CLASS ACTS DELIVER GOLD AT SILVER WAVE!
(NBFC members Dan Thebeau and Corena Walby
have come onboard again to host the 2010 Silver Wave Awards)
NBFC E-news - Thursday, July 8, 2010
Spotlight - NBFC Member Updates
PRODUCTION SPOTLIGHT - TONY SEKULICH & LITA LLEWELLYN
Azure Sky Films is pleased to announce that their television series proposal "The New 20" has been accepted to the National Screen Institute's (NSI) 2010-11 Totally Television Program.
Series creator and writer Tony Sekulich said they are thrilled to be accepted to the program.
"The NSI program is the best in the country at developing emerging television talent. It is a great honor to be part of it," he said.
The New 20 is about four 40-ish guy friends who have not yet married and settled down. It explores the comic side of what it's like being 40 and on the singe scene.
Azure Sky President Lita Llewellyn said she hopes audiences will get a chance to see it sometime soon.
"This show is funny and poignant and even though it is about guys, it's a show women will find hilarious too."
The show is being produced by Toronto Producer Jordan Gross (Man vs. Minivan)
The program officially begins in Toronto in late September.
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PRODUCTION SPOTLIGHT - RICHARD MACQUEEN (SAINT JOHN)
I've been busy lately. I just produced a 5 part webseries,
RAISING SONNY
. I launched it on 6 online channels a few weeks ago, the one with the most traffic is youtube (link is below) webisode 02. There are also some promo videos for the series you can check out on my channel, and the pilot webisode. Three more Raising Sonny webisodes will be posted online throughout the summer.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RichardMacqueen#p/u/0/5QVTB8cEmsw
Story background: A documentary film crew comes into an hopelessly oblivious stay-at-home dad's apartment to document him with his son. His major problem is that he is trying to cover up his failures, while they are just trying to exploit them.
If anyone can rate and subscribe that would be great.... after you watch please take 45 seconds to rate and scribble a quick note on the video page..... and if you LIKE IT take another 45 seconds to subscribe and Share the link on your facebook page or blog.
The internet allows us series producers to skip the Corporate Gatekeepers, and get straight to the viewer. It lets you decide if its to be thrown aside, or commended and shared. And if that happens enough, we get a following, and it begins to open doors enough for us to push through.
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PRODUCTION SPOTLIGHT - DONOVAN RICHARD (MONCTON)
The final picture edit and color correction are done on my short film venture project Delivrance (I was able to do this project thanks to a grant from NB Film and equipment and member support from the NB Film Co-op) . The lighting (in post) has been corrected as well. Special FX scenes are done except for one touch up and credits are done.
I recently brought everything to my music composer Ronaldo Richard and his sound engineer partner Samuel Richard who are both working on the audio. Samuel has already worked on the sound for me and had cleaned up 3/4 of the audio track. We have three scenes we will need to do some ADR for so that will be done this week and possibly on the weekend depending on my actors and actresses availability. Samuel will also work on the foley and special sound effects.
So, in the next two weeks I am hoping to have the sound fx, final music and final mix of all the audio done!
As for Thirteen I wish I could have had it ready this year but it has taken the back burner to Delivrance as that is the one that I want to complete first. XIII is actually 3/4 edited as far as picture edit goes. But we haven't had a chance to look at music or sound effects for it which we will start to look at as soon as Delivrance is done.
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Have a brief update on how your production is going and where it's at? Email Cat your news :) More Updates to come.
PRE-PRODUCTION
- Nancy Lynch is prepping to shoot her short film Hello Ladassia (August 13/14/15 and August 20/21/22/).
- John Christenson is about to put in his proposal to the Film Co-op committee and board for his short film One Cart's Story.
- Konrad Stief is prepping to shoot his ciné-essay In Search of Dionysian Days (September 6/7/8/9/10/11/12).
- Greg Melanson is prepped to shoot his short The Dance this weekend and next. (July 9/10/11 and July 16/17/18).
- Jon Collicott is prepping to shoot his short film Heavenly gifts .
PRODUCTION
- Jason Nicholson has some more shooting to do for his short film Rayid: Results May Vary.
Robert Vinet has finished most of his shooting for Lies To God .
THAT'S A WRAP!
- Lex Gigeroff just wrapped shooting his film Benoit this Wednesday.
POSTPRODUCTION
- Dennis Poirier is working on an animation section for his and Paul Anger's short film Ask Ug.
- Britany Sparrow is in post on her short film D&D . Her other short THR is very close to being completed.
- Travis Grant is in post on his short film Let Pie Gones Be Pie Gones
- Paul Angers is in post on his short film The Dollmaker. BronweN was the picture editor.
- Filmmaker Michel Guitard is in post on his short film End of the Line. He and Bruce LeGrow are heavy into sound editing and music score now.
- Jillian Acreman is in post on her short film The Editor. She and Connor Doyle are working on the sound edit with consultation assistance from Bruce LeGrow.
- William Beatty is in post on on his short film Second Hand Smoke and expects to have it completed by the end of the month. His other short film When You're Gone is in post as well and will be completed by the end of the summer.
- Peter Evanchuck is in post on his 40 minute documentary A Walk In The Park.
- D.J. Sweet is in post on his short film Thanksgiving Wishes
- Allen Galloway is in post on his short film Paintbox
- Jeremy Robinson is in post on his short film Cold.
- Bunthivy Nou has just finished post on her short film "Super Geek Math Boy!" Next Step: Festivals!
DISTRIBUTION
- Tim Rayne finished his short film Songbird. Next Step: Festivals!
- Michelle Lovegrove Thomson finished her short music video Librarians at Night. It's now online
- Matt Brown finished his short trailer for his film Mountaindale.
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A little touch of Europe: The Padlocks of Venice
By Film Co-op member Joan Headley
Recently I returned from a European holiday to Italy. Lots of art, history and walking plus a little boating on a vaporetta water bus in quiet Venice. Not that I noticed it was quiet. Not until after we left and arrived in Florence where a cacophony of car engines and horns assaulted our ears. Back in the murky waterways of Venice, you hear the occasional boat motor. Every canal bridge has one or more gondoliers in striped shirts and wide brimmed straw hats singsonging "gondola-gondola-gondola." to the passing tourists.
The largest bridge, near the train station, arches its way over the Grand Canal with (too) many steps to bump your luggage up and down. Also, quite curiously, the bridge is festooned at many points with dozens upon dozens of padlocks that appear to have no apparent purpose. I wondered if the African lads who line the bridge with their designer purses for sale used the locks, but that did not appear to be the case. At our hotel, the desk man revealed the answer. It's a fad amongst the young people. Better than the 1930s fad of college boys swallowing live goldfish, I mused.
In Florence we noticed a sign warning of a large fine of several Euros for attaching padlocks to a bridge. The sign was decorated with a variety of padlocks of course.
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NBFC MEMBER CREW AND CAST DATABASE ONLINE
Cat has created a new film/television crew database for Film Co-op
members across New Brunswick. Go to: Click Here
and check out some of the crew profiles online now....more to come!
(Don't make Film Kitty mad, send in your crew/cast credits!)
Please do check out the instructions very carefully.
Any questions: email Cat at info@nbfilmcoop.com Let's promote New Brunswick Crew and Cast! We need to tell everybody WHO is out there working hard in the creative film and video sector whether they are volunteering or being paid, it all counts. Non-members can be listed as well in the database for a annual fee of $10.
Get your credits to Cat! This way, people will no longer have to call the Film Co-op for crew and cast info. Everybody will have the info at their finger tips at any time on the world wide web.
Latest Credits online: Dan Thebeau and Christine LeBlanc
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TIME TO RENEW FILM CO-OP MEMBERS!
Hi Members, if you have not already, please contact Cat and renew your membership or talk to her about it. Membership Renewals are annual and should be paid by February/March each year at the latest but the Film Co-op loves you and will still take your money and take you back into the NBFC fold with a smile. You can renew in person at the Film Co-op, by mail or by paypal by going to this link on the Film Co-op website: http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/ members.htm
If you can't remember if you renewed, ask Cat.
RENEWED MEMBERS FOR 2010 - JUNE
Joan Headley (Fredericton)
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NEW BRUNSWICK FILMMAKERS CO-OPERATIVE MEMBER PRODUCTION CALENDAR
(Refresh web page if info does not show up on Calendar)
member film shoots and activities are added on an ongoing basis.
(Click on below shaded dates to get information on scheduled member film and video shoots for 2010)
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Training & Development
The NBFC annual workshop series provides hands-on practical film and video training for members & non-members alike. The program is now finished for this year. If instructors are available, Film Co-op staff can set up one-on-one sessions with members and instructors for a fee.
www.nbfilmcoop.com/training.htm
For more information you can call Cat at: 506-455-1632 or email at info@nbfilmcoop.com
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Festivals
(Alumni filmmaker/writer Gretchen Kelbaugh is in the throes of writing a book. Email her to find out more at:
gretchk@rogers.com
)
SILVER WAVE 2010 WILL ROLL INTO NB!
10TH ANNIVERSARY FOR SWFF
The Festival now has a $10 submission fee again to help with increased administrative costs
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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SPOTLIGHT ON SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
It will be important for anyone submitting to SWFF this year to submit on time or you package will not be accepted for programming consideration. No allowances will be made, no exceptions for any reason.
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SACKVILLE - OK, QUOI?! ARTS FESTIVAL
July 26-August 1, 2010
Ok.Quoi?! is an interdisciplinary festival of contemporary art, focusing on video, audio, new and independent music.
The festival is produced by Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre in partnership with SappyFest. The works of over 50 artists will be presented over 6 days in a variety of screenings, installations, concerts, broadcasts and performances. Alongside exciting international and national work, Ok.Quoi?! features new and innovative projects from local and regional artists. All events save for the Last Chance for Summer Romance concert and barbecue are free, and open to all ages.
Information on Getting Here and Accommodations are available through the TOWN OF SACKVILLE site.
http://www.strutsgallery.ca/OKquoi_2009/schedule.html
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2010 REEL PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL
Dear Filmmakers, Artist Run Centres, Co-ops, and others,
Reel Pride 2010 is accepting submissions for our annual short film competition at this year's Reel Pride in Winnipeg.
Based on its mandate, the festival is looking for short films that have a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, two-spirited aspect to them. This expression may take many formats from theme or content to the background of the filmmaker.
The films must be Canadian.
To download our submission form please visit: http://www.reelpride.org/2010RPShortFilm.doc
Please remember to include the following in your submission:
A short synopsis of the film (1 paragraph)
A brief outline of why the film qualifies for this festival if not apparent by content (1 paragraph)
A brief biography of the filmmaker
Thanks and send those submissions in!
ReelPride 2010
http://www.reelpride.org
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The Arts
FREDERICTON - UNDER THE STARS: CLASSIC FILM SERIES!
After seeing last Sunday's turnout at Under the Stars in downtown Fredericton and realizing that much of our audience was comprised of new faces, we felt it might be nice to share some history about the Under the Stars Classic Film Series.
First off, the Under the Stars series was created in 2003 after
discussions between Dave Seabrook, Manager of City Tourism, and
myself. At the time I was President of the NB Filmmakers’
Co-operative and had met Dave at a planning meeting for the Film Co-op's annual November Film Festival.
Dave had mentioned that he was curious about the logistics of
screening old movies and, oddly enough, I had been investigating the
possibilities of screening New Brunswick-made Short Films somewhere
downtown. Dave and I talked and the Under the Stars Classic Film
Series was born. Downtown Fredericton and the Centre for Arts and
Technology were invited and a partnership was born.
The City runs the concession stand, supplies staff and equipment, the
Film Co-op offers technical advice, programming of the short films, distributor negotiations and graphic design work when needed, Downtown Fredericton supplies advertising and marketing and the Centre for Arts and Technology supplies the pop-corn bags. And, last but not least, in order to present the films at no charge each of the partners throw money into the pot to cover the distribution rights.
July 11, 9:15pm (Barracks Square by the Craft College)
Short Film Presentation:
Three Amigos Buy A Door
Director/Writer/Producer: John Christenson
Cast: Tony Merzetti, Rodrigo Gutierrez, Glen D. Ross, Kevin Blair, Pat Rogers
Length: 10:00
Contact:
jrjchris@nbnet.nb.ca
Screening Format: Beta Sp
Marysville, NB, Canada, 2009
Three friends, members of the NB Filmmakers’ Co-operative, are tasked to improve the security of the Film Co-op’s office space by purchasing a new door. Proof, once again, that even the simplest quest can have its complications.
Feature Film Presentation: The Thin Man
91 minutes
The Thin Man (1934) is the first installment of a popular series of films casting a sophisticated, glamorous, pleasure-seeking, and urbane husband-wife detective team (William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles). Director W.S. Van Dyke had previously directed Manhattan Melodrama (1934), in which stars Powell and Loy had displayed their unique and charming chemistry in their first of 14 film pairings.
The film's mystery story takes a back seat to the romantic screwball comedy, featuring the splendid, snappy banter between the rich, carefree married couple. They are known for sleuthing, solving murders, wisecracking one-liners, affectionate witticisms, delightful teasing and one-upmanship, alcoholic fun with plenty of martinis, a wire-haired terrier named Asta (actually named Skippy), and a loving relationship - often punctuated with quick kisses and slight hiccups.
The story is taken from Dashiell Hammett's 1934 detective novel of the same name, with a married couple that was supposedly modeled on the author's relationship with longtime love and playwright Lillian Hellman. [This was Hammett's fifth and final novel, written following The Maltese Falcon and The Glass Key.] The 'thin man' is actually the murder victim in the novel and film, and only appeared in the initial film. This low-budget MGM film, that was shot in less than three weeks (14 days) and earned over $2 million, is the best of the bunch.
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NB FILM CO-OP YOUTH OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
FREDERICTON - NBFC KIDS FILMMAKING SUMMER CAMPS 1, 2 & 3
For further details, check out the below websites and email Cat at:
info@nbfilmcoop.com
STILL SOME SPOTS LEFT!
http://
www.nbfilmcoop.com/KidsCamp/KidsCamp/Welcome.html
http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/KidsCamp2/Welcome.html
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Biz & Indie Film News
FREDERICTON - Women in Film and Television-Atlantic & First Weekend Club Present…
Brigitte Berman Film Tour
Photo: Brigitte Berman
Brigitte Berman's new documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, Rebel is touring Atlantic Canada from July 10-13. Read on to find out more about it!
Brigitte Berman may not be a Playboy bunny, but she counts Hugh Hefner as among her friends. She's also one of Canada's leading documentary filmmakers. Her film Artie Shaw: Time is All You've Got, landed her an Oscar, a rare trophy on Canadian shelves. In July, Brigitte brings her latest feature to Atlantic Canada: Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, Rebel, giving us the scoop before it opens in theatres around North America.
Brigitte Berman studied film and theatre arts at Queens University and credits her early positive experience as a film editor with really "throwing her into the craft of filmmaking." Like many, she discovered that editing film is a wonderfully creative experience. Eventually she took on the roles of writing, producing and directing, and now has an impressive 100-plus documentaries to her credit, as well as dramatic films.
How does a hard-working Canadian find herself invited to the private mansion of the playboy king? Hefner loved a film Brigitte had made about jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke and invited her to visit. Their friendship developed over a mutual love of jazz and film. "He did not trade on his playboy image at the mansion, but on his smarts."
He may be smart, but what an unlikely subject for a documentary by a woman.
A few years into their friendship, Brigitte attended the "glitz, glamour and beautiful women" of Hefner's 80th birthday party in 2006, and she got the idea for the film. "There is another side that tends to be forgotten." That side of Hugh Hefner may surprise you: years of dedicated activism. In the documentary, viewers will be taken through a social and political history of advancements: black rights, gay rights, abortion and freedom of expression, and often with the original playboy at the forefront. Featured friends you'll see include (among many) Gene Simmons, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Joan Baez and George Lucas. Foes get their say, as well, with commentary by public figures such as Christian activist Pat Boone, Reverend Jerry Falwell, feminist Susan Brownmiller and President Ronald Reagan. In fact, for years Hefner's name remained on the enemies' lists of Nixon, Reagan and J. Edgar Hoover.
To make this comprehensive documentary, Brigitte was given total access to Hefner's vast personal archives and had "complete creative and editorial control" over the film, something she insisted upon.
Brigitte Berman looks forward to bringing her film to Canada’s East Coast. “As a Canadian woman filmmaker from Toronto, I believe it is most important that I take the time to visit the Atlantic Provinces personally with my film. All the Atlantic WIFT Board members have worked incredibly hard to make this tour possible at such a busy time of year and I look forward to meeting many of the wonderful women filmmakers in the eastern provinces. Canadian women filmmakers need to get to know and support each other.”
The Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel tour is sponsored by WIFT-AT, The First Weekend Club, The St. John's International Women's Film Festival, KinoSmith, New Brunswick Film, New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative, DOC Atlantic and The Island Media Arts Co-op.
7:00pm July 10 - St. John’s - Inco Centre, MUN $15 / $10 WIFT-AT Members
7:30pm July 11 – Halifax - The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen St. $10 / $8 WIFT-AT members
7:00pm July 12 – Fredericton - Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte St $10 / $8 WIFT-AT members
6:00pm July 13 – Charlottetown - City Cinema, 64 King St. $10 / $8 WIFT-AT members
Tickets available at the door.
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Ridley Scott, YouTube prep for 'Life in a Day'
Team with Kevin Macdonald to create 'user-generated' doc
By Gregg Kilday
(Ridley Scott. Photograph: Martin Argles)
Producer Ridley Scott and director Kevin Macdonald are joining forces with YouTube to create what is being dubbed "the first user-generated feature-length documentary."
Titled "Life in a Day," the doc will incorporate footage shot on July 24 that is submitted by YouTube users from around the world. It will have its world premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
Macdonald, whose features include "State of Play" and "The Last King of Scotland," will direct, compiling the best footage into the final film, which will be exec produced by Scott and his Scott Free Prods. Individuals whose footage make it into the finished film will be credited as co-directors, and 20 of them will be flown to Sundance for the movie's bow.
Scott Free will work with Rick Smolan, creator of "A Day in the Life" and CEO of Against All Odds Prods. -- a California-based organization that specializes in the execution of large-scale global projects -- to distribute cameras to individuals in remote regions of the world in an effort to ensure that the film is as inclusive and representative as possible.
LG Electronics is supporting the project as part of its "Life's Good" campaign.
" 'Life in a Day' is a time capsule that will tell future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010. It is a unique experiment in social filmmaking, and what better way to gather a limitless array of footage than to engage the world's online community," Macdonald said.
"A vital part of our mission is to support individual storytelling around the globe and to provide a platform for expression and experimentation," Sundance director John Cooper said. "This is a great way to engage the YouTube community and to provide festival audiences with something new and unexpected."
Details about uploading footage are available at www.youtube.com/lifeinaday
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PWAC Atlantic (Professional Writers Association of Canada - Atlantic
Region) is holding a series of workshops in Sackville, NB, on July
9-11 with two of them available live online.
The online sessions may be of interest to Film Co-op members:
Ottawa PWAC member Marion Soubliere, who wrote the book on getting work with the federal government, will lead a 3-hour workshop about successfully navigating the process.
Writer/trainer Paul Lima's workshop is all about marketing for
freelancers, with a special focus on when and how to use social media
to find work.
Details of these sessions and the rest of the weekend are on the new
PWAC Atlantic site at
http://pwacatlantic.ca/
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Keswick Fair Song Contest
Here’s a chance for all you musicians and songwriters to show your stuff !
We are running a KESWICK FAIR SONG CONTEST with no restrictions on genre but the song
must be about the fair – past or present.
Entries are limited to residents to New Brunswick.
No contest judges or immediate family members
of contest judges will be eligible.
Submit entries to: keswickfairsong@hotmail.ca
Deadline for entries is August 1st
FIRST PRIZE $200 and SECOND PRIZE $100
Get your creative juices flowing and see what you can come up with.
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Advertise
FREDERICTON - WORK OPPORTUNITY
If anyone knows of a bilingual person, able to do admin duties, Mike Johnston at Office Complete is looking to fill a position. It's permanent and it's downtown. If you are interested please contact (submit a resume) asap to Office Complete in Kings Place in downtown Fredericton.
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LOOKING FOR EXTRAS FOR UPCOMING SHORT FILM
We need both males and females-20's to 30's, for a pub scene filming on Friday July 9th.
For more information please contact willykudos@hotmail.com
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CREW CALL
Nancy Lynch, first time director and Film Co-op member, is looking for volunteer crew members to assist with her short film Hello Ladassia. We are shooting August 13-15 and August 20-22.
We are still looking for the following crew members:
Gaffer (must be trained Film Co-op full member)
Grips (must be trained Film Co-op full member )
Stills Photographer
Script Supervisor
Hair
Costumes
Props
If you're interested in helping us out please contact Britany Sparrow, production manager/1st AD at britsparrow@gmail.com
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CASTING CALL FOR HELLO LADASSIA
First time director and Film Co-op member Nancy Lynch is looking for volunteer actors for her short film Hello, Ladassia, to be filmed August 14/15 and 21/22. The following roles are required:
Ladassia - principal - 60-70 years old, sweet and kind.
Randy - supporting - 45-55 years old, Bradley's step-father. Redneck and slacker.
Becky - supporting - 20-25 years old, voluptuous and cute. Dreams of being like Marilyn Monroe
Chin - supporting - 20-25 years old, Asian. Working at a call centre to improve his English.
Rosie - supporting - 35-45 years old, Ladassia's caretaker
The auditions will be held in the NBFC resource room in the basement of 732 Charlotte Street (Charlotte Street Arts Centre) on July 9 from 6-9 pm. Sides will be provided once you arrive and you will have a few minutes to prepare for the audition. No experience is necessary. If you have any questions please contact britsparrow@gmail.com