Next Meeting-look for a sign on the door when you get there. Sunday, December10th from 2 to 4 pm

Next Meeting-look for a sign on the door when you get there. Sunday, December10th from 2 to 4 pm

From Don's e-mail:

"EDITING. This coming
Sunday, December 10th from 2 to 4 pm at the Flying Monkey Arts Center.
Sponsored by the Alabama Filmmakers Cooperative. www.filmcoop.org

Among the topics we'll discuss:
1) What is "Editing"? I tell the kids in the summer workshop that
there are only 3 things you can do to a movie clip: Trim it, Cut in
into 2 or more smaller clips, or Throw it Away. After that you
assemble the clips in the proper order to tell the story. Simple rules
but applying them requires as artists eye and a master storytellers
sense of timing.
2) Editing trends in movies - from silent movies that had one shot for
several minutes to MTV-imitating 3sec cuts. If you have a favorite
scene in a DVD that illustrates an editing technique, please bring it
along. I'll bring a few examples. If you have a favorite editor,
bring a list of their notable films as suggested viewing. I have
enjoyed reading Walter Murch's "In the Blink of an Eye" and certainly
Murch is no slouch in the editing room.
3) In Camera Editing techniques - you don't normally think about doing
that any more but there was a time (in my miserable experience as a
wedding videographer) that you would do most of yout editing In Camera.
When everyone has a computer (with iMovie or Final Cut?) why would you
want to edit in camera? Let's talk about it. Obviously for weddings
its great - you go in with a "Shot List" and the day is scripted down
to the minute. But for a "movie"? Can you really use this technique?
How about a Documentary?
4) I'd still like to set up a couple of computers and break into teams
to see what different groups come up with when editing the same footage
without a script. unfortunately I only have one iBook. If anyone has
another laptop on which you can edit some footage, please let me know
and bring it along. I'll have some clips on mini-DV, with camcorder
and firewire cable to load onto your laptop. If you need something
other than a standard VGA connector to hook up to an external monitor,
let me know. If we don't have another computer, we'll project the one
on the screen and work together to examine options for creating a scene
from raw video clips.

And as always, if you have a work in progress that you can show us - up
to 10min worth, please bring that. My daughter completed a documentary
on the homeless and I'll twist her arm to show her opening montage.

Also, we'll be following up on last months discussion about getting
started on a Movie Makers Skills and Availability Matrix to access via
our web site and plans for next year's film festival. Does anyone know
any local movie makers who are entering the UNA/George Lindsey film
competition? If so, please invite them to come to the meeting and tell
us about their entry. Maybe we can gather a small crowd to carpool
over for the festival (I believe it is March 1-4).

The Film Co-op Board will be meeting immediately after out workshop -
it is open to the public and always in need of your support. I don't
know if our workshop will be upstairs on still be downstairs. So look
for a sign on the door when you get there. Sunday, December10th from 2
to 4 pm See you there.

Any questions, feel free to e-mail to call me (home: 837-4359)
Don"