Meeting Notes of the film co-op workshop of 2006_10_08
Alabama Filmmaker's Co-op Workshop
Sunday, October 08, 2006, 2:00, Flying Monkey Arts Center
Type of meeting
Workshop
Meeting called by
James N. Reynolds
Attendees
Elin
Stanley
Danielle
Jim
Ben
Don
Sam
Heidi
Topics
Num.
Topic
Responsible
1.
Rocket City Film Festival is Oct 20th
http://www.filmcoop.org/events/2006/rcsff.html
Film Co-op
2.
DVD and VHS players weren't in the film co-op library so we used the DVD player on the TV in the Film co-op library
Jim
3.
showed his promo reel, then his Western short, “Black Rock Creek”
Nature sounds were dubbed in and looped.
Very good camera angles. Great costume designer for this short.
Ben
4.
made and brought in a new cart for the film co-op equipment. That's where the DVD player and video player were hidden.
Don
5.
discussed two of his favorite sites for finding new material to see, mash-up re-mix and re-use, all legally with content under Creative Commons Licenses or in the Public Domain.
http://www.archive.org
and
http://www.creativecommons.org
Jim
6.
talked about the workshop for kids he organized and led for the film co-op over the past two summers
Don
7.
said she and her friend made a murder mystery spoof called “There's No War in France”. They made it up as they went along. Said they may bring it next time if they can get the better version into a format that will play on DVD.
This led to a discussion of the difficulties of no real standardized format or codecs.
Heidi
Everyone
8.
Emphasized that getting people to show up consistently is difficult.
Don
9.
used storyboards for his Western.
Directed a new group of people. Wrote script in May, shot in September. Makes a detailed shot list as a guide. But only a guide. If something different works, he uses that.
Ben
10.
Unless a simple two person shoot, make sure you have coverage on site (If can't or don't have the time in pre-production to do storyboards.)
Don
11.
posted previous post about a storyboard program on the blog.
http://filmcoop.blogspot.com/2006/10/storyboard-first.html#links
Sam
12.
Next project. Will be Storyboarding. 1st time working with money. Some investments. $200 budget. 30 minute short.
Ben
13.
Storyboarding is like an outline. It's not strict, can vary and change if you want to.
Ben, Don, Sam
14.
November. (17th). Gena Ellis on writing. she was part of team that won the 48-hour film competition. Screenwriter. Auctioned and written a bunch of screenplays. Optioned a lot in Hollywood. 1 script bought by a director in Australia. The film co-op is showing it in November. She will be there will have a Q&A (Question and answer process). Will hold an affordable Screen writing workshop in January.
Scripts people trying to sell scripts.
“Friday, Nov. 17 @ 7 PM -- "Angela's Decision"
Flying Monkey Arts Center, 2211 Seminole Dr. in Huntsville. Admission $5 / $3 Film Co-op members.
Local screenwriter, Gena Ellis, will be present to talk about her experience from script to screen. Gena is an award-winning screenwriter with a wide range of scripts-- from drama to romantic comedy to period pieces to shorts. Her scripts have placed in many competitions, such as FilmMakers' American Gem, Austin Film Festival, OWFI, Scriptapalooza, Moondance Film Festival and the 48 Hour Film Project. Her dramatic script, "Angela's Decision," recently completed production in South Australia.
This is a special showing before the movie makes the film festival rounds. A reception will follow the screening.”
Don
15.
talked about recording studios in Florence in the context of talking about the movie Like Moles, Like Rats.
http://www.likemoleslikerats.com
Stanley
16.
talked about John Sayles next movie is “Honeydripper”, about the first black nightclub where an electric guitar was used. Being filmed here in Alabama in some town near Montgomery.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829193/
Don
17.
talked about a guy doing Guerrilla film showings. Illegal showings of commercial films.
Uses a deep cycle marine battery, and an FM transmitter to show films illegally at the old Home Depot shopping center off of University.
http://community.livejournal.com/huntsville/445031.html
Don
18.
Said the film co-op meeting place and things may be moving upstairs. Unknown if this will be done before or after our November meeting. If before, just wander around asking for the film co-op
workshop meeting, if we don't get information in time.
Don
19.
Remember to check and post (please, others, post as much as you can, especially about your projects and useful information, like your pod casts or homepages, vlogs, videos, etc.)
http://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, November 12, 2006, 2:00, at the Flying Monkey Arts Center
Sunday, October 08, 2006, 2:00, Flying Monkey Arts Center
Type of meeting
Workshop
Meeting called by
James N. Reynolds
Attendees
Elin
Stanley
Danielle
Jim
Ben
Don
Sam
Heidi
Topics
Num.
Topic
Responsible
1.
Rocket City Film Festival is Oct 20th
http://www.filmcoop.org/events/2006/rcsff.html
Film Co-op
2.
DVD and VHS players weren't in the film co-op library so we used the DVD player on the TV in the Film co-op library
Jim
3.
showed his promo reel, then his Western short, “Black Rock Creek”
Nature sounds were dubbed in and looped.
Very good camera angles. Great costume designer for this short.
Ben
4.
made and brought in a new cart for the film co-op equipment. That's where the DVD player and video player were hidden.
Don
5.
discussed two of his favorite sites for finding new material to see, mash-up re-mix and re-use, all legally with content under Creative Commons Licenses or in the Public Domain.
http://www.archive.org
and
http://www.creativecommons.org
Jim
6.
talked about the workshop for kids he organized and led for the film co-op over the past two summers
Don
7.
said she and her friend made a murder mystery spoof called “There's No War in France”. They made it up as they went along. Said they may bring it next time if they can get the better version into a format that will play on DVD.
This led to a discussion of the difficulties of no real standardized format or codecs.
Heidi
Everyone
8.
Emphasized that getting people to show up consistently is difficult.
Don
9.
used storyboards for his Western.
Directed a new group of people. Wrote script in May, shot in September. Makes a detailed shot list as a guide. But only a guide. If something different works, he uses that.
Ben
10.
Unless a simple two person shoot, make sure you have coverage on site (If can't or don't have the time in pre-production to do storyboards.)
Don
11.
posted previous post about a storyboard program on the blog.
http://filmcoop.blogspot.com/2006/10/storyboard-first.html#links
Sam
12.
Next project. Will be Storyboarding. 1st time working with money. Some investments. $200 budget. 30 minute short.
Ben
13.
Storyboarding is like an outline. It's not strict, can vary and change if you want to.
Ben, Don, Sam
14.
November. (17th). Gena Ellis on writing. she was part of team that won the 48-hour film competition. Screenwriter. Auctioned and written a bunch of screenplays. Optioned a lot in Hollywood. 1 script bought by a director in Australia. The film co-op is showing it in November. She will be there will have a Q&A (Question and answer process). Will hold an affordable Screen writing workshop in January.
Scripts people trying to sell scripts.
“Friday, Nov. 17 @ 7 PM -- "Angela's Decision"
Flying Monkey Arts Center, 2211 Seminole Dr. in Huntsville. Admission $5 / $3 Film Co-op members.
Local screenwriter, Gena Ellis, will be present to talk about her experience from script to screen. Gena is an award-winning screenwriter with a wide range of scripts-- from drama to romantic comedy to period pieces to shorts. Her scripts have placed in many competitions, such as FilmMakers' American Gem, Austin Film Festival, OWFI, Scriptapalooza, Moondance Film Festival and the 48 Hour Film Project. Her dramatic script, "Angela's Decision," recently completed production in South Australia.
This is a special showing before the movie makes the film festival rounds. A reception will follow the screening.”
Don
15.
talked about recording studios in Florence in the context of talking about the movie Like Moles, Like Rats.
http://www.likemoleslikerats.com
Stanley
16.
talked about John Sayles next movie is “Honeydripper”, about the first black nightclub where an electric guitar was used. Being filmed here in Alabama in some town near Montgomery.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829193/
Don
17.
talked about a guy doing Guerrilla film showings. Illegal showings of commercial films.
Uses a deep cycle marine battery, and an FM transmitter to show films illegally at the old Home Depot shopping center off of University.
http://community.livejournal.com/huntsville/445031.html
Don
18.
Said the film co-op meeting place and things may be moving upstairs. Unknown if this will be done before or after our November meeting. If before, just wander around asking for the film co-op
workshop meeting, if we don't get information in time.
Don
19.
Remember to check and post (please, others, post as much as you can, especially about your projects and useful information, like your pod casts or homepages, vlogs, videos, etc.)
http://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, November 12, 2006, 2:00, at the Flying Monkey Arts Center
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