In the fifth episode of the Spokane International Film Festival’s 2011 Filmmaker Forums, Eastern Washington University’s Professor of Screenwriting, Film Industry Law, Theory and Criticism, Marvin Smith moderates as directors Nora Bateson (An Ecology of Mind), Sara McIntyre (Two Indians Talking) and Danielle Barbieri (Lady Lily (Adventures in God’s Country)) discuss their feature directorial debuts and what it took to get their films to the big screen.
The panel members describe their varied processes for getting their films made, from the time they each spent in production to the trials and tribulations they encountered in the editing room. They also field several questions from the audience regarding scripted versus unscripted productions, how they developed their narratives from vast collections of footage and working with other people’s scripts. Other topics include advice on how to prepare for your first film project, what they budgeted for their first projects and what those projects ended up costing.
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- Spokane International Film Festival Closing Party poster
Celebrate the Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF) tomorrow night (Saturday, Febuary 13th) at the festival’s closing party, hosted by Terrain!
The party is open to all, so even if you couldn’t see any SpIFF films this year, you can still party down with festival attendees, organizers and fimmakers!
Here’s some info from the event page on Facebook:
SpIFF & the people that bring you TERRAIN present:
SpIFF OFFICIAL CLOSING PARTY & AWARD CEREMONY!
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Tomorrow afternoon, the second installment of the Spokane International Film Festival 2011 Filmmaker Forums will take place starting at 1 PM at the Magic Lantern Theater. This weekend’s series of panels will be moderated by Eastern Washington University’s Professor of Screenwriting, Film Industry Law, Theory and Criticism, Marvin Smith.
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In this fourth episode of the 2011 Spokane International Film Festival, SpIFF Director and Eastern Washington University professor Dr. Pete Porter chats with Geefwee Boedoe, the creator Oscar nominated Short Film (Animated) Let’s Pollute.
They talk about his path to becoming an animation filmmaker and his journey to being named a Oscar nominated short filmmaker. They also discuss how he produced Let’s Pollute through both hand and computer generated methods and his focus on textures. Geefwee gives advice for budding animators and speaks to his future plans.
To see more of Geefwee’s work, check out his web site http://geefwee.com/. To see his credits for feature films such as A Bug’s Life (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Beauty and the Beast (1991) and more, head over to his page on IMDB.com.
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In this third installment of the 2011 Spokane International Film Festival Filmmaker Forum, Jonathan Middleton, Associate Professor of Theory and Composition at Eastern Washington University, interviews composer BC Smith.
BC’s resume is quite vast and includes scoring tracks for popular feature films including Brothers (2009), Outsourced (2006), Expiration Date (2006), The Mod Squad (1999), and the locally produced Smoke Signals (1998).
They discuss BC’s musical decisions stylings, his path to composing for feature films, how he collaborates with directors on their films, his method for developing musical scores, and how he uses music to tell a film’s story.
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Our four-part podcast of the 2011 Spokane International Filmmaker Forum kicks off with SpIFF Director and Eastern Washington University Professor of Film Dr. Pete Porter interviewing three extremely talented documentary filmmakers: Amanda Pope (The Desert of Forbidden Art), Michael W. King (The Rescuers), and J.P. Snaidecki (Foreign Parts, Chai-qian (Demolition)).
Exploring the diverse backgrounds of the panelists suggests that a filmmaker is not born, but created through the process of bringing light to a story that needs to be told.
During this forum episode, Amanda, Michael, and J.P. discuss varying topics–from how they began their journeys into documentary filmmaking to how documentarians live and work, including how they find funding and information on budgeting projects.
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