NBFC E-news - Thursday, Feb 11, 2010
Spotlight!
FILMS FOR HAITI
An Evening of Local Film
Come out and show your support for Haiti, and the film community. The Red Cross and some Co-op members will be hosting a screening of short films. All proceeds will be going to the Canadian Red Cross to support the current relief efforts in Haiti.
WHEN: Monday, February 22
WHERE:
Centre Communautaire Sainte – Anne (Fredericton)
TIME:
7:30PM
Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at the door,
or reserved by contacting:
films4haiti@gmail.com
Limited seating is available.
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Hi Members, if you have not already, please contact Cat and renew your membership. Membership Renewals are annual and should be paid at this time. You can renew in person at the Film Co-op, by snailmail or by paypal by going to this link on the Film Co-op website: http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/members.htm
MEMBER RENEWALS FOR 2010 -
Melony McCarthy (Fredericton), Conrad Steeves (Prosser Brook), Lita Llewellyn (Petitcodiac), Lynn Richard (Fredericton),
NEW MEMBERS FOR 2010
Nelson Cabral (Sackville), Larry Mersereau (Fredericton)
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NEW MEMBERS/NEW MEMBERS/NEW MEMBERS
From Saint-Joseph de Madawaska in the North West of New Brunswick, Hélène has been involved in the cinema field for over 20 years.
During this time, she has been assistant director, production assistant, scriptwriter and director, while always pursuing her knowledge in the field. While continuing to develop various film projects, she has initiated the Kino Group in the North West and the Francophone Youth Film Festival in Edmundston. She has been leading the Kino Group for over 6 years and is head of the Film Festival since its creation in 2005. Over the years, she has dedicated herself to the training of youth by offering filming technique workshops in schools and in the community. Overall, she has delivered hundreds of workshops that gave birth to as much short films.
She is now working on the editing of her documentary film LA MAISON DE PAPIER and will soon begin her new short film, MA VILLE AUTREMENT. This is how Hélène continues to develop and explore the world of cinema.
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NEW BRUNSWICK FILMMAKERS CO-OPERATIVE MEMBER PRODUCTION CALENDAR
(Refresh web page if info does not show up on Calendar)
More member film shoots and activities to be added as they are confirmed.
(Click on below shaded dates to get information on scheduled member film and video shoots)
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
- Thank you once again to Fredericton member Troy MacLellan for coming into the co-op and cleaning out the fridge and microwave and then cleaning all around them and washing the floors and walls, Troy, you rock!
- Thank you to Riverview member Stephanie Marin for shooting video footage of the 2009 Silver Wave Film Festival and sending it to us!
- Thank you to Rebecca Young for organizing the co-op coffee corner cupboards and vacuuming downstairs!
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES FOR NEW MEMBERS
- Web Research (for out of town members)
- Office work
- Organization of Co-op book/magazine library
- Cleaning up and Organization of Co-op Film library
- Helping Cat to finish up organization and cleaning of downstairs area
- Helping with organization of Co-op Member party to happen in Moncton area this year.
- Helping with organization of Co-op Member party to happen in SJ area this year.
- Helping with organization of Co-op Member party to happen in Fredericton this year.
- SWFF Volunteer work (helping to organize all SWFF materials/stuff from last year for storage in one place)
- Looking for a member with at least 2 well done shorts under their belt to assist SWFF HR to create a short protocol video for all SWFF volunteers to watch. Cat, Jillian and Britany will meet with any members interested to discuss what is needed for content and to choose the best candidate. Person or persons (can be a team of 2 or three as well) must be Co-op members in good standing and able to write, shoot, work with actors, edit and deliver a finished project. Must be a team player and be open to input. info@nbfilmcoop.com
Great opportunity to get more involved with the Film Co-op and SWFF! On project completion, chosen person (s) gets a full all access pass to SWFF 2010!
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES FOR ALUMNI MEMBERS
- Helping with organization of Co-op Member party to happen in Moncton area this year.
- Helping with organization of Co-op Member party to happen in SJ area this year.
- Helping with organization of Co-op Member party to happen in Fredericton this year.
- Script Critiques (only for those deemed qualified please)
- Looking for a member with at least 2 well done shorts under their belt to assist SWFF HR to create a short protocol video for all SWFF volunteers to watch. Cat, Jillian and Britany will meet with any members interested to discuss what is needed for content and to choose the best candidate. Person or persons (can be a team of 2 or three as well) must be Co-op members in good standing and able to write, shoot, work with actors, edit and deliver a finished project. Must be a team player and be open to input. info@nbfilmcoop.com
Great opportunity to get more involved with SWFF! On project completion, chosen person (s) gets a full all access pass to SWFF 2010!
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Training & Development
The NB Film Co-op annual workshop series provides hands-on practical film and video training for members and non-members alike.
The 2010 Fredericton workshop series website link is now online at: Click Here and Registration is open.
Open Registration for the 2010 Moncton Workshop Series will begin on Friday (Tomorrow), February 12.
Open Registration for the 2010 Saint John Workshop Series will begin on Friday, February 19.
The workshops to be offered in Moncton: Set Etiquette 101, Screenwriting, Directing, Acting, Picture Editing - Premiere Pro, Production Management, Production Design, The AD's Role.
The workshops to be offered in Saint John: Screenwriting, Directing, Production Management, The AD's Role, Digital Camera and Lighting.
Formally registering and paying in advance is the only way to ensure you will have a seat in any of the offered courses. Pay on arrival is not an option.
Register in person at the NB Film Co-op or email to ask if there is space and pay by paypal) or by mail (Cheques and Money Orders only).
There are always limited spots available for all workshops so please call or email staff to see if there are available spots before you send your payment OR pay via PayPal please. You can put your name on the waiting list for workshops already full. For more information you can call Cat at: 506-455-1632 or email at info@nbfilmcoop.com
For any members wanting to do short digital dramatic, comedic, documentary & experimental projects: You must have your 5 required workshops (Screenwriting, Directing, Production Management, Picture Editing, Digital Camera & Lighting) in and your volunteer hours (30 hours) and you must be a full member (associate members can upgrade). As well, more importantly, you have to be a member of the Film Co-op for at least 5 months before you are deemed eligible to do projects.
For members who want to use specific co-op equipment themselves and be specialty trained in it for a crew role, further workshops would be required to access those specific resources they want to directly use (Assistant Camera for 16mm, HD Shooting, Sound Editing, Grip, Dolly, Mini Jip, Red Rock).
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Shooting on HD
Intro – Theory and Hands-on
Feb 25, Thursday, 7pm - 11pm
Instructor: Michel Guitard
Location: New Brunswick Film
Co-op, 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton
Fee: $20 for NBFC Members/$30 for Non-Members
(Required Workshop for members to access Co-op’s HD Cameras)
Number Limit: 10
The recent advent of affordable High Definition (HD) technology means that filmmakers can now shoot on the highest quality format without breaking the bank.
The instructor will give the workshop attendees an introductory understanding of the technological and artistic capabilities of HD production using the Film Co-op’s 2 Sony PMW-EX1 HD cameras.
INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Michel Guitard is a prolific young filmmaker, cameraman & editor who has worked on over 90 productions through and outside the NB Film Co-op in different crew positions from the age of 10 to 19 years old. He has done three of his own films; one of them, a Short Film Venture film entitled “Simon Hunter.”
Michel is the Technical Director at the NB Film Co-op.
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Festivals
SILVER WAVE 2010 IS COMING!
10th ANNIVERSARY FOR SWFF! (FLASH BACK - SWFF 2005 - Film Co-op staff Cat LeBlanc in her usual despairing pose in her office. Photo by sneaky member)
Click Here (View PDF of SWFF 2010 Call for Submissions)
Click Here (View PDF of SWFF 2010 Application Form)
SWFF does not return festival materials and master screening copies to filmmakers. Please enclose a pre-paid envelope to get your tape and any other materials back after SWFF.
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The Arts
MONCTON - FAR OUT EAST FILM SOCIETY
Click here for the schedule!
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FREDERICTON - FILM SCREENING
The public is invited to attend a film screening of A Candle in the Dark, on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 pm at the UNB Arts Centre, Memorial Hall. A discussion about the issues of violence facing youth will follow the film.
Students from the School District 18 Enterprise Program worked with filmmaker and Film Co-op member Matthew Rogers on many aspects of the film. A Candle in the Dark is part of a larger project that uses arts-based activities to engage youth
in violence prevention.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
The talk is in conjunction with two exhibits at the UNB Art Centre that focus on domestic violence, the Silent Witness Project and Voices. The exhibits continue through February 26.
The UNB Art Centre, located at Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information please call Marie Maltais, Director, UNB Art Centre, 453-4623.
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FREDERICTON - SPECIAL SCREENING EVENT!
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERATOR invites us into a world where science meets fiction — breathing poetic meaning into archival films and revealing a little-known chapter in industrial history.
The 20th century had its invisible workforce: telephone operators. Not only were they "voices with a smile," they were shooting stars in a universe of infinite progress, test pilots for the management systems of their time.
Caroline Martel takes overlooked artifacts of cinema history — one hundred industrial, advertising and scientific management films produced in North America between 1903 and 1989, which together shed light on the corporate, scientific and popular imaginations of the past century — and turns them into a dreamlike montage documentary.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERATOR has been critically acclaimed around the world following its world premiere at TIFF in 2004. It was short listed for the Canada's Top-10 and was screened in some 50 prestigious venues such as Taipei, Full Frame, Leipzig and Créteil Festivals, as well as at the Mipcom market in Cannes. After a US premiere at the Museum of Modern Art, PHANTOM won the Best Experimental Film Award at the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, and was a hit in San Francisco.
" …shows that Canadian true-life stories need not only appeal to Canadian audiences."
Cahiers du cinéma
"Can't wait to see what Martel will do next…"
Talking Pictures, BBC World TV
"the kind of intelligent and dedicated work
that will live on for much longer than the flavour of the moment."
Village VOICE
"... an enormously imaginative docu ... an hour of nonstop visual and intellectual stimulation."
VARIETY
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FREDERICTON - VISITING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER SEMINAR - CAROLINE MARTEL
FREE! BUT LIMITED SEATING (CAN ONLY SEAT 15)
Where: The NB Film Co-op Basement Resource Centre, 732 Charlotte Street, Charlotte Street Arts Centre
When: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Join filmmaker Carol Martel as she talks about her work as a "research-creator".
Carol will touch on the following topics:
- The art and business of documentary (what it is to be a documentary filmmaker navigating between the art funding networks and the industry - on a national & international level)
- Archiving
- The process of making a documentary.
- The Documentary Organization of Canada
Carl will also be happy to give any feedback if there are some productions in-progress and will show some clips from some of her work.
BIOGRAPHY - Caroline Martel
The work of award-winning filmmaker Caroline Martel (Montréal, 1973) has been presented to critical acclaim throughout the world, including at the Toronto International Film Festival, Amsterdam's IDFA, on SRC, NHK, and SVT, at the MoMA in New York, and the George Pompidou Centre in Paris. Martel has been synthesising documentary theory and practice in a variety of projects since 1998, with a special interest in cinema archives, invisible histories, women's voices and communication technologies. She is dedicated to creating films that are cinematically engaging and intriguing.
http://www.artifactproductions.ca/phantom
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NEW! FREDERICTON MARCH BREAK KIDS ANIMATION CAMP!
March Break Animation Camp
Ages 7 to 14
When:
Monday, March 1st to Friday, March 5th, 2010
Start and End Time:
9am to 5pm (half hour for lunch and two breaks)
Location:
Charlotte Street Art Centre, 732 Charlotte Street, upstairs multipurpose room.
Cost:
$150 per student
Call to register now as seating is limited to 15 students.
Larry Mersereau 474-9195 or email larry3dguy@yahoo.ca
Please send your child with a lunch as we will not be providing one.
Come learn the fun of animation! Your child will learn how to make flip books, write a story with storyboard, design and create their own characters, the importance of colour, background and props, and how to animate their character. The students will receive a DVD of their movie after the camp.
Generous Sponsor: New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative.
INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
From traditional and computer animation training at Sheridan College to large-scale professional projects such as "Batman: the Animated Series" and Spielberg's "An American Tail: Fieval Goes West," Larry has mastered skills in storyboarding, character design, 2D cell animation, 3D computer modeling and animation.
His qualifications in education include over 20 years in roles such as Animation Department Head and Assistant Professor of Animation. He developed and taught curriculum for animation courses internationally at a number of institutions such as the Kansas City Art Institute, Sheridan College, McMaster University and the University of Toronto.
He also has over 25 years of business experience from freelance photography to running an animation studio employing several artists. He has organized special events and taken a leadership role with over 300 participants. He has been honoured with awards for excellence in community service and professionalism including recognition by a Member of Provincial Parliament who stated: "Your successful animation and design company is a credit to our city."
Larry is a member of the NB Film Co-op.
Proud sponsor of this workshop: New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative
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Biz & Indie Film News
ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL - CALL FOR OUTLINES
Following on the success of last year's Inspired Script Program the Atlantic Film Festival Association, in partnership with Astral Media the Harold Greenberg Fund and Telefilm Canada, will once again be presenting our Script Development Program in 2010. This is a great opportunity to work with one of the top screen editors in Canada, Noel Baker, as he helps bring your outline to treatment and finally to a first draft all before September.
Don't miss this great opportunity. Each writer will partake in 3 intensive weekend development workshops from April until August including pitch training with world renowned pitch expert Jan Miller. In September each writer will participate in the Script Pitch Event presented by Telefilm Canada which is sure to be a great networking opportunity with producers from across Canada. The final element that is sure to catch your attention is the coveted development prize of $10,000 presented by Astral Media the Harold Greenberg Fund which will be awarded to one lucky finalist..
We are looking for the next great feature film and it all begins with a brilliant outline. Download the below Call for Outlines where you will find all of the necessary details including an overview of the process, applicant criteria, special requirements and important dates. This opportunity is open to writers from all four Atlantic Provinces! The deadline for applications is Monday March 8, 2010.
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Fredericton 48 Hour Film Competition!
Imagine it and make it in 48 hours! 2010 Dates Announced! Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada
Start planning now. The 2nd annual 48 Hour Filmmaking competition will be held March 12th to 14th.
Fredericton’s 48 Hour Film Festival is open to teams of up to 10 people who will write, shoot and edit a film of 10 minutes (or less) in 48 hours.
You must be a member to download the application so please sign up. http://www.meetup.com/48-hour-film/
Application deadline is March 8th
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MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE
The 4th Annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre "SING IT TO DEATH" is coming to the Fredericton Delta, Saturday Feb. 20th.
The format of this event will be an American Idol-like singing competition, where someone at the show will be killed. There will be clues dropped along the way that will help you piece the crime together and determine the actual killer. This will be followed by a Silent Auction and live musical entertainment by the band 8 Track Mind.
Tickets for the entire event are $60 each. Tickets are limited, so call us now to make sure you get yours! Contact NBACL at (506) 453-4400 (in Fredericton) or Toll Free 1-866-622-2548 for tickets and more information.
Acceptable forms of payment include Visa or MasterCard, Cash, or Cheque. The funds raised at this event will be used to help us continue to support children and adults who have an intellectual disability, and their families. We hope to see you there!
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LAST CHANCE for this ORIGINAL Screenplay Contest
with DISCOUNT!
. Pay only $25 (on features) - Enter by Feb. 15th - Use this code: SBD888
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3) - You NARRATE your 'Table Read' with the actors,
4) - We'll VIDEO record it!
5) - Have a ‘Private Session’ with Gary Goldstein (Producer of PRETTY WOMAN)
6) - PRO SERIES Professional Screenwriting Class - $1100 Value!
Only $25 on Features and $10 on Shorts til Feb 15th! Use this code: SBD888
*You MUST USE this link to get discount*
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FINAL DEADLINE - FEB 15th!
Get the 'EXPOSURE YOU DESERVE' with the EXPOSURAMA Screenplay Contest.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
To find the BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAYS and give them the exposure they been working so hard to achieve, and deserve!
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* A $1,000.00 payout to our overall Winner;
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* A Press Release featuring our winners distributed to 200,000+ industry professionals
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That's only $40 for features and pilots (normally $50!)
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Omaha Fly-By
One Female (20 - 30) needed for speaking role in upcoming shoot, Omaha Fly-By - scheduled for shooting in early April.
For more information contact Tony Sekulich:
info@azureskyfilms.com
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