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PATRICK J. TOOLE

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Darrow School

Role: Film, Animation, Photography, & Improv Teacher
3.5 years

In my time at Darrow I focused on building its existing Film program into a more robust Narrative Film experience for high-schoolers. Students learn writing and analytical skills in film to prepare them for directing and editing their own sync-sound narrative movies, as well as working as a team under me to create more ambitious long-form movie projects. I also created several other programs at Darrow including an Animation class, an after school Improv club, and a weekly news show by the Darrow Media Team.
Students performing staged readings of original screenplays
"Burning Midnight"
A shot for shot remake of a scene from "Jaws"
"Darrow News: The Movie"
"True-Ish" based on Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa
​​"Relax" a silent film

More Darrow School Film projects here.


The After School Film Project

Presented by the Chatham Film Club
Role: Resident Teaching Artist - 2 Years


Middle and High schools in Columbia County NY have participated in this program 4 years running as a way for kids to get real experience making narrative films. The program is a 6-8 week program with one session a week where kids come up with a story, produce, and shoot a film to screen for a huge audience at the Crandall Theatre in Chatham, NY.
2015 Chatham Middle Schooler's   "The Special World"
2014 Chatham Middle School's "Stereotypes Anonymous"
2015 Taconic Hills High's      "The Photo"
2014 New Lebanon Middle School's  "After School Terror"

Other School Programs

The Falls Village Children's Theatre's "Camp Nerd"
Northeast Community Center 2014's "Zom-Com"
College Internship Program 2014's "Model U.N."
College Internship Program 2015's "Long Lost"
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