Cinema `Hogwarts` opens doors

Hundreds of young people from all over Russia have gathered at the Black Sea coast to do what they like most – to create. For them a special school in the city of Tuapse is a stepping stone to a career in film and television.

To get to the special school in Tuapse the children went through rounds of competitions in different cities and were chosen as the most promising and creative.

Thirteen-year-old Kostya is a cameraman. He does not see himself as a novice: at his age he has managed to hold two jobs already – as a photographer at a school newspaper and a cameraman at a youth TV studio.

“Once my boss cussed me off badly, when I let the camera fall off the tripod. I spoilt everything. That was a bad experience!” Kostya recalls.

Along with 460 other children from six to sixteen, he is at the school for new challenges.

Pros from the first Russian channel for children called “TV-Nanny” have their own game plans. Apart from giving master classes, they are studying their target audience.

“That's a very important experiment for us to find out what children want. We want to know what ideas they have. Now I can say they have a lot of interesting suggestions and

I think we can use them,” Ekaterina Sokolova, Editor-In-Chief of “TV-Nanny” channel, said.

Organisers say the kids have a chance not only to study, but  to get some job opportunities. For example, the best works filmed during of the project will be aired on the “TV-Nanny” channel.

But, as the kids say, just taking part here is more fun than awards and prizes.