Kickoff, Drop Off (sort of) and Screening Assignments Schedule

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Kickoff, Drop Off (sort of) and Screening Assignments Schedule

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--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elena Cruz
Date: Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Subject: Kickoff, Drop Off (sort of) and Screening Assignments Schedule
To: sanfrancisco@48hourfilm.com

Hello 48HFP San Francisco Filmmakers:

Below is the listing of when to be where for the Project film weekend. Please read the Kickoff, Drop Off and Screening Information carefully so that you're in the right place at the right time.

KICKOFF EVENT
You must have someone present to draw the genre for your film in our random drawing. Please limit total attendees to 2 people since there is a capacity limit at the venue. If additional team members want to join, they can wait for you at the bar in the lounge area (not at the tables, which are reserved for dinner guests). Also, note that this venue is open to having people under +21 attend.

Friday, June 5
6:00 - 7:00 pm
All teams arrive at 6pm – participate in check-in and genre drawings. Leave at 7pm

POLENG LOUNGE
1751 Fulton (@ Masonic)
San Francisco, CA
*there is a pay lot across the street at Albertson's

DROP OFF EVENT (TBD: STILL WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION)
Your film must be received by 7:30 p.m. to be considered on-time and eligible for all awards. Late films will still be screened (but not judged), so be sure to get them in!

Sunday, June 7
6:00 - 9:00 pm
"On-time" films by 7:30pm!

PLACE TBD (I will send you the info next week)

*If you cannot make it by 9pm, we will accept films until midnight. Please call my cell phone at 415.235.5641, and I will let you know where you can drop them off.

SCREENING SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS
At the end of this email, please find the official screening times and groups for the San Francisco 48HFP Project. Your team has been assigned to a group. Please notify me if you absolutely need to switch screening groups.

Before you get deep in the moment of filmmaking, just a note about the screenings:

Don't forget to invite your family, colleagues, friends and film-lovers to the screenings. The info is below.
Let your team members know which screening to attend to see their film.
For each screening group, the audience will vote for their three favorite films and from these votes, one film will be awarded the audience award. There will be 4 Audience Awards in San Francisco.
At the screening, feel free to celebrate your film (and to lobby the audience for votes). In the past, film teams have worn costumes, handed out candy and postcards to the audience in the lobby and brought posters and props along to the screening.

We're looking forward to a series of fun and exciting screenings!

Elena Cruz
San Francisco Producer
48 Hour Film Project
415.235.5641
www.48hourfilm.com

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San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project Screening Info

WHERE:
Roxie Theater http://www.roxie.com
3117 16th Street @ Valencia,
San Francisco, CA

WHEN:
June 9, 10, 11, 15 & 16
Time: 7:00 and 9:30 pm each night (note: each screening group will be screened twice per evening)
Tuesday, 6/9 - Screening Group A
Wednesday, 6/10 - Screening Group B
Thursday, 6/11 - Screening Group C
Monday, 6/15 - Screening Group D
Tuesday, 6/16 - Screening Group E
Each team leader receives 2 comp tickets to the 7pm screening where there will be a Q&A afterwards.

TICKET SALES
Tickets will soon be available online at www.roxie.com - I will send a separate email once it's up with cost info.

You can also buy tickets at the door or beforehand at the Roxie.

SCREENING GROUP A (Tuesday, June 9)
1 Blue Spore
Asian Mainstream Productions
Atlantis Entertainment
How Now Brown Scary Cow
CurlyHairedPeople
Pillybooka
Proper Thought Studio
Not My Day Job Productions
Straight to DVD
The Compost Heap
The Pants Productions
Tico
Zero Hour - SF

SCREENING GROUP B (Wednesday, June 10)
Assmart Film
Cleaver
PhilmFilm
10,000 Eyeballs
Barewitness Films
DVIant Productions
Poppy Shell Productions
RadioActive Studios
Red Beard Productions
Team Rocket
The Fearless Bastards
Tricola
West Enders
It Donned On Me

SCREENING GROUP C (Thursday, June 11)
Four Eleven Productions
Outlaw Media Productions
Taza Films
The Cine-Files
Wooden Trellis
Big Legs
Chinese Takeout
Creative Prowess
Straight Arrow Productions
Team J
Third Man Productions
UME
WHOmentors.com, Inc.

SCREENING GROUP D (Monday, June 15)
Astigmatism Productions
Midnight Cowbells
Montage Productions
Paraffin Productions
A Derisive Apology Productions
Disposable Film
ENZ Entertainment
Indie Visual Studios
Studio A-6
team schneider
The East/West Connection
Vivo Media Group
ZERO BUDGET CINEMA

SCREENING GROUP E (Tuesday, June 16)
EagleVision
Fogbelt 2880
Solo Bello Films
Transvideo Studios
Al Dente
Burntwire.tv
Friends of Alfred
Racing Time Productions
Rebellian Studios
reVolV films
The Fat Kids Camp
The Ironwood Gang
the sixty-sixers

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It Donned On Me?

For the past few years Evan Donn has been teaching classes in After Effects and Final Cut Pro in the Multimedia department at College Of San Mateo. Every semester there were a couple of students who just wouldn't go home when the class was over, staying after with a seemingly endless stream of questions about every imaginable aspect of video production. Many of them returned semester after semester for whichever class Evan was teaching at the time.

In the spring of 2006 Evan taught a new class called DV Workflow which consisted almost entirely of these "irregulars". DV Workflow became essentially an 'everything but the kitchen sink' type of class covering the entire process of video production with an emphasis on producing video for the web.

As part of DV Workflow every member of the class had to produce an episodic video series for the web. This led to various members teaming up to work on each others' videos as well as providing valuable input on the finished videos during class screenings. When the class ended everyone felt that the working dynamic of the group was worth continuing.

Led by Chief Instigator Tony Nguyen they dubbed themselves 'The Evan Donn School of Film' and began holding quarterly screenings of everyone's current work. In 2006 several members of the group attended one of the 48 Hour Film screenings, and they all walked out with the same thought - we can do that.

From that point on the quarterly screenings took on a new direction as 'challenges' were thrown out with criteria similar to the 48 Hour Film Project. This helped prepare the team members for the challenge of building a short film around a character, prop and line of dialogue.

As the 2007 competition drew closer Mr. Nguyen once again took the lead and signed up the team for the San Francisco 48 Hour Film Project. Put on the spot to come up with a team name he considered and rejected many possibilities before the ideal name 'donned' on him...

Despite their history the San Francisco competition was the first time all members of the team had worked together on a single project. Everyone jumped right in and the result was our first short film - 'Urgent Care'.

Despite incredible audience reaction to the film, 'Urgent Care' failed to win either the audience or juried competition for San Francisco. However, the team was selected by competition sponsor Visa as one of ten teams from San Francisco to compete in their national "Life Takes" Invitational against teams from New York and Los Angeles.

With only one film in the can, Evan decided the team needed a little more practice before the Visa competition. Unbeknownst to the team, he signed them up for the nearby San Jose 48 Hour Film Project and announced it at the cast & crew party for 'Urgent Care'. Fortunately everyone jumped at the chance to hone their skills and prove that the success of the first film wasn't just luck. The result of that effort is 'Doggie Style', the second official film from It Donned On Me.

In September the team came together once again to complete another 48 hour film for the Visa "Life Takes" Invitational. In collaboration with members of the a capella group "Flying Without Instruments" they completed the fantasy film "EXIT".

In October, 2007 the team completed their fourth 48 hour project, the National Film Challenge, producing "Retreat", an existential tale of a horse seeking enlightenment. After this they took a break from high-speed filmmaking for the holidays in order to prepare for the 2008 season.

In March 2008 IDOM kicked off the 2008 filmmaking season with the International Documentary Challenge, producing our first non-fiction film, "Stick & Pound". Selected as a finalist in the competition, 'Stick & Pound' screened in Toronto at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival where the team brought home Documentary Challenge awards for Best Cinematography and Best Directing!

After an amazing first year of competition IDOM came full circle, returning for the second time to the 2008 San Francisco 48 Hour Film Challenge and successfully completing our 6th film, "Tail". 'Tail' brought home the award for 'Best Sound Design' as well as being nominated for Best use of Dialoge and Best Cinematography

Just a few weeks later it was once again time for the San Jose 48 Hour Film project. Despite a rough start IDOM pulled together and created 'TwirlyBoy', possibly our strangest film so far.

With seven very different films completed in a years time some would say it's time to take a break, but not IDOM - this is just the beginning as IDOM tackles new projects and goes in new directions in the quest to become the greatest competitive filmmaking team of all time!

Stay Tuned!

Who Is Quang Khoi?

When Quang Khoi and his family immigrated to the United States from Vietnam back in the mid seventies, his mother decided to give all the kids American names. Nobody could pronounce Quang Khoi, so his mother renamed her youngest son Tony. Quang Khoi's mom is a huge movie buff, and her passion for cinema is evident in the fact that she named her children after movie stars. Though it has never been confirmed or denied, word on the street is that her all time favorite movie is Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO, and that she named her youngest son after that film's leading man, Anthony Perkins. "Tony" is not so bad, considering that Quang Khoi could have ended up being "Norman Bates Nguyen."

These days, Quang Khoi uses his real name when he is acting in film. When he's behind the camera, he goes by his American name, Tony. Quang Khoi/Tony Nguyen inherited his mother's passion for the movies. He enjoys every aspect of film, from playing character roles on the screen to editing time lines in Final Cut Pro behind the scenes. Mr. Nguyen is very proud to be a part of this year's 48 Hour Film Project. Working with the It Donned On Me team has been such a rewarding experience, and he hopes to continue to work this awesome group of people in future projects.

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