Hart House Film Board

Film Board Newsletter – November 04-10

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Fri Nov 5th, Jacob Tierney will be at TIFF Bell Lightbox from 12-2:30pm to present his film Good Neighbors (2010) starring Scott Speedman, Emily Hampshire and Jay Baruchel. Tickets are FREE – just bring your student ID and your friends!

How to get your FREE tickets

Tickets are on a first come, first served basis and are available at TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office one hour before the event start time.

Seating is limited. Students and faculty must show valid university or college identification (e.g. student cards; faculty cards or faculty/administration business cards). Limit one ticket per person.

Getting to TIFF Bell Lightbox

TIFF Bell Lightbox and the Box Office are located at the corner of King and John at Reitman Square, 350 King Street West Toronto, ON.

For more information on this event visit our event page on facebook.com/tiff, or to join our listserv email hlf@tiff.net.

NEWS

1. Hart House Film Project

Hart House Farm Project, a great chance to get experience and have fun!

Last chance to get involved in the farm project. Ticket sales are on until this Friday, Nov 5th. We are having a final information meeting on Tuesday the 9th of November at 8:15 pm to discuss practicals of food and also script/what props to bring up.

A brief idea of what to expect at the farm, Friday night Michael will go over all the gear at the farm and show people how do do some compositing and how to do basic camera matching to add in 3D elements.

Saturday we will shoot the film in the day and maybe get some night shots?

Sunday we will review and edit the footage to cut it into a movie.

Also people can go out on their own with the gear and film.

2. The People’s Ribbon

The Millennium Project, in association with UTIHP (University of Toronto’s International Health Program) invites YOU to join us in building the world’s largest Red Ribbon made of people to raise awareness about AIDS on World AIDS Day.

Spread the word, and get the conversation running… We hope to engage students, faculty and colleagues in discussion about global health issues. In doing so, we hope to connect people with an interest in global health and inspire action.

What? Building the world’s largest red ribbon out of people Where?

Queen’s Park When? World AIDS Day – December 1, 2010 Who? You!

The People’s Ribbon Video

In preparation for the big day, we would like to recruit you and your friends and colleagues to join us in making an awareness video, similar to the Pink Glove Dance Videos that have been made around the world to raise awareness for breast cancer.

http://www.hhfilmboard.com/lists/lt.php?id=YEkFUAQEURoGAQdJUgFQ

What? Using red folders in a creative way to form a 30s dance routine Where? Where it’s most convenient for you When? 30 minutes when it’s convenient for you Who? You!

For more information, please contact mproject@uthip.ca

3. Filming Grants

Next Grant Deadline: November 15. Full details on the website …

CLASSES

1. 100% Hands-On Film Exercises for Absolute Beginners

This 3-week class is designed for absolute beginners needing a comprehensive hands-on experience. Each week students will work in small groups to shoot and cut simple exercises designed to teach the fundamental building blocks required by all filmmakers. 100% hands-on.

FILM FESTS & SCREENINGS

1. Future Frames

A popular student film initiative now in its twelfth year has expanded into accepting submissions of video games! Future Frames and Games is a showcase of the latest and greatest film or video game works created at post-secondary schools across Canada. This expanded programme is set to premiere during the 2011 edition of Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children a division of TIFF.

2. Pleasure Dome presents The Unlucky Sailor

Pleasure Dome presents The Unlucky Sailor; Recent Video by Gary Kibbins in Person Saturday, Nov. 6, 8pm @ CineCycle, 129 Spadina Ave.

BLOGS

1. Rick Palidwor’s Blog

Read more about the HHFB, film projects, film recommendations, and more …

HHFB PROFILE

Technical Coordinator’s Update

Hi there! I’m Ammar and I’m one of the Technical Coordinators at the Film Board. What that means is that I and Peter (the other Technical

Coordinator) are involved with maintaining, repairing the gear as well as making new purchases. I thought I’d give you a sense of what we’ve been working on lately at the Film Board. You may have noticed the addition of two cool new pieces of gear, the Zoom H4N audio recorder and the Comer On-Camera light. The Zoom will eventually replace the Marantz because it’s much smaller, uses way fewer batteries, has more space and more functions. The Comer On-Camera Light was bought due to the popularity of the current camera light. This light can be mounted on a camera or even setup on a desktop to create spot or fill light right where you need it. Great for run-and-gun documentary or reporter style shooting, as well as for providing a little light in a tiny space such as a face light for an interview in a small room. This reflects my philosophy of making it easier for members to make movies by making more lightweight and simpler equipment available to you. So, expect more cool new gear like that in the future. Two cool new things coming up: a wired lapel mic so you don’t have to deal with the hassles of wireless lapel mics, and a “Road Rags” flag kit which folds up to make a small-size flag, along with light weight c-stands.

The above sort of changes may be what you see if you come in to the Film Board but don’t let that fool you. Everyone’s been working really hard on the backend in ways that help make us more efficient, more flexible, more scalable, friendlier and easier to interact with and all around better to help you make movies more easily and better.

Examples of this include the hard work of Steven on a full inventory of all of our gear so we can identify everything that’s necessary to replace or buy. Both Steven and Peter have put in hard work re-organizing the equipment closet and the office (despite my best attempts to keep adding clutter :p). We’ve had Carlo come on as a Film Board Intern and he’s been helping all around the Film Board. Chris, long time curator, technical coordinator and friend, left this year and it’s a huge loss to the Film Board. In an odd sense of circularity, however, Andrei returned as curator after completing his Master’s at St. Andrew’s in Scotland with high distinction. Rick has taken on the duties of Programme Advisor with good grace and good humour again. Hopefully he’ll stick around longer this time. To all the volunteers who I can’t name individually: thank you for your services to the Film Board.

Feel free to drop by the Film Board and just chat about what you’re working on, or just to hang out. See you soon!

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Film Board Newsletter – October 12

1. TONIGHT! 8 pm Laurel Nakadate in Person! Canadian premiere of STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE @ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. Click for More …

2. Home Movie Day – Saturday October 16th. Screening starts 3:30 pm, (Home Movie Repair Clinic 2:30 – 4:30) on Roncesvalles at the Revue Cinema. Click for More …

3. Film Making Classes

- HD Video workshop starts October 12

- Film Editing Concepts and Theories starts October 28.

Go to http://harthouse.ca/event-type/film to register.

4. Back by popular demand, the thirteenth edition of the Drop Your Shorts short film event returns to the Revue Cinema on Thursday, October 21st at 7 p.m.! Have your little film shown on the Revue’s big screen before a live audience! Come support local filmmakers and appreciate their short films! Click for More …

4. Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) – Congratulations to the TUFF 2010 Winning Filmmakers! Click for More …

5. 10th Niagara Indie Filmfest call for submissions. Show us your shorts! Click for More …

Film Board Newsletter – October 4

1. Film Making Classes

HD Video workshop starts October 12

Film Editing Concepts and Theories starts October 28

2. Special Free Screening at Hart House, sponsored by the Art Committee

October 7, 7pm, Hart House Music Room

14 Americans
Directions of the 1970s
89 minutes, color

Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Alice Aycock, Scott Burton, Peter Campus, Chuck Close, Nancy Graves, Joseph Kosuth, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mary Miss, Elizabeth Murray, Dennis Oppenheim, Dorothea Rockburne, Joel Shapiro. Consultants Nancy Rosen, Roberta Smith, Robert Pincus-Witten, and Rosalind Krauss. Narrated by the Artists.

The multiple means of making art after the end of illusionism led these artists to create performances, sculptures, earthworks, tableaux, furniture, shaped canvases, and more, using unusual materials. They explore the process of making forms and giving meanings to those forms. In this idea art, their focus is as often social and psychological as artistic. Some of their activities enlist engineering and construction techniques, others compose texts or scripts that are central to their art. Some cast the viewer in the role of a spectator, while the others demand active participation. The sources for their concepts and art works are equally diverse; the delicate proportions and balance of Early Renaissance painting, the exploration of the surface of the moon, the structure and inventions of vernacular architects, to name only a few.

3. Back by popular demand, the thirteenth edition of the Drop Your Shorts short film event returns to the Revue Cinema on Thursday, October 21st at 7 p.m.! Have your little film shown on the Revue’s big screen before a live audience! Come support local filmmakers and appreciate their short films! Click for More …

4. Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) – Congratulations to the TUFF 2010 Winning Filmmakers! Click for More …

5. 10th Niagara Indie Filmfest call for submissions. Show us your shorts! Click for More …

6. Pleasure Dome presents Stay The Same Never Change  Laurel Nakadate in Person!  Saturday, October 9, 8 pm @ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. Click for More …

Film Board Newsletter – September 14

1. Storyboard TV, an online community of scriptwriters, television producers, and TV enthusiasts, launches its second competition today awarding a $2,000 prize to the writer with the best pilot for a one-hour or half-hour television show. For Details go here.

2. Call for submissions for September 22 screening is still open. Deadline is September 15. For details go here.

3. Fall workshops begin September 23. New this year: FREE equipment classes (video cameras, production audio, light theory and Final Cut Pro) for Film Board members, while seats available. Also new this year: HD Video camera workshop. Details and registration here.

4. Tuesday September 28, 70m, director Babak Payami will give a free public talk: “Perfect Flawed Films”. More information here.

5. Many volunteer opportunities at the Film Board. Details here.

Film Board Newsletter – September 7

1. Call for submissions for September 22 screening is still open. Deadline is September 15. For details go here.

2. Fall workshops begin September 23. New this year: FREE equipment classes (video cameras, production audio, light theory and Final Cut Pro) for Film Board members, while seats available. Also new this year: HD Video camera workshop. Details and registration here.

3. Tuesday September 28, 7pm, director Babak Payami will give a free public talk: “Perfect Flawed Films”. More information here.

4. Many volunteer opportunities at the Film Board. Details here.