JUMP Society

Crunch crackle tread stomp thump thump thump!

Yes, that’s the sound of a JUMP Society deadline lumbering down the trail towards us. Submissions for the 2005 JUMP Society Summer Film Festival are due by July 1st and the calendar pages are flipping by so you’d better get rolling!

Of course if you need some inspiration there are some great events coming up…

Animation Workshop!!!
Juneau Dance Unlimited is bringing artist Meredith Holch back to Juneau and she will be hosting an animation workshop for the community. The course is kicking off with a free introductory screening of Meredith’s work at 7:00pm Thursday, June 9th at the Silverbow Backroom.

The workshop is on Tuesday and Thursdays from 7-9pm, June 14-30 at JDHS and you can register through JDU by calling 463-5327 or at the film screening.

Even if you can’t sign up for the course I’d recommend watching the evening of no-budget, lo-tech shorts. The ones she brought last time were very clever.

Gigantic Pictures comes to Juneau!!
Producer Jen Small from Gigantic Pictures will be in town this June to present her film “Cosmopolitan” a romance from the writer of “Monsoon Wedding” which pays tribute to Bollywood Cinema and sounds like a fantastically quirky piece of independent film. Jen will also hang around after the 53 minute film to answer questions and chat with the audience about filmmaking.

The show will be 8:00pm Friday, June 17th at the Silverbow Backroom and more information about the film can be found at
http://www.giganticpictures.com/cosmopolitan.html

Oh.. did I mention… This event will be free!

Laters

What are you doing still reading??!!! Go make a movie!!!!

Where: Goldbelt’s Chilkat Theatre
When: Friday, May 6th 7:00pm

Take a free tram ride or hike up the mountain. Tram leaves at 7:00 and the movies start at 7:15. There will be limited seating so you’ll need to pick up a ticket at Lucid Reverie.

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!