Guest lecturers announced for upcoming Digital Filmmaking Workshops
February 26, 2009 / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Guest lecturers announced for upcoming Digital Filmmaking Workshops
Seminars on Independent Film return to Manchester on April 25-26, 2009.
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Digital Filmmaking Workshops has announced the guest lecturers for their upcoming weekend seminar, Producing, Marketing & Screening Your Independent Film, which will be held 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (both days) on April 25-26, 2009, at the production studio of Back Lot Films, located at 105 Faltin Drive in Manchester, N.H. The guest lecturers include Matthew Newton (Film Specialist for the NH Film and Television Office), Jeff Rapsis (Associate Publisher for HippoPress), Paul Durham (Associate at Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green) and John Campanello (Actor & Owner of BetweenGigs Casting Agency).
Matthew Newton is the director of the New Hampshire Film and Television Office in Concord which promotes the state as a filmmaking destination for media projects and works to support New Hampshire’s in-state film and video industry. Newton is a 1997 graduate of the Film Production program at Keene State College in Keene, NH, where he returned to teach film production in 2003 and 2004. He has also worked as a Production Coordinator and Editor at C.2K Entertainment, a commercial production company in Los Angeles, CA and in a variety of capacities on feature film and television projects on the west coast.
Jeff Rapsis is a New Hampshire native who wrote and performed the score for the feature-length film Dangerous Crosswinds. (2005) He regularly composes scores for classic silent films, most recently creating and recording music for the newly restored feature comedy Campus Knights (1929) being re-released in 2009 by Looser Than Loose Vintage Entertainment. He regularly accompanies silent films at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, N.H. and the Palace Theatre in Manchester, N.H., and has played for screenings at the New York Public Library, the Kansas Silent Film Festival, and many other venues. Rapsis is co-owner of HippoPress, the weekly arts and entertainment newspaper of southern New Hampshire, for which he covers classical music and serves as Associate Publisher.
Paul Durham is an Associate at the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green. He chairs the firm’s Entertainment, Media and Publishing practice group and represents individual artists, authors, independent filmmakers and television producers as well as an Academy Award winning screenwriter. Paul also represented a creative services agency in the negotiation of the television and sponsorship rights for a package of NCAA football games to be broadcast on a national cable television network. Before moving to New Hampshire, Paul was Senior Counsel at Playboy TV International, LLC, where he managed international legal affairs for the television company and assisted executives in launching branded television networks around the world. He also worked as an associate at a major law firm in Miami, Florida and has taught undergraduate and MBA-level law and business courses at Southern New Hampshire University and Daniel Webster College.
John Campanello has been involved in the film and television industry in New England since 1996. As an actor, he has appeared in over 40 local and regional commercials, as well as several corporate videos, print ads, and independent films. His company, BetweenGigs Casting, provides talent casting services to media projects, corporate and private events, and theatre organizations. John is co-host of Hollywood New England, a community access television program that profiles people from New England who are working in the entertainment and media industries. He also recently hosted a documentary segment on pet cemeteries, entitled Unconditional Love, written and produced by Hollywood New England co-producer, Ken Lawrence.
From the crew of Dangerous Crosswinds, Old Man Dogs and the upcoming Death & Glory the Digital Filmmaking Workshops have been created by Bill Millios of Back Lot Films & Marc Vadeboncoeur of Goodheart Media Services with a philosophy towards instructing students how they can achieve their goals with a ‘no-nonsense do-it-yourself’ approach. “This is a terrific group of guest speakers that we’ve lined up for this year’s workshops,” said Millios. “They’re an extremely experienced group of film & theatre professionals who add an important dynamic to our workshops”.
Attendees will receive valuable insight into the creative, technical, and marketing strategies essential for filmmaking. Small class size, practical demonstrations, and a wide range of topics will give students the opportunity to expand their knowledge and put it to immediate use. Testimonials from past workshops have been posted on the http://www.digitalfilmmakingworkshops.com/ website.
In 2005 Dangerous Crosswinds screened in close to twenty locations in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont, including the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, N.H., Lebanon Opera House in Lebanon, N.H. and the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. Commentators praised the film as an outstanding example of independent film made outside traditional cinema circles. DVDTalk.com awarded the film a four-star rating, New Hampshire Magazine called Dangerous Crosswinds “provocative – a film which explores the light and dark sides of human nature,” John Clayton of the New Hampshire Union Leader wrote that “this is honest and brave filmmaking,” while Mike Sullivan in the Portsmouth Herald described Dangerous Crosswinds as being “independent filmmaking in its purest form.”
Registration for the two-day seminar is $497. In addition, attendees will receive complimentary copies of the Digital Filmmaking Workshops Handbook, a DVD of Dangerous Crosswinds and the Discmakers Ultimate Guide to Releasing Your Film on DVD. For more information please call 1-978-702-9503 or visit http://www.digitalfilmmakingworkshops.com/.
High-resolution photos available upon request.
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Guest lecturers announced for upcoming Digital Filmmaking Workshops
Seminars on Independent Film return to Manchester on April 25-26, 2009.
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Digital Filmmaking Workshops has announced the guest lecturers for their upcoming weekend seminar, Producing, Marketing & Screening Your Independent Film, which will be held 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (both days) on April 25-26, 2009, at the production studio of Back Lot Films, located at 105 Faltin Drive in Manchester, N.H. The guest lecturers include Matthew Newton (Film Specialist for the NH Film and Television Office), Jeff Rapsis (Associate Publisher for HippoPress), Paul Durham (Associate at Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green) and John Campanello (Actor & Owner of BetweenGigs Casting Agency).
Matthew Newton is the director of the New Hampshire Film and Television Office in Concord which promotes the state as a filmmaking destination for media projects and works to support New Hampshire’s in-state film and video industry. Newton is a 1997 graduate of the Film Production program at Keene State College in Keene, NH, where he returned to teach film production in 2003 and 2004. He has also worked as a Production Coordinator and Editor at C.2K Entertainment, a commercial production company in Los Angeles, CA and in a variety of capacities on feature film and television projects on the west coast.
Jeff Rapsis is a New Hampshire native who wrote and performed the score for the feature-length film Dangerous Crosswinds. (2005) He regularly composes scores for classic silent films, most recently creating and recording music for the newly restored feature comedy Campus Knights (1929) being re-released in 2009 by Looser Than Loose Vintage Entertainment. He regularly accompanies silent films at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, N.H. and the Palace Theatre in Manchester, N.H., and has played for screenings at the New York Public Library, the Kansas Silent Film Festival, and many other venues. Rapsis is co-owner of HippoPress, the weekly arts and entertainment newspaper of southern New Hampshire, for which he covers classical music and serves as Associate Publisher.
Paul Durham is an Associate at the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green. He chairs the firm’s Entertainment, Media and Publishing practice group and represents individual artists, authors, independent filmmakers and television producers as well as an Academy Award winning screenwriter. Paul also represented a creative services agency in the negotiation of the television and sponsorship rights for a package of NCAA football games to be broadcast on a national cable television network. Before moving to New Hampshire, Paul was Senior Counsel at Playboy TV International, LLC, where he managed international legal affairs for the television company and assisted executives in launching branded television networks around the world. He also worked as an associate at a major law firm in Miami, Florida and has taught undergraduate and MBA-level law and business courses at Southern New Hampshire University and Daniel Webster College.
John Campanello has been involved in the film and television industry in New England since 1996. As an actor, he has appeared in over 40 local and regional commercials, as well as several corporate videos, print ads, and independent films. His company, BetweenGigs Casting, provides talent casting services to media projects, corporate and private events, and theatre organizations. John is co-host of Hollywood New England, a community access television program that profiles people from New England who are working in the entertainment and media industries. He also recently hosted a documentary segment on pet cemeteries, entitled Unconditional Love, written and produced by Hollywood New England co-producer, Ken Lawrence.From the crew of Dangerous Crosswinds, Old Man Dogs and the upcoming Death & Glory the Digital Filmmaking Workshops have been created by Bill Millios of Back Lot Films & Marc Vadeboncoeur of Goodheart Media Services with a philosophy towards instructing students how they can achieve their goals with a ‘no-nonsense do-it-yourself’ approach. “This is a terrific group of guest speakers that we’ve lined up for this year’s workshops,” said Millios. “They’re an extremely experienced group of film & theatre professionals who add an important dynamic to our workshops”.
Attendees will receive valuable insight into the creative, technical, and marketing strategies essential for filmmaking. Small class size, practical demonstrations, and a wide range of topics will give students the opportunity to expand their knowledge and put it to immediate use. Testimonials from past workshops have been posted on the http://www.digitalfilmmakingworkshops.com/ website.
In 2005 Dangerous Crosswinds screened in close to twenty locations in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont, including the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, N.H., Lebanon Opera House in Lebanon, N.H. and the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. Commentators praised the film as an outstanding example of independent film made outside traditional cinema circles. DVDTalk.com awarded the film a four-star rating, New Hampshire Magazine called Dangerous Crosswinds “provocative – a film which explores the light and dark sides of human nature,” John Clayton of the New Hampshire Union Leader wrote that “this is honest and brave filmmaking,” while Mike Sullivan in the Portsmouth Herald described Dangerous Crosswinds as being “independent filmmaking in its purest form.”
Registration for the two-day seminar is $497. In addition, attendees will receive complimentary copies of the Digital Filmmaking Workshops Handbook, a DVD of Dangerous Crosswinds and the Discmakers Ultimate Guide to Releasing Your Film on DVD. For more information please call 1-978-702-9503 or visit http://www.digitalfilmmakingworkshops.com/.
High-resolution photos available upon request.
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