What's it all about?

Our agenda for next Wednesday's trip:

http://filmandmediaday.blogspot.com/

This is why we have to advocate in Santa Fe!

Copy and Paste into your URL:

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/politics/film-tax-rebates-draw-heated-debate

Absence forms for SF Field Trip

Jaguar Absence forms will be distributed Tuesday and Wednesday to those students who have received clearance from the teaching teams to attend next Wednesday's field trip.

All students must audition with Ms. T prior to receiving the absence form.

Absence forms must be signed by "A" Day Teachers, by you and your parent/guardian, and returned to me by Friday. The first 40 forms turned in will be allowed to attend; after that, there's no room on the bus for slackers.

PLEASE NOTE: You MUST arrange a ride home next Wednesday; we won't return to school until 4:30.

word. support your communi-TAY!

Indie Q The Albuquerque independent film community in action! A message to all members of Indie Q From Fans of Film: The Fans Of Film Show is being produced for local TV networks and the web! The show is asking for 10 min filmmaker interviews and reels, 1 1/2 min shorts of any genre, and fan videos shouting "we love movies" and what your favorite movie is. All videos can be be posted to our Youtube Channel, or in the forum or just give Michael a call at 505 934 7592 and make arrangements to drop of at the studio. The best videos we receive go on the show!! The Fans Of Film Show will provide different content than any other film show as we highlight filmmakers, films, film sites, film resources, film profiles on Twitter, and any other film related stuff we may happen to wanna throw on the show, including some live action and animated content. A social media experiment and one of the the first true social productions of it's kind in Albuquerque and on the web. Note: Everyday we talk to somebody that doesn't know about some of the cool independent films self distributing online, in our opinion there is still a huge disconnect with fans and the independent film movement online. It will be our continuing effort to support the filmmaking community, and to promote the highest quality entertainment and future projects. If you would like to get involved or support this project give Michael a call or visit the campaign page on Indiegogo athttp://www.indiegogo.com/The-Fans-Of-Film-Show See our video's at http://fansoffilm.com Regards Fans Of Film Studio Visit Indie Q at: http://indieq.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

Ridiculously Easy Green Screen

1. Go to iMovie Prefs and make sure SHOW ADVANCED TOOLS is checked. For some reason, it unchecks itself, so i always make sure this is turned on each time before doing Greenscreen
2. Make sure your background still is loaded into iPhoto & accessible in iMovie, or your background video clip is imported into event library
3. Drag background still or background video into Project Window FIRST
4. Drag greenscreen video clip ON TOP of background still or video till you see a green plus sign
5. Once you get green plus sign, window will pop up allowing you to select Green Screen
6. THAT'S IT!! You can open Inspector and go to video tab to adjust things like brightness/contrast etc. Try to shoot greenscreen video clip with only greenscreen behind subject, but if wall gets into clip, you can do some cropping in iMovie to get rid of it.

Santa Fe Signup

See me today if you wish to sign up for the trip to Santa Fe on Film & Media Day, Feb. 16th.

Please be advised of the following:

We will only take students who are interested in participating in an ENTIRE DAY of workshops, tours, networking, and advocating for programs like ours and the preservation of Film Incentives in New Mexico. You'll be working with adults all day long, and must stay focused and professional at all times.

I'd like to accommodate those people interested in touring the Santa Fe University of Art & Design campus, but you must be able to walk for 90 minutes without issues.

10 students will be handpicked from this group to speak to the New Mexico State Legislature---all of our State Senators and Representatives---about the importance of Film Incentives and the relationship of Film Education programs (like our Academy) to the preservation of those incentives. I will be auditioning students personally.

This is your chance to participate in your community, in the political system, and to meet lots of interesting people in the film industry. Sign up with me today; I will cap the list at 40 people.

Set Design Magic

Copy and paste this into your URL for a beautiful article on set design:

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/27/133209042/long-before-computers-how-movies-made-us-believe