17th Annual $100 Film Festival Flashback

17th Annual $100 Film Festival Flashback II - FOR MORE INFO AND APPLICATION FORMS GO TO WWW.CSIF.ORG OR CALL 205 4747

The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers is giving ten new filmmakers the opportunity to make their first film and to submit it to the 17th Annual $100 Film Festival (a juried festival).

We are looking for 10 first-time filmmakers with a great idea for a film. If your project is chosen you will receive 200’ of Super 8 film (processing included), a $150 dollar CSIF equipment rental credit, free access to CSIF post facilities, and free enrollment in a seven-day workshop (weekends and evenings).

THE PROCESS

In order to participate in the 17th Annual $100 Film Festival Flashback II you must be a first time filmmaker (with a body of film/video work no greater than 20 minutes in length). You must be committed to completing your project on Super 8 film and submitting it to the 17th Annual $100 Film Festival. As well, it is likely that your film will travel as part of a touring package of recent CSIF works. You must not have received CSIF production funding for any previous or currently ongoing film productions.
Participants of the 17th Annual $100 Film Festival Flashback II will be immersed in a series of workshops that will prepare them to make their first film. They will be teamed up with a mentor who will be available to assist them during the production of their film, as well they will be encouraged to gain experience by volunteering on other participants’ film productions.

The CSIF is an inclusive, diverse, non-profit, media arts centre that exists to encourage filmmaking, and as such, welcomes proposals from individuals from all backgrounds. The 17th Annual $100 Film Festival Flashback II will be free for all who participate, but as resources for this opportunity are limited, the CSIF reserves the right to select projects based on their merit as decided by a selection committee made up of local artists.
Please include a concept or description of your project (no more than two pages). Projects should about five minutes or less in running time. Deadline for applications is July 25 by 4:30 p.m. Mail or drop off your application to Production Coordinator, CSIF, J2, 2711 Battleford Ave. SW. Call 205-4748 for more information or e-mail david.jones@csif.org


THE WORKSHOPS

The Short Film/Developing Ideas and Visual Storytelling

This workshop will approach the short film as an artistic medium for self-expression, and will provide participants with an overview of the short film, with a focus on the telling of personal stories and developing ideas, themes and narratives through visual storytelling. Students will study examples of short films and break them down in order to better understand how they are created both technically and artistically.

Screenwriting/Story Development: This workshop will touch on the basic structural elements of writing the short film screenplay, but the primary focus will be on in-class writing and discussion in an effort to flush out creative film concepts and ideas. By the end of this three evening workshop, participants will have developed their ideas into a 3-5 page shooting script.

The Theory of Film Editing and its Implications on Directing:
This workshop will introduce participants to the theoretical aspects of editing. Editing is iterally the ‘language of film’ and through a solid understanding of what types of shots are used in filmmaking and how scenes are built from these shots, participants will learnow to plan their shoot by breaking their script into scenes and their scenes into shots.

The Super 8 Camera:

Participants will develop a thorough understanding of the Super 8 film camera. This workshop will focus on the image gathering process of filmmaking. Topics to be covered include camera care and proper operation, lighting control, exposure and film stock.

Creative Lighting Techniques on a Budget:

This workshop will introduce participants to creative lighting techniques for film, focusing in practical solutions to common problems. Through example and hands on exercises, participants will become accustom to the safe handling of lighting equipment, and will also begin to develop the skills necessary to create the look for their own films.

Editing Film and Video

In keeping in the Spirit of the CSIF’s $100 Film Festival, all films produced through the workshop will be exhibited on film. These workshops will focus on combining modern day digital editing with the more traditional methods of hand splicing.

Digital Editing with Final Cut Pro:

Will be an overview of the basics of editing film digitally on a computer. Participants will have the opportunity to develop their skills through in class exercises. The digital edit will be used to create an “off-line edit” of the film that will later be cut on Super 8. Once the films have been edited digitally, participant will learn how to cut on film so the film matches the video edit.

SCHEDULE

Friday July 25 4:30pm Deadline for proposal
Workshops
Thursday workshop are 6pm to 9pm; Sunday workshops 10am to 5pm.
Thursday August 21, 2008 Meet and Greet
Thursday August 28, 2008 The Short Film/Developing Ideas and Visual
Storytelling – Jason Long Instructor
Thursday September 4 Story Development - Jason Long Instructor
Sunday September 7 The Theory of Film Editing and its Implications on
Directing – Ken Filewych Instructor
Thursday September 11 Story Development
Sunday September 14 The Super8 Camera – Philip Letourneau Instructor
Thursday September 18 Story Development
Sunday September 21 Creative Lighting Techniques on a Budget – Philip
Letourneau Instructor
September 21 – October 23 Shooting
Sunday October 26 Final Cut Pro Editing
Thurday October 30 Super 8 Editing
October 31 – Nov 27 Editing
Friday November 28, 2008 Completion of Films
This program is funded by Calgary Arts Development’s Festival Special Project grant.