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Sol Negrin, Candid Cameraman
Noted cinematographer goes from the set to the classroom at Five Towns College
Einstein once said that, “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” But when it comes to teaching the art of moviemaking—particularly cinematography—that task might be easier said than done, as reading textbooks and analyzing films cannot truly prepare a student for the realities of a film set. Veteran cinematographer Sol Negrin, ASC, now a professor at New York's Five Towns College, understands the challenges of bringing cinematography from the set to the classroom. Not one to hoard his knowledge, Negrin shares his tricks for the best ways to teach—and learn—cinematography.
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The Tribeca Film Institute Explores the Future of Film
One of the few facts we can rely on is that things change. And in this age of increasingly advanced technology, it can feel that change is coming at a rate impossible to keep up with, especially when it comes to the world of making movies. New media, transmedia, interactive storytelling... there's always something new going on, but if you're a forward-looking indie moviemaker who wants to take advantage of the Next Big Thing, the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has your back.
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Say Hello to the Happy Couple
One in three films at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival were helped to the screen by NYU alumni
The Sundance Film Festival ♥s New York. At the 2012 edition of the celebrated festival, which wrapped up its ten days of indie mayhem yesterday, one in three of the films screened was impacted in some way by a graduate of New York University's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts in the form of a director, producer, writer, editor, set designer, cinematographer or actor who graduated from the world-renowned film school.
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Annemarie Jacir Learns from the Best
“I don’t like to label myself as a ‘female’ director, but just a director,” says Annemarie Jacir, and yet the award-winning moviemaker intimately understands the particular difficulties of women in cinema today. Banned from her native country of Palestine, Jacir sees the world of independent film as an important place of dialogue for female directors. Through the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, which pairs emerging artists with experts in their field for a year-long, one-on-one mentorship, Jacir had the opportunity to study under acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, Hero). Under his tutelage, Jacir began her newest feature film, When I Saw You. Jacir took the time to talk with MovieMaker about the state of female directors in the film industry, her goal in making When I Saw You and the number one lesson she learned from working with Zhang.
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Manhattan Edit Workshop Goes Back to the Future
In the Six-Week Workshop at Manhattan Edit Workshop, students learn the art and theory of editing with the help of the school's Artists in Residence program, which brings in working editors to screen and discuss their work, sharing the lessons they've learned throughout their careers. This summer, Manhattan Edit Workshop welcomed Harry Keramidas, editor of all three Back to the Future films, to share the lessons he's learned throughout his career.
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Sol Negrin Finds a Home at Five Towns College
Sol Negrin, ASC, the cinematographer for "Kojak" and Coming to America, knows first-hand how important it is for newcomers to have the support of an experienced professional. Which is why he is now a professor of Cinematography, passing his knowledge on to the students of Five Towns College in Long Island, New York. MovieMaker spoke to Negrin about his creative influences and the advice he shares with his pupils.
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Learn the Art of Editing at EditFest NY
Directors are revered, actors are put on a pedestals, screenwriters are praised, but editors--the ones responsible for putting together what we actually see on-screen--get very little credit for the large artistic role they play in the moviemaking process. At EditFest NY, created and run by American Cinema Editors (ACE), editors and their craft are celebrated and studied. MM spoke with Jenni McCormick of ACE and Josh Apter, founder of Manhattan Edit Workshop (which co-produces the event), about this year's EditFest NY.
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Sony Invites Students Behind the Lens
Sony is putting the power of HD in students' hands. The company just announced its three-month “Behind the Lens” competition, open to students enrolled in a film or digital media program at an accredited college or university. Following each of the three rounds, online voters and a panel of expert judges will determine which students will advance in the competition.
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BU Center for Digital Imaging Arts Merges Theory and Practice
The Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts doesn’t just focus on classroom instruction. Lectures on film techniques are useful, but wouldn’t hands-on practice be better than a professor who turns on Casablanca and then relaxes at his desk with coffee and a blueberry muffin until the credits roll?
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Panasonic Teams Up with EARTH University for $200,000 in Scholarships
The new year is already looking bright for three very lucky students. Panasonic Corporation of North America just announced a commitment of $200,000 to provide full, four-year scholarships for three students at EARTH University, which provides opportunities to young people who want to make a difference in the world, but lack the financial resources for a higher education.
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Full Sail University Keeps Its Students on the Cutting Edge
When Full Sail University was founded in 1979, its focus was on teaching its students about the latest developments in audio and sound technology. It has since added degree programs geared toward different aspects of the entertainment industry, including music production, game development, media design and, of course, film.
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Columbia College Chicago Introduces MFA in Creative Producing
Bruce Sheridan is out to change the notion that a film producer should be a business-savvy individual who just so happens to work with films. As the Chair of the Film and Video department at Columbia College Chicago, Sheridan recently created the school’s new MFA in Creative Producing program.
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Fellowship Honors Memory of Editor Karen Schmeer
Karen Schmeer, an editor and frequent collaborator of documentarian Errol Morris, was tragically killed in a hit-and-run accident on January 29th, 2010. The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship has been established by Schmeer's friends and colleagues to honor her memory and provide opportunities for aspiring film editors.
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“At the Movies” Signs Off… Or Does It?
“Until next week, the balcony is closed.” “We’ll see you at the movies.” “We’ll be at the movies.” In its various incarnations over the years, the long-running movie review show “At the Movies” has employed a number of catchy sign-off phrases that have given comfort to millions of movie fans. Yet on August 14, the balcony will officially close forever.
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At the Movies With “Kid Critic” Jackson Murphy
As far as present-day film critics go, there’s the old folks, such as Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin; the pseudo-hip like Peter Travers; and rising star Jackson Murphy. Haven’t heard of him? Give it a few years—or, at least until he graduates from the eighth grade.
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“Audition America” Teams With New York Film Academy
What ever happens to the winners of those all-too-popular reality show competitions? Sure, there's always a seemingly useful grand prize appropriate to the competition's genre, but once the series has aired and ended, the victor’s limelight usually fades along with it. Enter "Audition America," a hybrid series that fixes this reality show dilemma.
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Neill Blomkamp Named One of Time's Influential People of the Year
Neill Blomkamp, the moviemaker behind last summer's surprise hit District 9, has been honored by Time Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world. Which other moviemakers made the list?
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Sundance Institute Chooses Participants for East Africa Theatre Lab
The Sundance Institute Theatre Program has named the artists to participate in the first East Africa Theatre Lab, to take place in July 2010 on the island of Manda, Kenya. The program is based off the Sundance Institute Theater Labs, which has provided assistance to both emerging and established theatre artists as part of their annual program for the last seven years. The participants in the East Africa Theatre Lab, including artists from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, will be trained by Creative Advisors from America and Africa.
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John Bailey Named UCLA Kodak CInematographer-in-Residence
Award-winner John Bailey, ASC has been named the 2010 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence for the spring quarter at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT).
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Paul Schrader Donates Movie Memories to UT Austin
Writer-drector Paul Schrader has immortalized materials from some of his most influential films by donating more than 300 boxes of scripts, correspondence, videos, audio tapes and photographs to the Harry Ransom Center, a research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.
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San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking Offers Free Day of Film School
Located in the heart of the Bay Area, six-year-old San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking (SFSDF) has quickly emerged as a hands-on moviemaking mecca. To give people a taste of their hands-on atmosphere, every few months the school invites prospective students to their "Free Day of Film School," where visitors get to see what's in store if they decide to attend SFSDF.
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ASC Announces Student Cinematography Winners
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has announced the winners of the Richard Moore Heritage Award for outstanding achievement in student moviemaking. Benjamin Bakshi from the American Film Institute (AFI) won the graduate category, and Garrett Shannon from Loyola Marymount University won the undergraduate contest. “Both of these talented young filmmakers earned top honors in an extraordinarily competitive environment," says ASC President Michael Goi. “This award was designed to encourage talented student filmmakers to follow their dreams and pursue careers as cinematographers.”
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Vancouver Film School Celebrates District 9
Vancouver Film School (VFS) graduates Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell have been honored with an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for their District 9 script. In addition to the nomination, District 9 also received nominations for Best Picture, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects.
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International Academy of Film & TV Flourishes in the Philippines
What are your options when you decide to go to film school? Many people would automatically say you’d be best served going to Los Angeles or New York City. Keith Sensing, executive director of the International Academy of Film and Television (IAFT), is hoping to change that.
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The Film School Way
Coping with changing technology and a struggling economy takes creativity for both school and student
For much of 2009, recession-focused stories stole the headlines for many media outlets. But increased unemployment rates and a failing housing market aren’t the only side effects of a falling economy. With less money to go around for loans or scholarships—not to mention a lack of employment opportunities upon graduation—students have been some of the hardest hit by the current economic situation. With the additional costs of equipment and film production, how have film students in particular fared? MM assembled a roundtable of a half-dozen of the world’s top film educators to ask this question and more.
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Media Services Creates $100,000 Endowment for Tisch
On November 18, Media Services, one of the entertainment industry’s top payroll, accounting and software suppliers, created a $100,000 endowment to support the graduate program in producing at New York University’s (NYU) Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts. Media Services CEO Greg Pickert was enthusiastic about the endowment.
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Chapman University Hosts Pusan West Film Festival
From November 20 to 22, Chapman University in Orange County, California will introduce to cinema what chefs have been successfully applying to food for decades: Asian fusion. The university’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts will play host to the first ever Pusan West Film Festival, the western incarnation of the famed Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF).
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Smooth Sailing After 30 Years of Full Sail
On a list of the top three new media schools in the country, one would expect to find such esteemed institutions as MIT and NYU, but Full Sail University?
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Los Angeles Film School’s Gateway to Hollywood
Located in the heart of Hollywood, the Los Angeles Film School offers aspiring moviemakers an ideal learning environment. Students have access to the latest moviemaking equipment, as well as 350-seat theater and multiple sound stages.
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This Is Tisch! to Honor Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' annual This Is Tisch! gala will be held November 2, 2009 at Frederick P. Rose Hall in Lincoln Center.
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John Bailey to Host Kodak Film School Competition
Film students know it's a tough business in which to stand out. Any exposure helps. Especially if your film is being accessed by one of the leading cinematographers working today. John Bailey, a leader in the cinematography world for more than three decades, stands to give one lucky budding cinematographer just such a chance.
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Brooks Institute Offers Screenwriting MFA
Brooks Institute has announced the creation of a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in screenwriting, to begin in November.
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Dino Gallina Rides the Red Tide
The University of Central Florida's M.F.A. Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema program requires its students to not only create a feature-length film, but also to raise the $50,000 in order to make it. That seems like quite an intimidating task, especially in this economy, but students' UCF films have met with success.
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Laura Waters Hinson Learns to Forgive
Could you forgive the person who killed your father? Could you forgive the person who raped your mother? These are the kind of questions that may pop into your head while watching producer-director Laura Waters Hinson's documentary As We Forgive, a documentary about the survivors of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and their journey of forgiveness and reconciliation with the men who killed their families.
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Maine Media College Announces Multimedia Program
Maine Media College has announced that it will offer a one-year Multimedia Professional Certificate Program, which will provide students with training and access to new technologies necessary to form a career in multimedia. Maine Media College has a history of providing its students with an education in film and photography; the new certificate program will combine traditional storytelling techniques with graphics, still images and animation, among other media.
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