[ballboy-announce] 2nd A3F Workshop ... December 9

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Join the Almost Famous Film Festival on December 9 for the second  
edition of a 4-part series of workshops geared towards the  
independent filmmaker.

The workshop will kick-off with an informative lecture on "How to  
Attract Stars to your Project," "The Myths of Casting," and "The Do's  
and Don't of Casting," led by Arizona's top casting director, Faith  
Hibbs-Clark (http://www.faithhibbsclark.com).

We all have great ideas for our next short film or even blockbuster  
feature ... but sometimes the most difficult part of producing your  
film comes down to finding talented actors and actresses and crew  
members who will help put your film over the top!  Faith will share  
her many years of experience in casting films and productions in both  
Arizona and LA.  You won't want to miss this opportunity!

The second part of the workshop will be led by A3F filmmakers as they  
come together to discuss their own strategies, tips and trade secrets  
when it comes to making their films!  This is a great opportunity to  
pick the brains of your fellow filmmakers and also offer your own  
techniques and methods to the independent filmmaking community.

For more information or to register for the workshop visit http:// 
theA3F.net or please RSVP jae at ballboy.net with how many people in  
your group will be attending?  You can also sign-up for the 2007 A3F  
48 Hour Short Film Challenge at the workshop!  If you do, you will be  
able to select a digital video filmmaking book from O'Reilly Media  
for free!

The four books that http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/ is donating are:  
(limit one book to each registered team leader, while supplies last).

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/digvidprod/

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dvfilmmaking/

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/digitalvideohks/

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dvideopg/

Another reminder will be sent out after the holiday weekend.  And  
thanks to the 25 enthusiastic people who attended the Lighting and  
Sound workshop this past weekend.  Steven Bradford, from Collins  
College, led an interesting and informative presentation on helping  
filmmakers improve their lighting and sound.

Three main tips that we all walked away with:
1) For films and the more dramatic effect, light from the side, nor  
from the front
2) A very usable and cool soft light kit can be made for less than  
$15 from Home Depot
3) Record a minute of "tone" that you can loop for your audio track  
when you are filming in a room or even outdoors to make sure you  
won't have jumps in your audio levels

Good stuff!

Sincerely, Jae
BallBoy Productions
http://ballboy.net
http://thea3f.net


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