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Apple has a Insomnia Film Festival contest for students to enter. They have some really great prizes. It's worth looking into and seems like it would be a lot of fun. You've got 24 hours to make a film with a group of up to 5. Only requirement is that to enter you must be a student, no entry fees either.

http://www.apple.com/education/insomnia/?sr=hotnews

Special Effects Supervisor

Joss Williams was the special-effects supervisor for the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The director Tim Burton gave him one task ,which was to make the shots look 'edible' or 'yummy'. And completed his task. Joss Williams has worked on about 39 fils including The Bourne Ultinatum, Sweeney Todd, Troy, Sleepy Hollow, and Black Beauty.

Geoff Hubbard

Geoff Hubbard has been an Art director for a lot of movies, and he has also worked in the art department for many more. He was the art director in Transformers, National Treasure, Inspector Gadget, and many others. Also in, Raising Helen, Live Free or Die Hard, Pearl Harbor, and many more he worked in the Art department. If you have ever seen any of these movies you would know that especially some of these take a lot of creativity and work. Especially movies that aren't all set in modern day life take a great deal of creativity and hard work and I believe that Geoff Hubbard has done a very good job with these. Peace <3 -Steph

Sally Menke is a amazing editor i love her work especially in the kill bill volumes because of how the transitions of the clips just flow together, and how she does very creative things in the films like when it tells the story of Oren - ishii.  It starts out as normal people then it goes to the start of her life in Anime,  very elaborate Anime.  I also like how she made all the fighting scenes very realistic, for instance when Kiddo snatches out Elle's eye.  Also before that when they are in their fighting stances getting ready to fight,  when Kiddo moves her blade the light reflection on the blade moves down the whole blade.   Another movie she is good in is pulp fiction, witch i didn't even know she did this movie, but the same with the kill bills.  In pulp fiction she the clips flow together beautifully and the scene where Bruce Willis is going through all those weapons to find the samurai sword, after that when he cuts through all those people it was gory and very bloody.  She made the blood more noticeable and made the cutting abstract of the people.  Also when Vinge Rhames was getting but rapped she made it when people watched that very sick and in a ewe mode.

Film Editor

One of my favorite assistant movie editors is Tom Elkins. He has worked on numerous films such as Red Eye, White Noise 2, Wanted, and The Da Vin chi Code. Last February I had the opportunity to meet him at a script writing conference. He said he had started his career by making a spoof of a Pizza Hut commercial while he was employed there. One of my favorite scenes he had talked about was in White Noise 2 how in one shot the main charachter is wearing a pair of clothes. And in the next shot he is wearing a different pair and no one ever noticed. Also in Red Eye I enjoyed the fast paced camera work at parts and how it was edited and put together in a good understandable sequence.

This is for sparta!!!!!! Nick.

Art Designer: Frédéric Amblard
Sound Designer: Sarah Bourgeois
Cinematographer: Larry Fong
Editor: William Hoy

The name of the film is 300. The movie begins in Sparta and ends with King Leonidas and an army of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae. The men are fairly triumphant for the most part even though they all are killed in the end.

The movie is truly a magnificent piece of Film making. The film was shot in order from beginning to end.

"Post-production was handled by Montreal's Meteor Studios and Hybride Technologies filled in the bluescreen footage with more than 1500 visual effects shots. Visual effects supervisor Chris Watts and production designer Jim Bissell created a process dubbed "The Crush,"^[12] which allowed the Meteor artists to manipulate the colors by increasing the contrast of light and dark. Certain sequences were desaturated and tinted to establish different moods. Ghislain St-Pierre, who led the team of artists, described the effect: "Everything looks realistic, but it has a kind of a gritty illustrative feel."^[12][19] Various computer programs, including Maya, RenderMan and RealFlow, were used to create the "spraying blood."^[20] The post-production lasted for a year and was handled by a total of ten special effects companies.^[21]"

The film truly captures the viewers attention with its visual effects and the intense action feel.

Film Streams Film Club: Extra Credit Opportunity!

Film Streams High School Film Club

What is it?
Film Streams' High School Film Club is a way for high school students in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area to (1) enjoy the best new American independent films, foreign films, and documentaries made throughout the world, (2) experience repertory selections from throughout the history of cinema, and (3) critically engage the medium through guided discussions about art, subjectivity, and culture.

How it works
FREE admission to all high school students with valid ID.
Teachers: Bring five or more students and receive free admission plus a complimentary movie pass.

Upcoming events…

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 4pm
Trouble the Water 2008
RSVP by Oct. 10 to rachel@filmstreams.org.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 4pm
Dr. Strangelove 1964
Part of the Great Directors: Kubrick series (Nov 1 – Dec 11)
RSVP by Nov. 1 to rachel@filmstreams.org.

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At the Ruth Sokolof Theater, 14th & Webster Streets, Omaha
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