2012 Festival Workshops/Panels
Jane Lynch, Norman Jewison and Mickey Jones / SLOIFF 2007
Part of our mission is to educate our community about the art of filmmaking. This year, we are excited to offer a couple of perennial favorites, as well as some exciting new workshops. Come out and participate in some illuminating sessions, chock full of insight, laughs, demonstrations and anecdotes. Audience participation is encouraged.
Regular workshops and panels are only $5 per person, at the door. The “Movie in a Day Marathon” is specially priced and participants should register ahead online. Please see descriptions for details on which festival passes can be used.
Indie director Henry Jaglom and visiting filmmakers.
Saturday, March 10 11:00-12:00pm
Oddfellows Hall, 520 Dana St, SLO
$5 at the door
(free to all 2012 SLOIFF pass holders)
Join visiting filmmakers for a stimulating discussion as they share stories of success, anguish, the challenges of financing, production, marketing and much more. Participants will be announced on our website before the panels. A Q &A will follow the panel discussion.
Moderator: SLOIFF Advisory Board member, Steve Leone.
What makes a movie great…or not so great?
Sunday, March 11 11:00-12:30pm
Warden Building, 762 Higuera St. SLO
$5 at the door (free to all 2012 SLOIFF pass holders)
Ever wonder how films get chosen for film festivals? Join us in an interactive discussion of how SLOIFF films are selected – and the bigger picture – what are the elements that make a film a stand-out?
With the use of a few clips from some choice films, this workshop will act as an interactive forum for the discussion of basic film criticism and provide you with the opportunity to identify, analyze, and judge the components of a film. We’ll review a couple of SLO Festival short films and discuss how these films are judged in competition based on a list of criteria. We will also discuss how films in lists like “The 1001 Films You Must Watch Before You Die” are determined to be significant, based on aesthetic, cultural, social, historical, philosophical, technical and/or political film values. To do this, we will look closely at the details of some famous scenes in cinema history. Join us for a fun discussion about film criticism! This is a great primer for any community members interested in becoming a “screener” for the 2013 SLOIFF. Moderator: SLOIFF Advisory Board member, Steve Leone.
Special Workshops
Movie in a Day Marathon
Saturday, March 10 9:00am – 4:00pm Oddfellows Hall, 520 Dana St. SLO
Films screened on Sunday, March 11 6:00pm Downtown Cinemas, SLO
Is it possible to make a movie in a day, from initial idea to final edit? This event is a fun and exciting challenge for filmmakers of all
ages. This year, the Marathon will take place in San Luis Obispo. Participants will start out at the Oddfellows Hall on Dana St. where they’ll be placed in teams of four and different age categories. (You can also register as a
team.)
Filmmaker Ryan Johnson will share professional tips, and teams will find out which San Luis Obispo landmarks and other elements must be used in their
films. After thirty minutes of brainstorming, teams will be turned loose with HD FLIP video cameras (provided). They will return to HQ when they are ready to edit their short films, adding music and effects, and ending on the dot of 4:00pm. A panel of judges will choose winning films, prizes will be awarded and all films will be screened at the Downtown Cinemas at 6pm. on Sunday, March 11.
$35 per person. All participants must pre-register. Sorry, this event is not free to pass holders. Space is limited, so CLICK HERE to register now.
SLOIFF Symposium: Advanced Performance Capture & Synthespians for Selected Industries
Presented by Cal Poly, Emersion S&T and the SLOIFF
Saturday, March 10th, 2:00-3:30pm / Venue TBA
A panel discussion and forum on the technology ready motion capture technologies, software systems, data management, synthespians, and immersive volumes from the entertainment industry for immediate and long range customer needs in medical, government, and education business areas.
Featured Participants:
Sir Richard Taylor: Co-founder (with director Peter Jackson) of Weta Workshop & The Weta Companies and multiple Academy Award-winner in visual effects and design. Recipient of the 2012 King Vidor Award being presented on Sat. March 10th at the Fremont Theatre. Click here for details.
Frank Boosman: Currently CEO at Republic of Fun and Principal at Z Shift; former Program Management Director at Lockheed Martin Corp.; VP Product Marketing at Red Storm Entertainment (Tom Clancy’s Video Game Co.); COO at 3Dsolve Inc. and Senior Product Marketing Manager at Adobe Systems Inc. (original team PDF)
David Bawel: CTO, Emersion Software & Technology. David is a preeminent creator of breakthrough technology for high definition 3-D motion pictures, medical applications, and virtual reality real-time volumes. He was the architect of the mind-blowing digital “magic” behind AVATAR, LORD OF THE RINGS, and MATRIX.
Admission is free on a first-come, first-serve basis. Only Movie Mogul and SLOFest Weekend Passes will be accepted for admission but pass holders will also be seated on a first-come, first-serve basis, so come early!
2012 Summer Youth Filmmaking Workshops
Several short films produced in the 2011 Summer Youth Filmmaking Workshops will be screened during the Young Filmmakers of Tomorrow Showcase on Saturday, March 10 at 11:00am, at the Downtown Cinemas in San Luis Obispo. To watch the World Premiere productions from this 2011 workshops, go to the SLOIFF YouTube Channel.
If you’re looking for a fun and stimulating youth summer camp for next summer, you’ve come to the right site. Young people, ages 7 to 18 learn useful filmmaking skills, stretch their creativity and make new friends in our popular Youth Filmmaking Workshops taught by professional filmmakers.
Headquartered on the Cal Poly campus, youth people create short films in small age-appropriate groups, from conception to completion, using a variety of techniques including claymation, stop animation, music-driven videos and live action comedies and dramas. Camps are one to two weeks for half days.
To find out more about this exciting opportunity, please send an email to sloiff1@yahoo.com, or go to the homepage and sign up to follow our blog. You’ll receive information in the spring of 2012 about registering. Or call (805) 546-3456 to be put on our mailing list.
Knowing how to craft a film is an incredibly useful skill, for just for fun, for a school project or as a way to hone skills for a career in filmmaking. Movies Matter!
