05 April 06 - 15:24Elections
On Sunday April 23 at 6:00 pm in the NATAS Office (OGLEL Cubicle "O") we will be holding elections for the following positions:TREASURER is in charge of creating the budget and keeping tabs on funding for trips, equipment, and speakers. The Treasurer should fill
out any expenditure requests.
RECORDER is in charge of keeping tabs on all current and previous members in the form of a spreadsheet document. The Recorder should be consulted prior to trips to select the most active students to send. The Recorder will have the final decision over who shall attend these trips when disagreement over eligibility arises.
PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENT is in charge of making sure that the organization stays true to its objectives. He or she is responsible for screening videos produced by the organization for material that is not congruent to our objectives.
Note: These are the only positions available on the executive board. Heather Imerman will stay on as President and will select her
successor as President next year.
Officers recieve first priority on all trips, events, and speakers where there is limited space avaialble. This is an excellent opportunity to get involved with a student organization and build your resume. At the meeting on the 23rd, students running for a position will be able to make a short speech. Voting will occur immediately following the speeches (majority wins). Good luck!
PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH YOUR NAME, CLASS, AND POSITION YOU WANT TO RUN FOR. POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS AND CLASSES.
09 February 06 - 11:42New Video Projects
Check out some of the videos we have been working on this year by clicking on the link on the right. Keep your eye out for more cool videos coming soon!22 January 06 - 12:57Call for Entries
I thought everyone who went on the Film Festival trip might appreciate this. Look for the bolded section.______________________________________
Dear Friends!
Please forward this to anyone who you think might be interested.
Thank you!
Johanna
The 2nd FANTASY WORLDWIDE Film Festival, scheduled for November 3-5, 2006, is now accepting submissions.
The early deadline is Friday, April 14, 2006. The final deadline is Wednesday, May 31, 2006.
FANTASY WORLDWIDE is a competitive film festival with Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Animation. Other Awards include: The People's Choice and Special Recognition for a Local (Canadian) Filmmaker.
We welcome all filmmakers and projects from low-budget to blockbuster, beginners to veterans.
The festival accepts films of all lengths and of these genres - World Mythology, Fantasy (except for Horror), Mysticism, Magical Realism, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Legend and Archetype.
History:
With major news coverage from the most prominent media, reaching over 6 million people, the first annual FANTASY WORLDWIDE Film Festival was a great success!
The Festival took place on November 4-6, 2005 in Toronto, at the trendy Bloor Cinema, located downtown, in the heart of the Annex – a Toronto Art Deco landmark, recently refurbished, with seating for 835.
Thirty one Feature Films, Shorts, Documentaries and Animations from 6 continents were presented to the enthusiastic Toronto audience. Entries were from such diverse countries as UK, Spain, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Turkey, Chile, US, Canada, Egypt, Ireland, Georgia, Poland, Belgium and Portugal among others.
The audience included groups and individuals coming to the Festival from out of town and abroad!
The festival's audience consisted of Toronto's enthusiasts as well as of guests arriving from Syracuse, U.S.A.; Waterloo and Calgary, Canada; Alaska; California and France.
Media coverage highlights included:
Television: City TV, Breakfast TV, Space: The Imagination Station, Rogers Cable, Omni Polish TV, Omni Turkish TV.
Radio: CBC arts online, CFNY, CIUT, CHUM FM/AM.
Dailies: Toronto Star, National Post, Globe and Mail, Toronto Sun.
Communities/Ethnic: The Ryerson Eye Opener, NOW (listings), East York Mirror, Annex Guardian, Correo Canadiense, Polish Goniec, Bizim Anadolu (Turkish), Shahrvand (Persian newspaper), Brand New Planet (Toronto Star), Varsity - U of T Newspaper, Asian Wave Magazine.
Key highlights of the Festival included big budget films and filmmakers coming from around the world!
Gala Opening feature film: G.O.R.A. from Turkey – a stunning big budget sci-fi feature. An interplanetary comedy and adventure film with references to the popular blockbusters such as Star Wars, The Matrix, Spaceballs, Karate Kid and others.
Gala Closing Film: Lord of the Brush, Canada – a visually outstanding biography of the Canadian artist, John Howe, the illustrator of J.R.R. Tolkien's world and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Forbidden Warrior, feature from U.S.A. – based on a mythical female Asian hero. Starring, among others: Marie Matiko (The Art of War), Sung Kang (Pearl Harbor), Tony Amendola (Mask of Zorro), Andrew Divoff (Air Force One), James Hong (Blade Runner, Chinatown).
Moongirl, U.S.A. – Short Animation from Henry Selick, the award-winning Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas (nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects) and the critically acclaimed James and The Giant Peach. A mystical adventure of a boy taken to the Moon and helping to save it from being extinguished by the villainous Gargaloons.
Filmmakers coming from around the world: Omer Faruk Sorak, Turkey (Director of The People's Choice winning feature film G.O.R.A.), Gretchen Jordan-Bastow, British Columbia (Director of Lord of the Brush), Michael T. Giovanniello, U.S.A. (associate producer of Forbidden Warrior), John J. Doherty, Ireland (Director of the festival's winning documentary Harry Clarke: Darkness in Light), Akanit Duchany Nakoneczny, Alaska (Director of Nok Ieng), Amit R. Gicelter, U.K. (Director of Emuna - A Tale of Faith) and others. Local Canadian filmmakers included, among others, Christopher Cordell (Director of Not My Religion), Saide Kardar (Director of As Long As Grass Grows) and Tom Hillman (Producer of El Pictor).
The Gala Parties were held at the super trendy night clubs in Toronto, downtown: The Vegas Bar, PUR Supper Club and Banzai.
We want to thank all the filmmakers, sponsors and supporters for making the first annual FANTASY WORLDWIDE Film Festival such a great success!
Please visit our website to see the list of the 2005 Festival's winners, guests and photos: www.fantasyworldwide.com and go to "Submissions" to download our Submission Form and Guidelines.
For more information please contact us at info@fantasyworldwide.com
Yours in filmmaking,
Johanna Kern
Executive & Artistic Director
Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival
632 Glebeholme Blvd.
Toronto, Ontario, M4C 1V6
416-422-4432
www.fantasyworldwide.com
12 January 06 - 00:50NY Emmys Trip
Hey Everyone!Well, it's almost Spring semester, so that means it's time to talk about the NY Emmys Trip. First, a brief explanation of the Emmys: they are designed to award local news in NYC and the event is generally a good chance to network. Now, this year is a bit different. First, Bill Hanauer, our good friend and executive director of the NY Chapter, has left the organization, leaving the previous awards director, Jacqueline Gonzalez, in charge. She has been generous enough to offer volunteer positions to us, but no official word yet on having an actual "table" at the event like in years past.
One major reason why this year is different is because the Emmys are on SUNDAY MARCH 12TH. For those of you without a calendar at hand, this is the first Sunday of our Spring Break. Generally, most students leave for home/Cancun on that Friday, the 10th, if not earlier. We would not get back to the Syracuse-area until Monday the 13th.
I am emailing you today to find out if there are people interested in attending the NY Emmys, which means that we will try to get a hotel on Saturday night and volunteer at the event on Sunday. If there is enough interest, we will try to arrange the trip--but no promises (money and other factors are still up in the air).
If we do not go to the NY Emmys this year, we will try to go next year (2007) and will definitely try and arrange another trip to NYC for some seminars. If you live in the NYC area/could provide your own transportation to the event, let me know and I can inform Jacqueline of your intentions of coming to volunteer.
PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO GO. IF THERE IS NO INTEREST, WE WILL CANCEL THE TRIP AND PLAN ANOTHER TRIP TO NYC FOR SOME TIME IN APRIL.
Hope everyone had a great break!
Ryan
16 November 05 - 19:14CAZENOVIA COLLEGE STUDENT FASHION SHOW
Hey everyone -If someone could make it out there, do you think this is an opportunity for NATAS? I think so - let me know what the general consensus is!
J.T.
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DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL...Please send all inquiries to Tracy Welder at tmwelder@cazenovia.edu
thank you!
CAZENOVIA COLLEGE
Please contact: Fashion Promotion Instructor, Tracy Welder tmwelder@cazenovia.edu, 315-682-3990
VIDEO PROJECT I- VIDEO CAZENOVIA COLLEGE STUDENT FASHION SHOW
DATE: Saturday, April 29, 2006 7:30pm
LOCATION: Cazenovia College Gym
Rehearsal date: Friday, April 28, 2006 at approximately 1pm
Create a professional quality video/dvd of Cazenovia College Student Fashion Show, titled "Lights, Camera, Fashion", to be used on Cazenovia College website as well as distribution to fashion students and the college library. Two camera positions, including close-up of garments and view from balcony. Editing would be required to bring two views together and to add music. Would be the perfect project for those interested in fashion or music video
production.
Time requirement:
4/28 Approx 2 hours to attend rehearsal and determine best camera placement
4/29 Approx 4 hours to set up and shoot fashion show
Additional time for editing to be determined by student and to be completed before August 1, 2006
Budget available for $ compensation- quote from student requested. Full recognition in program in the form of a bio and/or ½ page advertisement
J.T. Compeau
Research Director, WJPZ-89.1FM, Syracuse
Marketing/Promotions Intern, www.oneclickgrocery.com
Programming Chair, NATAS, Syracuse University Chapter
(315) 442-6020/cell: (315) 450-2819
jtcompea@syr.edu/research@z89.com
14 November 05 - 11:00More Toronto Trip Pictures
12 November 05 - 15:43One Click Grocery Video
Hello everyone:For those that don't know me, my name is J.T. Compeau, one of the programming chairs for NATAS. For this video project, we're going to try something a little different. This is our first time producing a video for another organization, and we have the interest of a local internet business here in Syracuse, oneclickgrocery.com. Actually, this will be the first of two videos we produce for the site (the second of which will be a sort of human interest piece that we will try to air on OTN sometime in the near future). However, the first will be a short (no more than 1.5-2 minutes MAXIMUM), instructional video on how to use this awesome service. You can check it out (or perhaps even order some groceries!) at www.oneclickgrocery.com.
So, as usual, I will need a crew of people to help out with this: an editor, a couple of videographers, and a person to help with the microphone/sound. After I gather enough people to produce this, I would like to have a meeting to discuss the content, as there are specific things we must cover/say within the video.
Sorry for the length of this email - please email me back if you are interested in helping out with this project. You will be the first members to help NATAS enter a new chapter in its history! Thanks everyone!
J.T.