Apple will hold a free seminar/training session on the new Final Cut Studio 2 on May 24. This event is co-sponsored by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission's Film Office and Complete Computing. Details are below.
Please join Apple for a special NAB 2007 update to learn more about our digital media tools for creative professionals. You'll learn how to prepare your students for careers in the creative industry with innovative solutions from Apple.
Independent filmmakers. Hollywood film editors. Corporate video and event producers. Editors with hourly deadlines cutting broadcast spots or network news. Hundreds of thousands of creative professionals all over the world have made Final Cut Pro their first choice for editing. It has rapidly become an industry standard.
Building on this success, Apple has designed each application in Final Cut Studio 2 with Final Cut Pro editors in mind. Start working quickly with intuitive tools and familiar interfaces. Whenever you're ready for precise control, a comprehensive set of features in just a click away. And if that wasn't enough, the Apple Certified Pro program creates a benchmark for assessing an enduser's proficiency in a specific Apple Pro application. By taking and passing the Apple Certified Pro exam, a user is given Apple Certified Pro status, which allows them to distinguish themselves to colleagues, employers, and prospective clients as skilled users of the chosen software application. This certification gives individuals a competitive edge in today's ever-changing job market.
Thursday, May 24th
Agenda:
10:00 Welcome and Who is a Creative?
10:10 NAB update - FCS 2 and FC Server and customer video testimonials
11:10 Certification and AATC
11:20 Q&A
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Adjourn
Location:
Pulaski Tech Information Technology Center
U.S. Bank Community Room
3000 West Scenic Drive North Little Rock, AR 72118
Map and Directions:
http://www.pulaskitech.edu/virtual_tour/index.htm http://www.pulaskitech.edu/current_students/map_to_campus.pdf http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&address=3000+West+Scenic+Drive+&city=North+Little+Rock&state=AR&zipcode=72118 TO REGISTER:
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ARKANSAS ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 2, 2007
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Matt Dozier, EAST Initiative
501-371-5016,
matt@eastproject.org Joe Holmes, Marketing & Communications Director
501-682-5154,
jholmes@1800ARKANSAS.com My Community student filmmaking program announces award winners
Fountain Lake wins overall award
Hot Springs, Ark. (May 2, 2007) – Over 160 students, teachers and parents attended the third annual My Community Award ceremony in Hot Springs today, as twelve student films received awards. The ceremony was held at the historic Malco Theater. Over 30 films were received this year.
My Community is a statewide initiative that educates Arkansas students (K-12 and College) about filmmaking as they create short documentaries about their communities. The aim of the project is to provide students from across Arkansas with the opportunity to learn digital filmmaking while obtaining knowledge about the area in which they live.
“Both the quantity and the quality of these student films continue to grow,” said Matt Dozier, national program director for the EAST Initiative, a partner in My Community. “We are proud of the stories that these future leaders are telling with their projects. This is a program that should make Arkansas proud of its citizens, its students and its future.”
The videos were judged on content and theme, videography and film editing, visual effects and audio and voice editing. The Top Ten films were given an “Excellence” award as were three in the “Promising Young Filmmaker” category.
Winning the award for “Outstanding Overall” was “Middle Fork of the Saline River: A Commemoration” produced by the Fountain Lake High School. Larry Audas, general manager at KTHV in Little Rock, presented Fountain Lake with a $2,000.00 grant from the Gannett Foundation. The grant will go towards the purchase of video and film equipment for the school. Other award winners were:
• Outstanding Content and Theme: “Watching the Waters Rise” by Horace Mann Middle School
• Outstanding Videography: “Megan Joyce Documentary” by Springdale High School
• Outstanding Audio and Voice Editing: “The Children’s Homes” by Greene County Tech
• Outstanding Visual Effects: “Cobra EAST News” by Fountain Lake High School
All of the films listed above also received an “Excellence” award. Also receiving “Excellence” awards were:
• “Bluegrass Music in Conway” by Jim Stone Elementary
• “Emma Street: The Heart of Springdale” by Springdale High School
• “Montgomery County: Serenity and Leisure” by Caddo Hills High School
• “See You on the Mat” by the Arkansas School for the Blind
• “SAU Tech Recruitment” by Southern Arkansas University Tech
“Promising Young Filmmaker” awards were given to:
• Jim Stone Elementary (Conway)
• Central Elementary School (Cabot)
• Autumn Williams (Booneville Jr. High)
The My Community program has now received a total of more than 80 films that will all be included in a digital library.
Sponsors of the program are the Arkansas Departments of Economic Development, Parks and Tourism, Education, Higher Education and Workforce Education; the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage; AETN; the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture; the Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) Initiative; 4-H of Arkansas; Skills USA; the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; the Arkansas Literacy Council; and the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute.
Education sponsors are Arkansas Baptist College; Arkansas State University; East Arkansas Community College; John Brown University; Metropolitan Vo-Tech; North Arkansas College; Ouachita Baptist University; South Arkansas University; the University of Arkansas Community College, Hope; the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; the University of Arkansas, Little Rock; the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff; and the University of Central Arkansas.
Additional information can be found at
www.mycommunityproject.com.
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T Tauri Film Festival Offers Four Workshops
The 3rd annual T Tauri Film Festival and Movie Camp showcases the work of filmmakers age 18 and under and celebrates the artistic excellence, technical achievement, and spirit of cooperation that characterize youth-produced media. The festival takes its name from the astronomer’s term for a new star. It includes a national Young Filmmakers Competition judged by peer jurors, a Movie Camp offering a selection of four filmmaking workshops, and public screenings of the best youth-produced movies in America. The T Tauri Film Festival will show movies made by young people from all over the country on Friday and Saturday, July 27 and July 28 at Independence Hall on the campus of the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville. The Young Filmmakers Competition Awards Ceremony and Screening also takes place Saturday evening, July 28, at Independence Hall.
The Movie Camp, set for July 16-28 in Batesville, Arkansas, will offer four workshops for youth interested in movie making or acting on camera. Workshops are held at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch and on the campus of the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville. Workshop faculty includes award-winning media educators and professional filmmakers including Will O’Loughlen (Platform International Animation Festival and Cartoon Network), Tom Hansell (Appalshop), Julie Alexander (Nashville Film Festival Acting on Camera Workshop), Nicki Newburger (Opera Memphis Songwriting and Music Video Production Program for Teens), and Michael Merritt (UALR Office of Scholarly Technology and Research).
The workshop line-up includes:
Community Documentary Filmmaking. This five-day workshop will take place from Monday, July 16 to Friday, July 20 at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch. Daily workshop hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The workshop is open to students entering grades 9 through 12. Participants will work in small groups with faculty mentors to learn the skills necessary to make short documentary films about interesting people, events, locations, and traditions in their own communities. Each group will select a subject and complete a short film during the course of the workshop. Students who have their own cameras are encouraged to bring them. The workshop films will be screened at the awards ceremony on July 28. Participants will also receive a DVD copy of the their film. Enrollment is limited to 12; the student to instructor ratio is 6 to 1. The workshop tuition is $100, which includes all materials and supplies and a T Tauri Film Festival t-shirt.
New! Camera FUNdamentals. This newest addition to the workshop line-up, also set for the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch, is designed to provide young filmmakers entering grades 3 through 6 with basic shooting skills and an understanding of the storytelling potential of the video camera. Students will learn camera anatomy, basic videography, basic lighting and audio, storyboarding, and interview techniques. The workshop takes place from Tuesday, July 17 through Thursday, July 19. Morning and afternoon sessions are offered. The morning session runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon; the afternoon workshop runs from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. Enrollment is limited to 12 students for each session; the student to instructor ratio is 4 to 1. The workshop tuition is $30, which includes all materials and supplies and supplies and a T Tauri Film Festival t-shirt.
Acting on Camera. This very focused workshop takes place on the campus of the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville on Monday July 23, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and on Tuesday, July 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It is open to students entering grades 4 through 12. Experienced instructors and two film crews will introduce students to the unique challenges of acting on camera and provide individualized instruction. Students will receive monologues and scripts a few weeks before the workshop to memorize so they can get the most from this intensive experience. Highlights include monologue and film scene instruction that teaches young actors how to read a script, take direction, and act in front of a camera; coaching on audition techniques and etiquette; and the chance to act in a short film made during the workshop. Students receive a DVD of their workshop performances. Maximum enrollment is 36; the student to instructor is 4.5 to 1. The workshop tuition is $85, which includes all materials and supplies and supplies and a T Tauri Film Festival t-shirt.
Digital Video Basics. This 3 and ½ day workshop takes place on the campus of the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville Wednesday, July 25 through Friday, July 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Saturday, July 28 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. It is open to students entering grades 7 through 12. It allows participants to experience the moviemaking process from beginning to end. The workshop covers the basics of narrative filmmaking including screenwriting and storyboarding, production planning, acting, shooting, sound recording, and editing. Students who have their own cameras are encouraged to bring them. Students will work in small groups and complete a short film that will be shown at the Young Filmmakers Competition Awards Ceremony and Screening on Saturday, July 28. Maximum enrollment is 30; the student to instructor ratio is 5 to 1. The workshop tuition is $75, which includes all supplies and materials and supplies and a T Tauri Film Festival t-shirt.
The registration deadline for all workshops is June 23, 2007. Space is limited and registration is on a first come, first served basis. All workshop participants receive an official T Tauri Film Festival t-shirt and admission to the July 28 Awards Ceremony and Screening. Students should plan to provide their own brown bag lunches and beverages for workshops.
Workshop details, registration forms, and additional information are available on the T Tauri Film Festival website,
www.ttauri.org, or by calling 870-251-1189.
The new workshop in Camera FUNdamentals, the overall increase in workshop capacity, and the addition of new faculty are due in large part to the support of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. We also want to acknowledge our presenting partners, the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch, Lyon College, and the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, whose contributions allow us to offer our workshops at well below the regional average for similar programs.
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OXFORD AMERICAN MAGAZINE PREMIERES ITS FIRST-EVER DVD
The Oxford American has released its first-ever Oxford American DVD in conjunction with the publication this week of The Oxford American Southern Movie Issue.
The OA DVD is a “visual mix tape” featuring short films, scenes from essential Southern movies, historic footage, spectacular surprises, and much more. Special highlights include works by such directors as Craig Brewer, Ross McElwee, Joey Lauren Adams, Ray McKinnon, Phil Chambliss, and Roger Corman (along with many others).
Subscriptions to the magazine can be made at
www.oxfordamericanmag.com. New subscribers will receive a copy of The Oxford American Southern Movie issue as their first issue. Single copy issues and back issues of the magazine are available on the website.
The aim of this project is to share the diversity and range and power of Southern cinema with the outside world (which might have some misconceptions about whether there is diversity and range in Southern cinema).
“We are compiling a DVD that will contain both ancient wonders and current gems—both fictional and non-fictional representations of Southern life and people and art. Other than that, our game plan is: Expect the Unexpected,” said Editor and Founder Marc Smirnoff.
The Oxford American magazine is published by The Oxford American Literary Project.
The mission of the Oxford American Literary Project is twofold. Through its quarterly magazine, The Oxford American, it aspires to study, explore and elucidate Southern Culture via writing, music, photography, and art serving both an educational as well as cultural function. The Literary Project itself aspires to promote the literary arts and encourage young minds to pursue literature and literary journalism through fellowships, educational programs, and other unique projects.
The Oxford American Literary Project is located in Conway, AR on the campus of The University of Central Arkansas.
For more information contact: Ray Wittenberg 501-733-4164
Some highlights from the magazine:
Oscar-award winning director/actor Ray McKinnon on tips for budding actors
(an incredibly funny and wise piece)
Gerald Early, whose least favorite Southern movie is TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, on race, sex, the South, and exploitation cinema
Two-time National Magazine Award-winner Tom Carson on Paul Newman as the ideal fake Southerner
Essayist Phillip Lopate on Hollywood’s vision of the South
Youtube.com favorite Cintra Wilson on Lindsay Lohan's possible role in a
newly discovered Tennessee Williams movie
Orson Welles biographer Joseph McBride on John Huston's striking forays into the Southern Gothic sensibility
Dennis Lim on Mississippi-born filmmaker Charles Burnett, whose luminous
masterpieces deserve wider recognition
Francine Prose on Bette Davis's winning performance as a feisty Southern
belle in JEZEBEL
New OXFORD AMERICAN contributing writer Jack Pendarvis on actor Dick Powell, the hoofer from Arkansas who became Hollywood's favorite gumshoe, AND on BABY DOLL, the first movie to be banned by the Catholic church
The always funny Roy Blount on the wit and wisdom of Tyler Perry's
cross-dressing MADEA comedies
The incomparable Hal Crowther on the late Robert Altman
The Sequel to one of our most popular features ever (to judge from reprint
requests): 13 ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTARIES PART TWO (by 13 different writers).
PART ONE gave the spotlight to THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, SHERMAN’S MARCH, THE ROUGH SOUTH OF LARRY BROWN, and DANCING OUTLAW, to name a few. The question is, what are the new selections?
PLUS: THE OA MOVIE GUIDE with commentaries on a strange and wonderful
assortment of Southern productions--from old-time musicals to religious
splatter movies: a Southern showcase of sultry dames, controversial
cartoons, hypnotic racism, hick flicks, road trips, hell-raising horror, and
more.
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