Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
Ezine Number 60, January 11,
2004
AIVF Jefferson County Salon
Meeting
The next meeting of the AIVF Jefferson County Salon will
be 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 13th at the Irondale Public Library. The
meeting room is in back of the building, a map is at www.reelscene.com/jeffcosalon.html
Depending on the schedule the topics will include in
addition to your film project, continuing to develop our film industry here in
the State and any financial impact "Big Fish"
may have had. Since the last meeting we had the surprising announcement of
the formation of the Birmingham Film Commission we'll examine Councilman Bert
Miller's statement of 'bring to the table'.
The meeting is free to the public.
Script Development
Workshop
The next meeting of the Script Development Workshop will
be 7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 15, 2004 at Books & Co. in
Brookwood Village. Bring a script you are working on and share it with like
minded peers. At the last meeting two people brought their own
feature length script. The meeting generally last to 9:00 p.m. although you are
free to stay and talk till store closing. For more information contact Angela at
angela@boang.com .
Update from Steve
Moon
Steve Moon has finish production on his second feature
length film. He is also arranging locations for his Lights, Camera,
Alabama! Film Festival. If he can come to the Jan 13th meeting he
can tell us more. Web page at http://www.reelscene.com/alaff/alaff.html
Update from Mad Hatter
Productions
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The locally produced film,
"Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland" is in post production and is
slated to be in the 2004 Sidewalk Film Festival. For those of you who
participated in the filming you can keep updated by visiting the web site
www.eatmedrinkme.com . Some more
promotional materials are planned to be posted within the next few
months.
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Workshops,classes
ACTORS OUTLET, in Birmingham, announces its first Class
for 2004.
INTRO TO ON-CAMERA ACTING. This is a great
class for anyone wanting to act for the camera. Class starts January 12 at
6 PM. Class size is limited. For more information contact Tommy Canary
205-879-945-8228.
CASTING
DIRECTOR
SEMINAR
Sponsored by
ACTORS OUTLET
Actors Outlet
is happy to announce an Informational
Seminar with Los Angeles Casting Director Bill Marinella of Bill Marinella
Casting.
Bill brings a unique perspective to this seminar having been and
actor and now a Casting Director in LA.
This 4 hour seminar will explore what you need to do before you go to Los Angeles and how to
survive once you are there. He will talk about the best places to
live, ways to survive in between auditions, ways to get an agent, head shots,
resumes, Trade Publication, the importance of the SAG
card.
His Casting Credits include: TV & Film - "The Rundown" with The Rock, Disney's
California Adventure, Passion Cove,
Oblivious, Fast and Furious, Comic
Book Villains, Tomcats, Alien Resurrection. Music
Videos - "Cleaning out my closet" Eminem; "My Sacrifice" and "One
Last Breath" for Creed; "Crew Deep" Skillz (w/ Missy Elliot). Commercials - McDonalds, ABC
Family Channel, The Learning Channel, and more.
There will be an
extensive Question and Answer Period to follow.
This Seminar is to be
held January 31, 2004 at the Homewood Library. Start time 10 AM. The fee is $75.
For more information contact actorsoutlet@excite.com or call
205-945-8228. Seating is limited. Reservations required.
From IMAGE in Atlanta
See the IMAGE web site www.imagefv.org. Please check periodically for new information.
SOUND 101: Location Sound
Recording
Instructor: Whit Norris
Bad sound ruins more
independent movies than possibly any other factor…end of story. Learn how
to “sweeten” your filmmaking experience with an intensive hands-on workshop
dealing with the theory, hardware, techniques, and aesthetics of recording sound
for film and video. Topics will include the nature of sound, human
hearing, basic theory of audio, electronics, microphone selection, microphone
placement, RF mics, synchronous records, SMPTE time code, mixing techniques, and
on-set protocol. Demonstrated equipment will include mixers, microphones, DAT
and Nagra recorders, and various pieces of support gear.
Saturday and Sunday,
January 24 and 25, 2004. 10am-6pm, both days.
Registration Deadline: January
21st.
CINEMATOGRAPHY 101: BASIC
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Instructor: Jim Kanter
Before you begin
your own film project, learn the basic principles, technologies, and techniques
of shooting film. Topics covered include film vs. video, understanding film
stocks and processing, basic camera function and operation, understanding
lenses, setting exposure, using filters, basics of shot composition, fundamental
lighting principles, and set etiquette and procedures. While no class can turn
you into an accomplished cinematographer in a weekend, it will get you started
and will provide you with the basic knowledge you need to go out and start
shooting film. It also serves as a foundation for the more advanced workshops
dealing with more specific aspects of cinematography. Basic Cinematography
is a prerequisite for our film camera courses.
Saturday and Sunday, January
31 and February 1. 10am-6pm, both days.
Registration Deadline:
January 28th.
Photoshop CS Tips and Tricks
ASMP (American
Society of Media Photographers) <http://www.asmp.org> is pleased to
bring in the New Year with a look at the new PhotoShop CS.
Date: Tuesday,
January 20th, 2004, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: ACS - Atlanta CAD
Services, Inc.
7078 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Suite 800, Norcross, GA
30071
Cost: Free to ASMP members, $10.00 fee at the door for
Non-members
RSVP: Art Rosser, art@artrosser.com
404-297-6602
Questions/additional information please call Atlanta CAD,
770-368-8704
Arts
Grants
Orchestras Invited to
Apply for MetLife Awards for Excellence in Community Engagement
Deadline: February 17, 2004
The American Symphony Orchestra League (
http://www.symphony.org/ ) has announced the
2004 MetLife
Awards for Excellence in Community Engagement.
The MetLife Awards are designed to honor outstanding work
in
the field of community engagement, highlighting
programs that can serve
as models for other orchestras.
Orchestras of all sizes (that are
members of the American
Symphony Orchestra League) are invited to
apply. Eligible
programs are limited to the fifty states and
Washington,
D.C. Orchestras should apply on behalf of programs
that
have been in operation for no less than two years.
The program will honor the work of three orchestras in
the
area of community engagement with awards of $7,500 each.
See the American Symphony Orchestra League's Web site
for
complete application information and form, as well as
suggested
guidelines for community engagement programs.
Artists Invited to Apply for Art & Community Landscapes
Program
A partnership program of the National Park Service
(
http://www.nps.gov/ ), the New
England Foundation for the
Arts (NEFA) (
http://www.nefa.org/ ), and the
National
Endowment for the Arts (
http://www.nea.gov/ ), Art
&
Community Landscapes is an artist residency
program
designed to address local and regional
environmental
concerns through site-specific art projects.
Selected artists develop and implement projects to
inspire
greater involvement in protecting and enhancing
rivers,
trails, and greenways in collaboration with
local
communities. Projects may include temporary
art
installations, exhibitions, interpretive media,
festivals,
or other works informed by the sites and communities
of
the project's region.
The 2004-2005 project sites are Chelsea Creek
Rail-Trail
Project, East Boston, Massachusetts; and Perquimans
County
Greenways-Blueways Plan, Hertford, North Carolina.
Applications are open to artists based in the United
States
(citizenship not required). Up to three finalist
artists or artist
teams per regional site will be awarded
$1,500 in planning grant
funding to develop ideas,
conceptual plans, and create an overall
proposal for one
or more candidate projects of the region. Based on
project
proposals, one artist or artist team will be selected
per
region for the residency and project implementation.
Final
implementation grants of up to $50,000 will be
awarded
based on the project proposal's artistic merit,
quality
and feasibility.
See the NEFA Web site for complete program information
and
application guidelines.
Disability Funders Network Invites Nominations for Impact
Award
Deadline: January 16, 2004
A program of the Disability Funders Network (DFN) (
http://www.disabilityfunders.org/
), the William Diaz
Impact Award honors grantmakers who have made a
positive
impact on the disability community and whose
work
encourages the foundation community to be more
inclusive
of disability.
The award is designed to identify and recognize
grantmakers
committed to disability funding, especially
those whose work has a
significant impact on people with
disabilities who are also members of
other minority
groups.
DFN will present the award to a funder who has
contributed
significantly to programs that improve the lives of
people
with disabilities and whose work encourages the
foundation
community to be more inclusive of disability
issues.
Funding areas may include, but are not restricted
to
legislation, policy development, programs and
services,
education, and research. Award recipients will
be
presented with a monetary gift and plaque in recognition
of
their work.
Staff and board members from any grantmaking institution
may
nominate grantmakers for this award. In addition, any
member of the
Disability Funders Network, except those on
the award review committee,
may nominate grantmakers for
the award. Nominees are not required to be
members of DFN.
Self-nominations will not be accepted.
Nomination guidelines and forms are available on
the
Disability Funders Network Web site.
Film Festivals
Hi Mom! Film Festival (April 22-24,
NC)
Deadline: Jan. 1 (early); Jan. 31 (final).
The PDX Film Festival (April 15-18,
OR)
Deadline: January 2.
The Portland Documentary and experimental Film Festival is a
four-day
exposition dedicated to showcasing new innovative works of film and
video.
Focusing on non-narrative works that go against the grain of
mainstream
entertainment, the PDX Film Festival is looking for artistic,
underground,
quirky and challenging work that reflects contemporary culture,
documents
historic oddities, and is otherwise generally unclassifiable. For
more info:
http://www.peripheralproduce.com
Tribeca Film Festival (May 1-9, NY.)
Deadline:
Jan. 12 (final, shorts); Jan. 20 (final, features).
Created by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, the mission of the fest is
to
³enable the international film community and the general public
to
experience the power of film by redefining the film fest experience².
For
more info
http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (April 29-May
4, Germany)
Deadline: January 15.
The world¹s oldest short film fest offers a forum for aesthetic
&
technological innovation & reflection. For more info:
http://www.kurzfilmtage.de
Terrorvision at Exit Art (Spring 2004,
NY)
Deadline: January 15.
Exit Art is accepting proposals from artists for Terrorvision, an
exhibition
which will explore how personal, spiritual, and physical events
influence
our notion of terror. Works can be based on: personal experiences,
iconic
images that have gripped the national and global collective imaginary;
or
any of the many mirrors which our society¹s greatest fears
are
reflected‹news, media, film, literature, etc. For more info:
http://www.exitart.org/
Think Tank Film Screening (February 28,
NY)
Deadline: January 15.
Think Tank is a film, video, motion graphics & animation event
showcasing
the very best in creative socio-cultural commentary. Past events
have
treated issues as diverse as immigration, architecture &
warfare.
Submissions are chosen for their uniqueness in message & vision.
Submission
requirements: VHS preview tape, NTSC, shorter than 11 min. Send
to: Think
Tank Film Screening, 256 Pacific St. #4, Brooklyn NY 11201. For
more info:
http://www.thnktnk.org