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Nicholas Tegel, 9, calls "action" while filming during a class at Wayne Thomas Elementary School in Highland Park. (Andrew A. Nelles, Chicago Tribune / February 27, 2012)

Nicholas Tegel, 9, calls "action" while filming during a class at Wayne Thomas Elementary School in Highland Park. (Andrew A. Nelles, Chicago Tribune / February 27, 2012)

The films were jittery, frantic, funny, silly and sweet, just like the kids who directed them.

Huddled around five laptops in the Park District of La Grange?s Recreation Center were 15 8-, 9- and 10-year-olds participating in ?Lights, Camera, Action ? Making Your Own Star Wars Movie,? a program in which teams of kids create their own short films, from scripting and storyboarding to shooting and editing.

In this digital age, after-school programs have a digital bent.

Read more at the Chicago Tribune.

Source: http://triblocal.com/la-grange-la-grange-park/2012/03/21/local-program-helps-teach-kids-filmmaking-skills/

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