Saturday, October 27, 2007

 

Central City Partnership - General Meeting

PLEASE JOIN US
Friday, October 26, 2007
at 1:00 pm
2020 Jackson Ave
(second floor/enter in rear or side on Simon Bolivar)

lunch will be served

For more information contact:
Audrey M. Browder, Chair
Central City Partnership
(504) 875-5140

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FEAR in New Orleans - A Film Festival for Special Effects

PLEASE JOIN US FOR FEAR:
Film, Effects & Animation Revival
October 26 - 29, 2007

Day Pass $25
4 Day Pass $75
VIP $150


This fabulous affair of enormous proportions recognizes the use of effects
and animation in film and story. FEAR is a celebration of the arts that separate
video from movie. The artists that are involved with created illusions for your
eyes and ears will be at FEAR to showcase there talents and give practical
demonstrations in their field.

Festival Venues:
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center
Canal Place Cinema

FEAR in New Orleans is presented by Lucid SFX Development Cultural Arts Center,
Charitable Film Network, Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center, with support from
Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Bottletree Productions, The Consortium of Genius,
Squarewave Media, and Schollnick Advertising.

Look Here for the Complete Festival Schedule and Ticket Sales


Friday October 26
ASHÉ Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

6:00 PM - Meet and Greet opening Gala
Come and Intro yourself and Learn what FEAR has to offer! Meet with the crew
from LSD and CFN while being dazzled by the personalities of Jennifer Delora and
our Hostesses the Lilith-bots and Suicide Girls.

8:00 PM - The Consortium of Genius
Hear one of Louisiana's most innovative rock bands take over the world! The COG's
impressive stage show and sound will set the pace for FEAR to spread throughout
New Orleans.

Following COG ~ Wrap up Gala and a Toast to the beginning of FEAR!


Saturday October 27
ASHÉ Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

12:00 PM - The Changing Times Band
Swamp Rock and Swamp Pop music from the Heart of Louisiana covering tunes to bring
you closer to the bayou. This eclectic band of good time jammers are sure to get your
feet tapping and bring on the festivities of the day. While the band plays, there will be
celebrity walk arounds, booths, photo ops, Character walk arounds and just plain fun.

2:00 PM - VSFX Artists Andrew Schneider and Sean Palmer from Blue Sky
demonstrate CG images.

3:00 PM - Panel Discussion on Independent and Low Budget Film
Ron Jeremy, Jennifer Delora to be main speakers.

5:00 PM - Prosthetics Demonstration by Danny Jouet from LSD
Danny will do a face cast of a lucky individual that will later be given to the individual.

6:00 PM - Festival Exclusive Showing - "New Liberty"
A short film by VSFX artist and Director Sean Palmer. This independent film is a masterpiece
of visual effects using imagery to draw you into the world of a man trying to find who
he is. Obsessively tormented with dreams, he finds his solace in literature, which becomes
the story of his life.

6:30 PM - Festival Exclusive Showing - "Litter Kills"
A short film by VSFX artist and Director Andrew Schneider. This independent short
animation is a masterpiece of visual effects using imagery to emphasize the idea of
keeping our planet clean. A single piece of trash leads to destruction.

7:00 PM - Web 2.0
Web 2.0 Explained in Video by Michael Wesch, to this end, Wesch is launching the
Digital Ethnography Working Group, a team of undergraduates exploring human uses
of digital technology. Coinciding with the launch of this group, Wesch created a short
video, "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us." Released on YouTube on January 31st
2007, it quickly became the most popular video in the blogosphere and has now been
viewed over 3 million times. Wesch has won several awards for his work with video,
including a Wired Magazine Rave Award and the John Culkin Award for Outstanding
Media Praxis from the Media Ecology Association. Along with other explorations of
mediated culture, the Digital Ethnography working group is now studying video-blogging
on YouTube, a project which was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

7:30 PM - "Blood Brothers"
A short fan film by VSFX artist and Director Brandon Dunaway based in the world of
"Star Wars" concerning two brothers, bound by blood, yet torn by their beliefs.

7:45 PM - "Tortured Visions"
A dark short by VSFX artist and Director Joseph Vance exploring the visions and imaginations
of a tormented artist.

8:00 PM - "The Hunter's Apprentice (Bootlegged Version)"
A well executed short by Director Mike Ryan about a vampire hunter in training. Extremely
wonderful use of sound and camera angle used to develop the tone and action in this movie.

8:30 PM - "The Proposal"
The question of time is demonstrated in this short by Mike Ryan. Soundscapes and
camera angles give the audience ideas of time relationships leading to the proposed query.

9:00 PM - The Sounds of FEAR

Emilia Sosa ~ Emilia Sosa is a first generation American, born and raised in the swampland that is New Orleans, recently finding refuge in the beautiful city of Seattle. With her, Emilia brings the need to sweat in a packed club moving to groovy bass lines and deep rhythms till the sun comes up.

KJ Sawka ~ Seeing Kevin Sawka on the drums is the only way to believe the hype, the assumed exaggerations of his abilities: that he can play the most complex of jungle, drum'n'bass and breakbeats utilizing no loops and no extended samples -only his two hands and two feet. Whereas some artists claim to be performing live drum'n'bass, live electronica, etc., it's more often than not a drummer playing alongside pre-programmed beats if there's a drummer at all; Sawka, however, can perform each and every 808 bass kick, snare slap, and compressed highhat

DJ Monk and VJ Berkeley ~ The Ultimate Sights & Sounds of FEAR!

Monk - From small dark clubs to massive outdoor festivals, always turning it out - it is here where you, the subterranean public may encounter The Monk...... the Mack-Of-All-Trades, dj/producer/artist and overall hustler of culture. Banging out a soundtrack of underground party music that jumps from hard house and breaks to slamming disco-tech, and twisted techno, to drum and bass rinse-outs, the dreadlocked Monk punishes the crossfader as he works one record against another in a style that owes more to hip hop than to conventional club DJ'ing.

Berkeley- This no-bs video jockey knows how to turn it out! The Fluidity that Berkeley cuts and layers live video compositions staging in the heat of the moment with his partner Monk is unreal. It will be a hard show deciding which is more impressive the work being done or the show being presented!


Sunday October 28
ASHÉ Cultural Arts, Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

12:00 PM - ASHÉ Good Morning

1:00 PM - VSFX Artists Andrew Schneider and Sean Palmer from Blue Sky demonstrate CG images.

2:00 PM - "Metropolis"
In this visionary masterpiece, what director Fritz Lang depicts is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don't know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don't have the vision). Completely separate, neither group is complete, but together they make a whole. One man from the "thinkers" dares visit the underground where the workers toil, and is astonished by what he sees...

4:30 PM - Festival Exclusive Showing - "New Liberty"
A short film by VSFX artist and Director Sean Palmer. This independent film is a masterpiece of visual effects using imagery to draw you into the world of a man trying to find who he is. Obsessively tormented with dreams, he finds his solace in literature, which becomes the story of his life.

5:30 PM - Digital Workshop by LSD (2 hour workshop) Basic Digital Matte Painting and Compositing
Presented by VSFX Artist Rob Poulsen and Brandon Dunaway. This is a combo workshop showing a basic pipeline on how to develop a scene in digital space. Demonstrates how to develop background inserts for film and composite the image sequences together with seamless fluidity.

7:30 PM - Web 2.0
Web 2.0 Explained in Video by Michael Wesch, to this end, Wesch is launching the Digital Ethnography Working Group, a team of undergraduates exploring human uses of digital technology. Coinciding with the launch of this group, Wesch created a short video, "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us." Released on YouTube on January 31st 2007, it quickly became the most popular video in the blogosphere and has now been viewed over 3 million times. Wesch has won several awards for his work with video, including a Wired Magazine Rave Award and the John Culkin Award for Outstanding Media Praxis from the Media Ecology Association. Along with other explorations of mediated culture, the Digital Ethnography working group is now studying video-blogging on YouTube, a project which was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
8:00 PM - FEAR Wrap-up - Preparations for the awards night.

Monday October 29
Canal Place Cinema 333 Canal Street in the Canal Place Center

6:00 PM - FEAR Festival Awards Night
Wear your best and come out to see the winners of FEAR! Special talk from Lucid SFXVSFX Supervisor Joseph Vance. FEAR winning movies will be announced and select films will be viewed. Awards presented and Special Thanks Announced. tick himself, in real-time. Development Co-Founder and Special Thanks Announced.

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

 

24 HOUR COMICS DAY at Whole Foods Market & Ashé







Please Join Us on Saturday, October 20, 2007

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Whole Foods Market
5600 Magazine Street - Uptown, New Orleans
Food, Cartoon Drawing and Prizes for Youth Artists

12:00 PM at Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. - In Central City, New Orleans
Featuring Cartoonists JOHN SLADE and ELI IVORY

Sponsors Include:
Charitable Film Network
Whole Foods Market
Antigravity Magazine
Ashé Cultural Arts Center

For additional information call (504) 569-9070

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Special Book Signing Event at Ashé

GEOMETRY OF THE HEART
by, Valentine Pierce

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
Central City, New Orleans
(504) 569-9070

Refreshments from Whole Foods Market


SPONSORED BY: Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Charitable Film Network,
Portals Press and Whole Foods Market.

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Monday, October 15, 2007

 

Current TV / Slamdance Film Festival - Call for Content!

Kick off Slamdance 2008, by making and uploading a short film about something that is
relevant to you, your community or the world. The Slamdance programming committee -
in conjunction with Current TV’s Creative Executive team - will be curating five films into
a theatrical screening at Slamdance, taking place during this years Slamdance Film
Festival (January 17th to the 25th, 2008 in Park City, Utah).

FOR MORE DETAILS AND THE LICENSE TERMS VISIT THE WEBSITE:


THE MISSION:
Make a short documentary that is fresh, relevant, authentic and inspired.

THE PAYOFF:
The chance to be part of a shorts program screening at Slamdance 2008, one festival
pass to Slamdance 2008, and the opportunity to pitch your ideas to Current TV.

CONTENT GUIDELINES:
- Films must be about current events or new trends
- Films must be between 4 and 7 minutes long
- Films must be in documentary format

THE DEADLINE:
Submissions must be in Thursday November 15th and 7:00 PM (PST)

Here’s some more information about Current TV:

Launched in August 1, 2005, Current TV is the first network created by, for and with
an 18-34 year-old audience. The network shows young adults what’s going on in their
world, in their voice. Current is also the first network in history whose programming is
supplied in part by the very audience who watches it. It has developed the television
industry’s leading model of “viewer created content” (VC2), which comprises roughly
one-third of Current’s on-air broadcast, and allows the audience to submit short-form,
nonfiction video “pods,” and “viewer created ads” (V-CAMs).

For more information contact Kasia at kcieplak@currentmedia.com or (415) 995 8325

For more information about Current TV, please visit: www.current.tv
For more information about Slamdance, please visit: http://www.slamdance.com

**You must own the copyright in and to your entry; be sure that you are not subject to any
agreement with your employer that would either prohibit you from entering this call for content
or that limits your ability to license to third parties an entry that you create. Check your
employer agreements: You may need clearance from them!

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Sunday, October 14, 2007

 

Screenings of SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF by Peter Entell

Thursday, October 11 at 8:00 p.m.

Steven Spring Foundation
3811 Chartres Street
(Corner of Charters & Pauline Streets)
Bywater, New Orleans

Admission Free




Film Description: Father LeDoux, parishioners and local musicians
join together in their struggle to save St. Augustine Church.

ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS:
Friday, October 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 14 at 3:00 p.m.

ASHÉ CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
Central City, New Orleans

FREE Admission
Donations to the Ashé Building Fund are encouraged.

Meet Father Jerome LeDoux on October 12.
Discussion after each screening!

For more information visit www.shakethedeviloff.com

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Saturday, October 13, 2007

 

A Special Invitation From Ashé Cultural Arts Center!


Please Join Us For Our Second Annual
BUILDING BENEFIT CONCERT

Saturday, October, 13, 2007

Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
Central City, New Orleans

7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
$25 Donation - Includes Dinner

Great Music, Food & Family Fun!



Hosted by SIDE BY SIDE, with performances by:
*Special Visual Art Tribute to DOUGLAS REDD

ADVANCE TICKET SALES for individuals and organizations are available
at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center. All proceeds will be donated to the Ashé
"High Five" Capital Campaign Fund.

SPONSORS INCLUDE: The Ford Foundation, State of Louisiana, Arts Council
of New Orleans, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Foundation for the MidSouth,
Nathan Cummings Foundation, the New Orleans Musician's Clinic, the Arts
Council of New Orleans, and Efforts of Grace, Inc.

For more information about Side by Side or the "High Five" Capital Campaign,
contact Luther Gray or Gwen Richardson at (504) 569-9070.

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Sunday, October 7, 2007

 

ITVS Community Cinema at Ashé!

Please Join Us for a Screening of MISS NAVAJO
by Billy Luther

Sunday, October 7, 2007 at 6:30 PM
FREE ADMISSION

Ashe Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
(504) 569-9070


For more than 50 years, the Miss Navajo Nation beauty pageant has given its
contestants opportunities to showcase not only their beauty but their knowledge
of Navajo culture, language and tradition. Following contestants in their quest for
the crown, and featuring personal stories of recent winners, MISS NAVAJO is a
celebration of womanhood. (60 minutes)

ITVS Community Cinema features monthly community screenings of upcoming
Independent Lens Films, co-presented with leading community organizations
working on related issues. All screenings feature a panel discussion, guest speaker
or other audience engagement component.

For additional information or a film PREVIEW please visit: pbs.org/independentlens/missnavajo/

ITVS Community Cinema is made possible with support from PBS, CPB, Ashé
Cultural Arts Center and local Producing Partner the CHARITABLE FILM NETWORK.


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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

 

Beginning Video Editing Classes

Learn how to edit with Adobe Premier with the staff of LUCID DEVELOPMENTS!
Sign up for one or all three of our affordable editing classes and take your filmmaking
skills to the next level.

Wednesdays from 6:30 pm to 8:40 pm
$30 per class per person

Ashé Cultural Arts Center (Central City)
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70113
(504) 569-9070

Students will receive a certificate from LSD for the class and a "Completed Memories"
project to be done in class. Class instruction by Lucid Developments

CLASS I - Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Importing Video from file
Capturing Video from tape
Importing from a burned DVD
Intro to the GUI
Intro to Tools
Basic use of tools
Time line and Layer Techniques


CLASS II - Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Jump Cuts VS Transitional Moves
Cutting on Action
Transition Basics
How to Export
What is compression


CLASS III - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Intro to Compositing
Compositing still images
Sync to Sound

NOTE: All students will provide 1 Mini DV t\Tape and 3 blank burnable DVDs
LSD will burn final DVDs 1 blank DVD per student is necessary.

For more information contact Joseph Vance at lsdevelopments@gmail.com.
Sponsored by: Ashé Cultural Arts Center and the Charitable film Network.

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