Date: June 18-19, 2011
Location: Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland
Instructor: Mickey Rogers
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Cost: $100.00

To register, please contact Industry Analyst, Laura Churchill at laura@nlfdc.ca or (709) 738-3456. Space is limited so register early.

The workshop will address a number of topics, including: electrical safety; grounding and bonding; and planning, design, assembly and maintenance of an Entertainment Power Distribution system.

Date: June 25, 2011
Location: Atlantic Studios Co-operative, 62-64 Pippy Place, St. John’s
Instructor: Mike Harwood, William F. White International
Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: $150.00 (50% Reimbursement for IATSE members and students)

To register, please contact Maureen Perrin, at info@iatse849.com or (902) 425-2739.

Space is limited, so please register early.

The Rules:

· Scripts should be no more than a maximum of 15 pages (shorter is better) and must be submitted in a 12 pt font with page numbers.

· You must provide your contact information with your submission.

· Writers must be available all day for the Friday June 24 workshop and reading of their play.

· Co-writers are eligible for submission.

· Submissions can be dropped off at the Nickel Independent Film Festival office on 197-199 Water St. or email them to nickelfestival@gmail.com

How It Works:

All submissions are considered and selected for the workshop by a committee of industry professionals. Writers receive a consultation from an experienced screenwriter in early June, after which they may chose to do a revision of the script. A director is assigned and casts are chosen from the professional community. The first half of the workshop day provides an opportunity for the writer to work with a director and professional cast to rehearse the script and provide feedback. In the second half of the day, the works in progress are presented in a staged reading to a public audience for their feedback and questions. Free admission.

Past Successes:

Films workshopped through this series and then produced include Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas(Lois Brown, 2008), Grown Up Movie Star (Adriana Maggs, 2009), Tammy Teardrop (Phil Caron, 2009),Four Sisters (Wanda Nolan, 2010), Clipper Gold (Joel Thomas Hynes, 2011)

Deliveries:
197-199 Water St
2nd Floor
St. John’s NL
A1C 1B4

Mailing:
P.O. Box 1644, STN. C
St. John’s, NL
A1C 5P3

Date: April 30th – May 1st, 2011
Location: Best Boy Entertainment, 236 Park Avenue, Mount Pearl
Instructor: Woody Lidstone, Splice
Cost: $50.00
Schedule: Day 1: Layers Masks & Animation
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Day 2: Advanced Animation
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Layers, Masks & Animation: Learn how to import different kinds of footage, including layered Photoshop and Illustrator files; how to mask off portions of footage, add keyframes to create animations; add format, stylize and animate text.

Advanced Animation: Learn how expressions and parenting can simplify your animating; how to create organic, optical-film style treatments and looks that don’t seem like regular video superimposes; how to create a rack-focus effect. Also learn the best ways to render footage for importing into Final Cut Pro or Media Composer.

INSTRUCTOR BIO:
Woody Lidstone from SPLICE will be instructing this course. Woody has been successful as a professional video editor, working as a production editor in the Arts & Entertainment division of the CBC. He has spent years performing online and offline editing for broadcast television. He was also a visual effects compositor on Season 4 of Lexx. While living in England, Woody was a post-production consultant on Batman Begins, and a technical consultant on Harry Potter’s 2 and 3. He was a trainer in broadcast news workflow at Al Aan TV in Dubai, TV3 and RTE in Dublin, BBC London, Aberdeen and Glasgow, and spent a year working for TV2/Kobenhavn, Denmark’s 24-hour news channel.

Space is limited.

To register, contact Industry Analyst, Laura Churchill at laura@nlfdc.ca or (709) 738-3456.

Participants: 6-8

Experience Level: This course is designed for beginners.

Length: 6 sessions over 3 weeks (two nights a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays).

Dates: October 20th – November 3rd.

Cost: 150.00 per person.

Contact Jean Smith at jean@nifco.org to book.

Winnipeg, MB - Canadian filmmaking teams working on their first or second feature film can apply for training through NSI Features First. Run by Canada’s National Screen Institute (NSI), the program prepares you for production through customized, intensive training and mentoring with industry professionals. It aims to help filmmakers hone their script while also understanding the business aspects of feature film development.

The teams chosen for the program are not required to pay tuition fees or relocate and, after initial training, learning opportunities are developed close to home.

Teams must apply with a feature film script. Up to four teams are chosen for this 10-month, three-phase program and are selected based on the strength of their film concepts and the potential development and packaging of their film projects. The curriculum includes script and story development, market research, legal requirements, pitching, financing, distribution as well as marketing and sales training – delivered by leaders in the Canadian film industry.

Guidelines and application forms are available here.

Applications must be received by 4:30 pm CST on Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

NSI Features First alumni have continued their feature filmmaking careers, producing many films that have won awards and been seen on screens across Canada. “NSI helped me get my first feature off the ground,” says Trish Dolman, producer, Screen Sirens and NSI Features First grad. “Ten years later, it seems I’m producing a feature film every year.”

Eleven features developed through the program have been produced. They have won awards, debuted at prestigious festivals and played in commercial theatres.

Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary

Along with his friends and colleagues, NSI established the Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary in memory of the former NSI Features First program manager.

In keeping with Jim’s incomparable film distribution, marketing and promotion contributions a $2,500 award is presented to a team going through the NSI Features First program that develops an inventive and creatively-integrated marketing plan as part of the program requirements in the first phase of training.

The NSI Features First project Heaven’s Door by the Vancouver team of writer/director Geoff Redknap and producer Katie Weekly was the most recent recipient of the bursary.

Learn more about the bursary or make a contribution here. Tax receipts will be issued.

NSI Features First is made possible by Presenting Sponsor Telefilm Canada; Program Partners The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Canwest; Strategic Sponsor Corus Entertainment Inc.; and Service Sponsor William F. White International Inc.

Canada’s National Screen Institute (NSI) is a national training school widely known for its prestigious training programs for Canadian writers, directors and producers working in film and television. NSI also runs a year-round online short film festival.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, July 12th 5pm.

The Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op (AFCOOP) in conjunction with the FILM 5 program and Women in Film and Television – Atlantic (WIFT-AT) is pleased to present a summer screenwriting intensive with screenwriter Tricia Fish, (New Waterford Girl).

The program is designed to foster talent among emerging female screenwriters in the Atlantic region. The workshop will take place in two weekend intensives, Aug. 14th/15th and 28th/29th 2010. Applicants will apply with a short film script suitable for a five – seven minute film. A jury of local screenwriters will select up to ten scripts to be developed through the workshop. Scripts can be any genre.

Through the program, participants will go through a rewrite of their scripts. From the final draft, one film will be awarded the ‘She Writes Short Shorts’ award. The award will be announced at AFCOOP’s FILM 5 party, during the Atlantic Film Festival in September.

Program Structure:

Deadline for Applications: Monday, July 12th 5pm.

Successful applications announced: July 22nd.

Part I: Aug. 14th/15th – Presentation and analysis of individual screenplays, rewrite development, and screenings.

Deadline re-writes: Aug. 25th via email.

Part II: Aug. 28th/29th – Rewrite presentations and analysis, pitching new projects, individual feedback, career development and celebration!

She Writes Short Shorts Award – Winner announced at the AFCOOP party Sept. 19th.

Eligibility:

This program is designed for emerging level screenwriters, defined as either having completed some basic training in screenwriting (through workshops, film school or related study) OR having other relevant experience (i.e. written a short that has been produced, film industry experience or other writing experience).

Applications:

· Deadline – Monday, July 12th 5pm.

· Letter of Intent – (a short cover letter summarizing your screenwriting experience and your reasons for applying to the program).

· Script (in proper script format, 12 point font, 5 – 7pages).

· Resume, filmography or short bio.

Tricia Fish is a best known for writing “New Waterford Girl”, an award-winning feature comedy about a teenager in Cape Breton. With rave reviews from the Village Voice to the New Yorker to the National Post, it started her career as a feature screenwriter. She was named a Variety Magazine “Top Ten Writer to Watch”. Fish attended the Canadian Film Centre and wrote the short “Shift”, starring Nadia Litz, which traveled the world and won a number of awards. Among other things, she has been a writing assistant to the Kids in the Hall, written for a cartoon based on Gene Simmons life “My Dad the Rock Star”, and story edited on many features and TV shows. Fish has been on the Feature Film Advisory committee to Sheila Copps, juried for Telefilm, FUND, and the CFC, as well as working as a story editor at Praxis and for many other individuals. Tricia is a mother of two, and took time out for their early years, and is currently back at it; developing two features with Sienna Films as well as several other projects.

By mail:
She Writes Short Shorts c/o AFCOOP
PO Box 2043
Halifax, NS B3J 2Z1

In person:
AFCOOP c/o CBC Radio
5600 Sackville Street, Suite M02

Via email:
membership@afcoop.ca

ABOUT WIFT: Women in Film and Television, WIFT is an international organization that was created in 1973 to give women who were struggling to have a voice in Television and in Film a network and support system. There are now currently 35 chapters worldwide. WIFT continues to grow with a mandate to be a global network dedicated to advancement for women in professional development and achievement in film, video, and other screen-based media. For more information on our Atlantic Chapter, please visit wift-at.com

ABOUT FILM 5: FILM 5 is an intermediate level training program for emerging Nova Scotia Writers, Directors and Producers, as well as aspiring film crew. Past participants have included award-winning filmmakers such as Thom Fitzgerald, Andrea Dorfman and Jay Dahl. FILM 5 films have screened at festivals nationally and internationally.

ABOUT AFCOOP: The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing new and experienced filmmakers with equipment, facilities, training, and funding. Established in 1974, AFCOOP is an accessible member-run centre for the production and presentation of creative films in a collaborative and learning environment.

There will be three segments to this workshop. The first being held on June 24th for selected key crew members in the province, the second for general interested crew and the third will be an open demonstration for producers, marketing firms, and other interested parties.

Date: June 24-26, 2010
Location: Republic of Doyle, Torbay Studio
Instructors: Bill Hong and Roy Benson

Full Day instruction for key crew (3-5 people)
Date: June 24, 2010
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: $50 (50% Reimbursement for IATSE Members)

Full Day orientation for grips, electrics and transport crew (10-15 people)
Date: June 25, 2010
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cost: $50 (50% Reimbursement for IATSE Members)

Two Half Day presentations for producers, marketing firms and other interested parties
Date: June 26, 2010
Time: 9:30 am – 11:00am
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cost: FREE – Must register to attend

To register, please contact Industry Analyst, Laura Churchill at laura@nlfdc.ca or (709) 738-3456.

Camera Car Specs
- Number of axles: 2
- GVWR: 9000LBS
- Overall Length: 23’ 6”
- Total width (excluding mirrors): 7’ 1”
- Rear Shooting Platform: 3’ 8” L x 7’ 1” W, 14” to ground
- Work Deck: 7’ 3” L x 7’ 1” W, 31” to ground
- Roof Platform: 5’ 6” L x 6’ 6” W, 6’ 7” to ground
- Front Porch Shooting Platform: 3’ 8” L x 6’ 8” W, 13” to ground
- Generator: 100Amp total
- Speedrail system

Shoot your own Super 8mm short film! In this workshop, you will gain access to all the skills and equipment you need to make a short Super 8mm film. You’ll learn all aspects of operating a Super 8mm camera, with emphasis on getting the best exposure. Participants will have the opportunity to shoot their own Super 8mm film, and get to know the techniques of film editing on AVID. The final sound/music can be either a score or voice over or BOTH recorded during post production. By the end of the workshop each filmmaker should have a 2-4 minute complete Super 8mm film.

See our Super 8 workshop page for more details.

The Nickel Independent Film Festival has a wonderful opportunity for you!!

FILMMAKING MASTERCLASS WITH ANDREW ZINNES

Andrew Zinnes, Hollywood script Guru, documentary/feature film producer/writer and author of best selling book, The Documentary Film Makers Handbook: A Guerilla Guide, is coming to do a two-day extensive workshop that will take you on a creative journey from the very first idea, to the première and beyond.

Wednesday June 24 –Thursday June 25 (10 am – 4 pm)
INCO Innovation Theatre, MUN Campus
$75 ($200 value)

If you are interested or would like to hear more contact Geri at nickelworkshops@gmail.com