This Month's Topic: HD Workflow for the Independent Filmmaker.
Utilizing Flashpoint Academy's summer Production-in-Action short, "The Collector," panelists will discuss options and issues related to shooting HD and finishing - to film as well as to a digital master. Discussion will include the process of coordinating picture, sound and visual effects to finish out a film, as well as the DI process.
This month's panelists include:
Paula Froehle, Filmmaker; Dean of Flashpoint: The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences
Paula Froehle is a director, writer and producer, as well as a visual artist. In 2005 she received the prestigious IFP Midwest’s Short Film Production Grant (valued at $100,000), which she used to complete her ninth short film,Up On the Rope. She is currently in preproduction on her tenth film, entitled Lizard Christmas, which is being funded by a 2006 Kodak Faculty Scholars award.
In addition to her dramatic films, as of June 1st, she is Dean of Flashpoint: The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, a new two-year college focused on intensive immersive learning experiences in Filmmaking, Computer Animation, Game Development and the Recording Arts. As Dean of the Academy, she is pursuing her interests in alternative educational structures, focusing on “teaching through doing” – understanding that students learn most effectively when actively engaged. Prior to Flashpoint, Froehle was an Associate Chair and a Tenured Faculty member in the Film & Video Department at Columbia College Chicago. Additionally, Froehle has directed music videos & music-related films for Atavistic, a Chicago-based production company and record label. Credits include: Eleventh Dream Day, Helmet and 4 Non-Blondes. Click Paula's pic to hear her radio interview all about Flashpoint!
Peter Hawley, Filmmaker; Associate Chair of the Film Program at Flashpoint: The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences
Peter Hawley is first and foremost a storyteller, using cinema as his vehicle. He has been a writer and director of film and television for over 20 years. As a partner in Windy Cine Productions, he has directed dozens of national television commercials, music videos and documentary films.
Peter’s most significant personal film works revolve around the arts: His award-winning short film, The Law of Inertia; a feature film, Victimless Crimes; and his work with the performance artist Denny Dent, all focus on some aspect of the creative process. More recently, Rainbow Soup, a children’s television show about art and world cultures, combine Peter’s love of the arts with his love of teaching. The program features discussions and performances by renowned artists such as Peter Gabriel, Studs Terkel and Academy-Award nominee, Stephen Frears.
Peter has taught film across the entire college curriculum since 1996. His teaching philosophy is decidedly experiential—that is, students learning by doing. Given the expanse of new film forms and technology, Peter recognizes what an exciting time it is to be teaching and studying the art of cinema. Click Peter's pic to visit his blog!
John Murray, Department Chair of Recording Arts at Flashpoint: The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences
http://www.tfa.edu/blog/category/recording-artsJohn Murray has worked professionally in film and video sound postproduction for 24 years designing and mixing award-winning soundtracks for features, documentaries, shorts, and advertising commercials. In 1990, he began a complementary career in higher education, teaching recording, audio production, and film sound editorial first at Xavier University, and since 1994 at Columbia College Chicago. In 2000, Mr. Murray was granted an 18 month Artist-in-Residence position where he began to develop and administer curriculum and assessment for the Audio Arts and Acoustics Department. He was subsequently named Director of the Audio for Visual Media program, a collaborative discipline with the Film and Video Department within the School of Media Arts at Columbia.
In 1997, Mr. Murray created the company JM Audio Services, specializing in remote recording and archival of orchestral, choral, and acoustic music performed in natural spaces. His work has resulted in numerous compact disc releases and has been broadcast on classical music stations nationwide on such programs as National Public Radio's Performance Today.
He now brings his steadfast commitment to aural aesthetics and excitement for technology-based education to Flashpoint, The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences as Chair of Recording Arts. Click John's pic to catch his blog on FlashpointAcademy.com!
Special thanks to Flashpoint for presenting this terrific Producers Panel and we'll see you at The Midwest Independent Film Festival on Tuesday, October 2nd!
