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48 Hour Film Project: Bulletin October 27th

48 Hour Film Project Newsletter October 2011   Editor: Brian Bowers In this issue: Final Cut X, Music Video Competition, Faking a 2 Camera Shoot 48 Hour Music Video Project Rocks New Mexico and Nijmagen Mark & Liz head to L.A. Final Cut Pro X Final Leg of 2011 Tour More City Winners How to Fake a Multi-Camera Shoot 48 Hour Music Video Project in New Mexico and Nijmagen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Just a few short weeks ago Albuquerque got rocked in the first ever 48 Hour Music Video Project. Produced by 48HFP Co-Founder and Executive Producer Liz Langston, the 48MVP took place September 23rd-25th. At the kickoff on Friday night teams of filmmakers were matched with musical artists, with just two short days to create a music video from scratch.   Similar to the 48HFP, the music videos were shown in their own World Premiere Screening the following week, and theatre goers came out in record numbers to view the videos! To see what happened behind the scenes, check out the video.  The next stop on the Music Video tour is Nijmagen in the Netherlands, on Nov. 25-27. Mark & Liz head to L.A. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   This year Filmapalooza is in beautiful Taos, New Mexico.  Next year – Hollywood! Mark Ruppert and Liz Langston, Co-Founders of the 48 Hour Film Project have gone to Los Angeles to work out details of the 2013 Filmapalooza,as well as meet with Los Angeles Filmmakers, Sponsors, and Friends of the 48HFP.  Liz will stay in L.A. until December, absorbing the sun, and “taking meetings” in the true Hollywood spirit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Have a story for our newsletter? Send an email to newsletter@48hourfilm.com to see if we can feature you! Final Cut Pro X~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   This summer Apple launched the newest version of its video editing software, simply titled Final Cut Pro X. Many filmmakers are familiar with the Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Studio editing suites that have become almost a standard of indie filmmakers and even full time production houses around the world. The newest version of the software was much anticipated, but was met with some very mixed reactions.   Final Cut Pro X is a stripped down, completely revamped version of the full Final Cut software. It comes with a much smaller learning curve that previous versions, and is also by far the cheapest version, weighing in at just under $300. One of the biggest changes is that Final Cut X renders in the background, so you can keep right on editing.  Some of the other updates in Final Cut Pro X include a “magnetic” timeline and features to make it easier to connect clips, an Auditions feature used to test out different clips in the timeline, and new keywording and media organization features.   Many filmmakers used to the previous versions of the software were very unhappy with the newest version, saying it was so stripped down that it should be called “iMovie Pro.” Filmmakers complained of missing features such as the lack of multi camera editing features, no custom frame rates, poor media management, and lack of support for newer camera systems such as the RED cameras. While some of these complaints may have some merit, most of these “missing” features are actually present in Final Cut Pro X, but either in a different place or with a new interface. One serious drawback is that Final Cut X can’t be used with films made on previous versions of Final Cut Pro.  Check out a list of filmmaker complaints and the responses from Apple in this article in the New York Times.   Have you used Final Cut Pro X? Is it easier to use, or should filmmakers stick with their current editing suits? We’d love to get your opinion! Email us at newsletter@48hourfilm.com. Final leg of 2011 Tour~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We’re down to the final handfull of cities in our 2011 tour. Prague, Tirana, and Warsaw just finished their weekends.  Next up is Geneva, Ho Chi Minh City and Mumbai! Keep track of the schedule here as we update cities for the 2012 tour. More City Winners ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Congratulations to the winning teams listed below. Each of these films will go head to head along with the other Best Films from around the world at Filmapalooza, at the Taos Shortz Film Festival in March 2012.       Barcelona “SUCULENCIAS” by Modularestudio Breda “Zout & Peper” by de Grote Dorst Chicago “Graduation” by Situational Irony Cincinnati “BeeBee’s Flower” by ESP Productions Dallas “Couch Connection” by Curtis Needs A Ride Edinburgh “Fall from Grace” by Loud Shirt Glasgow “The Jigsaw” by LifeUp! Granada “48 Horas Después” by The Leg Brakers Johannesburg ‘Child’ by The Shoot Shoot Club Lisbon / Lisboa “Catharsis” dos Marafados London ‘Sexy Tuesdays’ by Wilder Machinima “The Lucid Journey” by Jewell Theatre Mexico / México “Foragido” por La Producción Mongolia / Монголд “Appendix, Ear drum and Adam’s apple” by Serelt New South Wales “A Little Bit Behind” by The Magnificent Nijmegen “Lemniscaat” by Everything That Creeps Orlando “Strip and Gut” by Sky Bears São Paulo “Obrigado Doutora” de PLOT Singapore “PREY”- Waesome Productions Utrecht Pagina 23 van Arts, Houben en Van Den Boogaard

How to Fake a Multi-Camera Shoot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How To Fake a Multi-Cam Shoot With Just One Camera Check out the short video above from Joke and Biagio, producers of the reality series Scream Queens as well as the recent documentary Dying to Do Letterman. In this video tutorial, they show you how to fake a multi-camera shoot with just one camera. It’s a neat trick that works on most modern cameras, even a Flip or iPhone!

Film Nashville Bulletin – October 13th

Greetings, Motion Picture Folks -

 

*FILM/TV COMMUNITY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION & NASHY AWARD ANNOUNCED

*ARTLIGHTENMENT FEST: ARTS, ARTISTS & THE ART OF EXISTENCE

*ARTOBER NASHVILLE CELEBRATES DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALISM

*NINE DAYS IN THE SUN – VERY SPECIAL EVENT OCTOBER 17

*COMMUNITY CINEMA AT LIBRARY: “DEAF JAM” – SATURDAY

*SOC & A.C. INC PRESENT SONY PMW-F3 HANDS ON CAMERA WORKSHOP – SATURDAY

*NECAT ALERT: LIVE-IN STUDIO EVENT NOV 3

 

 

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FILM/TV COMMUNITY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION & NASHY AWARD ANNOUNCED

 

The Film School at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film to receive Nashy Award..

 

FilmNashville’s annual town meeting involving all vital organizations and schools related to film in the Nashville region has been transformed to a holiday celebration — the Film Soiree & Nashy Awards Ceremony.

 

WHEN: Tuesday, December 6 – 6 to 8 p.m.

WHERE: PK Pictures / Nu Mynd Studios — 915 Twin Elms Court  Nashville 37210

WHO: You

WHAT: Bring info about everything you do or want to promote

EDIBLES: Provided by the Art Institute of Tennessee – Nashville

 

Winners of FilmNashville’s WE LOVE NASHVILLE video contest will be announced and shown at the celebration.

 

And this year’s recipient of the Nashy Award, given once a year for Outstanding Contributions to the Growth of the Nashville Filmmaking Community, is The Film School at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film.

 

PS – Entries still being taken in the WE LOVE NASHVILLE video contest throughout the month of October — submit your video up to 1-minute in length about why you love Nashville — go to www.filmnashville.org for details.

 

Stay tuned for more info on the holiday gathering in coming weeks.

 

 

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ARTLIGHTENMENT FEST: ARTS, ARTISTS & THE ART OF EXISTENCE

 

Festival started in 2009 as a visual arts event featuring paintings and sculptures ramps up with films — mission to elevate artists and provide context for collaboration..

 

Artlightenment is still open to entries for locally created short films about about art, artists and the art of existence. Awards are for Best Film, Best Fiction and Best Non-Fiction work.

 

If you are a filmmaker and would like to be considered for Artlightenment 2011, e-mail Artlightenment director, Robyn Moreshead, at robynmorshead@gmail.com with your film link and contact info.

 

You can also submit online at www.artlightenment.com film submission page.

 

FILM SCREENING SCHEDULE

There will be two showings:

Thursday November 10, Group A

6.30 to 9.30pm

and Friday November 11, Group B

6.30 to 9.30pm

 

The films will also be played throughout the Art and Film Festival from

12 noon Sat Nov 12 till 9pm and Sunday Nov 13, noon till 6pm in a 20 seater film room.

 

SUBMISSIONS and ACCEPTANCE into FESTIVAL

The submission deadline for film entries is October 25, 2011.

 

All filmmakers will be informed by October 29, 2011.

 

As a rule films can be up to 10 minutes long and should be suitable for a general audience.

 

Longer films may be accepted, upon special proposal.

 

The projection equipment is 1920 by 1080 Resolution. DVDs or Blue Rays are acceptable.

 

The quality of your DVD is very important and all DVDs will be tested prior to the festival.

 

The space seats 180 people.

 

If you have more than one film please submit.

 

The jury reserves the right to only accept one film but exceptions could be made.

 

If your film is accepted by the Jury a DVD will need to be mailed by Oct 25

to be part of the festival. (The DVD needs to work in the projection system so

try to get your films in asap to give time to fix your DVD if needed)

 

FILM and ART OPENING AND AWARDS

The Film and Art opening will on Sat Nov 12 from 6 to 9 pm.

There will be a recognition awards ceremony that evening for the Best Film and Art and various other categories/genres.

 

FREE TICKETS

Every person who submits work to the Jury for the Film Festival showings and Art event will be given free tickets to attend the Film Showings, Art Opening and Awards Ceremony and artist workshops. You do not have to be accepted into the Film Festival to get free tickets.

 

VENUE

The Film and Art Festival will be held at

Celebrity Center

1130 8th Avenue South

Nashville TN 37203

 

Any filmmaker is welcome to see the venue and the film room prior to participation.

 

Fore more info contact:

Robyn Morshead

(615)668-0169

robynmorshead@gmail.com

 

 

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ARTOBER NASHVILLE CELEBRATES DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALISM

 

Artober Nashville supporting all arts in Nashville during month of October, including events for Hispanic Heritage Month..

 

Yuri Cunza, President & CEO of the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce recently noted “Through fostering the appreciation of art we all grow as a community, uniting us at the root of our common human experience. Visual art created by culturally diverse artists is too a key component of our cultural vitality. It represents the true make up of our emergent city and a great reason to celebrate our growing diversity.”

 

In the spirit of Hispanic Heritage Month, many cultural and arts organizations are offering special programming.

 

Oct 13 – NashvilleArea Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 7th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Reception and Awards Ceremony

Oct 13 – Pulitzer Prize photographer José Galvez brown bag lunch at the Center for Latin America Studies.

Oct 14-16 – The Southern Festival of Books will feature a number of Latino writers.

Ongoing – Arts at the Airport presents an exhibition of five Nashville artists of Hispanic descent.

Ongoing – Vanderbilt University and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts present Cuban-born artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons.

 

Other culturally diverse events this month include:

 

Oct 14-30 – Circle Players, Inc presents Willy Wonka with an African-American cast as the “candy man.”

Oct 14-16 – The Native American Indian Association hosts its annual Pow Wow

Oct 17 – Staged reading by Mark Clayton Southers of Nine Days in the Sun

Oct 22 – Global Education Center presents the Elena Garcia Dance Project

 

Artober Nashville is inclusive of all genres of art and many cultures and we invite you to visit our Web site for a complete listing of events during this month-long celebration –

Artober Nashville Video Contest!

Artober Nashville is hosting a video contest on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE. The video that gets the most likes/comments at the end of the month will win a free comm ed class at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film. Video your favorite Artober Nashville event and then upload it into the Artober YouTube Contest folder.

 

Artober Multicultural Events

Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons Events

MAMA/RECIPROCAL ENERGY Exhibit @ Vanderbilt

Live Performance @ Frist

Journeys Exhibit @ Frist

Madison Folk Festival

Native American Indian Assn Pow Wow

Willy Wonka

Boo’s Black History Blues

El Dia De Los Muertos

Great Plains Native Arts Lecture

Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons

Jose Galvez

Airport Hispanic Heritage Show

Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan

Alfredo Rodriguez

Sonny Rollins

 

Visit Now Playing Nashville for a comprehensive list of Artober Nashville events and discount offers — www.nowplayingnashville.com

 

Artober Nashville is a collaborative promotional initiative designed to highlight, inform and inspire the community’s participation in the wide range of arts activities in the Nashville area.

 

Metro Nashville Arts Commission

800 2nd Avenue S., P.O. Box 196300

Nashville, TN 37219

Phone: 615-826-6733

Email: arts@nashville.gov

Web: www.artsnashville.org

 

 

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NINE DAYS IN THE SUN – VERY SPECIAL EVENT OCTOBER 17

 

Playwright visiting Nashville for reading of “Nine Days in the Sun”..

 

The African American Playwrights Exchange is excited to partner for a second time with The Metro Parks Theatre Department’s New Play Reading Series and with William Jenkins & The Mary Coleman Theatre Project, presenting a staged reading of Mark Clayton Southers’ NINE DAYS IN THE SUN.

 

Mr. Southers, who is the newly appointed Artistic Director for the Theatre Initiative of The August Wilson Center for African American Culture, will be making the trip to Nashville to attend the reading.

 

The reading will be directed by TSU Theatre professor Mark Payne. Helen “Olaketi” Shute-Pettaway will serve as assistant director.

Southers’ play is a political vaudeville in a science fiction setting that postulates a world turned (racially) upside down when the earth moves closer to the sun – in the not so distant future.

This is the second event in the Metro Nashville Parks Theatre Department’s New Play Reading Series, Artistic Director – Carolyn German.

Several of the cast members performed two scenes at this past weekend’s Sideshow Fringe Festival including: TV and film actor Chandra Walton; spoken word artist Christina Kretchik; stage veteran Elliot Robinson; theatre and film producer Ken Bernstein; and performance and visual artist Antwan Hamilton.

 

The event will take place on Monday, October 17, 2011 at 7:00 pm at The Z Alexander Looby Theatre, located at 2301 Rosa Parks Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee 37228. Admission is Free to the Public. For exciting news and updates on the Metro Parks Theatre Department’s New Play Reading Series and the African American Playwrights Exchange, please visit us at www.africanamericanplaywrightsexchange.blogspot.com or contact Jaz Dorsey at 615.915.0891 or via email at jazmn41@aol.com.

 

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COMMUNITY CINEMA AT DOWNTOWN LIBRARY: “DEAF JAM”

 

ITVS, NaFF and Library collaborate to present film about deaf girl who discovers sign language poetry..

 

Deaf Jam A Film By Judy Lieff

Saturday Oct. 15 3 – 5 p.m. (free) Reception at 2:30

Nashville Public Library

615 Church St., Downtown Nashville

 

Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen living in New York City, discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry. As she prepares to be one of the first deaf poets to compete in a spoken-word slam, her journey leads to an unexpected collaboration.  Please note: the film is 60 minutes. Post-screening performance from ASL poets Meena Mann and Gina Helms will follow, led by Hearing Bridges’ Director of Wellness and Education Donicé Kaufman.

 

Parking is available in the library garage. Bring your parking slip inside to be validated for a discount.

 

Community Cinema Nashville practices access for all. DEAF JAM is captioned, and CART and ASL interpreters will be provided. Please contact Allison Inman (allison_inman@itvs.org or 615-585-8321) by Thursday, October 13, for other accessibility or accommodation requests. ITVS Community Cinema events are conducted in a scent-free environment. Please refrain from wearing scented products.

 

 

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SOC & A.C. INC PRESENT SONY PMW-F3 HANDS ON CAMERA WORKSHOP

 

Great opportunity to hear everything about and try out ground-breaking digital cinema camera..

 

In the first of a planned series of workshops, A.C., Inc.’s Head Camera Tech Tyler Bradley, and Mark Schlicher, SOC are conducting an interactive, hands-on introduction to Sony’s PMW-F3 compact Super-35mm XDCAM EX digital camcorder. The workshop, to be held on Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 10AM to 12 noon, at A.C., Inc.’s Nashville headquarters, is sponsored by A.C., Inc. and The Society of Camera Operators (SOC).

 

Whether you are a camera operator, DP, AC, Director or Producer, this will be a great hands-on introduction to the Sony PMW-F3, a groundbreaking digital cinema camera with a newly-developed super-35mm sized CMOS sensor, PL lens mount, light weight and low power consumption, and a host of features designed for professional production workflows.

 

Topics will include:

- menu structure including accessing the most-used settings

- lens and support options

- recording options and quality considerations

- tips, tricks and traps

- examples of different “builds”: studio, handheld/ENG, and Steadicam

- production and post-production workflow

 

Ample time will be reserved for questions and hands-on exploration.

 

Event Details:

Saturday, October 15, 2011

10:00AM-12:00PM

 

A.C., Inc.  220 Great Circle Road, Suite 138, Nashville, TN 37228

 

Free and open to all film and video professionals

 

Space is limited, please RSVP to: events@markschlicher.com

 

Mark Schlicher, SOC is a Nashville-based DP, camera operator and Steadicam operator with a background that includes documentary, commercial, and multicamera production.

Tyler Bradley is Head Camera Tech at A.C., Inc., and an experienced AC for film and HD productions.

 

A.C., Inc. is a full service film and digital camera rental house in Nashville, Tennessee and Montgomery, Alabama with over $3.5 Million of equipment in inventory. A.C. Inc. has been the Southeast’s leading provider of 35mm, 16mm and HD digital camera equipment for over 27 years.

 

The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) is a membership organization dedicated to the advancement of the art and creative contributions of the Camera Operator in the Motion Picture and Television Industries. The principal purpose of the SOC is to recognize and nurture excellence in the field of camera operation and, secondarily, in the allied camera crafts, and to encourage development of both technology and production methods which will help our members achieve that excellence. The SOC was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Los Angeles.

 

For more info:

(615) 294-5671  Mark Schlicher, SOC

(615) 256-2663 Tyler Bradley, A.C., Inc.

events@markschlicher.com

www.acincnashville.com

www.markschlicher.com

www.soc.org

 

 

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NECAT ALERT: LIVE IN-STUDIO EVENT NOV 3

 

You are invited to a really cool event and live broadcast on November 3 from 6:30-9 p.m..

 

More details coming next week, though if you’d like more info now, contact Kim Hayes, Executive Director NECAT Network at kim@necat.tv

 

 

 

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Hey folks, Jason here. I just wanted to post the news about the website. I am currently negotiating with local broadcast affiliates throughout the mid south to distribute independent films. Turns out there are a multitude of independent and co-op and otherwise not so budget heavy broadcast outlets out there that are dying for content for their channels. So here’s the deal. As a service of Indie Sessions, I plan on putting together a show that features independent films and distributing it to smaller broadcasters all over.  That means that you can have a brand new audience for your films. Now for some of you that are into the film festival circuit, you are unable to get in with a film that has already been distributed. BUT, I’m sure you have older films or films that you will not put on the indie film circuit that you could submit.

So, that said, send me your films. Digital shorts, animations, stop motion and anything else you find entertaining and let’s get you some viewers! After all, what good is your film if no one sees it? You can send me files via info@indiesessions.com or to my physical address or we can do some “FTPing”. Send me an email and I’ll tell you where to send it. The more the merrier so tell your film making friends and lets have some fun. By the way, there’s a chance when doing the show that we’ll be interviewing film makers and their talent. Did I forget to mention that?

Look for Indie Sessions on a broadcaster in your area soon.