Steampunk Atlanta

3 Nights. 3 Steampunk Events.

July 23rd – Vaudevillian Carnivale

July 24th – (r)Evolutions – A Steampunk Circus Fairytale

July 25th – Masquerade Mechanik

2 Free Industry Building Events, 1 Evening

Quantel is Seeing REDtm Clearly 5:00 – 7:00 PM

What ATL365 will be showing and discussing:

RED One: PC&E will have a RED camera there and we will be shooting footage. Experts will be on hand to answer questions and provide tips on shooting RED.

RED 4k Workflow: Everyone is talking about it and well be showing it. FRom shooting and dailies on FCP, editing to grading, finishing and deliverables on the Pablo 4k. The Quantel RED workflow eliminates the need for the intermediate DPX stage.

Soft Sam: An innovative new technology that simplifes and compliments the file based workflow by facilitating direct 3rd party file access to Quantel without creating any new files. You just have to see it!

Pablo Neo Panel: Desinged and developed by colorists, and quite possibly the coolist looking piece of hardware that you have evver seen in a finishing suite.

We hope that you can join us for this very interesting and interactive event. Our highly experiienced and knowledgable staff will be on hand to discuss everything from RED workflow to HD, color grading and even Stereoscopic 3D.

Send david.black@quantel.com and we’ll save you a seat.

Questioins? Please call Dave Black at 727-776-9997

Who should attend: Directors of Photography, Producers, Directors, Colorists, Editors and anyone trying to achieve a true DI workflow or need to know how to handle RED.

Presented by Quantel, PC&E and Atlanta Film Festival 365

Break/Reception 7:00 – 7:30 PM

Getting into and Working in the Georgia Film Industry 7:30 – 9:00 PM

Georgia Film Industry Professionals from various positions will give insights on what working in the industry is like, what the Georgia Film Industry currrently needs, and offer advice on what skills are transferable to the industry.

Presented by Georgia Production Partnership and Atlanta Film Festival 365

Where for Both Events:

Atlanta Film Festival 365
535 Means St, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Georgia Animation on Our Mind: An Animation Screening

July 10, 2009, 8 p.m.
Rich Theatre
Admission is free. Please reserve tickets throguh ASIFA-Atlanta.
ASIFA-Atlanta online.

ASIFA-Atlanta curated this program to showcase outstanding animation being created by Georgia artists from both Atlanta and Savannah.

The final schedule is still pending but several films have been confirmed. Among them are:

• Avery Matthews, a never-aired Cartoon Network pilot from Turner Studios
• HamidBahrami’s breathtaking, hand-drawn film Traveler of the Horizon, previously shown at ASIFA-Atlanta’s celebration of International Animation Day at the High Museum of Art
• Takuro Masuda’s stop-motion Death of a Matriarch, made with a grant from the Center for Puppetry Arts’ Xperimental Puppetry Theatre program
• SCAD-Atlanta graduate Amanda Goodbread’s Curtains
• SCAD professor Hal Miles’s stop-motion The Madness of Being
• ASIFA-Atlanta president Brett W. Thompson’s, Fluidtoons
• Mouse and Cat, an independent effort made by Joe Peery, Turner Studios animation director and former ASIFA-Atlanta president.

This screening is presented as part of The Persistence of Animation, the 21st Society of Animation Studies Conference, SCAD-Atlanta, July 10—12, 2009.
Learn More…….

Drop Dead Diva looking for some extras

http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/drop-dead-diva

This week on Drop Dead Diva we are looking for THREE specialty characters.

1) We need a older Caucasian gentleman that is comfortable with his crooked teeth.

2) We need a few very good looking girls that are not afraid to wear a bathing suit!

3) And finally an Asian Male or Female with tattoos!

For consideration please e-mail divaextra@gmail.com

Please have your pictures attached, sizes, phone numbers, and availability in the email.

Chuck visits the Five Spot to roaring applause

The bar patrons of the 5 Spot in Little Five Points got some unexpected film education in their faces when Molly gave a rousing speech about the Atlanta film industry yesterday. The bar was hosting a “Reclaim Independence Day” event, celebrating all things independent and non-corporate, and what better way to show that than with some independent film discussion?

Despite being early in the day, a crowd had formed inside the relatively good sized venue, and was treated first to an interesting marching band type group. One chick even had an accordion. They covered some Gogol Bordello songs, which just so happens to be a favorite of Molly’s. Chuck was actually intrigued and thought he might check some more of their stuff out later.

Re-Claim your Independence with us, July 4th at the 5spot. 3pm-2am

3pm to 2am. Pull off the grid and feel the true essence of D.I.Y. we are throwing it down local community style, and a % of the proceeds go to WonderRoot, to help support local artists. Check out more on www.weareallone.tv and www.sacredgeometryatlanta.com Live DJ’s and Graff art outside, lots of indie acts, speakers, film, music and more inside. 7$ cover. Molly Coffee of Zombie Cat Productions will be showing short films and discussing the Atlanta film community and the Georgia Tax Incentive from 4:30 to 5:30pm. Free Asahi Beer from 3-4pm.

Chuck speaks out! His account of the 48 Hour Film Project

“Are we doing the 48 this year?”

The question. THE question. It got bounced around quite a bit between the three of us.

“We don’t have the equipment. Or the time. Or the resources.”

Which we didn’t, really. So obviously we made the decision not to do it this year, which in turn led us to making a stop motion film in just 48 hours.

“Are you crazy?” one might ask. A viable question, and the answer to that might be a resounding “Yep,” but coming from one that has tremendous delusions of grandeur, we were confident we could pull it off. Never mind we had no idea what we were doing. Never mind the only experience any of us had with stop motion was childhood dabblings with toy dinosaurs and VHS tapes. We’d figure it out, right? We had an editor who was willing to work with us so we could just concentrate on filming, so at least there was that.

The Wrath of Con

The Wrath of Con is uploaded!  Click on the movie poster to view the short.  And a blog about the weekend is still coming soon from Chuck, I swear.

Movie poster…and film credits

Film credits behind the cut (+ clay!)

Photos from the 2009 48 Hour Film Project

Film and updated blog to come soon!…..

More images behind the link.