This year's last meeting will take place next Sunday (4/20/2008) at 6:30 pm in room 108
Berkey Hall.
TSHIRTS
If you have not paid for or picked up your t-shirt yet, please come to the
final meeting next week or email me to meet up. I will send out a list of names this week, so if you are not sure about what
you owe or if you ordered a tshirt, please take a look at that list.
LEADERSHIP NEXT YEAR
Tristan Johnson and Matt Larner are going to be in charge
of running film club next year. They are considering people for support positions. If you are interested in helping to organize
and run film club next year, please email back at filmclub@msu.edu and I will pass your interest on to them for consideration.
To those of you who have maintained your support and participation in film club, you have
my deepest gratitude. I have had a great two years as president and hope that the group will prosper next year. If you have
any comments or suggestions for the club, please feel free to send an email.
Good luck to all this year's graduates. -Sandra
Hello, all. Since meetings are being moved to Sunday evening and this Sunday falls on spring break,
I wanted to inform everybody that there will not be a meeting this week. I hope you all enjoy your break! Look for an
email about the next meeting after school begins on the 10th of March.
As we struggle to find a convenient meeting time for our members, please check your email
regularly to see when the meetings will be.
This week's meeting (week of 2/18-2/22) is CANCELED.
The proposed new meeting time is on Sunday evening. This weekend we have to see what rooms
are available/open for a weekend meeting. Enjoy your weekend and keep an eye on your email to find out details about the next
meeting.
Please remember that if you are participating (and I highly recommend that you do) in
the ELFF cell phone trailer contest that they are due by March 1st. Details at elff.com
Also, if you are available this Friday, Lana and Tim are doing a shoot in the basement
of Landon Hall at 2pm. If you are free and would like to help, please email Lana at rivkinas@msu.edu.
Please mark on your calendars that MSU Filmmakers Club will now meet on Thursday at 6:30
in the same room (108 Berkey).
Tim and Lana are making a short film the weekend of Feb. 23rd and the weekend after Spring Break. We
really need help with this production - support your fellow student filmmakers!
We need:
-a script supervisor
-a
DP
-a gaffer (lighting technician)
-an editor
-an audio person – boom operator
-actors *2 women *4
men
-extras for the bonfire scene
If anyone can help or is interested, please contact me at rivkinas@msu.edu.
T-shirts are in, with one catch: In order to receive the t-shirt that you ordered,
you must participate in a film project this semester. After you participate, you will receive your t-shirt. Get filming! Some project ideas are:
- 8-SHOT: Make a short film using only eight shots to tell a story.
Get filming! If you need help getting people or equipment, remember to come to the
meetings or email filmclub@msu.edu with what you're looking for and when you need it.
I am writing today regarding Dr. Ed Messina's upcoming film project. For
those of you who weren't
there or don't remember, Dr. Messina is the
neurologist who spoke at a Film Club meeting last December. "Lily's Mom"
(formerly
"Headache Queen") is a docudrama about a woman with chronic
headaches whose life spins out of control. Ed has a deal with
PBS for the
film to air on stations in Michigan and Canada. He was kind enough to hire
me as a production coordinator/assistant
director, and one of my
responsibilities is to find production assistants. These positions are
unpaid, but one would
be great learning experience and resume builder for
anyone who's serious about working in film,. Plus, there will be catered
meals,
which is always nice. We will be shooting on location in Lansing the
following weekends:
February 16-17
March 1-2
March 8-9
March 15-16
Ed needs one P.A. a day from 8am-10pm. If you are interested, please e-mail
me at miskasan@msu.edu and let me know which days you are available. Thanks! ~Sandra Miska
The East Lansing Film Festival will be held in the week and especially the
weekend
after spring break, from March 12th to March 16th. As in past
years, we need volunteers to help set up the festival
and to usher at films,
and hope that you will encourage film students to volunteer. Working at
the
festival gives people a chance to meet filmmakers and to see great films
they'd otherwise miss. Also, volunteers
are usually rewarded with passes
to more films. If students are interested please tell them to
write me at this address-- elffvolunteer@hotmail.com
Just a reminder that our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 5th at 5pm in
room 108 Berkey Hall. If you ordered a t-shirt, they have arrived and will be available for pickup tomorrow night at the meeting.
If your 8-shot project is completed, please bring in a copy on DVD. If you have not completed an 8-shot project due to lack
of a group or eqipment, but would still like to do so, please email your name and email to filmclub@msu.edu with the subject "8 shot."
The 2008 MSU Student Film Festival Applications are now available in the UAB Office
(322 MSU Union) or attached in pdf form to this e-mail. Please e-mail Matt Mergener ( mergene1@msu.edu) if you have any questions regarding the application or the film festival. Applications are due
Friday, March 28 by 5:00 pm and the actual film festival will take place in Wells Hall April 18-20.
Hello, all. Thank you to everybody who came to last week's meeting. We watched Jeff Beachnau's
short film from last semester and announced the first project of this semester: 8-shot.
Guidelines: -Your film can be any length and about any topic.
-You may only use eight
shots (seven cuts) to create the film.
-Credits only count as a shot if they are rolled over footage; that is to say that
if they roll over a black screen at the beginning or end of the film, they do not count as a part of your short.
Please have one member of your group email filmclub@msu.edu with the names of your group members!* If you
are interested in participating but do not have a group, please let us know and we'll do our best to place you in one.
Please note: there is a possibility of the meeting time changing since so few people
made it to last week's meeting. If you would like to attend but are unable to attend on Tuesdays at 5:00, please email filmclub@msu.edu with your preferred time on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
Director Bob Baldori is looking for an experienced editor who is adept at
using
Final Cut Pro. He is making a documentary on Boogie Woogie music and
needs someone who knows a lot about editing sound
and is willing to work
with him for 10 to 20 hours per week. He needs someone right away. He will
pay by the hour. It
is an exciting film with fantastic footage. Please
contact him at Bob at boog@boog.com or call him at 517-351-6555.
New Meeting Time
You must place your vote by replying to this email with the
subject " meeting time." Please note that the options have been modified:
#1: Tuesday after 4:30 p.m.
#2: Thursday after
4:30 p.m.
Please vote for a day and the time that you would like the meetings to start. Our first meeting will be either
January 15th or 17th. Keep an eye on your email to know for sure.
Ed Messina - New film "Headache Queen"
This is a great opportunity to work with a real, local director
on a project that in very innovative. Please go to www.mandy.com to find out what positions he is still looking for. Contact him at edmessina@comcast.net with a brief description of your experience, even if it's none, and what you'd like to learn more about/help out with on
the project. Filming will take place mostly on weekends throughout January and into February.
More info about the "Headache Queen" project:
The second draft of the script for "Headache Queen"
is finished and a copy was sent off to the US Copyright office. I'll be posting notices on Mandy.com for the different crew
and casting positions. My office will coordinate a lot of the nuts and bolts and Marni Holmes will be in charge of casting
and script supervision. It's going to be a fast production cycle but I think the automated scheduling and green screen technology
will pay off.
A description of "Headache Queen":
It will be a feature length docudrama, intended for release to PBS, WCMU has agreed to be our presenting station.
The film will be slated for independent distribution and festival entry.
Headache Queen is a narrative drama
with intricate characters that interrelate with Mary, the protagonist. The production style will be somewhat "organic", but
production value will be high for visual and sound recording.
Blurb: "Mary Jones is married to a
sociopath, works for a shady boss, has no loyal friends, has a pathological family and spends most of her time in pain and
despair. She is trying to protect her little daughter and serve as a solid role model for her. Mary struggles
with inner conflicts to overcome the obstacles to happiness for herself and her daughter. This is a story of struggle and
success within a hostile environment.
The project will be shot in high definition video in multiple locations around the Lansing area with liberal use of green
screen technology. To accommodate crew and cast and locations, shooting will predominately be done over a series
of two and three day weekends plus some evenings, starting in mid-to late January.
CALL FOR CAST AND CREW
I am pleased to announce a call for cast and crew for
my upcoming film, "Headache Queen" which is currently in preproduction. It will be a feature length docudrama, intended
for release to PBS, WCMU has agreed to be our presenting station. The film will be slated for independent distribution
and festival entry.
Headache Queen is a narrative drama with intricate characters that interrelate with Mary, the
protagonist. The production style will be somewhat "organic", but production value will be high for visual and sound recording.
Blurb: "Mary Jones is married to a sociopath, works for a shady boss, has no loyal friends, has a pathological
family and spends most of her time in pain and despair. She is trying to protect her little daughter and serve
as a solid role model for her. Mary struggles with inner conflicts to overcome the obstacles to happiness for herself and
her daughter. This is a story of struggle and success within a hostile environment. The attached cast list is large and
can be a great way for an actor to show their stuff.
The project will be shot in high definition video in multiple
locations around the Lansing area with liberal use of green screen technology. To accommodate crew and cast and
locations, shooting will predominately be done over a series of two and three day weekends plus some evenings, starting in
mid-to late January.
The paid positions in this project will include the lead actor and the department heads for
sound and cinematography. Unless otherwise negotiated, all other positions in crew and cast will be paid through
a deferred crew deal memo based upon a percentage of the income generated by the film. All financial arrangements, distribution,
etc. will be handled by the newly formed production company, "Headache Queen LLC" of Austin, Texas, Associate Producer, Jill
Bunting.
Before formally listing this call on Mandy.com, I am contacting those of you whom I have had
the pleasure of knowing and working with in the past. If you are interested, please drop me an email. -Ed Messina
