The Pinellas Filmmakers Society has been assisting & collaborating in a new production (as a training & experience building exercise) and they have been working once a month to building local industry networking partnerships (in their meeting on the fourth Friday evening of every month). My assessment of the group has been very favorable and continues to be so! I am so very excited about this new production as well! They may accept me as a possible candidate (probably in some production capacity) and soon I may be contacting various individuals for some sort of filmmaking or financial support for the film. We have made progress from this last production meeting and I feel we are getting ever closer to making this a film for which I will be proud to be a part.
The film is called "Electric Picasso" and so far we have made some great progress! It will most likely be a 20-25 min. digital short utilizing local talent & crew. There are a few International Academy of Art & Design students and a DP originally from NYC (so far a production staff & crew of 11-12 people). I read the script recently and was surprisingly pleased with it. I'm usually somewhat disappointed with a lot of stories these days, but this one has some really great moments. It is also a very appropriate script as a short film. It gets to the point quickly. It has a good ending. It has some great opportunities for talent to shine & for us to have some technically & artistically creative moments so that makes me happy.
I hope I do a great job & I remain grateful to Mark Keim- the Producer & Lisa Inserra- the Director for taking me on so graciously! I will probably be referring any readers to a soon-to-be created web site for the production from this blog.
So... more to come ASAP!
Monday, April 7, 2008
The first Tampa Bay area film school experience ever??!
While there actually had been a studio in St. Petersburg as far back as 1933 (called Sun Haven Studios) who made three films (Chloe- Love is Calling You, Playthings of Desire, & The Hired Wife), there has to my knowledge never been a film school in the Tampa Bay area... even after USF students & faculty have attempted to start one for decades now. The first (what appears to be) film school experience seems to be coming out of Tampa called the "Tampa Weekend Film School", run by popular locals, Daniel Brienza & the Guzzo Bros. of the Tampa Film Review, Tampa Digital Studios & 1 Day Films. The program, which is not run like a college or a state run school is (so far, fashioned in a very economically sound way) to be run in a weekend session, like a hands-on film school with very affordable prices! Sessions are, however, only taking place every six months or so.
I have yet to attend because I would like to go with a group (you get a discount if you come with a team of 5-10 people). So, if anyone is interested in going with me as a team member in my group we will go together and you should be able to get in for as little as $30 to $50 per person/session!
They have yet to announce the new dates for their next session. Although they seem to be having specialty classes (such as a screen writers class they just had the first week in april) now as well, I hope this doesn't mean they are changing their format to continue doing only specialty classes (& no longer having the team experience). I have to say though, regardless, I am (so so) excited that there is now a film school experience of some sort in the Tampa Bay area and I would be honored to attend with any of my friends or co-workers!
Yay!
:)
I have yet to attend because I would like to go with a group (you get a discount if you come with a team of 5-10 people). So, if anyone is interested in going with me as a team member in my group we will go together and you should be able to get in for as little as $30 to $50 per person/session!
They have yet to announce the new dates for their next session. Although they seem to be having specialty classes (such as a screen writers class they just had the first week in april) now as well, I hope this doesn't mean they are changing their format to continue doing only specialty classes (& no longer having the team experience). I have to say though, regardless, I am (so so) excited that there is now a film school experience of some sort in the Tampa Bay area and I would be honored to attend with any of my friends or co-workers!
Yay!
:)
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