The Independent Film Festitval Boston is THIS WEEK! And tickets are on sale!

For prices and information, click here!

FREE to the public!
RSVP events@rule.com

Location: Learning Lab
Time: 10am – 12 noon

All are encouraged to come!

This Sunday, April 11, 2010, Linda Harrar’s “Roots of Health” will be broadcast on channel 2 at 7pm!

If you are based in the greater Boston area please tune in to show your support!

RULE Boston Camera’s ongoing program dedicated to sharing the latest knowledge on production and post-production products, technologies and techniques featuring in-house experts and guest speakers. Weekly events are FREE and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

RSVP to events@rule.com

April 7, 2010
LENS 411
Rule’s Senior Engineer Dave Kudrowitz compares various lenses and format sizes with advice on how to select the best lens for your specific format with a focus on Digital SLR, RED One, 35 and 16mm formats.
Time: 10am – 12noon

April 14, 2010
No learning lab – Break for Nab Show April 10-15 in Las Vegas

April 21, 2010
PRODUCTION AUDIO FOR HD-SLR CAMERAS
Rule’s Senior Engineer Tim Coughlan will review audio recording options for shooting with Digital SLR cameras featuring some new-style solid-state recorders such as the Marantz PMD661 Portable SDHC, Sound Devices 744T and Zaxcom ZFR-100
Time: 10am – 12noon

April 28, 2010
POWER UP WITH ANTON BAUER
Anton Bauer’s Product Specialist Kyle Dann reviews the best batteries for powering your camera, lighting and audio devices, featuring new info and products post-NAB along with a solar charging system, Dionics & HyTron batteries, plus RED One and LED lighting power solutions
Time: 10am – 12noon

For more information visit rule.com/events

The Coolidge Corner Theater will be screening Emerson College faculty shorts on Tuesday March 30th and Wednesday March 31st at 7 pm!

Screenings include:

Rob Sabal: (FC member) We Lived There evokes the lingering memories that reside in a place once called ‘home.’ The images are restricted to outside space while the voices remind us of what went on inside.

Anya Belkina: Insurgency Of Ambition
 The illusion of success lures a man to the very threshold of glory only to unsheathe its true, frightening nature as he gets within reach.

Tom Kingdon: Beowulf When a court is terrorized by two “monsters,” a super-hero arrives to fight them. A work created by physical improvisation. (28 minutes)

Interfaces: Sunday, summer, Hollywood Hills, 1964 ….. (15 minutes)

Jan Roberts-Breslin: Proverbial Wisdom
 (2009) 
It has been said that proverbs are the wit of one and the wisdom of many. A visual interpretation of six common proverbs. (4 min.)

Jean Stawarz: The Hunters Much to her father’s annoyance, 12-year-old Danni eagerly replaces her sick brother on an annual father-son weekend hunting trip. While struggling to prove herself in the male dominated world of hunting, an act of cowardice becomes Danni’s coming-of-age.

For more information go to http://www.coolidge.org/enter

Hope to see you there!

Massachusetts Production Coalition Member Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 25, 2010 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Tentative Schedule:
6:00 – 7:00 PM Networking Reception with food and beverages
7:00 – 9:00 PM Formal Meeting

The meeting is free for members and $25 for guests

Come and have the opportunity to:
*Network with the top producers, production managers, suppliers, and innovators in the MA media community.
* Be updated on how the film tax credits mean jobs for the MA production community.
* See the latest in production applications and technologies.

There will be food and beverages AND networking and learning opportunities! – all in one place, only from the MPC!

Speakers include:
* Nick Paleologos, MA Film office – State of the State, The Film Tax Credits and Jobs in MA
* The Gaming Industry
* Pete Fasciano, Avid Founder & 3D Specialist – 3D Production and Acquisition
* Rule Boston Camera – The Phantom Camera

For ticket and member information go to http://massproductioncoalition.eventbrite.com

The Jermanok Brothers are doing two seminars on THE REAL SCOOP: HOW TO MAKE A LIVING CREATIVELY on Saturday, March 20th at the Harvard Law School. For more information, go to www.howtomakealivingcreatively.com

Award-winning filmmakers and creative professionals, The Jermanok Brothers, are excited to present their three-hour workshop for all actors, writers, directors, singers, comedians, musicians and artists in Boston. Called The Real Scoop: How to Make a Living Creatively, the workshop is a bottom line, pragmatic approach to everything one needs to know to make a living creatively.

This insider experience could save one many, many years. And put you on the road to building a genuine creative career….with a serious dose of motivation. Two three-hour seminars will take place on March 20th at Harvard. The first from 10-1 is for all actors, comedians, musicians, artists, and other performers. The second from 2-5 is best suited for writers, directors, producers, and filmmakers.

Using their real-life experiences, The Jermanok Brothers will cover how to distinguish yourself from the rest of the pack, whether leaving your
hometown is necessary, the art of schmoozing, why learning the business side of your craft is important, how to pay the rent while pursuing your dream, and using your life history as a networking strength.

Jim Jermanok draws from his current experience as an active filmmaker, and from his prior professional background as an agent for a decade at America’s biggest talent agency, International Creative Management. Steve, who spent the past 20 years self-employed as a working screenwriter, journalist, and author. He’s written more than 1000 articles, from art to adventure, working as a columnist at National Geographic Adventure, contributing editor at Budget Travel Magazine, and guest editor on the annual travel and art issues for Boston Globe Magazine.

Learn more about the seminar and the Jermanok Brothers at www.howtomakealivingcreatively.com.
Cost of the seminar is $60.

5th Annual Music for Film networking event and contest to draw top film talent

BOSTON—The Learning Center and the Film Scoring Department at Berklee College of Music will host the 5th Annual Music for Film networking event and associated film scoring contest on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 1:30–7 p.m. in the Media Center at 150 Massachusetts Ave.

The event is free and open to the public. For further event information, contact Alison Plante, the assistant chair of the Film Scoring Department at aplante@berklee.edu, or visit http://learningcenter.berklee.edu.

As the only film event of its kind in New England, the Music for Film networking event draws over 200 Berklee students, faculty and alumni, film students from New England colleges, and professional filmmakers. The event is “an opportunity for filmmakers and composers to meet, interact and make connections that carry over into their professional lives.”

The event involves a speakers’ panel, a film scoring contest, and an exposition where students professionals will have booths, exchange demos and business cards, and talk about their work.

The confirmed speakers include film scorer and Emmy award-winner Mason Daring (Lone Star; Sunshine State), and students from Berklee’s Film Scoring Practicum. With more than 50 entries from Berklee students, the film scoring contest is sure to display a high caliber of talent. Prizes include nearly $2000 worth of audio equipment and software from MOTU.

Hope to see you there!