Hello Faithful Followers!
I sprained my ankle on Friday last week. Due to that, I didn't leave my house all weekend. But I got an ankle brace from the health center yesterday, so I've been limping around. I'm going to buy a cane today to help me walk around.
But enough about me. I know a lot of people have work and studying to do, so there may not be any more film days this quarter. Also, I just need a few more signatures and the charter will be completed. I think now is the time to recruit people so that we can start next quarter with a bang!
Also, don't forget to check out the SLO International Film Fest! Full of independent movies, shorts, famous people, workshops, and even prizes! pretty sweet I'd say, check it out!!
http://www.slofilmfest.org/2009/index.shtml
And the new terminator movie is trying to get some viral advertising. They're calling on filmmakers to make submissions for the "Skynet Research Corporation." I'm definitely going to make this a project for CIF. Check out the website:
http://www.skynetresearch.com/filmmaker/
I think that's all for now. Keep the films rolling!
-Slinky
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Work for Peace
Ivan, Vicki, and myself (Griffin) got together yesterday to do some editing. We edited everything we shot on Friday and Saturday into a coherent story and the end result was about a minute long. I think it looks good. It's definitely not a finished product yet, but it's something to show to the company and get some feedback. It's fantastic for the film club's first work. I want to thank everyone who helped out, because without all of you, it wouldn't be possible. We're gonna do some more editing on wednesday before the meeting, and we'll show what we have to everyone at the meeting. I hope everyone can make it to the meeting wednesday, because there will be a lot of important stuff to talk about.
Aside from the foods-4-thought project, Ivan found a youtube contest sponsored by the Peace Support Network. For more information, go to http://celebratingpeace.org/videos.cfm. There you can find the instructions. The theme that the videos must portray is "Create Peace." Film Club has to act fast, because the deadline to submit is February 15, 2009. We already have a few ideas, but none that can be accomplished with so little time and resources. We will talk a lot about this on Wednesday, so it will be good to see everyone. The more ideas we can get, the better. Also, if it's at all possible, we should make more than one submission.
We also have other projects that we want to start. Jon has his "Ketchup and Mustard" idea, I have "The Floor is Lava: Reality Show" idea, and Sean has a couple of scripts that we could adapt to film. So basically, we need to start filming soon.
Also, a few of us are volunteering for the SLO International Film Festival. The festival is around the second week of March. Otherwise known as dead week for Poly students. It should be a fun way to relax after a lot of studying. I'm really looking forward to that.
Well, I might be coming down with some sort of sickness, so I'm going to rest for the rest of the night. I've got a busy weekend coming up.
Aside from the foods-4-thought project, Ivan found a youtube contest sponsored by the Peace Support Network. For more information, go to http://celebratingpeace.org/videos.cfm. There you can find the instructions. The theme that the videos must portray is "Create Peace." Film Club has to act fast, because the deadline to submit is February 15, 2009. We already have a few ideas, but none that can be accomplished with so little time and resources. We will talk a lot about this on Wednesday, so it will be good to see everyone. The more ideas we can get, the better. Also, if it's at all possible, we should make more than one submission.
We also have other projects that we want to start. Jon has his "Ketchup and Mustard" idea, I have "The Floor is Lava: Reality Show" idea, and Sean has a couple of scripts that we could adapt to film. So basically, we need to start filming soon.
Also, a few of us are volunteering for the SLO International Film Festival. The festival is around the second week of March. Otherwise known as dead week for Poly students. It should be a fun way to relax after a lot of studying. I'm really looking forward to that.
Well, I might be coming down with some sort of sickness, so I'm going to rest for the rest of the night. I've got a busy weekend coming up.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Friday Film Shoot
Finally, our first day of shooting is here. First, let me talk about the project.
http://foods-4-thought.org/
foods-4-thought is a company started by a man whose daughter committed suicide. He started the company to help with suicide awareness. The company has a logo that it is trying to get put onto different food related items, similar to the breast cancer logo. Whenever you see the logo, which is a butterfly, you know that by buying that product you are putting money towards preventing teen suicide.
The company has asked us to make a PSA that relates the company to teen suicide awareness. We came up with a couple of really good ideas, so we're going to film all the ideas and present them to the company. We will do some rough edits of each to let them see what direction we're heading. Once they pick an idea they like, we'll re-film and make it look professional.
The idea of suicide is a little bit... well, depressing. I've had a friend attempt suicide once, it's not exactly an uplifting subject. I feel like to make this work, we'll either have to be brutal and shocking, or edge away from suicide to focus more on the idea that people can talk over a good homemade meal. However, I think we found a nice medium. People are considering suicide, but someone comes and talks to them before they do it. It's not depressing, it's got the shock factor, and it's also got a good message.
I'm excited about this. It's our first film shoot. I've got a really good feeling about this.
http://foods-4-thought.org/
foods-4-thought is a company started by a man whose daughter committed suicide. He started the company to help with suicide awareness. The company has a logo that it is trying to get put onto different food related items, similar to the breast cancer logo. Whenever you see the logo, which is a butterfly, you know that by buying that product you are putting money towards preventing teen suicide.
The company has asked us to make a PSA that relates the company to teen suicide awareness. We came up with a couple of really good ideas, so we're going to film all the ideas and present them to the company. We will do some rough edits of each to let them see what direction we're heading. Once they pick an idea they like, we'll re-film and make it look professional.
The idea of suicide is a little bit... well, depressing. I've had a friend attempt suicide once, it's not exactly an uplifting subject. I feel like to make this work, we'll either have to be brutal and shocking, or edge away from suicide to focus more on the idea that people can talk over a good homemade meal. However, I think we found a nice medium. People are considering suicide, but someone comes and talks to them before they do it. It's not depressing, it's got the shock factor, and it's also got a good message.
I'm excited about this. It's our first film shoot. I've got a really good feeling about this.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
As a first post to interest everyone who has not heard of the Club of Independent Filmmakers, I would like to show a short film directed by Evan Bernard.
This is a great example for the kind of movies that Film Club should be making. It's short, funny and very simple. The basic concept can be explained in one sentence. The writer took the idea of "What if handshakes were really long and complex?" and made something unique and interesting.
Of course, Evan Bernard is a famous director, so he had the equipment, crew, and money to help him along the way. But even so, CIF can easily make movies that are just as good, if not better. All it takes is planning, one day of shooting, a little editing, and a two minute short comes to life.
This is a great example for the kind of movies that Film Club should be making. It's short, funny and very simple. The basic concept can be explained in one sentence. The writer took the idea of "What if handshakes were really long and complex?" and made something unique and interesting.
Of course, Evan Bernard is a famous director, so he had the equipment, crew, and money to help him along the way. But even so, CIF can easily make movies that are just as good, if not better. All it takes is planning, one day of shooting, a little editing, and a two minute short comes to life.
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