Conrad Paur is the Owner, Producer and Instructor for RadGeekery. With the combined expirence of teaching in various elementary schools and being involed in filmmaking, He has successfully created a Radical Program that teachs kids in the 4th, 5th and 6th grade how to make a film. Starting 8 years ago in a basic comic book club, Conrad thought it would be awesome to give kids the expirence that he had as kid, making fun and awesome movies. Through years of working with students in various film programs, Conrad has made more than 20 short films with students between the ages of 8 -18 years.

Vision:

To educate students to feel inspired with the creation of stories through film. RadGeekery will work continually to create a space for children and teenagers to feel safe and tell stories in a variety of Rad art forms and genres.

Core Values:

Responsibility: Learn to complete filmmaking roles while using film-industry equipment safely.

Respect: Listen and speak to others calmly, and solve problems with a kind approach.

Teamwork: See the value in each filmmaking role and make connections with others on the team to create an amazing film.

Leadership: Communicate with all parts of filmmaking, drawing on others’ strengths, be an inspirational role model to the film crew and others.

Radness: Reach your highest creative potential.

Goals:

Foster a safe, exciting, and productive learning environment to reinforce the fundamentals of storytelling through film. Teach students through a hands-on method to operate professional film equipment, and apply what is learned with every session.

When an original film is completed, RadGeekery will celebrate the film and behind the scene/outakes with the school and families . We then continue this process by submitting the film into various film festivals locally and throughout the world. If selected into a film festival, RadGeekery will promptly inform those involved.