Register now at www.deaffilmcamp.com for this Monday’s webinar at 4 pm!! This will be voiced and captioned made possible by NTID’s Access Services!! Thank you NTID!

Mark your calendars! This one you must see!

Tomorrow at 4 pm EST. Register at www.deaffilmcamp.com

Don’t forget to register for tomorrow’s webinar at 4 pm EST!

Thank you to all that helped DFC become the success it was! We appreciate you so much!

GREAT news for our aspiring Deaf STEM campers! We are excited to share that NTID has made it possible for CM7 to offer four FREE Deaf STEM webinars starting this Monday! Open to all ages! Multiply your learnings from our Deaf STEM role models below! REGISTER now for Deaf STEM Monday Nights at www.deaffilmcamp.com #deafstemcamp2020

Camp Mark Seven’s Camp Director wants to thank 4 people that made up the Crew for DFC’s Virtual Program. The Crew, thank you so much for all you did!

Check out how many countries came to watch our Virtual Program!! Thank you all so much for being a part of this.

On behalf of the Mark Seven Deaf Foundation and Deaf Film Camp boards, we extend our utmost gratitude and congratulations to Michael Kaufer, who served as Director for Deaf Film Camp for the past five amazing years- especially with a successful virtual camp this summer! His exemplary leadership, hours and passion he has invested into this camp went above and beyond our wildest expectations and for that, we are grateful. Please join us in thanking Michael for his generous contributions and service to our CM7 community!

I got in the zoom and was overwhelmed seeing so many DFC teachers giving me a farewell party! I will never this! What a wonderful gift #farewell #gratitude #goodbye #love #friendship

Wayne’s webinar is today, it’s the last one! Don’t forget to tune in or sign up. Go to our website to register!

A special message from Michael, DFC Director. Tomorrow is our last class. Don’t miss it! It is with Wayne Betts Jr. at 3pm EST! Register now on our website.

Wayne Betts Jr. will be giving his presentation tomorrow! It will be at 3pm EST. Don’t miss it, register now!

Toj Mora will be giving a class on Tuesday, August 18th at 3 PM Film and Television/ Deaf in Hollywood. Come and watch. Sign up www.deaffilmcamp.com

Sign up! Saturday, August 15th 1 PM EST. Www.deaffilmcamp.com. Click classes!

Hi, sign up for his class! It's tomorrow, August 15th at 1 PM EST. www.deaffilmcamp.com->click classes! Thank you! #deaffilmcamp2020

Stephanie’s second stop motion class is tomorrow!! If you haven’t signed up, sign up now on our website. We’re very excited! Www.deaffilmcamp.com. Stephani Garrison

A little throwback for everyone! This is a fun video the teachers did last year. Most of the teachers from this year's virtual classes are in the video. We hope you enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngx3XiB0dVw&t=65s

Sign up for my webinar at www.deaffilmcamp.com (click classes). I will be on zoom tomorrow, Monday, August 10th at 3 PM EST! See ya tomorrow!

Use the tips and advices for your headshot that Daniel gave you today! Share your headshot, swipe left for the criteria. Daniel N Durant

August is Happiness Happens Month! So we would like to share a video "Happy" made by DFC. Enjoy the video!

Awesome. DFC is in this news! Enjoy this video!

Special thanks to Gallaudet University for the Mohawk Lodge sponsorship of the DFC Virtual Camp. Here’s the video...

Our contest winner for the photography contest with his new sweatshirt! We’re glad you like it. Erikson Young

ANNOUNCEMENT: Jason’s class will be postponed to this Sunday, August 9th. If you registered for his class you should get an email. If you haven’t, register now!

Hi DFC Family, Thought you would like to know about this! Go for it! :)

NEW CONTEST! Jeremy Lee Stone has a new contest for you. Create a story ‘GO’ and edit scales. Use what you learned in his class. Be creative and have fun!

OUR VV WINNERS! To see the winning videos, go to our Instagram page!! Ages 0-12: Galvin Nathanson Ages 13-18: Jalena and Jaden Dingel ... Ages 18 and up: Sam @zxvasdf Contact [email protected] to get your free t-shirt!!

What a nice surprise to get this video created by Filmmaker Antonio Bottari from Italy. Thank you so much! :)

CJ Jones will be giving a presentation as one of our special guests! His workshop is on July 30th at 10am PST/1pm EST. Register now! Www.deaffilmcamp.com and click classes *Transcript in the comments below* (A Black man walks into the frame with a white long sleeve shirt and a blue backward hat. The background is the blue sky) Hello. I'm CJ Jones, Executive Producer of SignWorld Studios. I'm excited to tell you that I will have a presentation on July 30th at ... 10 am PST / 1 PM EST, for Deaf Film Camp. I'm so excited to see you all! (He waves an walks out of frame) See more

CJ Jones will be giving a presentation as one of our special guests! His workshop is on July 30th 10am PST/1pm EST. Register now! *Transcript in the comments below*

We picked a winner for the contest! It was a tough choice, Clare had a hard time choosing between 3 pictures. The winner is Erikson Young. Thank you to everyone that participated! Clare Cassidy Erikson Young

Congratulations to Erikson Young! Clare Cassidy taught a class how to use the Lightroom app to edit pictures! Again congratulations to Erikson! Erikson Young

Due to popular demand, Clare will be teaching a second class! The topic will be exactly the same as her first class. The class will be on August 3rd at 1PM EST. Don’t miss it, register now!

Aww thank you. Pls add @cm7deaffilmcamp and #deaffilmcamp2020

Thank you Filmmaker Antonio Bottari for this!!!

If you enjoyed Stephanie’s stop motion class and wanted to learn more about how to create the videos. She will be giving a second class! It will be on August 12th 2PM EST. Go to our website and register!

Our workshop was a success! It seems this kid was enchanted by the stop motion workshop. Classes will continue until August 19th. Register now!

MJ Kielbus has created a video of her workshop. If you missed it, here is the link! You do not need to pay anything, it is completely free. We hope you enjoy it! https://vimeo.com/437240404

This is Stephanie Garrison, she will be teaching Stop Motion Animation! Her class will be on July 20th at 3PM EST. Register now! *Transcript in the comments below*

This is our current social media manager, Monique. She has some exciting news! There will be a contest for the best creative picture and the best edited picture. Anyone can participate and the winner will get a free DFC sweatshirt ! We will have 3 secret judges looking over the submissions, the judges will be revealed after the contest. The deadline is Monday July 20th 12PM EST and the winner will be announced Wednesday July 22nd 12PM EST. The rules are:... - Post your before and after of your edited pictures - You must use the hashtag #DeafFilmCamp2020 - Tag @cm7deaffilmcamp on IG or Deaf Film Camp at Camp Mark Seven on FB - For us to see your picture, your account must be public or dm us your picture if you’re private Have fun!!

This is an amazing picture! We’re so glad to see many people learning so much through DFC Online Program!

A message from Clare: Thank you for joining my webnair, it warmed my heart to see every one of you. Be sure to share before and after by tagging ifyouwereachild and cm7deaffilmcamp on IG. If your account is private, you can DM to me. If you have any questions, feel free to message me via Instagram. For those who want to have 1:1 mentoring, you can sign up for one hour with up to 5 people to participate the class. Go to this link to purchase the hour slot with me: www.findingmeraki.com Finally, thank you so much Deaf Film Camp, Michael Kaufer, for asking me to be apart of this incredible program. Be sure to register with future workshops as there are so much we can learn from and from Deaf experts! Have a wonderful day, Clare Cassidy of www.findingmeraki.com

This is Toj Mora, he will be the last workshop for DFC Online Program. He is teaching Deaf in Hollywood. Come and register! *Transcript in the comments below*

Amelia’s class was such a success! Thank you all for joining us. We want to see what you worked on today! Share with us what you worked on today, we can’t wait to see it! Use the hashtags #CM7deaffilmcamp #DeafFilmCamp2020 and tag us on FaceBook and/or Instagram so we can share some of your work. An important note for tomorrow’s class with Clare Cassidy, please prepare for the class by downloading the Adobe Lightroom App. It is a free App and you will need it for the class. Swipe left to see the right App to download. We’re excited for tomorrow!

This is Daniel Durant! He will be teaching you how to audition, interested? Register now! *Transcript in the comments below*

We have exciting news for you! To give you the ultimate DFC experience we can give. We’re selling the T-shirts and sweatshirts on our website. Go to deaffilmcamp.com to shop! *Transcript in the comments below*

We're very excited, come and register!

Here is Clare Cassidy, she will be teaching how to edit your pictures in your phone with the Lightroom app! register now! *Transcript in the comments below*

Moises Tobias will be teaching about the Fundamentals of a Story! He will be teaching August 10th at 3PM EST. *Transcript in the comments below*

This is Justin Perez, he will be teaching Visual Vernacular. His workshop will be on July 16th at 3PM EST. Register now! *Transcript in the comments below*

This is Bilal Chinoy, our Branding expert!! If you want to learn how to create your own brand, then this is the perfect class for you! Register now! *Transcript in the comments below*

Meet Douglas Ridloff, one of our teachers! He will be teaching The Sophistication of Sign Language Poetry. Register now! *Transcript in the comments below*