THE FLORENCE FILM SCHOOL IS HONORED TO PRESENT:
The EVEolution EVEnt
Eve has been kept in the dark, in the shadows of men for eons. Now is the time for Eve to step into the light and redefine herself as a woman, can she? And Will She?
Two women Directors Jamy Silver and Nannette Del Carmen would like to invite you to the premiere of their film short: EVEolution
After the film we will have an open forum on the topic of women in the new era. Can women rule the world, as women?
We would like to hear your opinions and also video tape the open forum and put some of the comments on our blog. It will be a lively and energetic evening discussing and defining the role of women as we face the "Dawning of the New Eve".
Please join us on Friday February 29, 2008 at 8:30 pm at
The Artist's Workshop via Toscanello 33 r (near the restaurant 4 leone.) .
Best of 2008!
Elizabeth Monroy
Director/Florence Film School
www.newrenaissanceflorence.com
19 February 2008
04 February 2008
Shooting in Venice
Happy Mardi Gras!!!! Here in Italy Carnival is a month long party and what better place to celebrate it then in Venice! Everyone wears the traditional robes and masks of canivale. It is a true visual feast! Our students are off to Venice interning on a professional film shoot in Venice during Carnival!
Have a great time in Venice Florence Film Students!
Mean while I would like to post an up and coming contest for the Perfect Pitch!
AVID: THE PERFECT PITCH CONTEST
Film Specific is thrilled to team up with Avid for The Perfect Pitch contest!
AVID: THE PERFECT PITCH
Do you have a film you'd like to get made? Avid has launched 'The Perfect Pitch' contest. Submit your best 60-second video pitch and see what the world and Avid's panel of industry experts have to say. One grand-prize winner will receive a package valued at over $25,000.
We are thrilled to have been selected by Avid as part of their prize packages and look forward to seeing all of your perfect pitches!
Have a great time in Venice Florence Film Students!
Mean while I would like to post an up and coming contest for the Perfect Pitch!
AVID: THE PERFECT PITCH CONTEST
Film Specific is thrilled to team up with Avid for The Perfect Pitch contest!
AVID: THE PERFECT PITCH
Do you have a film you'd like to get made? Avid has launched 'The Perfect Pitch' contest. Submit your best 60-second video pitch and see what the world and Avid's panel of industry experts have to say. One grand-prize winner will receive a package valued at over $25,000.
We are thrilled to have been selected by Avid as part of their prize packages and look forward to seeing all of your perfect pitches!
31 January 2008
Multi Media Cinema
We are in the fourth week of our winter term The Director as Story Teller: Creating the Documentary. I am very proud of our students dedication, courage and passionate creativity!
Our students have been honored with the presence of very creative, talented and unique mentors. Andre Parente a independent director form Rome who taught a fantastic workshop on The Psychology of the camera and really helped the students understand the concept of letting the story motivate the camera along with a true pearl of wisdom for all independent film makers "Let your limitations be your inspirations!"
This week we have an incredibly inspiring artist Andi Nufer who is taking our students creativty to the max with her installation art and mulit media concepts. She is helping them bring a deeper creativity and origionality to their documentary films that will make their work stand out among the glut of film shorts!
Yesterday we were introduced to the concept of mind mapping and I would like to direct our students to a website and video clip that explains that in greater detail.
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/mindmap/
Our students have been honored with the presence of very creative, talented and unique mentors. Andre Parente a independent director form Rome who taught a fantastic workshop on The Psychology of the camera and really helped the students understand the concept of letting the story motivate the camera along with a true pearl of wisdom for all independent film makers "Let your limitations be your inspirations!"
This week we have an incredibly inspiring artist Andi Nufer who is taking our students creativty to the max with her installation art and mulit media concepts. She is helping them bring a deeper creativity and origionality to their documentary films that will make their work stand out among the glut of film shorts!
Yesterday we were introduced to the concept of mind mapping and I would like to direct our students to a website and video clip that explains that in greater detail.
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/mindmap/
28 January 2008
Notes on the Sound Design Workshop
First of all, hello to my workshop participants, Jamy, Nannette & Chris-I'd love some feedback on what you want to get out of this workshop. If you get a chance, please send me an e-mail- since we're a small group, I'd like to conduct this as a conversation.
Here's a the best way to prepare for the workshop:
1) Download the .zip file with the reading materials (http://www.divshare.com/download/3629705-038), and finish reading as much as you can before the workshop begins. Some tips:
2) DON'T TRY TO MEMORIZE THIS STUFF, especially not the technical info. It is only meant to give you an overview; of certain terms needed to do sound design for your film projects, basic info regarding the use of sound & music, and hopefully, some insights to think of sound & music in a new way.
One basic source I used to gather the materials was an online library (http://www.questia.com) that only lets me copy documents one page-at-a-time. I've organize the separate pages into folders, and hope this doesn't make too much inconvenience. Some of the folders have links to websites that might be useful. Many sites on sound & music are very technical, or too full of advertising to be relevant- again, this info intended as an overview.
The material is contained in the folder "Philosophy Of Music" will, I hope, spark some interesting conversation - please give these six pages some special attention.
3) I noticed that all of you have a Yahoo or Hotmail e-mail account. This is important, because you will need it to register for various websites where you can download sound & music for your film projects. If you have a problem with giving this e-mail address (fear of spam, etc.), please start another e-mail account like Yahoo/Hotmail that you can access from a web browser.
As I said in my 1st blog post, I want this to be as much a learning/sharing experience as a teaching one, all the more so because we're a small group.
See you soon,
Loren
mail@loren-taylor.net
Here's a the best way to prepare for the workshop:
1) Download the .zip file with the reading materials (http://www.divshare.com/download/3629705-038), and finish reading as much as you can before the workshop begins. Some tips:
2) DON'T TRY TO MEMORIZE THIS STUFF, especially not the technical info. It is only meant to give you an overview; of certain terms needed to do sound design for your film projects, basic info regarding the use of sound & music, and hopefully, some insights to think of sound & music in a new way.
One basic source I used to gather the materials was an online library (http://www.questia.com) that only lets me copy documents one page-at-a-time. I've organize the separate pages into folders, and hope this doesn't make too much inconvenience. Some of the folders have links to websites that might be useful. Many sites on sound & music are very technical, or too full of advertising to be relevant- again, this info intended as an overview.
The material is contained in the folder "Philosophy Of Music" will, I hope, spark some interesting conversation - please give these six pages some special attention.
3) I noticed that all of you have a Yahoo or Hotmail e-mail account. This is important, because you will need it to register for various websites where you can download sound & music for your film projects. If you have a problem with giving this e-mail address (fear of spam, etc.), please start another e-mail account like Yahoo/Hotmail that you can access from a web browser.
As I said in my 1st blog post, I want this to be as much a learning/sharing experience as a teaching one, all the more so because we're a small group.
See you soon,
Loren
mail@loren-taylor.net
14 January 2008
Babelgum
Just a quick post to add an interesting link to the ones Jason already suggested
Babel Gum
This site is endorsed by the Clermont Ferrand film festival, one of the most important in Europe for short movies, and by the director Spike Lee.
Its dedicated to short movies and documentaries and it's an interesting opportunity to show your (our :-) stuff.
Babel Gum
This site is endorsed by the Clermont Ferrand film festival, one of the most important in Europe for short movies, and by the director Spike Lee.
Its dedicated to short movies and documentaries and it's an interesting opportunity to show your (our :-) stuff.
09 January 2008
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