Focus on Carina Johnson and ICDOCS

School of Media Arts Alumna Carina Johnson (BA 07) is teaching a class on and directing the 2010 Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (ICDOCS) at the University of Iowa.

They are now accepting submissions for their 2010 Festival, to be held April 15-17.

The ICDOCS showcases a diverse program with a broad range of forms, modes and styles, from conventional documentary to experimental non-fiction. The work must be less than 30 minutes in length.

The regular deadline is February 5, 2010 and the late deadline is March 6, 2010. These are post-mark deadlines.

Please visit:

http://icdocs.blogspot.com

or email icdocs@gmail.com

Dan Brock’s Work Shines in 'Avatar'*

Dan Brock, School of Media Arts production lab coordinator, developed CueTime software, used for sound editing, on the major motion picture, ‘Avatar’*.

He is also the star of a University of Arizona news feature:

http://uanews.org/click/29152/1

Experimental and Non-Fiction Films

Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. - December 15, 2009

The Screening Room 127 E. Congress Street

Dogs (and boyfriends) getting "fixed," the nature of intrusion, being far from home (Bogota, China, Iowa), living in community, being gay with God and Mom, the stages of life... these films and more, made by graduate students in M AR 510, Critical Video Production.

All shows FREE!

School of Media Arts Freshmen Win Film Festival Award

School of Media Arts students Shon Gale and Ethan Moore have won the “Best Comedy” award at the recent Campus MovieFest and were also nominated for Best Picture.

“The festival was held in the Gallagher Theater and there was a lot of competition in the comedy department,” said Gale. “All of the award winners were from the School of Media Arts.”

Their short, "In Production," can be viewed in its entirety here:

http://www.campusmoviefest.com/events/universityofarizona.php

“In Production” illustrates the antics of an inept film director and his desire to get into film school. Although he takes his craft seriously, he actually does not know what he is doing.

Both Gale and Moore are from Scottsdale, however, they did not meet until they arrived on campus this semester. They entered the competition of the Campus MovieFest because they wanted to start making shorts right away. They made the whole movie in 2 1/2 days.

“We pulled an all-nighter the day before the deadline,” said Moore.

Gale and Moore won an iPod Shuffle and also a copy of Final Cut Pro. “We are still trying to figure out how to cut the iPod in half,” quipped Moore.

Both Gale and Moore have plans to apply to the BFA program in fall of 2010.

Congratulations to Gale and Moore on the screening of their award-winning short!

Students Secure Prestigious NATPE Internships

An unprecedented four University of Arizona School of Media Arts students have secured internships to the NATPE Conference and Exhibition, January 25th – 27th 2010, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Conference Center in Las Vegas. Bobby Fricke, Shawn Florchak, Sean Sullivan, and Jonathan Weber applied to the nationally competitive program and were able to secure spots.

The National Association of Television Program Executives is the largest organization of multiplatform video content professionals in the world. Each January, the NATPE Conference and Exhibition brings together more than 7,000 media industry leaders for workshops and seminars and to take part in the world’s largest marketplace for buying and selling television programming and video content.

The conference is not open to the public thus the student interns receive a unique, behind-the-scenes view of the television industry. NATPE provides hotel accommodation, meals, conference registration materials, and access to the conference.

Congratulations to Fricke, Florchak, Sullivan, and Weber!

Two Nights of Short Films!

From Nicki Santini's short "Explain This"

Vices, Virtues, Dreams, Discoveries and... Decisions

Thursday - 7:00 p.m. - December 10, 2009

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Auditorium 202

The University of Arizona

Come watch a wide-ranging selection of short (one minute!) films from students in M AR 210, Introduction to Production, along with (slightly!) longer films from M AR 310, Idea Development.

Experimental and Non-Fiction Films

Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. - December 15, 2009

The Screening Room

127 E. Congress Street

Dogs (and boyfriends) getting "fixed," the nature of intrusion, being far from home (Bogota, China, Iowa), living in community, being gay with God and Mom, the stages of life... these films and more, made by graduate students in M AR 510, Critical Video Production.

All shows FREE!

“Outer Space Astronauts” Producer Presents

Outer Space Astronauts

School of Media Arts Alumnus Scott Puckett (BFA 99) will be making a special presentation on the University of Arizona campus.

Ackerley’s        M AR 303   3:00 to 4:00pm

Westover’s        M AR 303     4:00 to 5:00pm             

Monday, December 7th in the Marshall Building 211

Dan Brock featured in the Tucson Weekly

Dan Brock, the UA School of Media Arts Production Lab Coordinator, developed the software being used on James Cameron’s highly anticipated AVATAR, a major motion picture.

An upcoming epic action 3-D adventure, “Avatar” is being created by “Titanic” Director James Cameron. In development since the 1990s, Cameron has had to wait for the technology and special effects to catch up to his ideas.

One of the technological innovations of the “Avatar” film was created by Brock, who founded CueTime Software, an emerging technology company based in Tucson, AZ. Brock has been working with film professionals for years to create a new generation of major motion picture post-production management tools.

The first application “CueTime Professional” is currently being used to manage the entire film scoring process on “Avatar,” distributed by 20th Century Fox (in theaters December 18, 2009). Composer Horner, together with Supervising Music Editor Jim Henrikson, has employed CueTime Professional from the very beginning of music production on “Avatar.”

“The opportunity to have our first software prototype employed on the ground-breaking, major motion picture “Avatar” is a real honor,” said CueTime Software’s Product Manager Brock. “I can say with confidence that our software has performed without a hitch. ”

Brock is also featured in an interview in the Tucson Weekly.

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/t-qanda/Content?oid=1600010

Executive Producer Scott Puckett to Present on Campus

School of Media Arts Alumnus Scott Puckett (BFA 99) will be making a special presentation on Monday, December 7. Puckett will be speaking in Vicky Westover’s M AR 303 class.

Scott Puckett, Executive Producer
Monday, December 7th from 4-5pm
Marshall Building 211

Puckett executive produced a hybrid live-action/animation series that will begin airing on the Syfy network on Tuesday, December 8. The series is called, “Outer Space Astronauts” and the pilot episode is being streamed on the Syfy network’s website:

http://www.syfy.com/outerspaceastronauts/

The Syfy channel has expressed an interest in commissioning a second season and Puckett would need to start production immediately. Should additional programs be commissioned, Puckett will need to hire entry level digital artists for green screen/composition and animation work.

Puckett will share tips for finding a job in Hollywood, his own Hollywood story, and how he sold his “Outer Space Astronauts” series to the Syfy channel. He will also be on the lookout for University of Arizona students with digital talents who have plans to move to Los Angeles after they graduate.

Puckett was also the visual effects producer on the 2004 existential comedy “I Heart Huckabees.”