Proscenia Newsletter - Opportunities

My name is Mike Aronson and I will direct seven performances of George Bernard Shaw’s drama Pygmalion at the Majestic Theatre in Corvallis, Oregon in March 2006.
      The script contains a Preface which is never performed yet it contains several lines made famous by Rex Harrison in the musical My Fair Lady. The audience will feel cheated if they do not hear them. In addition, the famous ball room scene is marked as optional by Shaw and not to be attempted unless produced for the movies or in a very large theater.
     With all due respect to Mr. Shaw, and even though my venue has only 300 seats, I plan to do the optional scenes and the Preface using projected computer graphics animation.
     The animation is divided up into four scenes with a total running time of 4 minutes and 20 seconds. The scripts and storyboards are complete and eight illustrators are now working on the conceptual art and character designs.
     Community theatre mobilizes many volunteers to work on its productions. We prefer a lot of people each doing a little bit rather than a few people each doing a lot. This is an opportunity for Maya 3D artists and animators to work on a huge project without getting stuck in an open ended commitment. Are you just interested in 3D model building? Animation? Do you get a thrill out of lighting a 3D scene? This is an opportunity to join a big project for a short time.
     We will need 15 modelers and 12 animators. The modelers receive art work from the illustrators, work for 4 to 6 weeks concentrating just on their model then pass their work on to the animators. The animators work with the characters in their shot using industry standard exposure sheets. We need 8 persons to do lip synch (only 8 characters talk). Finally we need 6 scene editors to adjust lights and ask for a possible redo. It is possible you may be asked to help render frames.
     Modeling starts in July as each character design is approved. Animation starts in August, lip synch after Labor Day. We will superimpose scenes over videotape backgrounds reminiscent of Mary Poppins or Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Everything gets assembled starting in November 2005. We have a composer writing original music for the sound track and three volunteers to do the post production work. The show opens March 10, 2006 with 20 live actors, 56 costumes and a running time of two hours. The animation part of this production is only 2% of the running time but 80% of the preparation time!
     The people we are looking for have day jobs since this is community theatre and no one gets paid a salary, not even me. You do get a public performance of your work, public acknowledgement on our web site (http://home.comcast.net/~mike.aronson/wsb/index.html) and all the prestige you can eat. If you have high speed internet access you don’t have to travel to a meeting to receive an assignment or to turn in your work.
     Send an e-mail if you are intrigued and want to learn more to: Mike.Aronson@comcast.net.

Short Video Works Wanted
On-Going Call For Productions

Raging Family productions is calling for short films to be integrated into a new event they are starting at a Eugene bar. The evening will feature trip hop and homemade beats. During the evening they plan to show a short piece from a local film maker. The goal is to make this even a forum for local filmmakers to show their work. You can contact the event coordinators at cosmos@ragingfamily.com

Deadline: July 1, 2005
Vermont International Film Festival

CALL FOR ENTRIES! Don’t wait! Send us your entries early!
16th Vermont International Film Festival - October 13 – 16, 2005 - Burlington, VT
The Vermont International Film Festival, the oldest Human Rights and Environmental film festival in the world, is currently accepting independent films of any length and genres that fit into one of the three categories: Justice and Human Rights, War and Peace, Environment

Please visit our website for more information and a downloadable entry form: www.vtiff.org

Submission Deadline: July 1, 2005

Awards for Best Film, Short and Long will be given in each of the three subject categories. Selected films in the Environmental Category will compete for Ben & Jerry’s award. Selected films in all categories will also compete for the Heart of the Festival Award.

We look forward to receiving your films!

One Main Street
Suite 307
Burlington, VT 05401
802-660-2600
www.vtiff.org

Deadline: July 15, 2005
A Call for Submissions to Community Media Review (CMR)

The Fall 2005 issue of CMR will focus on "Media Literacy as a Tool for Social Change." We are inviting individuals and organizations to submit media literacy examples, exercises, case studies, stories and articles about how Media Literacy is used for social change. Please think visual, not just theoretical. Send us graphics, cartoons, illustrations, digital photos, even video examples. We want to create an issue of CMR where people will not only think differently about Media Literacy, but use the issue in practical ways with community-based organizing, in classrooms, homes, and movement building work. If you make us laugh there may be a prize in it for you.

The deadline for submissions is July 15. Contact Belinda Rawlins at rawlins@aa.edu or Jeff Smith jsmith@grcmc.org with questions or ideas.

Belinda Rawlins
Managing Director
New Mexico Media Literacy Project
6400 Wyoming Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
505-828-3388
505-828-3149 fax
http://nmmlp.org

Deadline: July 15, 2005
Zonker Films is seeking films for the 2005 Portland International Short Short Film Festival. The 4th Annual PISS Fest! will showcase films from around the world that clock in at 10 minutes or less. The fest will be held September 23-24, 2005 at the historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon. Submission deadline is July 15, 2005, late entry July 31, 2005. Entry form and more details can be found at http://zonkerfilms.com

Deadline: July 15, 2005
A Call for Submissions to Community Media Review (CMR)

The Fall 2005 issue of CMR will focus on "Media Literacy as a Tool for Social Change." We are inviting individuals and organizations to submit media literacy examples, exercises, case studies, stories and articles about how Media Literacy is used for social change. Please think visual, not just theoretical. Send us graphics, cartoons, illustrations, digital photos, even media examples. We want to create an issue of CMR where people will not only think differently about Media Literacy, but use the issue in practical ways with community-based organizing, in classrooms, homes, and movement building work. If you make us laugh there may be a prize in it for you.

The deadline for submissions is July 15. Contact Belinda Rawlins at rawlins@aa.edu or Jeff Smith jsmith@grcmc.org with questions or ideas.

Deadline: August 1, 2005 - CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Northwest Film Center Presents- The 32nd Northwest Film & Video Festival

The Northwest Film & Video Festival in Portland is seeking submissions of any length and genre from filmmakers living in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and British Columbia. Participants enjoy public recognition from an engaged and enthusiastic audience and critical appraisal by our guest judge, a prominent filmmaker, curator or critic (to be announced). Selected filmmakers have the chance to appear in the Best of the Northwest Film & Video Festival Tour and share in over $10,000 in production service awards. For more information, or to download an entry form, go to www.nwfilm.org.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
Festival dates: November 4-12, 2005
The oldest and most prominent showcase of Northwest-made work, the Northwest Film & Video Festival, presented each year by the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon, is a juried survey of new moving image arts by independent Northwest film and videomakers.
With over 300 entries in all genres each year, judging is performed by a prominent member of the film community. Past judges have included Gus Van Sant, Matt Groening, Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon, and Bill Plympton. Generally, 30-45 shorts, features and documentaries are screened during the Festival, then 10-15 shorts are selected for the Best of the Northwest Tour which travels the following year throughout the Northwest to media arts centers, museums, arts councils and universities.

Deadline: August 15, 2005
Does free speech matter? Film Contest.

Film your response, and win up to $1,000 and a free trip to New York City!
     The National Coalition Against Censorship is sponsoring its second annual film contest. This year's topic is "Does Free Speech Matter?"
     Contestants must be American residents, age 19 or younger, on the day the film is submitted. Entries can be videos of any kind, including documentary, animation, experimental, and music, on DVD or VHS format, no longer than 4 minutes, including credits.
     Films will be judged on content, artistic and technical merit, and creativity. Judges will be drawn from a panel of renowned writers, actors, and filmmakers, similar to last year's judges, who included author Judy Blume and playwright Tony Kushner. The top three winners will receive stipends of $1,000, $500, and $250 and be flown to New York City for a gala event in October.
     All entries should be mailed to NCAC Film Contest, 275 7th Avenue, 9th floor, New York, NY 10001 and postmarked NO LATER THAN Monday, August 15, 2005. For more information, visit www.yfen.org, or write to Stephanie Elizondo Griest at filmcontest@ncac.org. Read Full Story

Deadline: September 1, 2005
Call for Papers: The Effect of Media on Children and Adolescents

The April 2006 issue of ARCHIVES will be a special theme issue devoted to the effects of media. We want to solicit and consolidate a comprehensive array of high-quality research articles relating to media and children and adolescents. We anticipate that these studies will come from the many and diverse disciplines that bring science to bear on this issue, including pediatrics, psychology, engineering, epidemiology, sociology, and communications. Articles received by September 1, 2005, will have the best chance of being included in this special issue. Please consult information for authors on our Web site at http://www.archpediatrics.com for guidelines on preparation and submission.