Met Mail December 2007

Metmail December 2007

Dear Filmmakers,

Christmas is the season of good cheer, so what better time to make the most of the festive spirit and get your latest filmmaking projects off the ground? Santa has filled this MetMail to the brim with wonderful film gifts of exclusive offers, festivals, courses and job opportunities especially for you! From all of us here at the Met we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy filmmaking new year!

1. COURSES: One-year practical filmmaking - 28 january 2008; part-time acting for film - 28 january 2008; from story to screen in eight weeks - 28 January 2008

2. NEWS: dexfilms - exclusive offer to met students on production equipment hire; BIVAS Dey - Tomorrow; MBA in Film Business at the CASs Film Business academy

3. Screenings and competitions: call for entries - devolutionfilms.com; BBFC Screening and Presentation of controversial film Princess

4. JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS: Film Crew Wanted for legal documentary;

MGEITF Team Assistant - Vacancy; ushers required at bafta

5. EVENTS: student discounts to see glengarry glen ross at the apollo theatre; Love in the Time of Cinema: An Evening With Mike Newell; How not to get ripped off in the creative industries; Chills in the Chapel

6. Festivals: Berlin accreditation - Initialize Films Producers' Lab on European Co-Productions; Milan international film festival; Mar del plata; rome; EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL; ISFF OBERHAUSEN; BUENOS AIRES FILM FESTIVAL; PALM SPRINGS ISFF

1. COURSES

One-year practical filmmaking - 28 january 2008

Do you want to write, direct and edit your own short films whilst learning the most up-to-date filmmaking skills from working industry professionals? If so, the Met's One-Year Practical Filmmaking course may be for you. This intensive programme has been designed for people dedicated to pursuing a career in film. Our latest research shows that over 76% of our One-Year Practical Filmmaking alumni are working full-time in the film or television industry. Over the course of the year you will learn key skills in all core areas of filmmaking and graduate with a showreel of material which includes two professionally graded short films that you have written, directed and edited.

To apply for this course or find out more please call +44 (0)20 8280 9119 or email rif@metfilm.co.uk

Part-time acting for film - 28 january 2008

If you are looking to learn or develop existing acting skills for the medium of film, but cannot commit to a full-time schedule, this part-time acting course may be ideal for you. Taught by an acting coach and professional film director over the course of 14 weeks on two evenings per week (7.00 pm to 10.00 pm), you will learn core acting skills as well as all the technical skills necessary for you to perform confidently in front of a camera. You will act in filmed exercises and also shoot exercises yourselves so that you know what it is like to be on the other side of the camera. You will leave with a showreel of material to showcase your talents to casting directors and agents and the skills and knowledge to seek work as a film actor.

To apply for this course or find out more please call +44 (0)20 8280 9119 or email rif@metfilm.co.uk

From story to screen in eight weeks - 28 January 2008

Do you have an idea for a short film and want to finally realise your vision? Or do you perhaps have a feature film idea and want to make a teaser trailer to help you finance the film? From Story To Screen In Eight Weeks is a highly intensive programme which provides you with practical experience in all of the key areas of filmmaking and culminates in the production of your own short film. This is our longest running course and so far over 240 students have completed this programme. It covers the essential craft areas of screenwriting, use of camera and sound, casting and directing actors, editing using Final Cut Pro HD® and script development.

To apply for this course or find out more please call +44 (0)20 8280 9119 or email rif@metfilm.co.uk

2. NEWS

dexfilms - exclusive offer to met students on production equipment hire

Recent Met Film graduate Dexter Mowatt has just launched DexFilms, a production company providing production services and equipment hire to filmmakers. As an introductory offer, Dexter is offering exclusive discounts to Met Film students and alumni. The offer comprises hire of the following equipment and services for only £250 per day:

Canon XL-H1 camera and batteries, K8 jib, Tracks (12 metres), 3 x 150 watt Dedo lights, 14 inch Sony monitor, 7 inch portable LCD monitor, Tripod Dolly, Manfrotto tripod (525p) + head (503) + Dexter to assist operating equipment

For more information contact Dexter on 07789390391 or email dexfilms@hotmail.com

BIVAS Dey - Tomorrow

Met Film graduate Bivas Dey - Poet, Artist and Filmmaker has now released his most honest and intimate thoughts displayed through the pure art of poetry. The collection is a reflection of his enigmatic life and its many contradictions. Written by his own hand from the age of nineteen, they embrace his pain, his spirit and his message for a brighter future. Buy Tomorrow...Today at http://www.lulu.com/content/1352608

MBA in Film Business at the CASs Film Business academy

The Film Business Academy is supported by Skillset and the UK Film Council as part of "A Bigger Future" - a UK Film Skills Strategy which aims to provide the best education and skills development for the future workforce to help develop the brightest and the best. At Cass Business School the Film Business Academy runs a Modular Executive MBA - specialising in Film Business and an MSc in Management - specialising in Film Business. For more information on either of these programmes please visit http://www.filmbusinessacademy.com/

3. Screenings and competitions:

call for entries - devolutionfilms.com

DevolutionFilms.com is a social networking site for frustrated Directors/Authors, creating a channel with which to publish video submissions or film scripts for review by the wider community and filling a niche between YouTube and Hollywood. We're looking for the best stories and the best scripts and by supporting this site, you will help the best stories you vote for get made into proper, full quality films and distributed to the world via internet and mobile handset, we will give details of exactly how this will be done very soon in our competitions section...

Submit your films now at http://www.devolutionfilms.com/index.php

BBFC Screening and Presentation of controversial film Princess

British Board of Film Classification presents a discussion and screening of a controversial live action/animation film courtesy of Tartan Films. The event is presented by the Film Education Consortium for Herts in collaboration with FDMX (Film and Digital Media Exchange) and is aimed at students of Film/Media studies, particularly those studying issues of censorship and certification and shocking cinema, undergraduates with an interest in cult film, animation and censorship and is also open to the general public. This suitably controversial but stimulating film screening (rated 18) is a chance for students to engage with issues raised by the film and become more familiar with the work of the BBFC as presented by John Dyer, BBFC Education. Reserve a ticket by emailing d.elliott@herts.ac.uk.

4. Jobs and internships:

MGEITF Team Assistant - Vacancy
The Edinburgh International Television Festival, the UK's leading event for television professionals, is looking to recruit a Team Assistant to manage the busy Festival office and provide support to a number of projects including our educational and talent schemes. Please visit: www.mgeitf.co.uk/news for further details. To apply please send a CV and covering letter with current salary details to: info@mgeitf.co.uk. The closing date for applications is Friday 14 December 2007

Film Crew Wanted for legal documentary

A group of five law students from the University of Westminster are looking for a small film crew to shoot a 25 minute legal documentary. They are able to pay for the work and are looking to shoot in December and edit for screening in January. Please email J.Hoarey@student.westminster.ac.uk if you are interested.

Ushers required at BAFTA!

Do you want to see the new releases? Would you like to catch up with old favourites? Might you be interested in getting involved with Q&As? BAFTA are looking for diligent, conscientious, discreet, and keen students to join in the capacity of usher. BAFTA host many screenings each month and we are currently looking to expand our fantastic team of ushers.

The ushers would donate their time on a voluntary basis, and in return would be able to see the BAFTA screening on that evening. Recent screenings with Q&As were: Lions for Lambs screening attended by Robert Redford and Tom Cruise and; Control attended by Sam Riley, Samantha Morton and Anton Corbijn. If you are interested in this please contact Linda Stewart-Birch, HR & Facilities Officer, on lindasb@bafta.org

5. EVENTS:

student discounts to see glengarry glen ross at the apollo theatre

the Apollo Theatre are offering discounted tickets to students for this acclaimed production of David Mamet's superb play ‘Glengarry Glen Ross'. For students only, Wednesday Matinee tickets are just £10 (usually £20 - £45). This offer is inly valid until 19 December 2007 so call the box office on 0870 890 1101 quoting ‘student matinee offer'. Tickets subject to availability.

Love in the Time of Cinema: An Evening With Mike Newell

Film director Mike Newell will take to the stage for a masterclass and Q&A after a full screening of his classic films Donnie Brasco on Wednesday 5th December at the University of Hertfordshire. Charting his career to date, the audience will get an insight into what working with such Hollywood greats as Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie and, not to mention, all those at Hogwarts, is really like! Doors open at 5.30pm with the screening beginning at 6pm. The Mike Newell interview and Q&A will start at 8.30pm after refreshments at 8pm. The venue is The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB. Tickets cost £4 for FDMX members and £6 non-members. Book online at http://cms.magiclantern.co.uk/filmschool/Pages/Article/www.fdmx.co.uk.

How not to get ripped off in the creative industries
On: 10^th December 2007
From: 6.00-9.00pm
At: Hub Cafe/Bar, University of the Arts London, Ground floor, 65 Davies Street, London, W1K 5DA, (near Bond St tube station)
Being copied and someone else ripping off your creative ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicise and promote your creative work. This Own-it event will offer a basic guide to the law, covering the steps any creative professional should take in order to stop somebody else stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission. For bookings visit www.own-it.org/events

Chills in the Chapel

The Union Chapel is one of London's finest Gothic buildings, a rambling, confusing building with spooky corridors. For the first time ever it is being used to present a unique film season. For 5 nights in the run up to Christmas the spooky gothic Union Chapel will be transformed into a site specific cinema, screening five of the best classic horror films ever made. Tickets cost £8.00 in advance and are available directly from the venue at Compton Avenue, Islington N1 2XD (020 7226 1686) from Monday-Friday 10.30am-5.00pm, or at http://www.wegottickets.com/ and http://www.seetickets.com/ Doors Open: 7.00pm and films start at 8pm. There is a licensed bar before and after the films with mince pies and mulled wine.

6. Festivals:

Initialize Films Producers' Lab on European Co-Productions

Supported by The UK Film Council through Skillset and Olswang, Initialize is project-based skills development programme for 16 experienced producers who have a feature film project in development. The course will run in January and February 2008 with main course tutors Rebecca O'Brien (Wind That Shakes The Barley) and Christine Alderson (Irina Palm, Opening Film, Berlin Film Festival, 2007). The programme includes practical workshops; one-to-one feedback on your project and case studies from leading experts on co-productions, as well as pre-selected one-to-one market meetings with European producers at the Berlin Film Festival, participation in the Berlin Co-Production Market (2 days) and accreditation for the Berlin Film Festival. The application deadline is 13 December 2007. For more details on applications please see http://www.initialize-films.co.uk/. For more information please call Ian Davies on 0207 4041053 or email eurocopro@initialize-films.co.uk.

MILAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - March 22 - April 2 2008 - Submission deadline: 30 December 2007 - Shorts and features - http://www.miff.it/

MAR DEL PLATA FILM FESTIVAL - March 9 - 19 2008 - Submission deadline: 31 December 2007 - Full range of categories - http://www.mardelplatafilmfest.com/

ROME INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL - April 10 - 20 2008 - Submission deadline: 30 December 2007 - Features, shorts, documentary, music-shorts - http://www.riff.it/

EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL - March 1 2008 - Submission deadline: January 2008 - European shorts, features, experimental - http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/

ISFF OBERHAUSEN - May 5 - 10 2008 - Submission deadline: January 2008 - Short film with emphasis on artistic - http://www.kurtzfilmtage.de/

BUENOS AIRES FILM FESTIVAL - April 3 - 15 2008 - Submission deadline: January 2008 - Features, shorts, first or second film - http://www.bafici.gov.ar/

PALM SPRINGS ISFF - August 23 - 29 2008- Submission deadline: January 2008 - Shorts of any genre - http://www.psfilmfest.org/

That is all for this month, but we hope you enjoyed this MetMail and have found plenty of ideas and opportunities to inspire and motivate you! If you did find it useful, why not forward to on to fellow filmmakers and friends?

We always love to hear what you have been up to so please do tell us about your latest filmmaking endeavours by emailing becky@metfilm.co.uk. You may even get a mention in the next MetMail!

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