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The AIVF Jefferson County Salon has been suspended for now due to the closing of the National AIVF orgaanization. The Jefferson County Salon may start again at a later date and in a different form. Thank you for your participation. |
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Highlights of the October
13, AIVF Jefferson County Salon meeting
Discussion about the proposed
Jefferson County Regional Film Office. Setting it up as a
501-C-3 organization hasn't proven itself as a model anywhere
else in the country so not too sure if it would work
here. Also a lot of questions about the $60,000 given
by the County Commission to a 'task force'. Was this to set up
a Film Commission or a study or what? A Birmingham News article of
April 9, 2004 has a 'filmmaker' asking the County Commission
for $60,000 but in a Birmingham Post-Herald article of July 29, 2004
the same 'filmmaker' after receiving the money is reported to
be unsure of what to do next. Reference was made as to the
information in the article at http://reelscene.com/news/rsricker040921.html
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Discussion about "Heaven's
Fall" The production is winding down and
the crew had an adventure during Hurricane Ivan. They stayed
and helped out the community. The crew used their cheery pickers to
secure plywood over the windows of the historic Monroeville County
Courthouse which protected the building from serious damage. They
also, during the height of Hurricane Ivan, loaned the use of
their generators to help power the 911 call center when the
electricity went out. One topic that came up was a lack of trained
film personnel residing in the state.
The short film "Invisible
Friend" is now out on DVD.
A feature length film has been delayed
due to Hurricane Ivan blowing away an intended set in
Florida.
Films watched were,
a trailer for "Team
America" which opens tomorrow (Oct. 15),
a political satire, "This
Land" by Greg and Evan Spiridellis,
a new trailer for "The
Incredibles" set to open in November,
a trailer for "Robots"
set to open in March 2005,
and for Halloween a reshowing of
Jennifer Shiman's films,
"Jaws in 30 seconds and
re-enacted by bunnies"
"Alien in 30 seconds and
re-enacted by bunnies"
"The Exorcist in 30 seconds and
re-enacted by bunnies"
"The Shining in 30 seconds and
re-enacted by bunnies"
and a trailer for a series of horror
parodies "...in 30 seconds and re-enacted by
bunnies" to be shown on Starz Halloween night.
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Highlights of the September
9, AIVF Jefferson County Salon meeting
A good bit of discussion about the
upcoming "Heaven's Fall" in
Monroeville.
Discussion about one feature being
delayed.
Discussion about a locally
made short film that was finished and then there came up an
issue about copyright on the script.
Some discussion about makeup and
costuming.
Films watched were a
repeat from the last meeting and "Jaws in 30 seconds
and re-enacted by bunnies" by Jennifer
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Highlights of the
August 12, AIVF Jefferson County Salon
meeting
Trailers watched were a promo for the
new "Battlestar Galactica" currently in production
for the Sci-Fi Channel and a trailer for "Everything
Unspoken".
Some discussion about some of the
National AIVF issues and concerns from when Salon Jim Brucke visited
the national AIVF offices in New York City. Some discussion
about tax breaks for the film industry in the state. Some discussion
about a film school. Some discussion about editing software.
Some discussion about possible TV shows being made here.
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Highlights of the July 8, AIVF
Jefferson Salon meeting
Pending notification by the producers, a
feature film may be starting production.
The series of documentaries and instruction
videos mentioned earlier moved a step closer to a start
date.
A television series was discussed.
A music video was discussed.
Technical documentation of some animation
software was reviewed.
A special writing session for the middle school
students was held on Wednesday June 16. Using storyboards was
discussed followed by pizza for everyone. Another session for the
students may take place on July 14.
We then viewed "Shrimpy
Test" from Zombie-Pirates, a trailer
of"Giacomo's Secret" and a trailer and clips from
"La Prophetie Des Grenouilles".
A review of the storyboard material included
watching a work print of "Beauty and the Beast", a
newsreel of the Fleischer Studios, circa 1939, storyboards
from "The Long Kiss Goodnight", storyboards
and an excerpt from "Troops", a deleted scene and
pencil test from "The Iron Giant", pencil test from
"My Little World",
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Highlights of the June 9,
AIVF Jefferson County Salon
The meeting started a little early. We
also enjoyed the 'rock and roll' motif decorating the
meeting room.
A perusal of this afternoon's
edition of the Birmingham Post-Herald's front page
article about Councilman Bert Miller.
A discussion about showing a middle
school class about storyboards. And some discussion about how after
the previous month Script Development Workshop one of the students
was so eager to enthused that he left his band class to go and
rewrite his script.
Some discussion about the foresight of William Boyd and Desi Arnaz. A report that the e-mail problems are
hopefully solved.
Discussion about working with a
multiple camera setup versus a single camera setup.
A good bit of discussion about
the Mac G5 being the top of the line for editing. There
was some technical discussion about using dual processors and a
64-bit processor for editing.
Some details of an upcoming
audition for a feature film.
Some discussion about a possible
sit-com. Some plans were discussed about a series of documentaries
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Highlights of the May
12, AIVF Jefferson County Salon meeting
Three films were viewed,
the trailer for "Alice's
Misadventures in Wonderland" from Mad Hatter
Productions,
"The Shining in 30 seconds and
re-enacted by bunnies" by Jennifer Shiman,
"The Mayor who did his
best" by Eric Klopack
Storyboards of a current project were
viewed. Some discussion of e-mail technical issues which delayed
mailing the ezine.
Some discussion about getting into the film business, how some people got started. Some discussion about making a
commercial. Some discussion about making a sit-com. Some discussion
about the public access on Birmingham Cable (now
Brighthouse).
Some discussion about the film
incentive legislation bills, one was for the establishment of an
economic zone for movie production.
There was some discussion about the
Birmingham Film Commission or rather it's demise. It's just as
well, a published article has one of the potential
film commission member and the newspaper
publisher making personal attacks against a private
citizen who was also being selected to serve on the film
commission. Click
here to read the article This unprovoked
attack of viciousness made by these
individuals is not seen as a good way to show unity and
cooperation of the commission members and to attract
business to come here. The regional film office plan http://reelscene.com/bjrfo/bjrfoindex.html
discussed at an earlier Salon meeting would be a better choice
and avoid this type of problem.
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