Film and Media Day in Santa Fe

Dear NM Filmmakers and Film Supporters,

Join us in Santa Fe on Friday, February 5^th, as IATSE Local 480 hosts “NM Film & Media Day 2010” at the State Capitol! Watch Local 480 crew members produce “The Trial of Billy the Kid”; see award-winning NM short films from 2009; bring your kids and friends who are interested in the film industry to learn a little about camera operation, hair and make-up design, production, directing, and much more!

SAVE THE DATE: Friday, Feburary 5^th | 10:00am-5:00pm

WHAT: NM Film & Media Day 2010 – Sponsored by IATSE Local 480 Film Crew Union

WHO: Students with all assignments current, who are willing and able to speak clearly about the significance of AHA's film program, are encouraged to attend. Only 25 to 30 students will go on this trip. See Ms. T for more info.

Handout ?s for Podcasts: Mic Basics

You and your partner will complete this handout during class as you watch both podcasts about mics and audio. Each partner must complete HALF of the assignment; you may only work with one other partner. When we're done, we'll go over basic mic equipment covered on the pre-test.

In case you needed more convincing...

Albuquerque (finally) has taken the number one spot in MovieMaker Magazine's list of best places for film.

The New Mexico Business Weekly has the story:

MovieMaker names ABQ tops for films

Albuquerque has moved up to the No. 1 spot on MovieMaker Magazine’s list of the best places to live and shoot films, topping Los Angeles, which took the No. 2 spot.

The publication is a quarterly chronicle of the independent motion picture business. The article praises the city’s vibrant nightlife, 300-plus days of sunshine and diverse terrain. It notes that the Duke City is “fast becoming a movie mecca” in its Winter 2010 issue, adding that the city lured 24 film and television productions in fiscal year 2009. They took advantage of the city’s ability to “double for nearly every type of backdrop, as well as its proximity to Los Angeles and experienced crew base of 3,000 and growing,” according to the article.

MovieMaker praises the infrastructure, such as Albuquerque Studios – the largest studio in North America it notes – and Filmmaker Production Services, a 25,000-square-foot prop, costume and wardrobe shop owned by NBC Universalthat opened in Albuquerque in 2008.

Independent Producer Ryil Adamson, who made “I Was A Teenage Dragonslayer” here in 2009, with the help of a slew of film students from Central New Mexico Community College, praised the help he got from the city and the local Screen Actors Guild office, as well as the depth of talent.

MovieMaker highlights the state incentives as well, including the 25 percent tax credit on production expenditures, the partial wage reimbursement for job training on crew positions and the zero-interest film loan program...

Exporting a Movie to Quick Time

Exporting a Quick Time Movie

1. Open your film project in iMovie.

2. Go to "Share--Export Using Quick Time"

3. Name it after your movie, and save it to your Desktop.

Microphones and Audio

After today's Written Tripod Test, we'll begin working with shotgun mics and peripheral audio equipment. Remember, if you have NOT completed all 3 graded Tripod activities (see post below this one), you must schedule make-up time during lunch, or before/after school, this week. I will not accept make-up work after Friday.