Author: Lou

Well, I think it’s safe to call our first film festival a smashing success. There was a great turn out and we had standing room only for both the 7:30 and 9:30 shows. That means we had somewhere between 160-180 people view the films and both crowds were good and rowdy, just the way I likes ’em. We screened 18 films, not counting any of the introductions or exit animations and the festival was approximately an hour and 45 minutes long.

We’re debating some sort of encore presentation or perhaps a dinner and a movie night at the Silverbow so that more people can see the films we’ve put together. Also, some of you have requested copies of the film festival. This is something we can’t currently produce with any sort of ease. Maybe if we get enough interested people who all want to kick in $5-$10 for a copy we can send it away and get some duplicates but we don’t have any high speed dubbing equipment here in our office and I don’t have any desire to spend an hour and forty-five minutes creating each VHS copy.

We made just about $100 from donations at the festival which will be used to help pay for advertising costs next time around.

Thanks to all of the film makers who were able to scrape together shorts for the festival. There were definitely some flashes of brilliance through out the festival and I think that the quality of films will only improve for the next time. …and speaking of the next time, we plan on holding our next film festival in approximately six months. I think that lands us in December or January sometime. If anyone has suggested venues or wants help generating ideas for a short film, just drop me a line. I’m open to any suggestions that will make the next festival even better. I’m trying to put together a discussion board to facilitate a little more of a community atmosphere but it’s yet another side project so I don’t have any estimate on when it will be ready.

Laters

I just wanted to say thanks once more to the Silverbow, Alaska On-screen Advertising, The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council, and all of the great film makers and actors who participated in the festival.

The deadline looms for festival entries. We’d like to receive entries on or before the 1st of July but if you let us know ahead of time we can probably accommodate a few days extra.

Films will be shown at 7:30pm July 12th in the Silverbow Back Room.

Thanks to the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council who have been supporting us all the way and have allocated $300 for advertising and expenses. I’m in the process of making mini posters to hang around town. Grab one for a souvenir after the festival is over. I’m also thinking of having some stickers made.. Any interest?

Entries
Here’s the short version of anticipated entries into the Film Festival. They’re all at different stages of production.. Some are finished and some just have scripts. Right now I’m going to estimate total running time somewhere between 1.2 and 1.8 hours.

• Pat Race: “Hydrant”, “PedXing”, “Lost Thought”, Festival Intro
• Jen Garland: “Migraine”
• Caleb Frankhauser: “Crazy Monkey Boy”
• Deanna Clasby: A couple shorts.. I’m not certain of titles yet.
• Aaron Suring: Not certain of the title
• Greg Chaney: “Anonymous Voice”, and possibly others
• Keith Shepro: “Bruice Juice”
• Justin Benboe: “Alaska B-Boys”
• Gage Choat: Last minute frantic creativity as promised?
• Kevin Fremlin: “Any Minute Now”
• Mukhya Khalsa: Not sure of the title..

We may be seeing more or less depending on how things wrap up and what creative flashes sweep over the community in the next week. Good luck to everyone still working.

Other Upcoming Events
If you’re privy to any upcoming movie related events that an aspiring filmmaker might be interested in, please pass them on and I’ll include them in the next newsletter.

Perseverance Theatre:
Crosstraining Writing and Performing Project
June 25-July 5, 2002

Dogtown and Z-Boys
Goldtown Nickelodeon
June 28th-30th

Laters

I haven’t been to the 20th century lately but I figure our slide should be up pretty soon. Someone let me know if you see it.

Get me some more entries and have a great fourth!

It’s official, we’ve reserved the Silverbow Backroom for July 12th and the show will start right around 7:30. The room seats about 80 and I’m pretty certain we can pack it. I’m also thinking about a second showing possibly the next Thursday for those who miss out. Entries for the summer festival are due by Monday July 1st, 2002 and should be in one of the following formats: Mini-DV, Hi-8, VHS-C, or VHS. If you plan on working in another format get a hold of me and we’ll see what we can work out.

Our other big news is that we’ll be having a meeting for anyone interested in getting more information or discussing a concept they have. The meeting will be Wednesday, May 8th at 6:00 and will be held in the Rainy Day Room. That’s our top secret meeting room located down the hall from Heritage Coffee, suite 103 in the Emporium building to be exact.

Editing and Shooting Q&A

Q: What if I’ve never made a film?
A: Fantastic! If it turns out bad you can tell people it was your first
film and if it’s good then you’ll be hailed as some sort of prodigal
cinematic genius!

Q: Wasn’t the previous question addressed in the last newsletter?
A: Yup, I just wanted to reiterate that anyone can participate.

Equipment Department Update

There are no equipment fund updates since the last newsletter. For more information on the equipment fund please contact Aaron Suring, current equipment fund czar. His email address is aaron@lrcd.com

Equipment Fund: $40.51
JUMP Society Equipment Inventory: None

Other Upcoming Events

If you’re privy to any upcoming movie related events that an aspiring filmmaker might be interested in, please pass them on and I’ll include them in the next newsletter.

JAHC Film: “Promises” May 31, 2002, 7 pm at the JDHS Auditorium

JAHC Film Summer Film Fest:
Oscar Nominated Animated and Live-Action Shorts
June 14-16,2002 at Gold town Nickelodeon Theatre, Times TBA

Laters

Thanks to everyone who has expressed interest in making a film. Hope those ideas are churning and turning and twisting around.