Welcome to the County Arts Lab registration page for:
Age range - 15+
2 Thursday evenings:December 10 & 17, 2026 from 5-8 p.m.
Location - The County Arts Lab, Unit 2E, Picton Armoury Building
Join David Rendall for this two-part course exploring how to tell stories through film by bringing images, sound, and ideas together. Learn how to organize moving images in relation to one another, use sound to shape meaning and rhythm, and think of each element as part of the larger composition of your film.
The course balances lectures and group discussion with demonstrations and screenings. In-class exercises include a hands-on collage component, with an optional editing assignment to explore at home using free editing software.
Whether you’re new to filmmaking or looking to deepen your approach to visual storytelling, this course offers practical tools for developing and shaping your ideas on screen.
Please Note: Classes take place in unit 2E of the Picton Armoury (Main Street level). The most convenient access is through the Main Street entrance, but you can also enter through the back/Mary St. entrance and use the interior stairs to reach the main floor (please note there is no elevator in the Armoury). There is an accessible parking spot on Main Street in front of the Armoury building (Crepe Escape/south side).
Meet David! David Rendall has been film editing for over 25 years - narrative, documentary and experimental short films, music videos and branded content. He runs the production company Heliograph Media that supports local arts & wellness initiatives. David is the director and editor of the award-winning short dramatic film - Triage (2024) that screened in over 30 festivals internationally, and the short hybrid documentary - Today Is A Gift (2026) that premiered at Kingston Canadian Film Festival and is being distributed by CFMDC. He's participated in the Canadian Film Centre's Norman Jewison Film School for directing, the Kingston Canadian Film Festival's inaugural doc lab and the Animating Artists' Health initiative through Toronto Animated Image Society. His work has received funding through the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council, as well as professional development support through county arts.
www.davidrendall.art
Art supply fee - Please note that the cost of supplies is not included in the course fee; this amount depends on the course, and will be automatically added to your total. If this cost is prohibitive for you, please contact Sarah at [email protected] before registering to make alternative arrangements.
Offline registration - We prefer to take payment and registration through this form, but if you are not comfortable with this option and it is more than 2 weeks before the course begins, please check the "Offline" box in the Billing Information section below. We will contact you with alternative payment options. Payment must be received at least one week before the course begins.
Processing fee - This covers transaction and ticketing fees. We've decided to use Regfox, the most affordable ticketing platform we could find, which will collectively save our participants over $1000 in processing fees per year.
Policies and Waivers - We've included these as part of the registration process (thank you for your patience!) to save some paperwork on your end and get straight to creating when we are in person!
We encourage those who are able to pay a little more to choose this price ($22/hr). By doing so, you are helping build a community that prioritizes access to the arts for all, and allowing us to cover more of our operating costs, which include Artist Instructor fees, rent, and more.
This price ($17/hr) allows us to cover most of the costs of running the course.
This price ($11/hr) is available to those who find the other two options too high for their household.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: County Arts makes every effort to ensure that all community members, including those who (or have family members who) are more medically vulnerable feel that they can safely teach and learn at the County Arts Lab. We also want to ensure that those who are unable to wear masks have access to our programming.
We recently moved to masking on a class by class basis. Please select the option below that best describes your comfort level with regard to masking. (Please note, if anyone in the class selects the third option, we will ask that everyone who is able to do so wear a mask.) If you have any questions, please reach out to Programs Assistant Heather McCorquodale at [email protected].
