Brian’s Business
1-20-10

Screening Tonight:  Plan 9 from Outer Space
NEXT WEEK: Bill Gilbert, Lighting Seminar following IFC meeting.  FREE TO IFC MEMBERS… $5 for non-members.
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FANTASY FILMMAKER DRAFT

Fantasy Filmmaker Draft Dates:
Draft Day 2- (Actors/DP/Editors/Crew/etc) February 3rd
shooting and editing for 2 weeks

There is a $5 Draft submission fee for all people who want to be involved/drafted/picked.

Submission Deadline Feb 17th
Festival Screening at JOB Feb 20th

Rules are posted on www.IFCKC.com

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Ed Wood Bad Movie Challenge:
Tribute to “Plan 9”

Award the “Golden Woodie”

DETAILS TO COME

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PATS Seminar has been rescheduled for the KC date.
SUNDAY     FEB 28, 2010 WESTPORT COFFEE HOUSE (CHANGED-CONFIRMED)

Teach entry level PA work and how to transition to higher paying gigs.

They also are willing to train local people as instructors, as a sort of Franchise.  Might be something IFC should consider.

Early Bird Entry is $75 through January.
After that it is $125, but you can get a $10 discount with your IFC membership.

For a more in-depth look at P.A.T.S., please visit or call
www.PAtrainingseminar.com

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Brian Kille –
Hey all, just wanted to give you a heads up about the KCK Film fest coming up. Our “Dumb Bum” weaseled its way in next to some other awesome indie films from around KC. I’ll probably check it out as it’s 2-5 next Sat and only 5 beans so stop by if you’d like.

Jan 30th.  2-5 pm YWCA Black Box
1017 N. 6th St.   downtown KCK

Lorah Steiner asked us to head to Jeff City on Feb 2nd, to support MOMMA and HB1587.

Board Business
Paul C –  will have Actors Showcase DVDs next week for $5

Anthony T – Codec Seminar is on the way, hosted by Anthony.

Bobby T –

NEXT WEEK:  Bill Gilbert, Lighting Seminar following IFC meeting.  FREE TO IFC MEMBERS… $5 for non-members.

True/False film fest… 2 minute films on a person, either completely true or completely false.  Screened during the festival. www.truefalse.org/blog

We are sponsoring Roberta Munroe, former shorts programmer for Sundance.  We will have her at our disposal during KC Film Fest.

Matt C – IFC Fundraiser?  Should IFC do concessions at the Lakeside Speedway?  We will need volunteers.

Sharon W –  If you have a short film, family friendly, Heidi Bacon is doing a show on Channel 17 for Metropolitan Community College.  Contact Sharon.

Tim H. – Please renew your membership or join.

Remember, if you are an IFC member who gets a film in an out of town film festival, the IFC will pay half your entry fee.

Claudia C. – We are trying to firm up a date for the next actor’s showcase.

New People –

Alyssa McKee, actress
Ryan Smith, Film fan, looking to learn
Ricardo Jackson, Writer/Producer
Brian Darcy, behind the scenes guy.
Michael Smith, Actor… now working on music stuff
Robert Berndt, videographer

Shameless Self-Promotion
Joe Baehr, “Monster Box” thanks to everyone who helped make it happen.  Rough cut is done.  Will be in KC Fringe Festival.  Check out www.kcfringe.org

Michael Loftus – Trailer for Butterfly dreams on IMDB.com

Pat Lamb – First Friday… Feb 5th Pat’s first Gallery show of his artwork.   Hemingway building near 19th and Baltimore.

Ben Baelow – last weekend to catch “King O the Moon” in Independence, Sermon Center

Deb Keeney – pimping herself for acting roles!

Paul Campbell – Thanks to EVERYONE who helped on Fetch.  Footage looks phenomenal!   Footage is “Creepy Good.”

Maia – needs a job, prefer one in media or production

Anthony T – Shooting a web series, starting this weekend… if you’d like to help…  tell him.

Screening:
Plan 9 from Outer Space by Ed Wood, Jr.

Programming note:  Next week, 1/20/10 we will be screening Ed Wood’s classic Anti-Masterpiece, “Plan 9 from Outer Space” following the regular IFC meeting at the Westport Coffee House.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/

Brian’s Business

1-12-10

FANTASY FILMMAKER DRAFT

Fantasy Filmmaker Draft Dates:

Draft Day 2- (Actors/DP/Editors/Crew/etc) February 3rd

shooting and editing for 2 weeks

There is a $5 Draft submission fee for all people who want to be involved/drafted/picked.

Submission Deadline Feb 17th

Festival Screening at JOB Feb 20th

You can sign up via email, by contacting bestboye@gmail.com but you will still need to get us $5 before 2/3/10.

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We are looking for fresh ideas for film contests.  We really like the idea of:

Ed Wood Bad Movie Challenge:

Tribute to “Plan 9”

Intentionally make bad movies…  well crafted, bad movies… complete with all the cliches of a bad movie.

Award the “Golden Woodie”

The man who owns the rights to all/most of Ed Wood’s films lives in KC.  We’re trying to track him down.

SPECIAL NOTE:  TO GET FIRED UP ABOUT THE ED WOOD CHALLENGE, WE WILL BE WATCHING “PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE” NEXT WEEK AFTER THE MEETING AT THE WESTPORT COFFEE HOUSE.

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http://freedocumentaries.org/index.php

Filmmakers release their docs for public to view for free!

Including M. Moore and M. Spurlock!

Playing to the Crowd
By Alex ⋅ January 6, 2010
Director’s Notes

There’s no denying that in recent years the consumption of media has changed. With the rise of new spectatorship models it seems that the old models of production and distribution are becoming less and less viable, especially for low budget projects. In the place of the old models therefore, there are a number of new ones rising up, some of which are discussed below. It’s impossible to write exhaustively about these new models, as there are no longer any clear rules or templates for filmmakers to follow. However, it should be borne in mind that many of these ‘new’ techniques are now no longer new – they are based on existing technologies and there are now many precedents for filmmakers to learn from.

Read the Full Article Here…

Article contains excellent resources and information about new low-budget film production and distribution. Make sure to bookmark this one for future reference.