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• Marketing for Film

  • When
    April 24, 2018
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    18:00 - 21:00
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis. Suite. 101
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  Marketing Workshop:
  In today’s film landscape, viewers are spoiled for choice in ways we could never before imagine, from online streaming to cinemas once traditionally focused on new releases now diversifying their entertainment offerings to draw audiences. Grasping for dominance, the big studios now question the viability of individual film endeavours like never before. Never has it been harder to get an independent film MADE, let alone seen. 
  
  But with immense challenge comes great opportunity - the busy, frenetic crowded marketplace of the internet has also yielded hyper-niche audience groups free to find each other and pursue their unusual interests through a shared community focus. And if you know where to look, you can find the exact audience most likely to be thrilled by the story you’re hoping to tell. 
  
  It's up to us as film marketers not just to capitalize on this kind of zeal, but also to deploy low-cost, high-return digital opportunities to gain ground with niche audiences groups, endearing them to our aims and turning them into vocal project enthusiasts even long before the cameras roll.
  
  This marketing workshop offers a no-nonsense approach and a easy-to-follow checklist to plan how your marketing will take advantage of these opportunities - and how you can start now, even before pre-pro.
  Price: $45/55 (Member/Non-Member Tax Included)

  Instructor: Sarah Riley
  Sarah’s multifaceted background has led her to executive roles at the intersection of business development, marketing, and brand and product strategy for the creative industries. As a digitally-focused brand strategist at Halifax-based ad firm Impact, she built brands and planned launch campaigns for businesses like Film and Creative Industries Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax Pop Explosion, FITC, NSCAD; films like DETENTION, WEIRDOS, BLACKBIRD, ROLLERTOWN; TV shows like ADDISON; Artists like JEFF ROSEN and LUXI STUDIOWORKS; commercial film for SUPPLY and DEMAND and HUMBLE.TV, and countless local startups (even winning a GOLD Ice Award during her tenure at IMPACT). Driving consumer engagement for innovative and niche products and creative offerings is her number one passion.

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• Spring Editing Series #1 Adobe Premiere Pro

  • When
    May 01, 2018
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    18:00 - 21:00
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis. Suite. 101
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  The Adobe Premiere workshop will provide a beginners look at editing, basic effects and even colour correcting a project from start to finish all within the program.
  

  Registration for this workshop comes with 4 hours use of AFCOOP's media suite.

  Price: $45/55 (Member/Non-Member Tax Included)
  Instructor: Dave Mullins

  David Mullins is an 11 year veteran of the film industry, spending most of his time in Post Production as an editor and online editor for both film and TV. He just finished a gardening series, Transition Garden currently airing on Bell TV.

  
  

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• Spring Editing Series Package

  • Start
    May 01, 2018
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    18:00
  • End
    May 15, 2018
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    21:00
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis Suite 101

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  The Spring Editing Series will give participants a comprehensive introduction to post-production use three popular programs: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects and Da Vinci Resolve.

  Series Package Price: $95/120 (Members/Non-Members)

  Spring Editing Workshop #1 Adobe Premiere Pro Workshop
  Instructor: Dave Mullins
  Date: Tuesday, May 1st, 6 - 9 PM

  Registration for this workshop comes with 4 hours use of AFCOOP'S media suite. 
  

  The Adobe Premiere workshop will provide a beginners look at editing, basic effects and even colour correcting a project from start to finish all within the program.

  David Mullins is an 11 year veteran of the film industry, spending most of his time in Post Production as an editor and online editor for both film and TV. He just finished a gardening series, Transition Garden currently airing on Bell TV.

  Spring Editing Workshop #2 Adobe After Effects Workshop
  Date: Tuesday, May 8th, 6 - 9 PM
  Instructor: Josh Owen
  

  Josh is teaching an introductory course to Adobe After Effects showing simple and effective tools within the program to pull of special effects using live action footage. The goal of this workshop is to learn how After Effects may be useful for your film projects and some of the pitfalls that come with "fixing it in post". We'll talk about green screen removal, rotoscoping, masks and key framing along with general After Effects workflow management.

  Josh Owen is an animator, writer, director and freelance sound recordist who has been working in the film industry since graduating Screen Arts at NSCC in 2015. He recently finished an animation commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, "Billy's Behemoth Blast" that was commissioned by AFCOOP and CBC. He is currently editing/animating his next film, "Ghoulish Galactic Grievances" His films have played at Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Toronto After Dark, Halifax Independent filmmakers festival and Regarde. 

  Spring Editing Workshop #3 Da Vinci Resolve Workshop
  Date: Tuesday, May 15th, 6 - 9 PM
  Instructor: Dave Mullins

  The DaVinci Resolve workshop will give users a run through of how to get your project into resolve from other editors. You will learn how to work with its basic tools and understand more about how colour can affect your film, all to get you on your way to to making it the best it can be.

  David Mullins is an 11 year veteran of the film industry, spending most of his time in Post Production as an editor and online editor for both film and TV. He just finished a gardening series, Transition Garden currently airing on Bell TV.

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• Spring Editing Series #2 Adobe After Effects

  • When
    May 08, 2018
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    18:00 - 21:00
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis. Suite. 101
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  Josh is teaching an introductory course to Adobe After Effects showing simple and effective tools within the program to pull of special effects using live action footage. The goal of this workshop is to learn how After Effects may be useful for your film projects and some of the pitfalls that come with "fixing it in post". We'll talk about green screen removal, rotoscoping, masks and key framing along with general After Effects workflow management.

  Price: $45/55 (Member/Non-Member) tax included

   Registration for this workshop comes with 4 hours use of AFCOOP'S media suite. 

  Josh Owen is an animator, writer, director and freelance sound recordist who has been working in the film industry since graduating Screen Arts at NSCC in 2015. He recently finished an animation commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, "Billy's Behemoth Blast" that was commissioned by AFCOOP and CBC. He is currently editing/animating his next film, "Ghoulish Galactic Grievances" His films have played at Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Toronto After Dark, Halifax Independent filmmakers festival and Regarde. 

  
  

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• MoVI Demo Night

  • When
    May 10, 2018
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    18:00 - 21:00
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis St Suite. 101
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  Have you been itching to get your hands on our newest piece of equipment... the MoVI Camera Stabilizer? On Thursday May 10th AFCOOP is hosting a free demo night where you'll learn how this piece of gear works, get it in your palms, experiment and have fun! The demo night will be led by AFCOOP's technical coordinator Lauren Dial. If you don't know her yet, it's about time you meet her! 

  There is room for 20 people in this class so please register for free on wild apricot in advance.

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• Spring Editing Series #3 Da Vinci Resolve

  • When
    May 15, 2018
  •  
    18:00 - 21:00
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis. Suite. 101
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  The DaVinci Resolve workshop will give users a run through of how to get your project into resolve from other editors. You will learn how to work with its basic tools and understand more about how colour can affect your film, all to get you on your way to to making it the best it can be.
  

  Price: $45/55 (Member/Non-Member Tax Included)
  

  David Mullins is an 11 year veteran of the film industry, spending most of his time in Post Production as an editor and online editor for both film and TV. He just finished a gardening series, Transition Garden, currently airing on Bell TV.
  

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• Handmade Emulsion

  • Start
    May 19, 2018
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  • End
    May 21, 2018
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis. Suite. 101
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  Handmade Emulsion

  You may have heard of DIY and eco-processing for film, but did you know you can make your own emulsion too?  Enter the world of chemistry and darkroom magic and create an unwashed B+W silver gelatin emulsion on 16mm film. Handmade emulsions have a distinct and wonderful look to them that cannot be duplicated by other means and provide a wonderful basis for nearly-endless experimentation. In this 3-day workshop participants will learn how to create their own emulsion for celluloid film from scratch.

  Participants will gain an understanding of the basic film emulsion chemistry and will create a simple, raw, low ISO black and white film stock using three key ingredients in the production of a silver-based emulsion: gelatin, potassium bromide, and silver nitrate. We will collectively shoot some handmade emulsion and then hand-processed it.  See the results by the end of the session. The workshop is aimed at both experienced practitioners and beginners, and includes all film stock, chemistry, supplies and workbook. Topics include: emulsion creation and handling; film coating techniques; DIY; processing; troubleshooting.
  

  Price: FREE for AFCOOP members, $60 non-members (tax included)

  Instructor: Lindsay McIntyre

  Lindsay McIntyre is a Canadian film artist of Inuit/Scottish descent working with analog film. Her process-based works circles themes of portraiture, place, form and personal histories with strong links to Canada’s North. She has created 30 short films and does film projection performance. Her works involve experimental and documentary techniques, and since 2011, handmade emulsion.  She holds an MFA in Film Production from Concordia in Montreal and a BFA with Distinction from the University of Alberta. Lindsay will be in Halifax in May and early June, taking part in an artist residency through AFCOOP.

  This workshop series is generously supported with funding from Arts Nova Scotia and the Canada Council for the Arts.
  

  
  
  

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• Film Manipulation / Destruction

  • When
    May 24, 2018
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    18:00 - 21:00
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis. Suite. 101
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  Film Manipulation / Destruction

  There is a rich history of manual film manipulation and cameraless filmmaking - scratching, bleaching, cutting and pasting and much more! See some of the best of the best and learn how it’s done. Take your experimental filmmaking to the next level with this fun evening-long workshop.

  Price: FREE for AFCOOP members, $20 non-members (tax included)

  Instructor: Lindsay McIntyre

  Lindsay McIntyre is a Canadian film artist of Inuit/Scottish descent working with analog film. Her process-based works circles themes of portraiture, place, form and personal histories with strong links to Canada’s North. She has created 30 short films and does film projection performance. Her works involve experimental and documentary techniques, and since 2011, handmade emulsion.  She holds an MFA in Film Production from Concordia in Montreal and a BFA with Distinction from the University of Alberta. Lindsay will be in Halifax in May and early June, taking part in an artist residency through AFCOOP.

  This workshop series is generously supported with funding from Arts Nova Scotia and the Canada Council for the Arts.
  

  
  
  

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• JK Optical Printer

  • Start
    May 26, 2018
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  • End
    June 03, 2018
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis. Suite. 101
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  JK Optical Printer

  The optical printer was the most important piece of kit in special effects before the 1990s when computers took over.  For the experimental filmmaker, its importance hasn’t changed. Optical Printing allows filmmakers to re-photograph strips of film and other images onto 16mm. Typically used for creating titles and effects or for copying and restoring old film material, filmmakers take advantage of the machine’s flexibility to use for experimental film projects.

  Learn the basics of optical printing with AFCOOP’s JK Optical Printer in this hands-on workshop. Topics include: capture of any film format, blowing up Super 8 to 16mm, digital conversion and analogue special effects including step and skip printing, speed changes, blow ups, masking, travelling mattes, titles and other fun effects. Hands-on exercises over two weekends will familiarize participants with this versatile piece of equipment.

  Price: FREE for AFCOOP members, $60 non-members (tax included)

  Instructor: Lindsay McIntyre

  Lindsay McIntyre is a Canadian film artist of Inuit/Scottish descent working with analog film. Her process-based works circles themes of portraiture, place, form and personal histories with strong links to Canada’s North. She has created 30 short films and does film projection performance. Her works involve experimental and documentary techniques, and since 2011, handmade emulsion.  She holds an MFA in Film Production from Concordia in Montreal and a BFA with Distinction from the University of Alberta. Lindsay will be in Halifax in May and early June, taking part in an artist residency through AFCOOP.

  This workshop series is generously supported with funding from Arts Nova Scotia and the Canada Council for the Arts.
  

  
  
  

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• Handmade 16mm Camera

  • When
    June 02, 2018
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    10:00 - 17:00
  • Location
    5663 Cornwallis. Suite. 101
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  Handmade 16mm Camera

  In this workshop, Lindsay McIntyre will show you how to make one of the simplest and earliest photographic devices - the pinhole. We’ll go over the basics of pinhole photography and you’ll understand how light, aperture, focal length and the camera obscura come into play. You’ll learn how to construct your own 16mm motion picture pinhole camera from scratch and how to use pinhole lenses on other motion picture cameras.  We’ll also test out our new devices and hand-process the results. Handmade cameras are yours to keep after the workshop.
  

  Price: FREE for AFCOOP members, $20 non-members (tax included)

  Instructor: Lindsay McIntyre

  Lindsay McIntyre is a Canadian film artist of Inuit/Scottish descent working with analog film. Her process-based works circles themes of portraiture, place, form and personal histories with strong links to Canada’s North. She has created 30 short films and does film projection performance. Her works involve experimental and documentary techniques, and since 2011, handmade emulsion.  She holds an MFA in Film Production from Concordia in Montreal and a BFA with Distinction from the University of Alberta. Lindsay will be in Halifax in May and early June, taking part in an artist residency through AFCOOP.

  This workshop series is generously supported with funding from Arts Nova Scotia and the Canada Council for the Arts.
  

  
  
  

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