SFFS Filmmaker Education: The Aesthetics of Editing
This class investigates the many competing issues that editors must keep in mind when cutting a film. Students will analyze early versions of scenes from documentary and narrative works, comparing them to the finished scene. Instructor Richard Levien Distributed by Tubemogul.
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Robert Bechtle on painting and photography
Artist Robert Bechtle distinguishes between his paintings and the source photographs that inspire them.
Wayne E. Campbell on how he came to work with Wayne R. Campbell
Artist Wayne E. Campbell describes his collaboration with Wayne R. Campbell for his SECA Award exhibition, in which instruction-based art took an inventive and somewhat subversive turn.
Rigo 23 on his Found "Lost Bird" Posters
Rigo 23 discusses the lost bird posters he found throughout San Francisco and considers the ways they reflect the lives of the people who posted them. See more videos at http://www.sfmoma.org/video
San Francisco Film Society Filmmaker Education
Panasonic HVX200 HD Camera Orientation Instructor: David Walter Lech Topics covered include operation, recording, shooting, scene files, importing media, developing workflows, media organization, production needs, system specs and a Hi-Def overview. Distributed by Tubemogul.
San Francisco Film Society Filmmaker Education
EMERGENT MEDIA Instructor: Sean Uyehara The integration of digital technologies into film/video has changed the ways in which we make, transmit & consume media. This class will explore an array of nontraditional & emerging media forms & their impacts. Distributed by Tubemogul.
ARTS ALIVE! San Francisco
ARTS ALIVE! San Francisco - Executive Producer: Miki PryorVideo production by dance mission media, a project of Dance BrigadeVideography by Larry Repp, Joey Williams, Loren Robertson, Andy Mogg, Matthew DeGumbiaTheme Song "Liberation Nation" by Andrew Jackson KeeferPerformances by Alayo Dance Company, Hannah Griffith, CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music, Afia Walking Tree's Spirit Drumz, Dance Brigade, Jo Kreiter's Flyaway Productions, Damage Control Dance Theater, Chandra Krown, Loco Bloco Drumming and Dance Ensemble, Project Bandaloop, MFDP/SF, ABD Productions
51st San Francisco International Film Festival
51st San Francisco International Film FestivalFrom April 24 to May 8, 2008, the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF51) will bring the world to San Francisco by screening over 100 unique programs of the finest in international cinema. Hundreds of filmmakers, journalists, film industry professionals, and more than 80,000 film-lovers, will be on hand for the most anticipated two weeks of film in the Bay Area. The Festival will celebrate international cinema, spotlight local film culture, showcase advances in film technology, educate Bay Area youth and throw spectacular, star-studded events. In short, the Festival will be a complete blast. For tickets and information visit www.sffs.org.
52nd San Francisco International Film Festival Trailer
From April 23 to May 7, the 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival returns with more than 100 unique programs of the finest independent, documentary and international cinema, playing host to more than 80,000 film-lovers, filmmakers, and industry professionals. The Festival will throw sensational parties such as the Midnight Awards with Evan Rachel Wood and Elijah Wood, honor film icons including Robert Redford and Francis Ford Coppola, and celebrate Bay Area film culture by opening with Peter and Benjamin Bratt’s La Mission followed by a lavish party at Bruno’s and El Capitan Theatre. On May 5, the genre-bending pop band Dengue Fever will perform the world premiere of their original score for the classic silent film The Lost World at the historic Castro Theatre. The Festival will close with Alexis Dos Santos’s striking film Unmade Beds, a tale of two solitary expats crossing paths in London’s cosmopolitan art-rock scene. For tickets and showtimes, visit sffs.org or call the box office at 925-866-9559.
Mochitsuki! Mochi Pounding Ceremony with Kagami Kai (Excerpts)
Celebrate the Japanese New Year with Kagami Kai. Join this San Francisco institution as they present the colorful and exciting New Year tradition of mochi (delectably sweet rice cakes) pounding. For more information on Kagami Kai visit: http://www.kagamikai.org/
