Fimmaker's Worksop Meeting Notes of 2006_04_02
Alabama Filmmaker's Co-op Workshop
Sunday, Apr 02, 2006, 2:00, Flying Monkey Arts Center
Type of meeting
Workshop
Meeting called by
James N. Reynolds, Alabama Filmmaker's Co-op Secretary
Attendees
Trevor B.
Tina L.
Jim R.
Don T.
Topics
Num.
Topic
Responsible
1.
Showed Trevor the Film Co-op library
Jim
2.
Libel Mouse (name was Don's idea)-
A mouse that gets revenge for its species by
suing mankind for injuries
Don, Tina, Jim
3.
Told by Catherine S. that the current “lounge area” is going to become a sound studio that Walter A. is donating to the Flying Monkey as long as he has access to it.
Jim
4.
Discussed separation of channels for the sound system we may get for showing films. Home theatre splits may be a problem for the audience in the back.
Don
5.
Brought up that the Film Co-op is building an archive for other film/videomakers to use.
Raw footage
Suggested using the mini-DV format and placing on DVDs with MPEG and Quicktime formats.
Jim
Don
6.
Talked about working on her puppet movie
Tina
7.
Will donate an older video card, but the film coop still needs a computer with enough power to video edit.
Jim
8.
Summer movie making workshop. Will be on Saturdays sometime in the Summer if anyone wants to volunteer to help him.
This time he knows to start with some of the kids who are writers
Had thought about doing an animation workshop in conjunction with SciQuest but they already have 2 animation programs for kids and hadn't heard back form them for any other connection with our film/video workshop.
Don
Anna Sue (not present)
9.
Needs to borrow the use of a trampoline for footage if anyone knows of anyone who'd be okay with that.
Tina
10.
Found a link (he couldn't remember where) of an
interview of a screenwriter (might have been the one who wrote Rainman) who talked about workflows and processes.
Trevor
11.
We'll start using the workshop to start videoing actual stories and things as well as showings.
Offered to write a shooting script
Don, Jim
Tina
12.
Locations
Interesting places to use to film/videotape in Huntsville and surrounding area.
Building a list for future use.
Example: Off of Dallas Street in the 5 points area where the old fie training academy used to be is a drainage ditch that has two really neat-looking stone archways. Shoot close on that an you can use it as a location or a second unit shot.
Jim
13.
Filmmaker friendly sites and the liaison for use
i.e. Chris B. and Curtis for OTCS
said Chris at Burning Nun was okay with her using that as a location
Jim, Don, Tina
Tina
14.
Discussed doing “experiments in style” from the same script, like one could be all extreme closeups.
Discussed a movie he saw at Roger Ebert's Overlooked film festival called Overtime that was shot in 70mm in long distance.
Jim
Don
15.
Firefly movie from the TV show had an explanation of how they did what looked like long continuous shots.
They would do a “whip pan” at a key point where its much harder to tell where an edit is.
They set-up two sets and edited to suit,
Trevor
16.
Knowing your ending helps a lot
Character Animators start with beginning pose and ending pose and wok on the middle and back and forth.
Just writes from the beginning and it usually just works out
Don
Jim
Tina
17.
Quote he couldn't remember where from:
“Stage plays are better verbally. Movies are better visually”
and
Neil Simon quote for comedy:
“Write Jewish, cast British”
Don
18.
Next Month we will start working on shoots for short movies during the workshop as well as showing things.
Jim, Don, Tina
19.
Cut-aways:
when 2 shots, it looks stilted.
When 3 shots, it has a better flow.
Don
20.
Tricks he learned from wedding photography:
Get a little bean bag a little bigger than your camera and you can use it as a stable base.
When you can't use a clapboard because you have to be quiet at an event you can use a photo flash. You use the white frame to sync up with any other sources.
Don
21.
Remember to check and post (please, others, post as much as you can, especially about your projects and useful information, like your podcasts or homepages, vlogs, videos, etc.)
filmcoop.blogspot.com
and
the livejournal
film co-op community
Jim
Additional information:
The next scheduled meeting of the Alabama Filmmaker's Co-op Workshop :
Sunday, May 07, 2006, 2:00, at the Flying Monkey Arts Center
Sunday, Apr 02, 2006, 2:00, Flying Monkey Arts Center
Type of meeting
Workshop
Meeting called by
James N. Reynolds, Alabama Filmmaker's Co-op Secretary
Attendees
Trevor B.
Tina L.
Jim R.
Don T.
Topics
Num.
Topic
Responsible
1.
Showed Trevor the Film Co-op library
Jim
2.
Libel Mouse (name was Don's idea)-
A mouse that gets revenge for its species by
suing mankind for injuries
Don, Tina, Jim
3.
Told by Catherine S. that the current “lounge area” is going to become a sound studio that Walter A. is donating to the Flying Monkey as long as he has access to it.
Jim
4.
Discussed separation of channels for the sound system we may get for showing films. Home theatre splits may be a problem for the audience in the back.
Don
5.
Brought up that the Film Co-op is building an archive for other film/videomakers to use.
Raw footage
Suggested using the mini-DV format and placing on DVDs with MPEG and Quicktime formats.
Jim
Don
6.
Talked about working on her puppet movie
Tina
7.
Will donate an older video card, but the film coop still needs a computer with enough power to video edit.
Jim
8.
Summer movie making workshop. Will be on Saturdays sometime in the Summer if anyone wants to volunteer to help him.
This time he knows to start with some of the kids who are writers
Had thought about doing an animation workshop in conjunction with SciQuest but they already have 2 animation programs for kids and hadn't heard back form them for any other connection with our film/video workshop.
Don
Anna Sue (not present)
9.
Needs to borrow the use of a trampoline for footage if anyone knows of anyone who'd be okay with that.
Tina
10.
Found a link (he couldn't remember where) of an
interview of a screenwriter (might have been the one who wrote Rainman) who talked about workflows and processes.
Trevor
11.
We'll start using the workshop to start videoing actual stories and things as well as showings.
Offered to write a shooting script
Don, Jim
Tina
12.
Locations
Interesting places to use to film/videotape in Huntsville and surrounding area.
Building a list for future use.
Example: Off of Dallas Street in the 5 points area where the old fie training academy used to be is a drainage ditch that has two really neat-looking stone archways. Shoot close on that an you can use it as a location or a second unit shot.
Jim
13.
Filmmaker friendly sites and the liaison for use
i.e. Chris B. and Curtis for OTCS
said Chris at Burning Nun was okay with her using that as a location
Jim, Don, Tina
Tina
14.
Discussed doing “experiments in style” from the same script, like one could be all extreme closeups.
Discussed a movie he saw at Roger Ebert's Overlooked film festival called Overtime that was shot in 70mm in long distance.
Jim
Don
15.
Firefly movie from the TV show had an explanation of how they did what looked like long continuous shots.
They would do a “whip pan” at a key point where its much harder to tell where an edit is.
They set-up two sets and edited to suit,
Trevor
16.
Knowing your ending helps a lot
Character Animators start with beginning pose and ending pose and wok on the middle and back and forth.
Just writes from the beginning and it usually just works out
Don
Jim
Tina
17.
Quote he couldn't remember where from:
“Stage plays are better verbally. Movies are better visually”
and
Neil Simon quote for comedy:
“Write Jewish, cast British”
Don
18.
Next Month we will start working on shoots for short movies during the workshop as well as showing things.
Jim, Don, Tina
19.
Cut-aways:
when 2 shots, it looks stilted.
When 3 shots, it has a better flow.
Don
20.
Tricks he learned from wedding photography:
Get a little bean bag a little bigger than your camera and you can use it as a stable base.
When you can't use a clapboard because you have to be quiet at an event you can use a photo flash. You use the white frame to sync up with any other sources.
Don
21.
Remember to check and post (please, others, post as much as you can, especially about your projects and useful information, like your podcasts or homepages, vlogs, videos, etc.)
filmcoop.blogspot.com
and
the livejournal
film co-op community
Jim
Additional information:
The next scheduled meeting of the Alabama Filmmaker's Co-op Workshop :
Sunday, May 07, 2006, 2:00, at the Flying Monkey Arts Center
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