Astoria Film Festival Studio

AFFProductions and AFFSocial have now been combined into AFFStudio.

AFFStudio provides film and video production and social media content creation/management services at affordable prices to local businesses, while also providing real-life, paid work experiences to local youth interested in production and social media careers.

AFFStudio pays young filmmakers to create original media for actual clients. During their time with AFF, youth gain valuable experience by working on a variety of projects with our ED. AFFStudio Fellows participate in these projects as designers, writers, video editors, directors, camera operators, ADs, gaffers, and sound mixers. Studio Fellows are comprised of former Lab Fellows as well as festival filmmakers, who have been invited to work with us.

Our ED is an entertainment/digital media/video production veteran with over 25 years of experience creating marketing/branding/entertainment content. She also brings in specialists as needed to guide our students through the projects.

Services Include:

Video Production
Video Editing
Videography
Photography
Social Media Content Creation and Management
Social Media Strategy
Social Media Post Scheduling and Analytics
Film Production Assistants

Some AFFStudio work includes:

2023-24:

Storefront Stories Astoria, QEDC: Filming the episodes and Creating the Graphics, Intro, Outro, social media video clips for promotional videos for Astoria Businesses via the QEDC's Small Business Services
RespectAbility: Editing video clips of a showcase performance for the disability-focused media nonprofit
QPTV's Astoria Film Festival Presents: Curating and Editing Astoria Film Festival content into tv shows for the local Queens Public Television Network
NYSmall Scale: Create graphics and manage socials for the food entrepreneur nonprofit NY Small Scale
Ruth's Makeup Booth: Created the Graphics, Intro, Outro, social media video clips, as well as 5 episodes for a film industry HMU's new YouTube Channel
Disability is Diversity, a short documentary about inclusion of disabled students in our Media Production Lab, sponsored by the NY City Council's Cultural Development Fund.
Respect for Nonspeakers, a short documentary about respecting nonspeaking disabled people, funded by a grant from the NYC OPHC (Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes).
Pre-2023:
Queens Nonprofits: interviewing community leaders for a documentary web series and promotional videos
Queens Cooks: interviewing local food entrepreneurs for a documentary web series and promotional videos
Corona Plaza Food Vendors: interviewing food vendors for promotional videos and social media content
Bronx Night Market Promotions: interviewing food vendors for promotional videos and social media content
36.5 A Durational Project: Videography and PA assistance for filming performances in Astoria Cove as part of the 36.5 Durational, an environmental art project
Astoria Film Festival : creating graphics and editing video content for AFF’s various social media accounts
Kaufman Astoria Studios: interview, research, and create an historical overview video for the 100th Anniversary of the Studios
Mt Sinai Hospital Queens: Interviewed, filmed, and edited a documentary about MSHQ's trials with Covid in Spring 2021