Saturday Feb. 28 |
Tickets $15 : full festival pass includes all workshops and screenings and the DIY Guide to Filmmaking $8 : screening pass (any two screenings)/ $6 : single workshop or screening |
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Workshop and Panel Sessions Schedule
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Presented by the Southern Documentary Fund : New this year! Rebecca Cerese Alice Elliott Cynthia Hill Amy Morrison Williams Dawn Dreyer, moderator Four women, four feature-length documentary filmmakers, four vastly different subjects and styles, with numerous awards (including an Academy Award nomination) and festival screenings between them. Do documentaries made by women constitute their own genre? How did each of these women get their start, and how do they make their artistic and social visions come to life? What do they think is most important for women filmmakers (or any filmmaker) to know about the process of documentary filmmaking? We'll view samples of each filmmaker's work, followed by a lively and informative conversation and time for dialogue with the audience.
Cynthia Hill is a filmmaker who's works include the feature-length documentary, Tobacco Money Feeds My Family as well as various works centered on documenting southern life and culture. Dawn Dreyer is the Learning Outreach Director at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, director of the Documentary Film and Video Happening, and is board president of the Southern Documentary Fund. Rebecca Cerese works at Video Dialog, Inc., working on videos to document educational reform initiatives in inner city areas, through programs such as GEAR UP and Project GRAD. Her film February One has been screened at many film festivals, and was awarded the Human Rights Award at the River Run Film Festival, Winston-Salem, and received the first annual Global Peace Film Festival Award, presented in Orlando, Florida. Her new film is Mobilizing the Poor: Launching the War on Poverty.
"Works in Progress" with Joanne Hershfield New this year! 1:45-3:15pm "Works in Progress" is designed as a workshop for film and videomakers who are at the stage of "work in progress." That stage may be conceptual; you may have shot 30 hours of footage and are searching for your film; maybe you've just finished your first rough cut and are still wondering what your film is about. Joanne Hershfield will also share her "work in progress:" The Gillian Film: An Exceptional Daughter's Story, and together, all of the workshop participants will work through the following questions in relation to their works in progress: 1. What is my film about? 2. How do I find the right structure for my film? 3. What is the story I want to tell? 4. Whose voice/voices will tell the story? 5. What kind of visual style will best tell the story? Workshop participants are encouraged to bring vhs copies of their own works in progress to be screened and discussed during the workshop. Joanne Hershfield teaches media studies and production at UNC-Chapel Hill. She has been working in film and video for twenty years. Her most recent productions include Women in Japan: Memories of the Past, Dreams for the Future, Nuestra Cominidad: Latinos in North Carolina, and Leading Women.
Sound Technique with Suzanne Harris 3:30-5:00pm An overview of techniques used to record sound in a variety of mediums. We will attempt to come up with solutions
Animation with Nayeli Garci-Crespo 3:30-5:00pm Introduction to traditional animation techniques (hand drawn, stop motion, cut-out). Learn how to make your own animation
Small movies: How to make your first super 8 film with Jen Ashlock 12:00-1:30pm Jen Ashlock
The Life and Times of an Independent Animator: Francesca Talenti Presents Recent Work 1:45-3:15pm Ranging from highly experimental pieces to children's poetry, Francesca's recent work is based on the idea of fluidity. This idea itself has a range: from the literal fluidity of liquids featured in an animation like "The Planets," to the more metaphoric fluidity necessary to the creative process. Francesca has made a multitude of short films which have screened internationally. She holds a graduate degree in film production from the University of Southern California, and teaches at the University of North Carlina at Chapel Hill.
Intro to Lighting Technique with Heidi Mehltretter New this year! 1:45-3:13pm This workshop will cover the basic film/video production lighting equipment and techniques and will include: types of lighting instruments: spots--lensed and open faced; softlights three-point lighting light metering for key to fill ratio lighting aesthetics--high key/low key diffusion materials Heidi Mehltretter is a filmmaker and co-founder of Hybrid Films, a non profit organization that supports and promotes the work of indie filmmakers in South Carolina. Mehltretter's company, Snipe Hunt Films, LLC, produces a blend of commercial spots, public service announcements and corporate image pieces. Her recent documentary work includes Carnaval, a documentary (currently in edit) about the history and traditions surrounding the yearly carnaval celebration in the Dominican Republic, and SIGHT, a lyrical narrative film depicting anartist's struggle to reveal the human rights violations she sees in modern day society. Heidi also travels extensively, documenting the lives and work of people in other cultures.
Animation with Nayeli Garci-Crespo 3:30-5:00pm Introduction to traditional animation techniques (hand drawn, stop motion, cut-out). Learn how to make your own animation
Lighting Technique II with Heidi Mehltretter New this year! 3:30-5:00pm This workshop will cover more advanced film/video production lighting concepts and will include: Color temperature and using gels for color correction and/or effects diffusion materials the use of kickers, eyelights lighting for mobile camerawork--keeping lighting consistent and avoiding shadows in dolly shots etc., mixing light sources shooting at night/creating nighttime effects.
Screening Discussion New this year! 5:15-6:00pm To close the festival on Sunday afternoon we will gather to talk about the film screenings with audience members, filmmakers, volunteers, and workshop presenters. It will give us a chance to talk about what we've been watching and ask questions of the filmmakers in an informal setting. Coffee and donuts will be provided. |
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Many thanks to
our wonderful sponsors this year!
Cozy, Avid Video, the Duke Women's Studies Department, Program in Film/Video/Digital, Center for Documentary Studies, the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary & International Studies and the NC State Film Program |