Plotline

Plotline is a Nonprofit Film & Media School whose mission is to educate and empower aspiring filmmakers and media creators in Southwest Missouri though classes, studio space and scholarships. There are no prerequisites to enroll, just the want and desire to create, collaborate and tell your story. Lessons are taught by professional film and media makers. Historically filmmaking has been limited to a select few who had access to film cameras, film development facilities and other associated equipment costs and were granted access by film studios with a rigid commercial agenda. As a result, that knowledge and "privilege" was reserved for an elite minority. With the advent of digital recording technologies, continual improvements and diminishing costs of video cameras including smartphones; the potential and opportunity for the general public to become involved in filmmaking is finally within their grasps. The number one obstacle is education. Plotline seeks to educate and inspire children and adults regardless of race, gender or religious beliefs and give them the knowledge and opportunity to express themselves and tell their stories through film, video and other creative mediums. It is a school devoted to nurturing, encouraging, teaching creative and critical thinking, time and resource management, constructive communication and achieving shared goals as a team; all of which are highly valued and applicable to most other professions.