Jennifer Cane
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CINEWORKS WORKSHOPS - THE FOUND FOOTAGE FILM


Dates:
Sat Aug 14, 2010 00:00 - Thu Jul 15, 2010

Frightened by the blank canvas of film? Want to make a film but have no money? There are lots of good reasons to make a found footage film, and lots of found footage waiting for you to edit into a meaningful cinematic experience. In an age where the cultural landscape is dominated by a seemingly arbitrary volume of images, what could be more relevant than an entire genre dedicated to selecting and organizing moving images? This workshop will introduce people conceptually and practically to the Found Footage Film. In the morning you will be introduced to this fascinating genre through screenings and discussion. In the afternoon, working alone or collaboratively, everyone will begin creating a scene or short film by editing found footage. Then at the end of our day, we’ll screen your works together and discuss the cuts you’ve made.

The workshop is intentionally small for one-on-one time with the instructor and the equipment. And if you don’t quite finish your piece, not to worry! You will have access to the equipment at the Annex space for FREE for ONE WEEK as part of the cost of the workshop. Through the week, you can finish your film at your own leisure or re-edit it after you’ve had some feedback.

THE FOUND FOOTAGE FILM
SATURDAY, AUG. 14th
10 am-4 pm
Cineworks Annex [235 Alexander St, Ironworks Building]

Instructor: SHARON KAHANOFF
Sharon Kahanoff is a filmmaker, artist, writer and educator. Her works have been exhibited in both cinemas and galleries locally and in the U.S., and she has been published in exhibition catalogues, art magazines and other art publications. She is a sessional instructor at Simon Fraser and Emily Carr Universities, and a board member at Artspeak gallery and Cineworks.

$170 for members / $220 for non-members
$150 members before July 29th /$200 non-members before July 29th
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Thursday, Aug. 12th
To register, please call 604.685.3841 or contact Leanne at info@cineworks.ca


EVENT

DOGMA WORKSHOP SCREENING and CINEWORKS SOCIAL


Dates:
Thu Jun 24, 2010 00:00 - Wed Jun 09, 2010

Location:
Canada

Cineworks’ 16mm. Bolex Orientation and Dogma Workshop challenged both first-time and experienced filmmakers by taking away some of their favourite tools: post-production editing, effects, costumes and props. Most rules of “Dogma 95” applied to this process. Participants were oriented with the 16mm. Bolex camera and were provided with a roll of 16mm. film, a camera and a light meter. They then had 24 hours to shoot a silent film. This screening will be the first time the seven filmmakers have seen their material.

Cineworks Members and guests are invited to join the filmmakers in this screening as part of our first ‘Cineworks Social’-- members are welcome to screen recent projects with a length of 10 min. or less for their peers in a casual, social environment. 16 mm., Super-8 and DVD formats will be supported. Snacks and refreshments will be available. Please join us!

Thursday, June 24, 2010, 7 p.m.
Cineworks Annex
235 Alexander St. (Ironworks Building)
FREE/ by donation

If you would like more information about upcoming Cineworks workshops, screenings, or exhibitions, visit www.cineworks.ca, call Programs Manager and Curator Jennifer Cane at 604-685-3841 or contact programs{at}cineworks{dot}ca


EVENT

Thought on Film XXII


Dates:
Tue Nov 24, 2009 00:00 - Wed Nov 18, 2009

A monthly reading + discussion group, Thought on Film aims to promote critical thought around film product and practice through community-based discussion. Open to the public, Thought on Film fosters the close reading of texts confronting issues in contemporary, cutting-edge cinematic practice and philosophy.

Provoked by the presentation of Willy Le Maitre’s Eida at VIVO Media Arts as part of Interactive Futures 09, November’s meeting will feature an excerpt from Gilles Deleuze’s The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque.

Edia is a real-time narrated media presentation by Le Maitre displayed in stereographic format. Edia explores the topologies of information space. While an individual is situated in a body, its counterpart, the dividual, is situated in its body’s relations, communication, emotings. Eida details the notion of a distributed self and its relative psychogeography, encompassing the non-Euclidean space of networked culture in general. Edia is an entity that distributes the self in a constellation of points around the globe. The points are personified by 'friends' in dialouge. The entity's interconnected points can fluidly scale to encompass vast dimensions in time and space. In The Fold, Deleuze argues that Leibniz’s writings constitute the grounding elements of a Baroque philosophy and of theories for analyzing contemporary arts and science.

Experimenting with the form of reading groups and their discussions, this month’s selection will be read out loud by participants. No pre-reading required!

If you have any questions about Thought on Film, please do not hesitate to contact Programs Manager + Curator cheyanne turions at cheyanne@cineworks.ca.

THOUGHT ON FILM XXII
reading an excerpt from Gilles Deleuze's The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 6pm
Free


EVENT

Directors Working with Actors


Dates:
Thu Nov 26, 2009 00:00 - Wed Nov 18, 2009

Know your lines, hit your mark and don't bump into the furniture.”
-Spencer Tracey

Well, that’s one way of looking at it. But not every actor works the same.

This two evening course is designed for emerging directors to help them develop their directorial communication skills with actors. The first evening is to discuss actor issues, methods and how to be more sensitive to the actors needs while still trying to “make their day.” Later, the directors will experience what actors go through in the audition process by auditioning themselves in front of the camera.

The second class, you will apply your directing skills utilizing professional actors, under the guidance of the facilitator, and directing them in scenes from established films. Afterwards, you will receive feedback from both the actors and facilitator.

Take the time, in this relaxed atmosphere, to learn about the different acting techniques you'll come across with actors - if any at all! Discuss the various issues that may arise including actors making the transition from stage to film, to the actor who has never set foot on a set before, to the professional who's been around the block a few times. The purpose of this course is to help improve the directors understanding of the actors process and the best way to communicate with them in order to get the best results for your film. Yes, time is money, but good acting can make all the difference in making a good film great!

DIRECTORS WORKING WITH ACTORS
Thursday 26 November, 7-10pm
Saturday 28 November, 11am-4pm
Cineworks [1131 Howe Street, back lane entrance]
Cost is $100 for members / $150 for non-members

REGISTRATION: Please contact Leanne at info@cineworks.ca or 604.685.3841.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 24 November

Instructor: STEPHEN ADAMS has been an actor/writer/producer and director in Canada for over 25 years. He recently produced the feature film The Baby Formula and has written, produced and directed plays and several short films. Adams is president of Dreamstate Productions, past President of ACTRA B.C. and a former Board member of the British Columbia Motion Picture Association and at MAIN FILM, an indie co-op in Montreal. He recently sat on the board of directors at LIFT, an independent filmmaker's co-op in Toronto. See more about Adams here: http://www.dreamstateproductions.ca and http://www.steveadams.tv


EVENT

The Exception and the Rule


Dates:
Mon Nov 23, 2009 00:00 - Wed Nov 18, 2009

THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE: Karen Mirza and Brad Butler

Brad Butler in attendance

UK artists Karen Mirza and Brad Butler’s artistic practice challenges and interrogates participation, collaboration, the social turn, and the traditional roles of the artist as producer and the audience as recipient. This investigation currently manifests in The Museum of Non Participation, a cross-cultural artistic intervention and appraisal of standard forms of representing and experiencing the everyday in Karachi and London. The project was conceived in 2007 when Mirza and Butler witnessed the Pakistani Lawyers movement protests and subsequent state violence from a window in The National Art Gallery in Islamabad.

The Exception and the Rule is Mirza and Butler’s most recent film from this ongoing series. Conscious of their outside perceptions of the city and its geo-political weight, they investigate the everyday patterns of Karachi’s inhabitants and social architecture. In a city with almost no museums, the city itself becomes the museum. Non-participation becomes a form of resistance that critiques agency and consequence of participation/implication, action/inaction, and resistance/pacifism within the constraints of our global economic and political systems.

Their earlier work, Non Places, The Space Between, and The Autonomous Object? provide history and context to Mirza and Butler’s commitment to questioning the objectivity of the cinematic frame and its implications in anthropology, ethnography, and architecture.

THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE: Karen Mirza + Brad Butler
Brad Butler in attendance
23 November 2009, 7:30pm
Pacific Cinematheque [1131 Howe]

Tickets $9.50/$8 Cineworks members or students + $3 membership

A co-presentation between DIM Cinema, VIVO Media Arts and Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society.

www.mirza-butler.net

www.no-w-here.org