Calling all Creatives (for SFS film production)

Hello, Creatives!
Because a movie is the great culmination of every single art form, we know that we need you and your unique creative skills to make this new production a success.
COAST's (Communication Art STudents) cinema branch, SFS (or Student Filmmakers Society), is in the midst of their first annual short film. Last semester was spent writing the script and some other pre-production stuff. This semester we have some of the finishing pre-production work to do before shooting principle photography (filming the scenes) as soon as possible in February, in time for post production by the end of March. This short will be ready in time for the Arties/Student Works Show in April, so we have a lot of exciting work to do.

The Perks:
Production to be submitted to several reputable film festivals
Gain valuable experience and knowledge as you work on sets with a real crew
Great for Demo Reels and Resumes
Super fun, creative atmosphere to 'get your feet wet'

The Picture:
As written by the Director-
"The film is set in a Russian speaking country and follows a smuggler through his missions, determination, fears, and dedication to the cause he is aiding. The story involves suspense, fear, and faith. Although this film includes Christian elements our goal is not to produce a preachy 'Christian' film. We aim to produce a film that will be recognized for its good story and quality production value."

We Need:
Photographers
Graphic Designers
Illustrators
3D artists
Computer Graphics/Animation artists
Musicians
Actors
Even people just good at organization and details!

We want any of you who would be interested in working on a film production outside of class to lend your talents as soon as possible. There are lots of crew (and cast) roles to be filled.
Attached is a form our Director has made up, to quickly get us your information. Please fill that out and send it back to Jesse Daniel (DanielJA@jbu.edu) soon.

Actors, we are also holding a casting call this Wednesday night (the 27th) from 6:30-9 somewhere on campus, TBD. Please spread the word and come by (we'll get the location to you ASAP).

For questions or more information contact:
Jesse Daniel- 2817050026, DanielJA@jbu.edu
Jonathan Daniel-2817053920, DanielJD@jbu.edu
Michael Bruner-4792283743, BrunerM@jbu.edu

Thanks so much, and we look forward to working with you!
-Krystal Wight Armstrong :)
FootholdPro@gmail.com

Crew Needed for Short Production

Next Semester COAST is producing the winning film from the Pitch Competition.  We are looking to fill some lead positions to help us kick things off next semester.  All interested should contact Andrew Armstrong (producer) at armstrongR@jbu.edu. When submitting for the job please include the best time for a brief face to face meeting/interview before leaving for the holidays.  The positions we're seeking to fill are below.

Art Director
     o Oversees three major areas: wardrobe, sets, and props.  Responsibilities will include directing a production design team and communicating with the director and/or DP to achieve his desired visual style for the production.

Associate Producer
     o Oversees the marketing of the film.  Responsibilities will include public relations, directing a marketing team during production and preparing all materials for festival submissions.

UPM (Unit Production Manager)
     o Organizes the production, responsible for coordinating schedules and planning production days.  Responsibilities include communicating with the whole production team regarding schedules and arranging the production to fit within its overall schedule.

Film Club 12/10/09

Because of finals and the choir concert this week, we will not be having our film club. Good luck to all of you on all of your tests. Try not to stress out too much...

KC First Friday Art Walk- Road Trip

This last Friday (Nov. 6) about 16 of us from COAST, including our Profs- Ward, Sned, and Goehner road-tripped it up to KC, MO for a great day full of art, fun, and inspiration. Every First Friday of the month the downtown Crossroads area of KC opens its galleries, studios, and restaurants for the throngs of people that come through to experience the creativity, sights, sounds, flavors, and company of other new people.

For a few years now COAST has made this treck in December, just in time for the Christmas lights, but this year we chose November, and it was amazing. For one, God blessed us with a perfectly gorgeous Fall day, and even into the night it never got cold...perfect street strolling. We even had a few street performers out, including fire-twirlers, dancers, and a walking art exhibit that came to you!

There was a ton of great art, too, of course. We saw some fun robots with personality, by these guys, some interesting (and incredibly expensive) ceramic sculpture, beautiful paintings, and photography, and then some great print work by students and also by the pros at Hammerpress.
Apart from the local art scene we also got to visit some real art museums earlier in the day which I particularly enjoyed. The Nelson-Atkins (a free museum) had amazing an amazing historical art collection including Egyptian, Native American, Chinese, and lots of art that several of us had just finished studying in our text books in Mr. Peer's Art History class. So that was particularly exciting to see whole rooms dedicated to chapters we just went through in our book, and be able to recognize painter's and sculptor's names and styles before even reading the placards!

Oh, and I almost forgot- there was even a little bit of shopping and dining in the beautiful Country Club Plaza. For those of us that miss the better options of big cities, we visited the Apple store and Urban Outfitters, among other favorites.

We had a great time and are definitely looking forward to it again next year. If you went with us, feel free to send me some of your photos to add, and if you didn't...we hope you'll join us at next year's Art Walk. Remember stuff like this is Free for COAST members (along with those cool t-shirts), so ask Emily Olson or any of us about joining any time!

-K :)

(photos courtesy Emily Caneday)

This week (11/19/09) is Chariots of Fire. If you have some extra time this Thursday at 9:15, feel free to come over to room 112 of the art building.

Synopsis: The story of two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian who compete in the 1924 Olympics.

Don't forget, we provide free popcorn and drinks.