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TWN Wednesday Night Seminars
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM- Production Info You Need
Walk-in seminars on production topics you need – from fundraising to budgets, to media management, sound recording and new camera technology. All classes are $20/$10 (low income) unless otherwise noted. The workshops take place at Third World Newsreel. Package rate available: $80 for all six sessions ($40 for low income). Register now at workshop@twn.org.
The successful Winter/Spring 2008 Session has just ended. A new series will be scheduled for fall, and early summer, we will be presenting a Final Cut/Soundtrack Pro/DVD Studio Intro Workshop. If you are interested, please contact: workshop@twn.org.
All classes Wednesdays 6:30 PM at:
Third World Newsreel
545 Eighth Avenue, 10th Flr
between 37th and 38th Streets
1,2,3,A, C, E, to Times Square
The just completed Winter/Spring 2008 Series of Workshops:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 AT 6:30 PM: PRODUCTION PLANNING and BUDGETING with ANN BENNETT
Preparing to produce your film - from research and preproduction to post production and distribution, with a special focus on preparing budgets. With lots of useful handouts! Led by Producer/Director Ann Bennett, who has worked for WGBH, WNET, HBO, The History Channel, England's Channel Four, and the renowned Blackside Productions.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 AT 6:30 PM:BYRON HURT, DIRECTOR of HIP HOP: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES
Byron Hurt, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, and anti-sexism activist, talks about making his recent documentary, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, which premiered at the Sundance Festival and was broadcast on the Emmy award-winning Independent Lens series, and his film I AM A MAN: Black Masculinity in America. A former graduate of the Third World Newsreel workshop, Hurt aims to make films that help make change.
MONDAY, MARCH 31st at 6 PM at DCTV Free NYSCA Workshop at DCTV
Tips on writing the NYSCA application, budget and making your sample by May 1st. Presented by TWN, DCTV, and IFP.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 AT 6:30 PM: FUNDRAISING: GRANT PROPOSALS and PRODUCING A WINNING SAMPLE with DOROTHY THIGPEN and ESTHER CASSIDY Just in time to talk about the NYSCA proposal and sample—but also much more, Dorothy Thigpen, Filmmaker and ED of Third World Newsreel, and guest filmmaker/grant writer Esther Cassidy go over useful tips on grant writing and sample production—with years of experience on funding panels for NEA, NYSCA and more. Bring your proposals and samples for critiques!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16th at 6:30 PM: SOUND TIPS and More
People rave about good pictures - but only talk about sound when it's bad. An intro to getting decent sound, and a show and tell of some of the more popular and affordable mixers, hard drive recorders, and radio mikes, courtesy of Professional Sound Services.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23rd at 6:30 PM: CAMERA/HARD DRIVE/P2 TIPS
A talk with some of the hardest working camerafolks around and their take on tapeless production - the P2 camera and other tapeless wonders. With celebrated cameramen Tony Hardmon (Boys of Baraka, Walk to Beautiful) and Jonathan Weaver (Two Towns of Jasper, Lorraine Hansberry).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th at 6:30 PM: TECHNO ORGANIZING with ROLANDO BROWN of the HIP HOP ASSOCIATION
Demystifying the use of online web services instead of desktop applications, and storing data online instead of filling up one's harddrive- while increasing your production effectivity.
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