February 14, 2007
Aloha Students and Friends of the Academy for Creative Media. In this
update: Animation Master Class; Student Film Auditions; Faculty and Student
Film Screenings.
ANIMATION STARS JOIN MASTER CLASS LINEUP MARCH 8
More media stars will shine in ACM's Spring 07 Master Class Series. Joining
us March 8 at 10:30 am in Webster 112 will be LEO CHU and ERIC GARCIA, the
pair responsible for AFRO SAMURAI on SpikeTV.
Leo is SpikeTV/MTV's head of animation and executive producer of AFRO
SAMURAI as well as HOWARD STERN: THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. He's the former VP
for Creative Affairs for Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he served as
creative producer for FINDING NEMO, MULAN, LILO & STITCH and the upcoming
MEET THE ROBINSON'S.
Eric is creative consultant on AFRO SAMURAI and is developing a new series
for the network. He's worked on the U.S. adaptations of legendary animation
director Hayao Miyazaki's KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE and CASTLE IN THE SKY, as
well as Walt Disney Television Animation on such projects as RECESS and
LLOYD IN SPACE.
This ACM Master Class is supported by the Jay Shidler Family Foundation.
Make sure your calendars are marked for our other ACM Master Classes:
* JOHN GREYSON on Directing: Feb. 22, 2:45-4:15 pm in KUY 306, and Feb. 21,
1:30-2:30 pm in the Production Studio, KHET.
* JAMES PAUL GEE - "Stories" in Video Games: Toward a New Art Form. Feb.
28, 3:00-4:30 pm, KUY 410.
* DEAN PITCHFORD on Screenwriting, Composing and Acting, March 5, 2:30-4:00
pm in Crawford 115.
* OSCAR KIGHTLEY, on Writing and Acting. April 2, 10:30 a.m. BUSAD E202
ACM AT THE LEGISLATURE
A special thanks to all of the students, faculty and friends of the Academy
who submitted testimony supporting bills in the state House and Senate that
would provide and equip a permanent ACM facility. Your testimony will be
used for all of the upcoming hearings. Contributing their supportive and
eloquent words were: Russell Blanchard, Nathan John Britton, Randee Chang,
Leah Dawson, Wimal Dissanayake, Linda Dorn, Aladdin El-Kadi, Kevyn Fong,
Daryl Gilmore, Jesse Gonzales, James Hall, Jacob Holcomb, Brooks Infante,
Daniel Dae-Kim, June Kawaguchi, William Kendall, Scott Leung, Eric Manke,
Ryan McKinley, Troy Milhoan, Henry Mochida, Joel Moffett, Ark Mu, Ron
Nagasawa, Roger Nakamine, Dane Neves, Konrad Ng, Robert Omura, Kal Penn,
Aaron Rosa, Barry Sabath, Joelle-Lyn Sarte, James Sereno, Chadwick
Shimomura, Andrew Snyder, Thomas Takemoto-Chock, Barbara Tanabe, Jeremiah
Tayao, Amanda Toperoff, Charles Toratani, Wayde Toyama, Isaac Warsh.
FACULTY FILM FEATURED IN WEEKEND FESTIVAL
The always-noteworthy Kirk Cashmere Jewish Film Festival runs Thursday
through Monday (Feb. 19) at Spalding Hall. ACM instructor Marlene Booth's
documentary WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN: A SURVIVOR REMEMBERS screens Monday at 4:30
p.m. Marlene will also discuss her portrait of holocaust survivor Floria
Lyon.
ACM STUDENTS SCREEN THEIR FILMS
Nelson Quan will screen and discuss his CRIMINALLY INEPT Friday at 6 pm in
Law School Classroom 2, part of MOVIE NIGHT organized by ACM students as
well as their screenwriters' club meeting at 4:30 pm Friday in Campus Center
3rd Floor.
Jacob Holcomb's documentary, LOST JEWEL OF THE ATLANTIC will screen on
campus as part of the Ocean Planet Film Festival Feb. 22 at 7 pm and Feb. 25
at 5 pm in Spalding Auditorium.
AUDITIONS, CREW CALL
"Home Again," a film based on ACM student Joelle-Lyn Sarte's Women's
Filmmaker Initiative winning screenplay, will be holding auditions on
February 17, 24 & 25 from 9am to 5pm at Crawford 105. Interested in
auditioning? Know of others who may want to audition? Want to get some
production experience? See www.hawaii.edu/acm/productions/homeagain.shtml.
FESTIVALS, CONTESTS
Filmaka Online Film Competition. Deadline Feb. 27. www.filmaka.com
2007 Computer Security Awareness Video Contest. Cash Prizes. Deadline
March 15. www.educause.edu/SecurityVideoContest2007.
Roy W. Dean Writing/Research Grant - 4 weeks in New Zealand. www.fromtheheartproductions.com/grant-writing.shtml
Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival. Deadline May 31. www.amnh.org/mead
100 Second Film Festival. Deadline July 1. 100second.ltc.org
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