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Tomorrow, that would be Tuesday December 2,
is the last film club meeting of the semester. As always, we will meet in Berkey Hall, room 111, at 9:00pm. We've
had a great semester so far and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow. We will spend some time talking about
what you would like to see happen in the spring semester. If anyone has script they would like to share, bring several
copies and we'll work that into the agenda.
Also, Krystal is looking for some help on her film and could use people
interested in running sound, lights or the camera. If you'd be interested, email her at janigank@msu.edu.
Audition for student age actors. For a short
film, shooting in February. December 3, 6 - 8 p.m. 110 Morrill Hall. The film is a project for a UGS 200 class.
Greetings from the Ivy Film Festival!
In seven short years, the Ivy Film Festival has set
itself apart from its
peers by providing a unique forum for student filmmakers to exhibit their creative efforts. Completely
student-run since its inception, the Ivy Film Festival was created by students for students, exhibiting the works of young
filmmakers from around the globe as well as guest speakers, panels, and workshops by industry professionals. Past guests include
Oliver Stone, Tim Robbins, Adrian Brody, Wes Craven, and Martin Scorsese. Attracting crowds of thousands to Brown University's
campus, the Festival has emerged as the largest student-run film festival in the country.
We would like to invite your students to submit
to our screenplay
competition. While films are the focus of the Ivy Film Festival, we
recognize screenwriting as an
integral part of the filmmaking process. We have a myriad of events for screenwriters this year that will hopefully encourage
many young writers, even those who have never submitted their work to a judged competition, to participate. Students can electronically submit their screenplays for consideration in the 2009
screenplay competition until our extended final deadline of February 21st, 2009, through Withoutabox.com. A link to
our Withoutabox.com account can be found on the Ivy Film Festival website www.ivyfilmfestival.com. The screenplay competition is currently accepting both short-form (under 30 pages) and feature-length screenplays from undergraduate
and graduate students. Submissions may be in any genre, and the winners will receive a large cash prize. Additionally, outstanding
work in Comedy, Drama, and other genres will be recognized.
During the festival (April 20th-26th) there will be
a reading of the winning screenplays and we will be hosting forums with screenwriters currently working in the industry. All
finalists will be notified and invited as VIP guests to the festival. We will provide them with housing, meals, tickets to
film screenings, and passes to special networking events, panels and parties. We hope that screenwriting students will be
able to attend the festival, and that these events will help make screenwriting one of the more visible and exciting aspects
of the Ivy Film Festival this year and in the years to come. Please do not hesitate to contact me with further questions or concerns at
IFFScreenplay@gmail.com.
Best regards,
Eve Hoffman
Screenplay Coordinator
Ivy Film
Festival 2009
National Geographic Channel has launched the 2nd annual
Preserve Our Planet College Film + PSA Contest. The contest continues the Emmy Award-winning National Geographic initiative
"Preserve Our Planet," inspiring and empowering each of us to work together to preserve the world around us for future generations.
WHAT
YOU DO COUNTS
This year's criteria include a new core idea —
"Together We Can Make a Difference" — that the entries should reflect in some way. Preserve Our Planet is about working
together to preserve the animals and wild places that make our world so spectacular. These living habitats can be found in
your own backyard, in cities big and small, in the middle of our oceans or anywhere in the world. Films and PSAs should reflect
this core idea, but how students do so is up to them. Most important, students should be creative and have fun!
PRIZES & CATEGORIES
Short Film – up to 5 minutes in length
*
First-place winners will receive $5,000
* Audience Award winner to receive $1,500
* Both winners will receive an expense
paid trip to Washington, D.C. in June 2009 to have their work screened at the kick-off event of the annual world-wide gathering
of NationalGeographic Explorers.
PSA – up to 30 seconds in length
* First-place
winners will receive $3,000
* Audience Award winner to receive $1,000
* Both first and second place winners will receive
an expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. in June 2009 to have their work screened at the kick-off event of the annual world-wide
gathering of National Geographic Explorers. Winning PSAs may air during
National Geographic Channel's Earth Day programming
in April 2009.
JUDGING
* A panel of judges, including top National Geographic Explorers and representatives from National
Geographic Channel, ecoAmerica and MonsterTRAK, will select the winners based on three criteria: creativity (50%); reflection
of this year's core idea, "Together We Can Make a Difference" (25%); and production value — visual and story strength
(25%). The judges will select a first place winner for each category, and three runner-ups, who will then be eligible for
the Audience Award, determined by online voting.
RULES, ENTRY FORM, AND MORE INFORMATION
To download the rules, entry form and find out more information go to
PreserveOurPlanet.com
Also, check out our facebook group where you can chat with other entrants and last year's winners!
Compete against other University Film Clubs and win
prize money on Toggin.com, a site all about College Life. Toggin recently launched its video section and the first contest
will be between Univ of Texas Longhorns and Ohio State University Buckeyes in a video duel to the death (okay so we're a little
dramatic but its film). Details about the contest are below:
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Only members of an approved college film club compete
- Contests last
for 1 to 2 weeks
- Videos are voted on by anyone registered on Toggin
- All members of Toggin are college students
- First place receives
$75 plus an icon distinguishing the winner
- Second place receives $25
- Films should be 5 to 7 minutes or less (we grant exceptions though)
- The theme is College Life which pretty much covers everything
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All submissions should be original and produced by a college student
If your club is interested in earning money
for itself or its members and would like exposure to a national college audience, contact AJSherr@comcast.net to request the next open time slot for the upcoming video contest. You can also check the
site out at www.Toggin.com.
Just a quick announcement about 48/5!
48/5
this year is November 21-23 starting at 5pm at Gone Wired Cafe
A 48/5 is a competition in which your team of filmmakers
have 48 hours to write, shoot and edit an original five minute film. You will be given a theme, a line of dialogue,
a prop and a shooting location which you will have to incorporate into your film.
All the finished films will be shown
to the public and participants on Monday, November 24th at 7pm.
The top three films win cash prizes and will be screened
at the East Lansing Film Festival in March.
48/5 is a lot of fun and a good way to get your feet wet with filmmaking.
I encourage you all to get a team together
(as many or as few people as you like). Youll need a camera,
cool people, and someone who knows how to edit (preferably quickly).
registration through 11/19 is $50 per team
after that it is $75 per team. It's not a lot if you each pitch in.
Get more info online at www.elff.com/485 or by phone at 517-336-5802
You can also talk to Matt, Barnett, Tristan, among others as we've
all participated in at least one.
The East Lansing Film Festival (ELFF) is currently
accepting applications for the following open (unpaid) internship positions: Development and Events Management Intern, Marketing
and Film Publicity Intern, and Accounting Intern. Job descriptions and qualifications for each position are explained below.
Applicants must be available to start immediately and work till May 2009. ELFF is able to work with faculty and administration
at Michigan State University, LCC, Cooley, or other local educational institutions to grant college credit for these internships.
Qualifications:
All interns will help with the overall direction of the 12th ELFF. Applicants
must be able to work to work independently, stick to deadlines, perform consistently to provide agreed upon deliverables,
be accountable for their share of work, attend weekly staff meetings and briefings and report to ELFF staff, and commit to
staffing the ELFF office for at least 5 hours/week. Good writing and communication skills are essential, as is familiarity
with Microsoft Office programs. Some familiarity or interest in films and film festivals desirable. Strong preference for
applicants with familiarity with local businesses, cultural and student groups, and non-profit organizations in the Greater
Lansing area.
To Apply: Please email your resume and a short (500 words maximum) writing sample that addresses the
following (general) prompt: "Identify a few ways in which you as an East Lansing Film Festival intern would help improve the
overall scope and direction of the Festival" to programdirector@elff.com. All applications due by Nov. 15th, 2008.
Accounting Internship:
The East Lansing
Film Festival is currently seeking applicants for the ELFF Accounting Internship. This internship is designed to give real-world
experience in non-profit financial management and accountability.
The accounting intern will be responsible for managing,
maintaining, and balancing the Film Festival books. This internship is unpaid, and requires approximately 10 hours/month.
To
apply, please email your resume and two references to susanwoods@elff.com
Ms. Heidi Gustad
Lake Michigan Film Competition Director - East Lansing Film Festival
lmfc.director@elff.comhttp://www.elff.com
Hey everyone,
As usual, we'll be meeting
tomorrow night, 9pm in 111 Berkey Hall. The filmmaker I was hoping to bring in to the meeting tomorrow sadly can't make
it in before he leaves Michigan. Still, the meeting will go on and I hope many of you can stop by.
If
anyone has a short script that they'd like to workshop with the club, bring several copies and we can read through it together.
This is an excellent way to get some helpful feedback. I'd love for us to start looking at a script, or an idea, every
week.
And for those looking to make something short and simple, here's an idea from Natalie Poston, former president
of film club. For those of you with a driving interest in politics, short videos intended for youtube encouraging people
to get out and vote might be a fun afternoon project.
She sent this link and message:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhDRVKDcXQo
This is something film club could do at MSU. There's not much time left, but you could make a
difference by making a clever short video encouraging people to vote...Just a suggestion from your old President. Miss you
guys! Hope to see you all in California some day.
Do what you can. Don't wait. Vote. All the Best,
Natalie
If this sounds interesting
to anyone, we can discuss it tomorrow. I'll see you guys at the meeting.
Tristan
Just checking in to remind you all of our meeting
tomorrow night, 9:00 pm, room 111 Berkey Hall. And hopefully we'll hear from Thomas Reilly-King about how his music
video is coming together. I've copied a message from him below. He's looking for some assistance with editing
so if you're able to give him a hand, just email the club and we'll put you in touch with him. I'll see you at the meeting
tomorrow.
Tristan
Dear Filmmakers Club,
I am finally done shooting the music video
project! Tears are flowing down my face from all the hard work spent on this for the past several years. This is truly a magical
feeling to have worked so hard on something and accomplish the hardest of challenges. Now, I must edit this. I know what can
be accomplished with editing and have a general idea, but I am definitely no expert. Because this is something that is so
dear to me, I would feel much safer to have an expert help me with it. Someone who is: A) Reliable, B) Has a hardrive that
I can store it on since it may take more than one visit, C) Enjoys editing. While editing is sure to be a lot of fun, it can
get pretty tedious at times. I am not going to lie, I am pretty nit picky with my work and am as stubborn as an ox. I am open
to ideas, but in the end I am working to fullfill my "God given vision!" If you think you are the person to help me, I will
be dearest to you and forever kiss your ass.
Thanks,
Thomas Reilly-King
I thought we had a strong first meeting Tuesday night. It's
nice to see new faces around. Our next will be in two weeks. (Tuesday, September 30) Same time. (9:00 pm)
Same room. (111 Berkey) Hope to see you then.
But even before then, I hope to see you this Sunday, which is when
I need a crowd of extras to show in the park around Beaumont Tower, directly across from the Union, between 12:30 and 1:00.
I'm
filming a neo-noir take on the Alice in Wonderland story. Sunday is my first day of filming. A croquet match is
going down and I need a crowd. That crowd eventually breaks into a riot.
I'll be trying not to keep people too
long. 4:00 at the latest, though if you have to leave early, I'll take what I can get. If you're available and
interested, here's what you need to do.
Arrive between 12:30 and 1:00. You'll sign in (so I can credit you).
Don't
wear anything with logos on it. Especially MSU logos. It would be wonderful if people were a little dressed up,
but I won't be too picky. When we finish, I'll bring in some pizza.
I'd love to see some
of you guys there. It'll be a very chaotic day for me, but hopefully a fun one for you.
Tristan
Ah, the time has finally arrived. MSU Filmmaker's Club is
ready to get back to it--you are aren't you?
I apologize for waiting until what already seems late in the semester
to let you know what has been going on with Film Club but, well, not a lot has been going on with Film Club...because it took
forever and a day to actually get a room in which we can meet. But, that day has finally come.
The first meeting
of MSU Filmmaker's Club for the Fall 2008 Semester will be:
Tuesday, September 16 (This Tuesday, aka The next Tuesday
you discover yourself in)
In Room 111 Berkey Hall
at 9PM (If you show up in the morning, you'll probably be learning
Spanish or something)
We will be laying out plans for the year, introducing Film Club's new dictators (If you
don't already know Tristan and Matt), and hopefully watching something ridiculous that Barnett made. If you made a movie
over the summer you want to show, email me.
Well, that's that. I look forward to making some films with you all.
Get to work writing scripts. Hopefully, I'll see you on Tuesday. And bring your friends, classmates, and random
photogenic individuals.
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Hey everyone, it's Jeff Beachnau
I hope everyone's
having a great summer so far and working on movies. Well, some of you may have seen or heard of the film Darius Goes West.
It was shown at the East Lansing Film Festival this year. It's a documentary about Darius Weems, a teenager with Duchenne
Musucular Dystrophy, a fatal illness. He and his friends take a cross country road trip to California to get MTV to "Pimp
His Wheelchair". It's a funny and inspiring film. Well, it's out on DVD now and I highly recommend it. The DVD costs $20.
$17 go to helping find the cure for DMD, and $3 go into making more DVDs.
Check out this trailer for the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2yoOlicmww&eurl
And then join this group on facebook:
Darius Goes West... The Vehicle... 1 Million DVDs
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13238469529
And once you join that group invite everyone you know to the group. Every little bit helps. The group has been up for
less than a day, and 500 people have already joined. That means if they all buy a DVD, then $8,500 has already been donated
to finding a cure for DMD. So, check out the film, buy it, watch it, then spread the word.
See ya, -Jeff
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From:
Chris Ohara <crzybkhd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Subject: Art Department Intern
I
am working with Youth In Revolt in Detroit and the Art Department asked me to see if I could find them an intern. You would
be working on a huge production (starring Micheal Cera from Juno) in the art department. They are looking for someone with
graphic experience and wants to be in the art part of production. It would be in Detroit so you would have to work local (i.e.
no hotel). If you are interested and want to apply send a resume ASAP to:
jessicaripka@gmail.com
Let them
know I sent you and expect a call soon since they are filling the position quick!
Chris O'Hara
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CALL
FOR EXTRAS
Sci-Fi Movie Extras Needed: Red and Blue Marbles
Reply to: see below
Date: 2008-05-07
Chicago
Based Film Company shooting feature film in Metro Detroit Area.
Premise: Set in the near future, a group of young adults
struggle with life changing decisions on a dying earth.
EXTRAS, eighteen and up, are needed to work on the film. Shooting
days are currently scheduled for May 19th through June 7th. Extras will be needed for one to two days at a time. If you are
interested in possibly working as an Extra within the film, please mail your submission as soon as possible. We will offer
a token fee for your services.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING: a current photo (snapshot or Polaroid is fine),
Name, Email, Address, Phone, Age (must be 18+), HT, WT., Sizes, and Availability.
EMAIL: CONSTANCE PIERCE WINTERS,
EXTRAS CASTING, at redandblueextras@gmail.com
NOTE: PLEASE. BE PATIENT. WE WILL BE CONTACTING YOU VERY SOON.
THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN RED AND BLUE MARBLES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
Don't Tread
On Red, LLC
Ferndale, MI, 48220
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From: Kenneth Staunton <omnipresentproductions@yahoo.com>
Date:
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:36 AM
Subject: Upcoming Project
To: MSU Filmmakers Club <filmclub@msu.edu>
Hello,
I moved back to Kalamazoo after last semester so I have not really been to any meetings for a while. However, I have an
upcoming project for the summer that my film group is working on if anyone is interested. It is an adaptation of Alice's Adventures
In Wonderland. The only thing that is the sasme from the book is some of the characters. If anyone is interested, they can
e-mail me here, or check out the group at http://www.omnipresentent.tripod.com or join the face book group: Omnipresent Productions
Entertainment. Most of the cast is ready, we just need more crew members and extras. Thnak you.
Kenneth Staunton
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We begin principle photography on May 12. If you have any students who would be interested in interning for us part-time
or full-time let me know and feel free to forward this email to the other film professors at both MSU and UM. We'll be shooting
in the Detroit area mostly.
Have the students send their resumes to our line producer at the email: redandbluemarbles@gmail.com
This would be a non-paying internship. Great experience with real professionals and name talent though.
Hope
all is well and let me know if/when you can stop by the set.
Joseph Nathan Weisman
JNW FILMS
8787 Shoreham
Dr.Ste. 902
West Hollywood, CA. 90069
P. 310-696-3130
F. 310-360-6167
E. joseph@jnwfilms.com
W. www.jnwfilms.com
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15th ANNUAL AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SCREENPLAY/TELEPLAY/FILM
ENTRIES!
SCREENPLAY/TELEPLAY
Categories include Drama and Comedy, each with a cash prize of $5000. You may also choose to have your script considered
for the Latitude and Sci-Fi Awards, each with a cash prize of $2500. The Teleplay Competition includes both Drama and Sitcom
categories and is open to any spec script for any currently airing network or cable television program.
Semifinalist
and finalist scripts are judged by production company representatives which have included representatives from The Donners'
Company, Village Roadshow Pictures, Saturn Films, Whitelight Entertainment, Fortis Films, Liveplanet, Protozoa Pictures, Nickelodeon
Movies, Focus Features, Fox Broadcasting, and WB.
Please contact Alex McPhail at alex@austinfilmfestival.com with
any questions, or see entry form & rules at
http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/new/screenplay.
May 15 –
Screenplay Deadline
June 1 – Late Screenplay Deadline / Teleplay Deadline
FILM
Films screen
in six competitive categories, each considered for Jury and Audience awards:
Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Narrative
Student Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, & Animated Short.
Submit your film with the new online
submission form at
http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/new/film
In 2007, over 175 films were screened with festival
attendees including Oliver Stone, Robert Altman, Wes Anderson, Harold Ramis, John Milius, Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody and many
more. Film competition jurors have included a
mix of filmmakers and representatives from Atom Films, Disney Animation
Studios, Flower Films, Magnolia Pictures, MGM, New Line Cinema, Paramount Classics, Pixar Animation Studios, and more.
FILM
POSTMARKED DEADLINES
Regular: June 5
Late: July 5
Very late: July 15
Contact Jesse Trussell at jesse@austinfilmfestival.com
or find out more at http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/new/film.
Wanting to attend the Screenwriters Conference &
Film Festival October 16-23, 2008 as part of your class? Contact the Austin Film Festival at 1-800-310-FEST for information
on teacher/group discounts!
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Here is a list of those who ordered a t-shirt. If you still have to pick up
their t-shirt, they will be available from room 108 Berkey tomorrow (Sunday) evening at 6:30pm. Please be there to pick it
up or contact filmclub@msu.edu to arrange a different rendezvous.
Tim
Tristin
Connie
Bill
Matt (black)
Nick (black)
Jeff
Peter - STILL OWES $
Josh
Sandra (black)
Lana
David
Colin
Marvin (black)
- STILL OWES $
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Film club is on break for the Summer 2008 semester... see you in the fall! We will email
you the latest info when it comes. If you are not on the email list, email filmclub@msu.edu and ask to be placed on the list!
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