Advanced Cinematography Workshop at ZGI, Open to the Public

"Official Rejection"

Helen from the Prescott Film Festival told me about this film. She thought it was highly entertaining and educational for people starting out in the indie film industry. Check it out and let us know how you like it.

Prescott Film Festival Series

Screening on November 18th at
Prescott College Crossroads
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 ● 6:30pm
www.prescottfilmfestival.com

Waking Dreams

On November 18th the Prescott Film Festival & Series inches a bit
towards “Bollywood” with “Waking Dreams!” This independent romantic
comedy has the culture of India on a collision course with growing up in
America. This coming-of-age story centers on a first-generation Indian
American young woman, Latha, whose favorite pastime is wat
“Bollywood” movies with her sweet grandmother. She finds herself
spending more and more time in daydreams, picturing herself as the
beautiful actress in the movies; dancing perfectly in costume with the
handsomest men on the screen, with a backdrop of beautiful and colorful
dancers behind her.

November’s Sponsors
This month we welcome three new sponsors, , Prescott College and The Motor
Lodge! We are very grateful to Horizon Air for furnishing our guest filmmaker’s flight from Los
Angeles straight into Prescott! Prescott College, along with Melanie Bishop’s Screenwriting Class, is sponsoring this months’ screening at the Crossroads Center. The Motor Lodge is hosting our filmmaker for two nights at their newly remodeled lodge on Montezuma. Thank you Prescott
College, Horizon Air and The Motor Lodge!

Gandhi at the Bat

The short film for November 18th keeps the theme of India with “Gandhi at the
Bat!” This fun “mockumentary” tells the fictional story of Mahatmas Gandhi’s
secret trip to New York where he has the opportunity to play baseball at
Yankee Stadium!
Guest Filmmaker Deepika Daggubati
The festival is very excited to announce the guest filmmaker for November,
Deepika Daggubati. Deepika wrote and directed “Waking Dreams.” Born
in India and raised in Texas, she’s been making movies since the age of 10.
Her parents, like Latha’s, wanted her to go into the medical field. She got
her bachelor’s degree in English and Psychology and her M.F.A. in Film
Production from the California Institute of the Arts. She has also written a
script for Disney and is working on several future projects.

Whether you are a filmmaker or film fan, check out the Prescott Film Festival & Series. It promises to be an evening of pure enjoyment and entertainment in beautiful and friendly Prescott Arizona where "Art without an Attitude” reigns! Tickets are
$6.50 each and may be purchased at the box office on the day of the screening. Cash or checks only please.

ZGI's Documentary Students Midterm Project is Close to Home

ZGI's documentary class has chosen to chronicle the institute's decade of filmmaking instruction. Students will present their film about ZGI students, past and present, with behind-the-scenes glimpses into the lives of film school students. Diverse in their ages, ambitions and backgrounds, this documentary reveals what brought ZGI students to Sedona and how that experience changed their lives. A free screening at the Zaki Gordon Institute November 13th, 7:00 pm. For directions, www.zgi.yc.edu.

Upcoming Workshop from Master Documentarians: Interview Techniques

ZGI is hosting an amazing workshop called "Documentary Interview Techniques." This informative workshop will cover Professional use of lights, sound and camera for interviews as well as questioning techniques to elicit a useful and dynamic response.

November 14-15 (begins at 9:00 am until 5:00 pm), Open to the public!

Guest Speakers:
Ronald Tobias from Montana State University, has authored six books including Insider's Guide for Writing for Screen & Television. Producer, writer, and director of over 30 films including many for PBS, National Geographic, Animal Planet, The Travel Channel, PBS, and TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), TV-4 (Sweden), and Pro-Sieben (Germany)

Tobias has also directed twelve films for The Discovery Channel including shows on wolves, piranha, wolverines, lions, anacondas, venomous spiders, lynx, wild mink, and the saiga.

Tobias will be joined by Ed George, director, cinematographer and editor who's worked on numerous documentaries, many for National Geographic.

ZGI Alumni Emily Warren gets great write-up in Microfilmmaker

http://www.microfilmmaker.com/critiques/Issue48/Luck1.html

"More Than a Kiss"

The Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking Presents:

A Free Public Screening of - More Than a Kiss

A thriller, presented by the class of 2010.

A succubus finds her victims nightly in a small desert town. She befriends the bartender, who ultimately falls under her spell and must face the consequences of his choice.

WHERE: Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking

4215 Arts Village Drive, Sedona Center for Arts and Technology, Sedona, AZ 86336, Room 34

WHEN:

November 13 at 7:00pm

We hope to see you there!

Narrative Students Get Ambitious with "More Than a Kiss"

ZGI narrative students and staff have been feverishly working on their midterm project, "More than a Kiss". This is the largest project that the students participate in during their Fall semester. Up to this point they have been in production groups of 4, during this production the entire class of 21 works collaboratively. It began with their approved script, "More than a Kiss". This is the blueprint for the large scale production that turned into 7 intensive shoot days. Everyone has their specific roles for the pre-production, production and post-production of the short.

The community has been extremely receptive and generous. Home Depot donated a massive amount of lumber for their extensive set builds, Savers in Flagstaff loaned students over 4 carts full of props and wardrobe and Wayne Norman, owner of the Wild Toucan restaurant in the Village of Oak Creek, donated his vacant space for the duration of the shoot.

"The students have done a superb job and I am impressed with their professionalism", remarked Stephan Schultze, Director of ZGI.