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Volume 3 Number 15
September 19, 2004


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EVENTS CALENDAR

The Events Calendar welcomes notice of film, video, and multimedia workshops, conferences, competition, and other news of interest to the media community.Please write us at: newsletter@proscenia.net

Arts Electric Calendar. A worldwide calendar for new music, electronic music and the media arts. You'll find hundreds of events listed, as well as articles, interviews, and other writings.

SEPTEMBER, 2004

2004 Austin Game Conference & Women's Game Conference
Austin Convention Center
Austin, Texas
September 9-10, 2004

ICBC 2004 conference.
Amsterdam, Holland
September 9-13, 2004

IPN - "Making the Grade in Web-Based Training"
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Registration: 5 - 6 pm | Program: 6 - 7:45 pm
Inflow 1233 NW 12th Ave
(See site for cost)

Web-based training has certainly become a part of life for people of all ages - from elementary to college students, sales people, technicians, doctors, and even homeowners trying to deal with a leaky pipe.

Come join your fellow Internet professionals to learn the nuts and bolts of WBT. We'll start with an overview of web-based training (also known as eLearning) with a few good and bad examples. From there, we'll look at the two areas that are somewhat unique to this specialty. Instructional design assures that the course you build meets the educational goals of the project. Programming and engineering strive to maximize the functionality while helping the organization track the students' use and successful completion of the courses within a curriculum.

For more information visit http://www.ipn.org/programs/ProgramDetail.asp?id=40

Tokyo Game Show 2004
Nippon Convention Center
Tokyo, Japan
September 24-26, 200

3rd Annual Portland International Short Short Film Fest!
September 24- 25 at the Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, Oregon
Showtime is 7 PM each night
Yes, PISS Fest! is back...and this time, it's personal! 18 films will be shown at the 2004 PISS Fest! including 7 World Premieres and 6 films by Oregon filmmakers! Come and show your support for very short films by indie filmmakers. Film descriptions and more information at: www.zonkerfilms.com

DEV Group Monthly Meeting
Third Wednesday of every month at 7:15 pm
Location: PCC Cascade Campus, Terrell Hall, Room 122, 705 N Killingsworth Ave. Portland.

September Meeting: The Macromedia Central Opportunity
Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2004
Speaker: Phillip Kerman

The developer version of Macromedia Central, despite being out for over a year, has stayed below the public radar so far. However, this platform continues to evolve as Macromedia's desktop presence solution. Users can easily find, install--and optionally purchase--applications that aggregate timely data into a meaningful presentation. Using Central is like browsing the Internet but only finding the information you want. Also, the special offline features mean occasionally connected users (such as travelers and modem users) can still use the applications.

As a special preview of what is coming in the coming weeks, we have permission to show the new features including access to AOL's AIM and ICQ instant messaging networks; support for ActionScript 2.0 and Flash 7 features (such as mouse wheel and right click support); user authorized system file access to read/write and upload/download files; and one click publishing to make deployment easier.

 

OCTOBER, 2004

The Design Festival: The Value of Design. Portland, OR. October 7-17 with a state wide juried exhibit of design works, keynote speakers, an awards ceremony and other events. An exhibit will present the best design works from all of Oregon and SW Washington. A national jury will select the top three works in: Architecture, Interior Architecture, Landscape, and Public Environments.

Serious Games Summit
Washington, D.C.
October 18-19, 2004
Emphasis on non-entertainment games.
Explore interactive technology for non-entertainment.

2004 Savannah Film Festival
Savannah, GA
October 23-30, 2004
College of Art and Design

Major Film Finance Conference Scheduled for Portland Oregon. The Oregon Film & Video Office and Atlas/SFI with Downstream Digital Present the Oregon Film Finance Conference October 15 and 16, 2004

Who should attend:Film Finance Professionals, Film and Television Producers, Financiers, Entertainment & Finance Lawyers, Accountants, Bankers, Studio Executives

Speaker’s Panel:
Vina Jarrett, FilmPro Finance
Michel Shane, Romano Shane International
Peter Langs, Mystic Cove Entertainment
Andy Weir, Northstar-Media
David Hutkin, Lewis Horowitz Organization
Steve Adams, Luna Ray Films

Conference Topics:
“Taking a Film Financing Transaction from Start to Finish”
“How a Film Makes Money”
“Primary Distribution Agreements”
“What Buyers are looking For”

Keynote Luncheon, Friday, Oct. 15
“Securing Financing from the In-House Perspective – Setting up a Deal in the Studio/Network System”
Presented by Michel Shane, Producer, “I Robot”, “Catch Me If You Can”.

$395 – Registration before Sept. 30
$450 – Registration after Sept. 30
For more details contact Oregon Film & Video Office
503/229-5832
shoot@oregonfilm.org

To Register visit the website at: www.atlas-sfi.com
or call 914/686-8855

ON GOING EVENTS

DIVA Presents 2nd Friday Film Forum. The Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) offers a monthly showing of independent films on the second friday of each month.Schedule: September: The Best of Peripheral Produce's Short Films, October: I Exist - an award-winning film about gay and lesbians of middle eastern descent, November, Youthvisions - local Eugene kids produced short videos, and December, Open Lens -a chance for filmmakers to screen their short films and videos (see next itme). All programs begin at 8:00 PM. DIVA is located at 110 West Broadway in Eugene. Web site: www.divanow.org.