Picture of New NB Film Co-op Staff and Board of Directors
NBFC E-news - Thur, November Dec 11, 2008
Spotlight!
MEMBERSHIP STUFF, MEMBERSHIP STUFF, MEMBERSHIP STUFF
NEW MEMBERS: Things you can do to get your required volunteer hours in for Dec 11 Through Dec 18: For new members specifically who need to get their volunteer hours in: dusting and cleaning of the Film Co-op walls
Cat is also looking for some artistic members to redecorate the Viewer's Choice Boxes (3) for Silver Wave 09. The Boxes are getting a little worn and torn and need a makeover. Halp Cat!
Click here to send Cat the volunteer hours you have put in so far as a member of the Film Co-op.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
To Britany Sparrow and BronweN for agreeing to volunteer to help Cat with some further information gathering, database entry and research work for the 30 anniversary of the Film Co-op. Special thanks to Andrew Long for his research work up to this point watching films and painstakingly doing up all the info for each film...you rock Andrew!
Thanks to Britany Sparrow who will be helping Cat update the Film Co-op Video Library with all the latest member films from Silver Wave 08.
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MEMBER VOLUNTEERS HOURS PUT IN
Fredericton based member Britany Sparrow:
Volunteer Hours put in so far for 2008 to assist others.
Diplomatic Relations - Script Supervisor trainee - 70 hours
Dead to the World - Assistant to the Production Manager - 29 hours
Ask Ug - Production Manager/First AD - 21 hours
Birth of a Nicola - First AD - 26 hours
Silver Wave Film Festival Volunteer HR Lead - 26 hours
A Dark Radius - Script Supervisor - 80 hours
Click here to send Cat your volunteer hours put in so far as a Film Co-op member.
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Thought you might be interested to see some press stuff on our art show/sale in Ottawa 'ONE&ONLY' that we put on near the end of November. We are now prepping for a huge community/ homeless brunch for Xmas Eve cooking for a couple hundred good people.
Christmas Spirit invades Sandy Hill
from Sandy Hill Image Paper
Delicious (and free) food was prepared and served by volunteers at the Art and Gift Fair at the Sandy Hill Community Centre, Sunday November 23. Local angels pictured at right are: Vincent Hardy, Alexandra Girard, Jason Thorne and chef Peter Evanchuck. If you missed it, don't despair! Chef Peter, along with Helene Lacelle, is hosting a community brunch on Christmas Eve at the Community Centre.
Ottawa based member Peter Evanchuck
pevanchuck@hotmail.com
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ARTICLES ARTICLES ARTICLES ARTICLES ARTICLES
FILMS ARE AN EVER CHANGING LIFE LONG EXPERIENCE
My love of films started as a young child when my father, BIG Arn as I called him, and I watched classic Hollywood films on television in the different genres (comedy, drama, horror & science fiction) with all the legendary film actors from the past. We also sang all the songs of those bygone days as we drove around looking for places to get a snack.
Years later (I won't say how many), I saw a film at the drive-in in Taintville (between Miramichi and Chatham, NB). I was 17 years old and I loved it. It was a science fiction film.
Unlike other people my age at the time who stood in line at the movie theatre to see it many times, I saw it only once at a drive-in and it changed yet again how I viewed and absorbed films.
The whole atmosphere of a drive-in can't be duplicated. The warmth of a summer night, smell of popcorn and fast food, groups of teenagers chatting outside their cars, lawn chairs, packed cars of young and old people.
Then, it was back to the movie theatre again for me as the Hollywood Blockbuster came into being. In between those epic viewing times were the Canadian films that I still love to watch over and over, now on DVD and on television some nights at weird times. There is gold down below but a few listed most people will call bad films, but I still love them to this day.
Goin’ Down the Road (1970), The Rowdyman (1972), Mon oncle Antoine (1971), Cannibal Girls (1973), Black Christmas (1974), Lies My Father Told Me (1975), The Clown Murders (1976), The Changeling (1979) - one of my favorite horror films, Meatballs (1979), Les bons débarras (1980), Scanners (1981), The Grey Fox (1982), Videodrome (1983), The Bay Boy (1984), Joshua Then and Now (1985), My American Cousin (1985), The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986), Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1986), I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987), Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988), Dead Ringers (1988), Jesus of Montreal (1999) and many more.
Now, my favorite films are Film Co-op member films as well as outside independent films that are showcased at Silver Wave and other festivals each year.
When I was researching how film started in Canada when I first started helping out at the Film Co-op years ago, I enjoyed reading about the most successful producer in Canada in the early days of film. It was Ernest Shipman, who had already established his reputation as a promoter in the US when he returned to Canada in 1919 with his author/actress wife, Nell Shipman, to produce Back to God's Country in Calgary. This romantic adventure story of an embattled heroine triumphing over villainy was released worldwide and returned a 300% profit to its Calgary backers. During the next 3 years Shipman established companies in several Canadian cities and made 6 more features based on Canadian novels and filmed not in studios, as was then common, but on location. Though these films - eg, God's Crucible (1920), Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921), The Man from Glengarry (1922) and The Rapids (1922) - were not as profitable as his first, they were not failures. Only his last film, Blue Water (1923), made in New Brunswick , was a disaster. Shipman left Canada and died in 1931 in relative obscurity. (from the Canadian Encyclopedia online)
Typical Canadian ending.
by cat leblanc
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Training & Development
The New Brunswick Film Co-op annual workshop program will start up again in Feb of 2009 . Stay tuned for the launch of the new schedule in January of next year.
Anyone interested in one-on-one workshops with instructors for a fee, contact cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
ONE-0N-ONE WORKSHOP TESTIMONIALS FROM SATISFIED MEMBERS
The Final Cut Pro one-on-one workshop with Michel Guitard went super well. He is very well versed in Final Cut and he showed me how to use and set up the decks at the Film Co-op etc… Very cool. He is a good teacher too, fun, on the ball, and he tests you every now and then to see if you retained it. The lesson ran from 10 am to 7 pm. We were there for 9 hours.
Thanks,
Sarah Bood, filmmaker member/editor
Education Coordinator, Coastal Livelihoods Trust
St. Andrews, N.B. E5B 2A5
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Festivals
POST SILVER WAVE PICTURES
The NB Silver Wave Film Festival (SWFF) screens feature films, documentaries and short films shot in the province and produced by New Brunswick filmmakers. It also showcases some of the best film and videos from Canada and around the world.
By infusing a warm glow and setting the town abuzz, the Silver Wave Film Festival is a grand celebration of New Brunswick's growing presence in the world of film and television entertainment.
Click Here to View 2008 SWFF Photo Gallery (Photos by Jeff Crawford)
Click Here to View 2008 SWFF Photo Gallery (Photos by John Calver)
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The Arts
FREDERICTON - DANCE FREDERICTON DANSE EVENT
Dance Fredericton Danse and sponsors Fredericton Community Foundation, the City of Fredericton and Investors Group wish to invite children young and old to their seasonal dance presentation, "The Nutcracker Suite & Friends."
Dance Fredericton's Performance Ensemble, with featured guest artists from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School will sweep you away to "The Land of the Sweets" on a wondrous excursion guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Delightful original choreography by Johanne Gingras from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School makes this a truly unique experience.
Join our performers from Dance Fredericton with special guests Erin Brennan and Jesse Fraser from The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Saturday, December 6th at 2 pm and 7 pm at Le Centre Communautaire Saint-Anne.
Tickets are available at Dance Fredericton by calling 457-2538, Westminster Books, Owl's Nest Book Store or at the door. Ticket prices are $15 for Adults and $8 for Children and Students. Dance Fredericton invites you to stay after the performance to enjoy "sweets" and meet and greet our dancers and guest artists.
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Biz & Indie Film News
TREEVENGE WILL PLAY AT SUNDANCE
Fresh from the Silver Wave Film Festival, TREEVENGE is going to be playing in the 25th annual Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah.
TREEVENGE will be playing (at least) four times with "Dead Snow," about a ski trip that starts with beer and sex — and ends with zombie Nazis. Match made in heaven. Check out the trailer at:
Our congratulations to the filmmakers Rob and Jason.
UPCOMING FESTIVALS:
Sundance Film Festival - Park City, Utah
http://festival.sundance.org/2009/
Boston Underground Film Festival - Boston, Mass.
http://bostonunderground.org/
AWARDS:
-Audience Award for Best Short Film @ New York City Horror Film Fest
-Best Local Film @ The Coast Magazine (Halifax)
-Audience Award for Best Short Film @ Toronto After Dark Festival
-Audience Award for Best Short Film @ Fantasia Film Festival (Montreal, QC)
-Best Editing @ Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax, NS)
-Best Short Film @ Fantastic Fest Online (Austin, TX)
Guess What - WWW.TREEVENGE.COM is now up! - go check it out.
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Check out Fredericton's own Trevor Lyons who has a sample of his voice work on the NB Film Co-op website at: http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/voice_actors.htm
If you would like to have cat put your voice work sample on line, email her your MP3 or Wav File at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
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Playback Daily.com - CSC AWARDS OPEN UP
by: Staff
Dec 5, 2008
The Canadian Society of Cinematographers has for the first time opened its annual awards to outsiders. Non-members -- that is, any cinematographer residing in Canada -- are now free to submit to the CSCs. This is the first time in the organization's 50-year history that non-members have been included in all of the annual award categories.
"We want to make sure that the works of all cinematographers in this country have the opportunity to compete," said the CSC's Albert Dunk in a release. "We want the best competing with the best. No exceptions."
The awards remain open to all CSC members, whether residing in Canada or elsewhere. The deadline for entries to the 13 categories -- including docs, lifestyle/reality, music videos, TV and film -- is Jan. 23, 2009.
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TRANS ATLANTIC PARTNERS
International Co-production: Focus Europe and
The
Erich Pommer Institut
,
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Module 1: June 13-18, 2009 in
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Module 2: September 15-20, 2009 in
TRANS ATLANTIC PARTNERS will give producers the necessary tools and knowledge to manoeuvre through this complex arena and to overcome the legal and financial barriers. The programme is designed specifically to strengthen ties between the Canadian and European screen industries and provide excellent networking opportunities. An integral part of Module 2, which takes place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, participants are registered as full delegates at the Atlantic Film Festival's seminal co-production market, Strategic Partners - one of the world’s pre-eminent co-production markets, focusing on film
& TV.
COURSE CONTENT
Detailed information on international co-production from both a Canadian and a European perspective, including:
- Co-production overview
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The rules of the game: Analysis of the broadcasting acts, co-production agreements, bilateral treaties, European Convention Co-Production, historical context of treaties and realistic forecasts for change, co-production and co-venturing structures and opportunities
- Legal Aspects -
Including the legal frameworks, contractual negotiations, labour codes and collective agreements, regulatory authorities, rights (including internet & digital), opportunities for flexibility
- Financing -
Tax incentives, soft money, public funding, labour rebates, private equity, grants, budgets and financial structures
- Distribution -
Negotiation, territories, structures, players, new markets, market projections, profit share and back-end
- Exploitation -
Broadcasters, exhibitors, ISPs, ancillaries, markets, structures, the orderly marketplace
BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPANTS
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to learn from key professionals from both sides of the
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to find new international partners and projects
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to access European and Canadian film funds and tax incentives
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to enhance project development
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to facilitate trans-Atlantic communication
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to take advantage of the best talent on both sides of the ocean
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to build more strong, original Canadian and European productions
TARGET GROUP/ APPLICATION
The programme is designed for independent producers with at least three years of professional experience in the film and television industry. Participants should have experience in producing film and/or television, but not necessarily with international co-productions. Applicants with projects attached will be given priority status.
All applicants should be residents of
FEE
1.500 Euro (~2.420 CAD) - includes both modules plus accommodation/meals in
Application deadline is March 4th, 2009.
Application form and guidelines (PDF)
Further information on
www.coproduction-training.com
Presented with the support of the MEDIA International Preparatory Action of the European Union.
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Advertise
FREDERICTON - IATSE SET ETIQUETTE COURSE
We are offering the IATSE Set Etiquette course here at the Centre for Arts and Technology next Wed (Dec17) from 1-4, and we have a few open seats, so I was wondering if any Film Co-op members that need to take it would like to take advantage of this opportunity. This invitation is only for Co-op members and they can contact me directly at:
Alan Edwards
AEdwards@digitalartschool.com
Centre for Arts & Technology, Fredericton
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WELCOME BACK HOME BIG JOHN LITTLE from tour May - Oct 2008
LIVE WIRE still has lots of ENERGY to put on with friends & the Saxman
BENEFIT for ANTI- poverty and People for People
Big John Little, James "Skip" Talbot, Tom Noel, Ben Weatherby
Gordie Monroe, Bobby Burke, Fran Rooney Madison, Randy Russell, Bobby Dale, Marie Short, Hazel Marie Robinson, Green Law the Out Law, Jim Lee, Audrey Chamberlain, and
MORE
Jam Bash with many CD recording artists and producers, friends, fans and musicians. He inspired HUSH HUSH! He does not know that we are also celebrating his BIG 8-0 year to come plus celebrating CBC documentary Heritage Noir, the contribution he and his manager SarahLouise, as well as Mr. James Skip Talbot, of Moncton and Mr. David Peters.
MOST of all a great big congratulations to Cojak Productions and Crew, for their display of cross Canadian artists in rhythm, blues and country. Historical recognition is so very important. CELEBRATE all of the above before the stresses and hassles of the season.
LET'S JAM the night away...7:30pm til close, 9:30 buffet, punch, cake and full bar. Special gifts, surprises and door prizes. All musicians invited to celebrate. Tickets available at the door $12.50/person or $20/couple. Country lineup, soul, rhythm & blues, motown, jazz line up and rock & roll to 2008. SPECIAL surprise guests from out of province and USA. Relax or go wild before the big season rush! Have a Blast!!
Dec 12, 2008
615 Latimore Lake Road Community Hall
CALL for TICKETS 214-6401
Emcee Steve Gaudet
http://www.ethnicrainbownativecast.com
ethnicrainbows@aim.com
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MUSIC STUFF FOR SALE
I'm downsizing my PA stuff and wondered if you might have some friends and acquaintances who could use some gear?...
I have 1000w follow-spot for sale complete with case and tri-pod. The bulb probably doesn't have 20 hours on it! It's an oldie, but a goodie; something like us! First person with $100 can have it !
I've also got a road case for a 36 channel board, and an amp rack on wheels (I thinks it's about 8 rack spaces, but I haven't looked at it in a long time!) I'd take any reasonable offer for this stuff! (I need room in my baby-barn!!)
If you wouldn't mind sending this out to some folks on your email list, I'd sure appreciate it!
Any interested parties can reach me by email at mudalley@nbnet.nb.ca or by phone at 458-1701.
Thanks again!
Becky Banks
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SCORING FOR FILMS
I'm a published singer/songwriter/producer, and me and a fellow songwriter are looking to get into scoring for films. So I was wondering if you knew of any film directors who are looking for a composer? We are looking for projects in order to build up our portfolios.
Here are links to my music sites;
www.pamelapachal.com
www.myspace..com/pamelapachal
now, keep in mind that these songs are only the style I use for my own personal career. I have been trained and can write classical, heavy, country, instrumental, jazz, etc...
Hope you can forward this on to any film directors you know!
Pamela Pachal
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CFC CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT FILM PROGRAM: APPLICATION DEADLINE | FEBRUARY 9, 2009
The Cineplex Entertainment Film Program is a five-and-a-half month complete immersion in the art and business of dramatic filmmaking for directors, producers, writers and editors. Our alumni are masters of their craft, working across Canada and the world.
The next application deadline is February 9, 2009 – visit us online at www.cfccreates.com/film to apply now!
CFC FEATURE FILM PROJECT: APPLICATION DEADLINE | JANUARY 30, 2009 YOUR IDEA. OUR MONEY. YOUR FILM.
The CFC Feature Film Project (FFP) is a comprehensive development and production focused mentorship program that offers emerging Canadian feature filmmakers full training, mentorship and 100% financing to develop and produce a dramatic feature film.
Visit: click here
for more information on application criteria and submission details.
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ONE PAGE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
WILDsound's 1 PAGE SCREENPLAY CONTEST
A top rated Screenplay Contest! One of the most challenging and unique Script Contests in the world today!GET YOUR STORY FILMED AND SCREENED AT FESTIVALS
DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT COMPETITION IS
DECEMBER 31st 2008!
CLICK HERE
to submit your film.
CLICK HERE
to submit your TV Pilot or TV Spec Script
CLICK HERE
to submit your Screenplay (short or feature)
CLICK HERE
and VOTE on your favorite 1 PAGE Screenplay from the last round.
The WINNER will have their 1 PAGE SCRIPT PRODUCED!. It will be SHOT and EDITED using a top cast/crew and then shown at various film festivals around the world, including ours. See info below!
The RULES are simple:
1. Write a 1 page script. Any script longer than one page is disqualified. Please include title page with full contact information. (Title page does not include the 1 page script). Script must be presented in proper screenplay format.
2. Email the script to wildsoundreadingseries@sympatico.ca
3. Pay the $10 submission fee via PAYPAL or send a cheque and script by mail to WILDsound Film Festival 80 St. Clair Ave. East Suite 2309, Toronto, ON M4T 1N6
4. OR if you're a WITHOUTABOX person, click on the link below and do everything on your WAB account.
5. The TOP 10 Finalists will have their 1 page scripts read at our November 2008 event. The audience will then vote on their favorite one page script and the winner will then have their 1 page script Produced using the top cast/crew in Toronto.
6. The winner will also get to add their own input on the Production (choosing Director, Cast/Crew etc.). The film will then be shown at WILDsound's September 2008 Film Festival plus be shown at other Film Festivals around the world.
7. DEADLINE for Submission is DECEMBER 31 2008!
VIEW THESE 1 PAGE SCRIPTS THAT HAVE BECOME FILMS FOR EXAMPLE:
Chrysanthemums the Word
The Mailroom
Tarot
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WANTED - MUSIC COMPOSER
Looking to partner up with talented music composer in the scoring of my latest comedy titled Do-Gooders .
Drop me a line if interested. dtheb@nb.sympatico.ca
Dieppe based NBFC member Danny Thebeau http://www.keyfilms.ca
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FILM EYES
After being so immersed in a project for so long, it’s easy for a typo to slip by unnoticed, especially in the wee hours of the morning. It happens to the best of us. I want to help you make your best first impression on those Hollywood producers and investors who may be sitting in the audiences of the film festivals where your film will be screened! I’m offering my fresh set of eyes for FREE to help anyone in proofreading credit rolls, subtitles, graphics and any related print/web materials. I have an 11 year background in the IT industry where accuracy and detail is vitally important. If you’re interested, my contact information is as follows:
Jen Mawhinney, Fredericton, NB