Author: Lou

Workshops for filmmakers this weekend and… ssshhhhh. Quiet.

It’s a secret.

This Friday the JUMP Society is hosting what will probably be one of the best short film collections to come to Juneau… ever. The short films have been handpicked by Warren Etheredge from the thousands of films he watches each year as curator of the One-Reel Film Festival and will be both entertaining and educational… but not educational in a sucky way, educational in the way that leaves you feeling like you saw something worth watching.

If that’s not enough to get you interested, the movies will be screened in Goldbelt’s Chilkat Theatre on top of Mt. Roberts and the whole event is free. Yes, that includes the round trip tram ride.

Filmmaker Workshop THIS WEEKEND!!!
Warren Etheredge gave a tremendous lecture last December which touched on just about every topic of short filmmaking I can imagine. He was so entertaining and such a wonderful teacher that we’ve invited him back to cover some more in depth topics for our filmmakers. If you’re not a filmmaker and would still like to join us you’re welcome. With all the shorts Warren shares and his stand-up delivery it’s probably worth coming just to watch.

Saturday: 12:00-4:00 @ Silverbow Backroom – Writing
Short film is a medium where concise, relevant, and well paced story telling is essential. Warren will teach us how to plan, develop, and cut to perfection. The workshop will of course be focused on short film but should be very relevant to writers and storytellers as well.

Sunday: 12:00-4:00 @ Silverbow Backroom – Directing
So you’ve got that great story… now what? Warren teaches how to get an idea off the paper and onto the screen through the art of directing. Who knows… maybe theatre people will like this one too? I’m actually sort of bluffing on these course descriptions. I don’t quite exactly know where the discussion will lead but Warren is a downright amazing educator and brimming with knowledge on short film development.

Once again.. no cost to you. Donations are accepted but not expected. We have made significant progress in the JUMP Society Pyramid Scheme Division and will soon be able to finance all our events with the income we make from scamming our friends and loved ones. A special thanks to Coldwell Banker Race Realty for a rather large donation this time around.

Filmmaker Get Together

A few weeks back Brice Habeger led several filmmakers in a great discussion of film and shared some of his film school experience. I’d like to continue having these filmmaker get togethers perhaps a couple times between each film festival so if anyone gets to the point that they want to share some raw footage, post production techniques, stunt driving tricks, or anything else related to short films they’re working on, just drop me a line.

Laters

See you on the mountain this Friday!

The folk music is dying down and the drum circles are breaking up so say goodnight to Irene and get out those video cameras, it’s onto the next adventure! Spring is here and it’s a good time to get some filming done before those pesky scene stealing tourists float into town. We’ve got a few plans ramping up to our Summer Film Festival and we hope you’ll join us!

Filmmaker Get Together
The JUMP Society has some quiet months between film festivals, they are the “I wonder what everyone’s working on” months. The film festival isn’t until July but on the evening of April 21st at 5:30pm we’ll be getting together at the Silverbow to share works in progress, past works, and just get caught up. It’s an opportunity to receive constructive criticism, answer technical questions and meet other people interested in making movies. All ages and skill levels are invited. Please bring a mini-dv tape if you want to share your work.

We’ll also have guest speaker, Brice Habeger, who will be sharing some of his work and experiences in Film School.

Filmmaker Workshop
Warren Etheredge is coming back to town and he’s going to be sharing short films and offering another workshop for Juneau filmmakers. For those of you who missed Warren this past December, he’s a top notch resource for everything short film and puts on educational and fun workshops. The workshop will be primarily geared towards filmmaking but I expect that it could also benefit writers and story tellers. Of course with all the films he shows and his stand-up delivery it’s probably worth coming just to watch.

There will be no charge for the workshop and all costs will be covered by the high quality forged bill division of the JUMP Society.

More information on dates and times to come but right now we’re shooting for the first weekend in May.

Laters

I’m excited to see what everyone’s working on, hope to see you Thursday!

When?
Thursday, Jan 27 7pm
Friday, Jan 28th 7pm & 9pm
Saturday, Jan 29 7pm & 9pm

Where?
Silverbow Backroom

How?
Free Admission
Get tickets at Lucid Reverie, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, KTOO, or at the door.