1) One Man Filmmaking-How to Do It All for Less! 

 2)Actors Needed for Script Read on Tuesday 4/14 

16) Needed:Images of the Arts!

 

 

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Lots of film projects are starting production as we speak – and we are looking forward to seeing the fruits of your creative talents on screen soon.  The Sac Music Seen listening party for filmmakers is coming on April 18th (see item #6 below) and that is always a great way to connect with other filmmakers and crew who are up to the creative and competitive film challenge. DTE’s newest entertainment TV series ‘Up All Nite’ is getting underway and the producers held a very successful casting event last weekend, and we have new studios cropping up as well.  It’s a good time to be creating in Sactown!

See you out there…

– Laurie Pederson, CFAA Director

 

 

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ITEMS THIS WEEK:

1) One Man Filmmaking – How to Do It All For Less Back to Top 

 

Come to the monthly CFAA meeting on Tuesday April 21st at 7pm, and hear from filmmaker and TV cameraman Mike Carroll, who will provide tips, ideas, lessons learned and anecdotes as he shares his one-man filmmaking experiences.

As an independent filmmaker, it is imperative that you understand the many technical and creative processes and procedures of move making, and there is no better (or cheaper) way to learn than to take on all those tasks yourself!

Mike Carroll is a TV news and documentary cameraperson with 24 years experience, shooting for KCRA Channel 3 Reports since 1989. He partnered with Bonnie Bennett in 1999 to produce the documentary Dog Soldiers; with Michael Dryhurst to produce Year, a finalist in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival; and currently with Bonnie Bennett to produce the feature film Nightbeats for submission to film festivals and distribution on DVD and internet download.

The CFAA meetings are held at The Art Institute of Sacramento, located at 2850 Gateway Oaks Dr., Sacramento CA. Admission is free to CFAA members or $5 for non-members. All are welcome! 

 

Mike is also teaching a course at UCD Extension called
‘Digital Cinema – Digital World’ (see item #18 below)

 

 

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2) Actors Needed for Script Read On Tues. 4/14 Back to Top

 

The next CFAA monthly script read/feedback forum will be held at 6:30 on Tuesday April 14th at The Art Institute, 2850 Gateway Oaks Drive, Sac 95833.

We will be reading a comedy written by Doug Coleman entitled Master Baiters (it has to do with fishing)!!! It is male heavy so we really need you chaps to turn up.

Please click here to contact me  if you are interested or available, let me know asap so I can ‘cast’ you in a role and get you on the list.
 
Thanks, and if you have any questions about this or wish to submit your script for consideration, please contact me.

Ruby Sketchley
CFAA Board / Script Read Coordinator 

 

 

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3)Sony High Def Users Group Back to Top 

 

A new group is forming for owners and users of Sony's EX1 and EX3 High Definition cameras.  We'll get together to share operation information and techniques. 

If you'd like to be on the list to join this group, email Frank Casanova at The Studio Center or call (916) 564-9333.

 

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4) Fly Fishing Movie Coming to the Big ScreenBack to Top

 

Did you ever see the movie “A River Runs Through It?” Tom Skerritt narrated that movie and he narrates you through “Rivers of a Lost Coast.”

 

The upper northern California coastal area is called “The Lost Coast.” It is, for the most part, terribly rugged territory.

Fly fishing in the early years, the late 1800s and early 1900s, was something pretty much unheard of. But, there were early pioneers to the sport such as the legendary Virgil Sullivan, Grant King and Bill Schaadt. It’s reported that in a few hours of fishing one day, Sullivan caught 27 steelhead on the Russian River that fed his family and his needy neighbors.

Today, the Russian River and most others don’t support the fishery of yesterday. But, in this chronicled movie, you can see how many of the rivers were fished by anglers in the infancy of fly fishing.

 

Produced by Sacramento filmmakers Justin Coupe and Palmer Taylor of Skinny Fist Productions, this movie is a must-see for fly anglers. It will be at the Crest Theater in Sacramento only on April 22-23 with showings at 5:30 and 8 p.m.

 

 

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5) Prop Master getting out of the "Bizz" & selling everything  Back to Top

 

After 30 years as a Hollywood Propmaster, Rich Baum is getting out of the business and selling it all.

Prop "Taco" Cart, Set Prop Boxes, Container Cart...see my website.

In addition to these carts & boxes, I have Director's Chairs, tools, breakaway glass, ammo, containers, watches, rings, printed material, lots of period props & packaging, cleaners, Rubbermaid carts, dollies, furniture pads, expendables, supplies, sprays, cleaners, glues, streaks & tips, toys, balls, backpacks, ropes, printed material, license plates, money, blood, brooms, brushes,

Here is a link to Sun Valley Cabinets and here is a link to Backstage EquipmentCarts (notice my cart new goes for over $1700 !!! I will sell my cart at a fraction of that price.)

You name it, I got it for pennies on the dollar.

Give me a call to learn more or if you have any questions.

Thanks
Rich Baum
916-296-5778
 

 

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6) Sac Music Seen – Calling All Filmmakers! Back to Top

 

The annual ‘listening party’ for filmmakers who wish to participate in SAC MUSIC SEEN is scheduled for Saturday April 18th at 1:00pm!  

Don’t miss this first opportunity to listen to local artists submissions and select your favorite!  Lead a music video team or find one to hook up with one at the meeting!  All completed videos are screening during an exciting and entertaining program during the Sac Film & Music Festival, and since 2005, over 115 original music videos have been produced by hundreds of talented local talent!  A well-made music video is a great addition to include on your reel or just to expand your skills -- so come and check it out!

SAC MUSIC SEEN:
-Listening party April 18th at 1pm - the Art Institute
-Videos due two months later June 19th (this can be extended if need be)

ADDITIONAL SFMF DATES & DETAILS:

Organizers are excitedly building a milestone event for 2009, as the Sacramento Film & Music Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary!  

Scheduled for 10 entertaining days and nights this summer, from July 24th thru August 2nd – with ALL events and screenings held at the magnificent Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento. Get ready for innovative and awe-inspiring films, exciting industry speakers and events, and mingle with the area’s top film talent at the most beautiful theatre with the largest screen in town!  Watch for upcoming program information closer to the date, but in the meantime – all filmmakers, musicians, cast & crew are needed for the festival’s various film & music challenges!  See the specific dates to keep in mind, and contact us if any questions.  


FILM SUBMISSION DEADLINES:
-Feature film first deadline: April 17th
-Short film first deadline: April 24th
 (There are two week extenders on both of these for extended and WAB late entries.)

VOLUNTEERS:
-Volunteer bbq in July (date tba) to meet and greet and plan

10x10 FILM CHALLENGE:
-10X10 meeting on 9th of July
-10X10 due on the 19th of July

Visit  sacfilm for details or contact Festival Director Nathan Schemel at 916-600-7029 if any questions.

Nate/Tony/Laurie 

 

 

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7) Silverado StudioBuilder - 04.07.2009Back to Top 

 

This update includes a link to our pre-NAB Spring Fire Sale. Plus, new Apple Xserves were released this morning. Also--SCRATCH was upgraded to version 4.3

SPRING FIRE SALE

We've posted up a bevy of goodies on our spring Fire Sale page.

Among the goods are a Sony HDCAM playback deck, Apple MacBook Air, Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, and a Nvidia Quadro CX bundle.

See it at our website.

First come, first served!

NEW APPLE XSERVES

Apple released new Nehalem-based Xserves today. You can check them out here.

There is a fantastic one-sheet that details all the differences between the old and new Xserves here.

SCRATCH UPDATED TO 4.3

You can read about the latest upgrade to SCRATCH here.

FREE NAB PASSES

Check out the blog for NAB pass links.

SILVERADO TWITTER FEED

Our information gets blasted out the fastest via our Twitter feed. You can subscribe to it here.

NEXT TIME:

Getting ready for NAB. We'll send a "must-see" list for Las Vegas.

Torrey
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Torrey Loomis
President & CEO - Silverado Systems, Inc.
Outfitter to the World's Foremost Apple Professionals
2600 East Bidwell Street, Suite 280
Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 760-0032 • FAX (916) 404-5258

 

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8) Introducing Naissance Studio in Sac Back to Top 

 

Naissance is a brand new, state of the art, virtual studio - designed to adapt to your needs. The company itself, with it's cross-continental team of artists and technicians, has the ability to work with you anywhere in the United States and even the world.

What do we do? We can help you realize the vision you have for your feature film, your short, your documentary, and even your commercial spot. Our range of expertise can create your concept art, storyboards, art direction, motion graphics, sound design, production scheduling, post work-flow, motion tracking, compositing, visual effects, color, and editing. We also have expertise in branding, poster layout and advertising, as well as web specialists who can get that site up and running and make your videos look stunning.

We have a huge network already lined up so you don't have to hunt down individuals for each item on your production and post checklist. Here is our starting lineup:

Jonathan Hunt: is concept artist and storyboard artist who can make sure that your film is the film you want to create before you shoot a thing or spend your production budget on the wrong shots.

Nick Trivundza: is an art director who specializes in motion graphics, design, and animation. Want an amazing title sequence to start your film or a graphic epilogue to wrap up the ending? Nick can make sure it flows with the film and the look works with all of your advertising, web, and print needs.

Jon Northcraft: is an award winning sound designer and audio engineer with a line up of twelve feature films behind him.

Ryan Todd: is a freelance director & editor as well as a production supervisor working with Naissance to ensure that all of our shoots look beautiful.

Josh Jones: is technical wizard with a strong understanding of everything from motion tracking, compositing, visual effects, and 3D integration as well as pre-production and post-production workflow.

Lexie Findarle: is a producer with a background in the world of accounting. Scheduling a shoot and keeping it on budget can sometimes seem impossible - but with a history of accounting and million dollar budgets, this isn't a problem.

Austin Schlack: is a web specialist, print designer and branding genius. He can give your films a title that will truly pop.

Please feel free to poke around our website or email or call us at 916.996.4767

 

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9) Gearnex Has Exclusive Offer for CFAA Back to Top 

 

For all CFAA members who are interested in pre-ordering our new Gearnex™ geared head before it's officially debut at NAB, you will receive a $3,000 dollar discount!!!!

We will be retailing the Gearnex™ for $5,995.00 and but after giving our local discount, you will buy it for half the price at $2,995.00, just dollars over our cost.
 
Whomever buys it here needs to let us know they got this information from CFAA to get the discount.  Once your order is placed, you will be one of the first to get there Gearnex™ geared head from the assembly line.  We anticipate first shipments to be released in 8- 12 weeks.
 
You can visit our new website. Please keep in mind that this a new product and we will be adding information to the website frequently. 
 
To place you pre-order, we need a deposit of $300 to purchase your Gearnex™ geared head.  You can order online by contacting us by email or by calling Joe Mendoza at 916.783.3456

 

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10) Rootclip – recommended film website Back to Top 

 

(From Terri Dawn Arnold, TDA Entertainment)

I think local filmmakers might be interested in Root Clip, It is a fun way to make movies and win prizes.

Sincerely,
Terri Dawn Arnold, M.Ed.
TDA Entertainment

Rootclip.com was created to give filmmakers, writers, actors and anybody who just likes to watch movies the ability to collaborate on a video project. Our goal is to be the catalyst that gets people thinking and being creative with video in such a way that it infects the masses and brings a new life to the art of filmmaking. Get creative and show us what you've got!

How it works

We create a short video clip or "Rootclip" to start the story. You watch our video, then shoot your own rendition of what should happen next in less than 2 minutes. Once you've created your video, upload it to Rootclip.com during the submission period and compete for votes against the videos from other users. Gain the highest percentage of user and judge votes during the voting period and your video becomes the next chapter in the story.



 

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11) Nominate Arts and Business Superstars! Back to Top

 

Each year the Arts and Business Council of Sacramento celebrates the companies, organizations and individuals who have made a meaningful contribution to support our region's arts and cultural assets.

 

Nominations are now open for the following award categories:
 
1.    Artist of the Year
2.    Arts & Business Partnership
3.    Arts Educator
4.    Arts Executive
5.    Arts Management Excellence (above $250k)
6.    Arts Management Excellence (below $250k)
7.    Business Support of the Arts
8.    Individual Leadership
9.    Volunteer of the Year
 
Visit  sacabc.org to submit your nominations online!
 
Please call (916) 923-1241 for more information or to submit your nomination over the phone.

  

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12) Deadline for "Place Called Sacramento " Scripts is April 15 - Enter Today Back to Top 

 

Do you have a great idea for a short, family friendly movie script about life in Sacramento ?

 

Go to AccessSacramento.org for details and submit a ten minute or less script in the Tenth Annual "Place Called Sacramento" Film Festival organized by Access Sacramento.

 

Ten scripts will be selected and announced at the Cast & Crew Call May 20. Production teams will be formed and shooting commenced. The world premiere for the ten films will be October 4, 2009 on the big screen at the Crest Theater.
 
Enter TODAY! For complete details, deadline s and production timeline, go to the web site. Deadline for scripts is April 15 - Questions? Call Ron Cooper at (916) 456-8600 #112

 

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13) Access Sacramento and Democracy Now Back to Top 

 

Invites YOU to Have Lunch with Amy Goodman

Friday April 17, 2009
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Seating is Limited – No tickets sold at door

Call (916) 456-8600 ext. 0
$25 for box lunch and drink
Pay with credit card over phone

Donations appreciated for Access Sacramento
“Neighborhood News Project”

ACT NOW! The event will sell out quickly
Advanced ticket sales ONLY!

This is her only Sacramento appearance this year!

Join with other fans of Democracy Now! in welcoming Amy Goodman to Sacramento.

Democracy Now! Daily 60 minute television newscasts (Access Sacramento cable channel 17 at 6 PM and Midnight M-F) provide a nation-wide audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored media, including independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics and independent analysts. In addition, Democracy Now! hosts real debates–debates between people who substantially disagree, such as between the White House or the Pentagon spokespeople on the one hand, and grassroots activists on the other.
 
Meet Amy in person April 17 and watch Democracy Now! Monday through Friday on Access Sacramento channel 17 at 6:00 PM and Midnight on Comcast, SureWest, and AT&T cable systems in Sacramento County and via Internet “streaming” on our web site.

Ron Cooper, Executive Director

?Access Sacramento?
4623 T Street?Sacramento , CA. 95819?

(916) 456-8600 #112

 

 

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14) Silicon Valley Studios in Mountain View Back to Top 

 

 

Introducing Silicon Valley Studios, your number one production destination! Conveniently located in Mountain View CA, our full service stages are perfect for your film, photography, or creative project.

Our space includes:
Two full service studios
Free wireless internet
Production offices with telephone access
Large dressing room
Lounge area for talent and crew
Full kitchen and dining area
Film and photography services provided by Paridym Pictures.

So don’t wait, check out our website or give us a call at 650.210.3632 to see how we can bring your production to life!

 

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15) PA Work Wanted  Back to Top 

 

 From Cristina Mis:

I am looking for an entry level position as a production assistant an/or communications person.

Please visit my website or email me.

 

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16) Needed: Images of The Arts! Back to Top

 

Do you have beautiful photographs and images of the performing and visual arts?

The Arts and Business Council is in the process of redesigning our website, designing new program materials as well as annual Prelude invitations and photo slideshow.

Can we promote you?