Latest
Archives
Majoring in ACM
Animation Program
Portfolio Requirements
Application and Other
Academic Forms
Computer Requirements
Course Catalog
ACM Learning Objectives
Schedule of Classes
Faculty
For Filmmakers
For Actors
Awards and Scholarships
ACM Media Center
ACM Films in Festivals
Photo Galleries
Beginnings...ACM Trailer 1
Voice...ACM Trailer 2
Stories...ACM Trailer 3
Korean Film Council
Shanghai Intl Film Festival
UH Foundation ACM Fund
|
September 22, 2007
Aloha students and friends of the Academy for Creative Media. Festival News
and Master Classes highlight our latest e-newsletter:
CINEMA ITALIANO!
The 4th annual Cinema Italiano Film Festival kicks off this week (Sept.
27-Oct. 2) with a series of new and classic Italian Films at the Doris Duke
Theatre at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. ACM will be honored at the festival
with the establishment of a new and special "Future Filmmaker Award" fund.
The schedule includes:
Thursday, 8 pm - NUOVOMONDO (New World)
Friday, 1 pm - NUOVOMONDO; 7:30 pm - UNO SU DUE (Life in the Balance)
Saturday, 1 pm - UNO SU DUE; 7:30 pm - ANCHE LIBERO VA BENE (Along the
Ridge)
Sunday, 1 pm - ANCHE LIBERO VA BENE; 7:30 pm MAFIOSO
Oct. 1, 1 pm - MAFIOSO; 7:30 pm MA QUANDO ARRIVANO LE RAGAZZE? (When Do the
Girls Show Up?)
Oct. 2, 1 pm - MA QUANDO ARRIVANO LE RAGAZZE?; 7:30 pm MANUALE D'AMORE
(Manual of Love)
MASTER CLASSES THIS WEEK
Two animation industry kingpins visit ACM this week for two Master Class
presentations:
* Wednesday - 6 pm in the Architecture Auditorium, Remington Scott from Sony
Pictures Imageworks will speak on From Final Fantasy to Spiderman 3: The
Evolution of Realistic Performance Animation.
* Friday - 3 pm in Crawford 115, Pixar Animation Character Designer Daniel
Holland, best known for his work on the Academy Award winning animated
feature THE INCREDIBLES. He is a designer for Pixar's current project
WALL-E.
WELCOME NEW INSTRUCTORS!
ACM welcomes two new lecturers to our instructional ohana. Connie Florez is
ably handling a section of ACM 310 and Scott Mason is introducing our first
offering of ACM 386 - Techniques in Creative Media, focusing on Editing.
Both are working under Asst. Prof. Anne Misawa.
ACM @ HIFF 2007
Eight ACM student films will be screened at the 2007 Louis Vuitton Hawai'i
International Film Festival. The Festival runs October 18-28. ACM's film
night will be Sunday October 21 at 6:30 pm, at the Regal Dole Cannery
theatres. At 3 pm Sunday we'll screen the student films from Shanghai
University, partners in our SMART (Student Media Arts) Exchange Program with
the Shanghai International Film Festival. Our celebrated ACM filmmakers and
their films are:
Russell Blanchard - MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
Dana Ledoux Miller - MATALASI
Henry Mochida - HONG KONG LAYOVER
Dane Neves - THE MONKEYBOY FEVER
Joelle-Lyn Sarte - HOME AGAIN
Jeremiah Tayao - FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Jennifer Tokunaga - SHIN
Seong Whang - ATONEMENT
HIFF is still seeking volunteers - a great way to get up close and personal
with international filmmakers, and see lots of movies! Contact Mari Chang.
CINEMATIQUE AT BAR 35
A congenial group of ACM students, led by Russell Blanchard, invite all
(over 21, that is) to the 2nd Cinematique at Bar 35, Oct. 2 from 8:30-10:30
pm at 35 N Hotel St. They'll feature screenings of films by ACM Filmmakers
including Russell, Dane Neves, Henry Mochida, Ark Mu, and Charles Toratani.
You can contact Russell at rblancha@hawaii.edu.
TV WRITING WORKSHOP
Pacific New Media offers a Writing for Television Workshop Saturday and
Sunday, Oct. 6-7, with industry pro Maria Jacquemetton. Details at
www.outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm, Course No. L09185.
ACM FACULTY ON THE MOVE
* Prof. Wimal Dissanayake has been invited as the keynote speaker at a
seminar on ethnicity and communication to be held September 29 at the
California State University Northridge. He will be discussing the role of
the communicator as educator with special reference to issues of ethnicity.
* Shortly after his triumphant return from a filmmaking leave in Germany,
ACM Director Chris Lee will pay a quick visit to Thailand in November where
he's been invited to speak on global opportunities for digital entertainment
at the Thailand Animation and Multimedia international convention.
* ACM Chairman Tom Brislin will deliver a lecture on Empowerment and Media
Ethics to the United Nations University's Global Seminar in Globalization
and Cultural Diversity in Kanazawa, Japan over the Thanksgiving holiday.
WORTH CHECKING OUT
"Traction" is a new online magazine by and for women in the entertainment
industry - a partnership between the national alliance organization Women in
Film and the General Motors Corporation. Visit www.wiftraction.com
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.
* Slamdance (at Sundance) Film Festival. www.slamdance.com. Deadline
October 9.
* Pune (India) International Film Festival.
www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com. Deadline Nov. 30.
* Tiburon International Film Festival
www.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.
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.
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.
|
|
