Saturday, October 27, 2007

 

FEAR in New Orleans - A Film Festival for Special Effects

PLEASE JOIN US FOR FEAR:
Film, Effects & Animation Revival

October 26 - 29, 2007

Day Pass $25
4 Day Pass $75
VIP $150


This fabulous affair of enormous proportions recognizes the use of effects
and animation in film and story. FEAR is a celebration of the arts that separate
video from movie. The artists that are involved with created illusions for your
eyes and ears will be at FEAR to showcase there talents and give practical
demonstrations in their field.


Festival Venues:
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center
Canal Place Cinema

FEAR in New Orleans is presented by Lucid SFX Development Cultural Arts Center,
Charitable Film Network, Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center, with support from
Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Bottletree Productions, The Consortium of Genius,
Squarewave Media, and Schollnick Advertising.


Look Here for the Complete Festival Schedule and Ticket Sales



Friday October 26
ASHÉ Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

6:00 PM - Meet and Greet opening Gala

Come and Intro yourself and Learn what FEAR has to offer! Meet with the crew
from LSD and CFN while being dazzled by the personalities of Jennifer Delora and
our Hostesses the Lilith-bots and Suicide Girls.

8:00 PM - The Consortium of Genius
Hear one of Louisiana's most innovative rock bands take over the world! The COG's
impressive stage show and sound will set the pace for FEAR to spread throughout
New Orleans.

Following COG ~ Wrap up Gala and a Toast to the beginning of FEAR!


Saturday October 27
ASHÉ Cultural Arts Center
, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

12:00 PM - The Changing Times Band

Swamp Rock and Swamp Pop music from the Heart of Louisiana covering tunes to bring
you closer to the bayou. This eclectic band of good time jammers are sure to get your
feet tapping and bring on the festivities of the day. While the band plays, there will be
celebrity walk arounds, booths, photo ops, Character walk arounds and just plain fun.

2:00 PM - VSFX Artists Andrew Schneider and Sean Palmer from Blue Sky
demonstrate CG images.


3:00 PM - Panel Discussion on Independent and Low Budget Film
Ron Jeremy, Jennifer Delora to be main speakers.

5:00 PM - Prosthetics Demonstration by Danny Jouet from LSD

Danny will do a face cast of a lucky individual that will later be given to the individual.

6:00 PM - Festival Exclusive Showing - "New Liberty"
A short film by VSFX artist and Director Sean Palmer. This independent film is a masterpiece
of visual effects using imagery to draw you into the world of a man trying to find who
he is. Obsessively tormented with dreams, he finds his solace in literature, which becomes
the story of his life.

6:30 PM - Festival Exclusive Showing - "Litter Kills"
A short film by VSFX artist and Director Andrew Schneider. This independent short
animation is a masterpiece of visual effects using imagery to emphasize the idea of
keeping our planet clean. A single piece of trash leads to destruction.

7:00 PM - Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Explained in Video by Michael Wesch, to this end, Wesch is launching the
Digital Ethnography Working Group, a team of undergraduates exploring human uses
of digital technology. Coinciding with the launch of this group, Wesch created a short
video, "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us." Released on YouTube on January 31st
2007, it quickly became the most popular video in the blogosphere and has now been
viewed over 3 million times. Wesch has won several awards for his work with video,
including a Wired Magazine Rave Award and the John Culkin Award for Outstanding
Media Praxis from the Media Ecology Association. Along with other explorations of
mediated culture, the Digital Ethnography working group is now studying video-blogging
on YouTube, a project which was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

7:30 PM - "Blood Brothers"
A short fan film by VSFX artist and Director Brandon Dunaway based in the world of
"Star Wars" concerning two brothers, bound by blood, yet torn by their beliefs.

7:45 PM - "Tortured Visions"

A dark short by VSFX artist and Director Joseph Vance exploring the visions and imaginations
of a tormented artist.

8:00 PM - "The Hunter's Apprentice (Bootlegged Version)"
A well executed short by Director Mike Ryan about a vampire hunter in training. Extremely
wonderful use of sound and camera angle used to develop the tone and action in this movie.

8:30 PM - "The Proposal"
The question of time is demonstrated in this short by Mike Ryan. Soundscapes and
camera angles give the audience ideas of time relationships leading to the proposed query.

9:00 PM - The Sounds of FEAR

Emilia Sosa ~ Emilia Sosa is a first generation American, born and raised in the swampland that is New Orleans, recently finding refuge in the beautiful city of Seattle. With her, Emilia brings the need to sweat in a packed club moving to groovy bass lines and deep rhythms till the sun comes up.

KJ Sawka
~ Seeing Kevin Sawka on the drums is the only way to believe the hype, the assumed exaggerations of his abilities: that he can play the most complex of jungle, drum'n'bass and breakbeats utilizing no loops and no extended samples -only his two hands and two feet. Whereas some artists claim to be performing live drum'n'bass, live electronica, etc., it's more often than not a drummer playing alongside pre-programmed beats if there's a drummer at all; Sawka, however, can perform each and every 808 bass kick, snare slap, and compressed highhat

DJ Monk and VJ Berkeley ~ The Ultimate Sights & Sounds of FEAR!

Monk - From small dark clubs to massive outdoor festivals, always turning it out - it is here where you, the subterranean public may encounter The Monk...... the Mack-Of-All-Trades, dj/producer/artist and overall hustler of culture. Banging out a soundtrack of underground party music that jumps from hard house and breaks to slamming disco-tech, and twisted techno, to drum and bass rinse-outs, the dreadlocked Monk punishes the crossfader as he works one record against another in a style that owes more to hip hop than to conventional club DJ'ing.

Berkeley- This no-bs video jockey knows how to turn it out! The Fluidity that Berkeley cuts and layers live video compositions staging in the heat of the moment with his partner Monk is unreal. It will be a hard show deciding which is more impressive the work being done or the show being presented!


Sunday October 28
ASHÉ Cultural Arts, Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

12:00 PM - ASHÉ Good Morning


1:00 PM - VSFX Artists Andrew Schneider and Sean Palmer from Blue Sky demonstrate CG images.

2:00 PM - "Metropolis"
In this visionary masterpiece, what director Fritz Lang depicts is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don't know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don't have the vision). Completely separate, neither group is complete, but together they make a whole. One man from the "thinkers" dares visit the underground where the workers toil, and is astonished by what he sees...

4:30 PM - Festival Exclusive Showing - "New Liberty"
A short film by VSFX artist and Director Sean Palmer. This independent film is a masterpiece of visual effects using imagery to draw you into the world of a man trying to find who he is. Obsessively tormented with dreams, he finds his solace in literature, which becomes the story of his life.

5:30 PM - Digital Workshop by LSD (2 hour workshop) Basic Digital Matte Painting and Compositing
Presented by VSFX Artist Rob Poulsen and Brandon Dunaway. This is a combo workshop showing a basic pipeline on how to develop a scene in digital space. Demonstrates how to develop background inserts for film and composite the image sequences together with seamless fluidity.

7:30 PM - Web 2.0
Web 2.0 Explained in Video by Michael Wesch, to this end, Wesch is launching the Digital Ethnography Working Group, a team of undergraduates exploring human uses of digital technology. Coinciding with the launch of this group, Wesch created a short video, "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us." Released on YouTube on January 31st 2007, it quickly became the most popular video in the blogosphere and has now been viewed over 3 million times. Wesch has won several awards for his work with video, including a Wired Magazine Rave Award and the John Culkin Award for Outstanding Media Praxis from the Media Ecology Association. Along with other explorations of mediated culture, the Digital Ethnography working group is now studying video-blogging on YouTube, a project which was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
8:00 PM - FEAR Wrap-up - Preparations for the awards night.

Monday October 29
Canal Place Cinema
333 Canal Street in the Canal Place Center

6:00 PM - FEAR Festival Awards Night
Wear your best and come out to see the winners of FEAR! Special talk from Lucid SFXVSFX Supervisor Joseph Vance. FEAR winning movies will be announced and select films will be viewed. Awards presented and Special Thanks Announced. tick himself, in real-time. Development Co-Founder and Special Thanks Announced.

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