Workshops

7-Day intensive workshop with award-winning idie filmmaker Jon Jost

BU Summer Term and the College of Communication will sponsor an intensive seven-day workshop featuring iconoclastic independent filmmaker and digital video auteur Jon Jost. Jost, first recipient of the John Cassavetes Award for Lifetime Achievement as an Independent Filmmaker, has been making award-winning and challenging films since 1963. After shooting fourteen features and numerous shorts on film, including five features on 35mm, Jost “deliberately” and “willfully” turned to digital video in 1996 upon discovering the unique possibilities of this new medium. This hands-on workshop will focus on digital video as a unique artistic medium. For more detailed information on this workshop visit BU Summer Term at www.bu.edu/summer.

Further information on Jon Jost can be found at www.jon-jost.com.

Eat, Shoot & Leave

A magical environment where filmmakers, actors, directors, producers and writers come together to learn new skills, find out more about what's achievable, experiment with new technology and discover innovative ways of working together.

By attending, you'll join an international creative community of professional and emerging writers and filmmakers. You'll work with and be guided by some of the world's most sought-after instructors who travel and teach everywhere and have chosen to join us for this very special gathering.

The workshops are open to anyone from around the world who wishes toexpand their knowledge of filmmaking and its processes - writers, directors, producers, actors. This could be the greatest thing that you ever do for yourself and your career!

There is limited space for most workshops. Please register now and don't miss this great opportunity. For further information or to register online visit: http://www.mwp.com/eat.php4 or contact filmacademy@cornwallmedia.co.uk or call +44 (0)1326 340383

MOVING THE MOVING IMAGE:
Come and experience what is sure to be a “moving experience.”

DATE: Thursday, February 16th
TIME: Refreshments served at 6:30 p.m.
Presentations Start Promptly at 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION:Charles River Studios at High Output
495 Turnpike St ­ Route 138
Canton, MA  02021
PHONE: 781-364-1800

This is actually our 2nd consecutive “non-linear” SMPTE meeting this year.  If most camera movement starts with two Dimensional Pan & Tilt, then it normally proceeds to a lateral (linear) dolly move and then perhaps to a vertical (linear) boom up or down on a jib or a crane. This meeting explores three ways to make the most of the 3rd dimension of camera movement in a non-linear manner.

We will start our February meeting with John Correira, a DP/camera operator from Massachusetts who often uses the Pro Steadicam™; the Academy Award winning (Technical Achievement) motion picture camera stabilization system designed by Garrett Brown back in 1976, and the Glide-Cam™; another camera stabilization system for film and video cameras worn by the camera operator, designed by Martin Stevens back in 1991.

More information at: http://www.steadicam.com/ & http://www.glidecam.com/

Next, a look at aerial camerawork using helicopters with Rhode Island native Brian Heller. Brian is a Director of Photography with a wide range of International production credits who will provide us with some insight into the creation of aerial moving images and how they integrate with a total production.

We finish our February meeting with a presentation of the 1995 Academy Award winning (Technical Achievement) Flying Cam™. This concept of “close range aerial filming”, integrating a camera and a small remote-controlled helicopter, was initially developed by Emmanuel Previnaire as his thesis for the prestigious Directors Film School in Belgium (IAD).

More information at: http://www.flying-cam.com/homepage.html

Map & Directions at: http://www.highoutput.com/studio_findus.html

SMPTE Meeting Contact:   mfeldman@cameraco.com

Upcoming SMPTE/New England Meetings:

SMPTE/New England meetings are usually held at 7 p.m. (refreshments at 6:30 p.m.) on the third Wednesday of each month from September through June.  Locations vary to allow attendees to tour various sites of interest. You don't have to be a SMPTE member to attend and there is no admission charge. Students and the public are invited to attend. Dates and locations are tentative.

Please Note:  SMPTE New England meeting dates and locations are subject to change.  Please check our web site www.smptene.org for the latest, up-to-date, information.  Visit our web site to sign-up for free e-mail meeting notification.