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March 15, 2007
Aloha students and friends of the Academy for Creative Media. In this
Update: Win $1,250 for your screenplay, and enter your film for a trip to
Shanghai!
WIN $1,250 TO PRODUCE YOUR FILM!
ACM kicks off its 2nd Annual GRACE K.J. ABERNATHY SCREENWRITING COMPETITION
with two awards of $1,250 to go toward producing winning screenplays for the
screen. In addition to the two awards, the competition also includes a
$1,250 Women Filmmaker's Initiative Award. ACM majors who will be continuing
students and whose grade point average is at least 2.75 are eligible. Submit
to the ACM office, Crawford 210, by 4pm on Friday, April 20, 2007: A final
draft of your screenplay; a one-paragraph synopsis of the story; and a
preliminary budget indicating all costs of production and post production.
Winning students are required to produce their films as part of an ACM 399
or ACM 499 Directed Study. All winners must agree to provide the Academy for
Creative Media a production journal outlining pre-production, shooting and
post production schedules, as well as any rough, director's and/or final
cuts of the production, which shall be copyrighted as an ACM Production. For
information, contact Asst. Prof. Joel Moffett. The
competition and Women's Filmmaker Initiative Award are made possible by the
Grace K.J. Abernathy Student Assistance Fund.
ENTER YOUR FILM FOR THE SHANGHAI FILM FESTIVAL
ACM enters its 2nd year of the SMART (Student Media Art) Exchange, which
will bring up to six students and their films to the Shanghai International
Film Festival in June. Last year's student winners included Seong Whang,
Jeremiah Tayao, Ty Sanga, Kaliko Palmiera, Jay Hubert and Julian Gilliam.
Want to screen your film in Shanghai? Submit by April 11:
Official submission forms: (available at ACM production center or from
Gregg Ambrosius and Anne Misawa.)
2 DVDs of English subtitled project, properly labeled with filmmaker name,
project name, date, running time, contact email address.
1 DVcam tape of subtitled project, properly labeled.
CD with an electronic press kit: principle crew list, cast list,
one-liner, short synopsis, director's bio, dialogue list, jpeg production
still (frame from your film), jpeg still of director's headshot; CD properly
labeled.
Winning entries will also need a transfer copy on BetaSP PAL. Contact Anne Misawa, or Gregg Ambrosius.
MORE ACM FILMS IN FESTIVALS
Films by ACM students Jay Hubert (DAO), Ty Sanga (PLASTIC LEIS) and Henry
Mochida (CHOPSTICKS) were screened in the Riverside (CA) International Film
Festival earlier this month. DAO and Ty's FOLLOW THE LEADER have been
accepted by the Big Island Film Festival. All three films were favorites at
the Hawai'i International Film Festival
SAMOAN WEDDING STAR IN ACM MASTER CLASS
ACM welcomes top New Zealand comic writer and actor Oscar Kightley for a
Master Class April 2, 10 am-noon in BusAd C-102. Kightley wrote and starred
in SAMOAN WEDDING and is a producer of the popular animated TV show
bro'Town. He's the 2007 Visiting Artist at the UH Center for Pacific Islands
Studies. The ACM Master Classes series is supported by the Jay Shidler
Family Foundation.
MOVIE NIGHT
Join ACM Students Friday (March 15) for Movie Night at 6 pm in Law School
Classroom #2, featuring ACM Student Films from the 310 Experience. Among
those screening their films will be Russell Blanchard, Charles Toratani,
Tommy Chock, Todd Barnett, and Francisca Maia. Preceding the screenings will
be a gathering of the Screenwriters' "I've Got This Idea For A Movie" Club
at 4 pm. For info, contact Mark Wolf.
AUDITIONS
GROWING UP, an ACM film produced by Ozler Go and Charles Toratani and
written/directed by Mark Wolf. Need a young male, 11-15, females in 20s,
40s. Auditions start in Crawford 105 Saturday 2-10 pm, Sunday 5-10pm; and
continue March 24&25 9 am - 5 pm. Contact Mark Wolf Mark Wolf.
FIRST DAY, an ACM film produced by Mark Wolf and written/directed by Julian
Gilliam. Story is winner of the Grace Abernathy Screenwriting contest.
Looking for high school aged actors. Auditions in Crawford 105 Saturday
(March 17) 2-6pm, Sunday 5-8pm, and next Saturday and Sunday (March 24&25)
9-5pm. Contact Julian Gilliam.
DRAWING, STORY, ANIMATION & JOBS
KCC's New Media Arts Program hosts a weekend-full of workshops and
presentations. On Saturday (March 17), story artist Karl Gnass leads two
figure-drawing workshops, from 9-noon and 1-4 pm in Koa 204 on the KCC
campus. Contact Sharon Sussman if you're interested.
Gnass also gives a lecture Sunday 7-9 pm in Ohia 118 on Story Structure:
Thelma & Louise.
DeamWorks' Kathy Altieri comes to KCC and Monday (March 19) for a pair of
lectures. Altieri was Production Designer for OVER THE HEDGE and her credits
include PRINCE OF EGYPT, SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON and many others.
Her talks:
"So You Want A Job in Animation," at 1:45 - 3:45 pm at KCC's KOA 102
"Visual Thinking in Animation" at 7:00 - 9:00 pm in 's Art Auditorium
WORTH CHECKING OUT
Haza Amaya has started an Internet forum for folks interested in film and
video production on Maui: mauifilm.org/forum. SILENT SENTINELS and CORAL REEFS: CANARIES OF TH E SEA, two docs in the UH
Cinema Series on Oceans tonight (March 15) at 7 pm and Sunday at 5 pm,
Spalding Auditorium. Special screening Sunday at 3 pm: THE HIDDEN BATTLE, a
locally produced angels v demons story. A web content space for filmmakers: www.iCini.tv.
FESTIVALS, CONTESTS
Moondance International Film Festival. Deadline April 1.
www.moondancefilmfestival.com/01-Home.html
Student Films Across America. www.sfaa07.comDeadline April 21.
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
MAKE A GIFT TO ACM
ACM welcomes donations to support our programs, which support our students.
You can make a gift online at www.uhf.hawaii.edu/acm.
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