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August 16, 2007
WELCOME BACK!
Aloha to all returning and new ACM students. Here's hoping for a great Fall
Semester. It will certainly be packed with exciting events including our
second annual symposium on the Korean Film Industry; a great lineup of
filmmakers, animators, actors and industry reps in our Master Class series
each Friday afternoon; next week's Hawaiinuiakea Native Film Showcase and
October's Hawai'i International Film Festival; and our special workshop and
co-production with students from Shanghai University's School of Film and
Television.
This newsletter is going out to all students enrolled in Fall 2007 ACM
classes, and also to those who were with us last semester and may be
thinking of coming back in the Spring. Our many ACM supporters among UH
faculty, the administration, legislature, media and community also receive
it.
Here's an important note for ACM 255 students: The classroom has been
changed to BusAd C102. It's a larger room that allows more breathing space
for all. See you there Monday morning.
HAWAIINUIAKEA
The annual Native Film Showcase will be Wednesday and Thursday (8/22-23). A
morning panel on Native Language in Film and Theatre begins the festival at
10 am in the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. An afternoon panel
on Finding Native Film on the World Wide Web leads up to an evening showcase
of screenings at the Hawai'i Convention Center, a new screening site. For
the complete program, see www.hawaiinuiakea.com.
CONGRATS TO
ACM Students Daryl Gilmore and Henry Mochida. After working as a ACM
Production Intern on LOST in the Spring, and as a Production Assistant on
the Big Island shoot of Steven Spielberg's next Indiana Jones film, Daryl
has landed a full-time PA position on LOST. Daryl also ran camera for Henry
Mochida's Audience Award winning entry into the 48hour international film
contest, MAKING LOVE TO A HANDGUN. Want to see it? Go to
www.sowagummybears.com/makinglovetoahandgun.mov.
Other ACM students working on the crew (and some in the cast) included Alana
Hong, Jacob Holcomb, Russell Blanchard, Joshua Abel, Roger Nakamine, Brian
Makanoa, Nasser Marghalani and Danielle Vivarptas-Ahrnsbrak. Good work by
all!
KOFIC
ACM partners for the second year with the national Korean Film Council in
co-sponsoring its Filmmakers' Development Lab August 26 - September 2. A
highlight will be a symposium on the Korean Film Industry Friday, August 31,
from 3 - 5 pm in Crawford 115. All ACM students are strongly urged to attend
and meet some of the top film producers in Korea, and some of the best new
Korean American filmmakers. The symposium will also be part of Asst. Prof.
Konrad Ng's MASTER CLASS series (ACM 385).
CINEMATIQUE AT BAR 35
A congenial group of ACM students, led by Russell Blanchard, invite all
(over 21, that is) to the inaugural Cinematique at Bar 35, Tuesday (8/31)
from 8-10 pm at 35 N Hotel St. They'll feature screenings of films by ACM
Filmmakers including Russell, Nasser Marghalani, Dave Neves, Joelle-Lynn
Sarte, and Roger Nakamine. A special trailer for CHIEF, by local filmmaker
Brett Wagner will also be shown. They hope to make these celebrations of
independent film a monthly affair.
NOTE TO MAJORS & INTENDED MAJORS: YOU ARE NOT A MAJOR UNTIL...
Please keep in mind that you must complete your Academic Proposal and have
it approved by both your ACM advisor and Interdisciplinary Studies Advisor
before you can be declared an ACM major. While some students have applied to
ACM and their application has been accepted, they have delayed taking the
next step of preparing the Academic Proposal with their ACM advisor, and
then having it approved by IS. Those students will have difficulty
registering for courses that are restricted to majors, as they won't have
been officially declared, or recognized, as ACM majors. So get that advising
done pronto. For new applicants to the major - the same advice for you: You
are not a major until your Academic Proposal has been approved by both your
ACM and IS Advisors. Without it, no advanced courses will be open to you.
AND ANOTHER REMINDER ...
All ACM majors must complete a screenwriting course, either ACM 350 or 355.
ACM 350 is filled for Fall, but there are still seats available in ACM 355:
Oral Tradition to Screenplay. You can also shore up those Critical Studies
course requirements with ACM 485 - Seminar (Film Comedy) and ACM 490 -
Global Media.
PRODUCTION COURSE NOTE
Production Manager Gregg Ambrosius says due to new KHET security policies,
all students will have to show their student i.d. and sign in and out at the
main lobby of the PBS Hawai'i Building when accessing ACM offices and
equipment.
INTERNSHIPS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
* ACM students can earn internship credit (ACM 495) as a Hawai'i
International Film Festival Intern. Get involved with film selection,
programming, artist relations, catalog writing, publicity, graphic design
and international public relations. Information at
www.hiff.org/opportunities.php, or contact Mari Chang at mari@hiff.org.
* Internship positions are open for post-production on a documentary about
the late, great Rep. Patsy Mink, AHEAD OF THE MAJORITY. Work with the pros
on this one, and earn ACM 495 credit. Contact Robin Lung, Making Waves Films
robinlung@hawaii.rr.com or 261-8903.
* Video Production Internship with the Center for Microbial Oceanography to
build an on-line video blog/video magazine. Some filming at sea. Contact
Brian Chee at chee@hawaii.edu or 956-5797.
* Women in Film Grant for Emerging Filmmakers, in conjunction with General
Motors.
www.women-in-film.com. Deadline August 31.
* Film Independent Sloan Producers Grant www.filmindependent.org. Deadline
August 28.
WORTH CHECKING OUT
Tom Coffman's documentary THE NATION WITHIN screens Sunday at 5 pm in
Spaulding Auditorium. It's part of the Hawai'i Filmmaker's Showcase.
FESTIVALS, CONTESTS
REMINDER: ALL ACM films submitted for festivals and contests must first be
cleared by Production Manager Gregg Ambrosius. No exceptions. See him BEFORE
you send anything off.
* Sundance Film Festival. Online entry form at www.sundance.org/festival.
Deadline September 7.
* Shorts on the Rocks - HPU International Student Film Festival. www.shortsontherocks.org. Deadline
September 8
* Tiburon International Film Festival
http://tiburonfilmfestival.com/submitFilm.php. Deadline December 1.
* Berlin International Film Festival Talent Campus
www.berlinale-talentcampus.de and Cannes Film Festival American Pavilion
www.ampav.com/ampav.html are student-oriented programs at two of the
world's major festivals.
MAKE A GIFT TO ACM
ACM welcomes donations to support our programs, which support our students.
You can make a gift online at www.uhf.hawaii.edu/acm.
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