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 Check out this Ultra Cool Film Contest that Saint John NBFC member Rob Parsons and his team are putting on!
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NB - VIDEO EDITING CONTEST!
PANB AND THE NBFC: SHARING NEW BRUNSWICK STORIES
By Britany Sparrow
NBFC Member Britany Sparrow's work place. P154-175 - THE PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES (PANB).
I have been a member of the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative for more than a decade, and although many things have changed over the last ten years, one thing has always stayed constant: New Brunswick filmmakers want to tell New Brunswick stories. We want to celebrate our heroes, explore our mysteries, and tell the world who we are.
The filmmaker’s desire to tell New Brunswick stories overlaps with my work at the Provincial Archives. At PANB, we collect and preserve the documents of the people, institutions and government of the province in order to preserve our heritage and our culture. Under provincial legislation, it is our responsibility to assemble and make available for research records bearing upon the history of New Brunswick.
The documents in the Archives are provincial treasures, and working at PANB has allowed me to meet and work with researchers from all around the world. However, I often find that my own peers, fellow filmmakers and local history buffs alike, are unaware of what the Archives is, and what it is that we do.
First of all, the Archives’ holdings are impressive, to say the least. There are over 80,000 boxes of material in our repository, including textual documents, photographs, maps, architectural drawings, and audio, video, and film records. But although the sheer volume of material is impressive, what are really amazing are the contents of those boxes.
(P154 - The Provincial Archives)
We have love letters written between a farmer and his teacher fiancé during their long distance courtship in the 1940s. We have court transcripts from the trial of two Columbian drug runners who crashed their plane near Fredericton in the 1980s. We have photographs of child labourers in New Brunswick from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And we have film footage of the Royal Canadian Dragoons Calvary from the 1920s and 1930s.
And that is just a sample of the material stored at PANB. Not only do we have a wide variety of genealogical records and family histories, we have records from government departments, records from businesses and organizations, newspapers, church records, personal and professional papers of politicians, and books and publications on many aspects of New Brunswick history. The records at PANB date as far back as the Loyalist, Acadian, and pre-Loyalist periods and cover New Brunswick’s history all the way up to 2017.
Another thing to note is that our records belong to the people of New Brunswick, and the majority of the records are available to the public. We have legislation in place, the Archives Act, to ensure the protection of privacy of the people, but the majority of our records are open for public inspection and you can research at no cost. There are fees for copying.
We also offer tours of the facilities, including the conservation lab and the repository. The tours can be done in English or in French and require a reservation 24 hours in advance.
We are open from 9-5, Monday to Saturday. We are located at 23 Dineen Drive on the UNB campus, and we absolutely welcome drop-in visitors. We can also be contacted by email (archivesNB@gnb.ca) or by telephone (506-453-2122). Our website is www.archives.gnb.ca, and you can also get updates from us on the Government of New Brunswick twitter feed. @Gov_NB / @Gouv_NB
(P154-189 - The Provincial Archives)
NBFC STAFF RECEIVES MAJOR GRANT TO CUT MUSIC ALBUM
Membership Services Director and WIFT-AT member Cat LeBlanc recently received an artsnb music scholarship to expand and develop her songwriting, a songwriting grant from CC, and now, a grant from the province of NB to do her first professional Music EP. Cat is now being mentored by award-winning singer/songwriter Debbie Adshade.
Cat does solo work and, has formed her own band Cat LeBlanc and the Samsonites. She also does backup vocals for the band Free To Grow lead by Jeff Patch.
Cat LeBlanc and her new band, Cat LeBlanc and the Samsonites at Grimross Brewing recently.
You can check out her music on YouTube and SoundCloud.
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazIETCf8z_mlGwleMOqPRg
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/catleblanc
PAYPAL LINKS ARE UP FOR NBFC MEMBERSHIP AND RENEWALS FOR 2017
It's time to renew your co-op membership for 2017, renewals are due annually in January for ongoing members. If you email Cat to ask for her help with anything filmic, the first thing she will ask you to do is renew as her focus is the co-op members in good standing. The paypal links for memberships for 2017 are up on the co-op website - http://nbfilmcoop.com/joining
Renewed and New Members: Joel Thompson, John Thornton, Jack Cunningham, Zsuzsanna Szabo-Nyarady (Fredericton), Colleen Furlotte (Riverview), Jeffrey Kelley (Saint John).
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artsnb is presenting a first of its kind Indigenous FILM SLAM! with the NB Film Co-op and the imagineNATIVE Film Festival!
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INDIGENOUS FILM SLAM WORKSHOP WEEKEND
artsnb, the NB Film Co-op and the imagineNATIVE Film Festival are excited to be partnering on the first Indigenous Film Slam in Fredericton!
This weekend of training and filmmaking for Indigenous newbies from across New Brunswick will involve one team of people shooting a short film using traditional filmmaking methods (HD filmmaking) (Lisa Jodoin and Ashley Phinney) and another team of people shooting a short film using new technology (ipads) (Howard Adler).
On Friday, May 26, the partners will host an opening reception for the participants as well as a screening of short films done by Indigenous filmmakers from across Canada including Lisa Jodoin's first short film, Tracing Blood. Saturday will involve training and shooting and Sunday will see each group editing and finishing their short videos followed by a screening event to close the workshop weekend.
Special thanks to artsnb who received funding for this special workshop.
NB FILM CO-OP WORKSHOPS ACROSS NEW BRUNSWICK
(there is a paypal link on each workshop page title you click on to register for each workshop, see below).Moncton and Saint John workshops start up in April and registration for for them is now OPEN.
Email: info@nbfilmcoop.com to get a pdf of the workshop programs emailed to you.
Through this annual provincial training programme, you can learn from qualified, specialized instructors.
By participating, you acquire new, incredibly interesting skills, and enjoy the camaraderie of the film community in New Brunswick.
The NB Film Co-op workshop series provides hands-on practical film and video training for members and non-members alike. Formally registering and paying in advance is the only way to ensure you will have a seat in any of the offered courses. Register in person at the NB Film Co-op (call or email to make an appointment first please!) (Cash, Cheque or Money Order) or by mail (Cheques and Money Orders only). Pay Pal is now an option as well. There are always limited spots available for all workshops so please call or email staff to see if there are available spots before you send your payment. You can put your name on the waiting list for workshops already full.
NOTE: Are you a Saint John resident who wants to take filmmaking workshops but can't afford to due to financial constraints. Apply to the NB Film Co-op FILM PIX SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM and you may gain entrance to a certain number of workshops in the Saint John Workshop Program this year. Please email Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com and she will email you the Film Pix Scholarship Application form for 2017. http://nbfilmcoop.com/programs/film-pix-scholarship
Workshops and Courses
The Majority of the workshops are held at the NB Film Co-op at 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton, NB beginning in early February annually. Instructors and workshop times are subject to change. There are separate workshop programs and schedules for workshops happening in Moncton and Saint John beginning in March annually. All participants will be notified by email/telephone of any changes with the workshop for which they have registered. For all day workshops, we recommend that you bring your own lunch.
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SAINT JOHN - MASTERING CINEMATOGRAPHY
http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/mastering-cinematography
(Intermediate – Theory)
May 20, Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm
Instructor: Paul Erskine
Location: Saint John Free Public Library, 1 Market Sq, Saint John, New Brunswick, ROOM #1
Fee: $25 For Film Co-op Members/$35 For Non-Members
Class Limit: 8
At the heart of every great movie, is outstanding cinematography.
This workshop will cover cinematography in detail with the goal being to enable you to bring cinematography concepts and hopefully great images to your film making. Topics will include: what is cinematography, examples of great cinematography, lenses (types, capabilities), cameras (types, capabilities, which to use when), depth of field, lighting concepts, achieving perfect focus, getting movement in your shots, support gear (tripods, sliders, stabilizers, dollies, field monitors), how a DOP works with a Director and more.
INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Paul Erskine is an award winning Director, DOP and screenwriter. He has directed six shorts, produced nine and been the DOP on ten. His shorts have screened at over forty festivals in Canada and internationally including Silver Wave, Canada International Film Festival, Toronto Short Film Festival, SoCal Film Festival and Los Angeles Cinefest.
He is also an avid screenwriter having penned six feature screenplays and numerous shorts. His latest screenplay placed in the top 1% of the Nicholl Fellowship screenwriting contest run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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FREDERICTON - ACTING FOR THE CAMERA
http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/acting-camera
(Intro – Theory and Hands-on)
May 25, Thursday, 6 pm – 10 pm
Instructor: Jeff Bate Boerop
Location: New Brunswick Film Co-op, 732 Charlotte Street, basement resource centre, Fredericton
Fee: $25 For Film Co-op Members/$35 For Non-Members
Class Limit: 8
The intention of the workshop is to look at, explore and try out some of the tools an actor can use to develop their craft and hopefully get the part! Focus will be on text analysis character development, the audition process, and cold and prepared readings.
INSTRUCTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Jeff has been acting in theatre and films in Fredericton for 22 years. After a stint of a few years in the big city of Toronto where he studied at Equity Showcase Theatre, he returned to Fredericton where he has appeared in TNB’s productions of It’s a Wonderful Life, The Dollar Woman and Noel Coward’s Private Lives. His one-person performance of Marx in Soho did three runs in Fredericton, and was also performed in Toronto at the 2016 Mayworks Festival. In film, Jeff performed the lead roles in Tony Merzetti’s biopics about Fredericton poets Francis Sherman and Bliss Carman. Jeff has indulged in sketch comedy with the troupe The Fiddleheadz, and appeared most recently in Frictive Pictures’ short film Chiaroscuro. Jeff is a graduate of the British-American Drama Academy’s summer program at Oxford, England.
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MONCTON - SCREENWRITING
http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/screenwriting-1
(Intro – Theory and Hands-on)
May 21 Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm
Instructor: Iain MacLeod
Location: Nova Media Production Services, 108 High Street, Moncton, New Brunswick
Fee: $45 for NBFC Members/$55 for Non-Members
Number Limit: 10
A study of screenwriting both technically and creatively, this course is ideal for novice writers with little or no experience. Participants will learn how the elements of story (plot, conflict, theme, dialogue, and character development) are used specifically for film. This course will also cover technical details such as formatting and film specific writing techniques. This workshop will give you the boost you need to dive in, or fix up your next great project.
Participants are encouraged (but not required) to bring a short film idea to be discussed if time permits.
INSTRUCTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Iain MacLeod is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in Halifax. Educated at the Canadian Film Centre he has written and directed a number of short films and written for such TV shows as Street Cents, Trailer Park Boys and This Hour and 22mins. He has also written or co-written several feature films, including Beat Down, Relative Happiness and Your Money or Your Wife, which he also directed. This past summer he directed his second feature (You Ruined Our Life) currently in post-production. Iain is a past Film 5 writer mentor, has taught many screenwriting workshops at AFCOOP and co-designed its Script Clinic.
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MONCTON - THE AD ON SET
http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/ad-set
(Intro – Theory and Hands-on)
May 28 Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm
Instructor: Nicole Close
Location: Nova Media Production Services, 108 High Street, Moncton, New Brunswick
Fee: $45 for NBFC Members/$55 for Non-Members
(Required Workshop for members who want to direct/produce their own projects through NB Film Co-op)
Number Limit: 8
This one-day workshop will cover the specific functions of the AD team and provide an overview of how a strong AD team facilitates & organizes an efficient film project. Pre-production and production requirements will be discussed including the importance of communication & work flow between AD team, Production & crew and how that translates to on-set responsibilities. We will break down a short film together & touch base on one-liners, shooting schedules, and all the other fun paperwork that every good AD loves, or loves to hate.
INSTRUCTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Nicole Close is a Halifax-based Assistant Director and one of the leading production professionals in the Nova Scotia film industry.
Originally from Vancouver, Nicole has lived in Halifax since the late 1990s. She started in the film and television industry as an actor, working first in commercials, then in dramatic film and TV roles. The more experience she had on film sets the more Nicole was drawn to the action behind the camera. After volunteering on a number of productions in various departments she found her calling as an assistant director.
Nicole has extensive experience both as a First and Second AD. This includes television (Mr. D.; Trailer Park Boys; Sex & Violence; Forgive Me) and feature films (Your Money Or Your Wife; Copperhead; Bunker 6; Hobo with a Shotgun) as well as web series (Everyone’s Famous; Cheap Smokes - Swearnet). Nicole has also been involved on more than a dozen short films, taught workshops and provided mentorship for various film programs in Nova Scotia.
Outside of work, Nicole has travelled extensively. Beginning in her teens in the Orient (Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea), later in New Zealand and most recently Central America (El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama). She continues to feed her passions for making films & travelling. Hoping one day to combine them.
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MONCTON - NON-LINEAR PICTURE EDITING
http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/non-linear-picture-editing
(Intro – Theory and Hands-on)
June 3, Saturday, 11 am - 4 pm
Instructor: Rocky Warren
Location: Nova Media Production Services, 108 High Street, Moncton, New Brunswick
Fee: $25 for NBFC Members/$35 for Non-Members
Number Limit: 8
This workshop will cover how to edit your projects. Among the topics covered will be managing your material, troubleshooting and backing up your work. The instructor will be using: Grass Valley Edius Pro 8.0, Da Vinci Resolve and Premiere Pro.
INSTRUCTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Rocklyn Warren has been around production circles for quite a while now, having been in the film biz for 30+ yrs. He has been involved with everything from single person productions to multi-camera broadcast TV shows. Starting out in the early 80’s as a program director/cameraman/audio tech/editor/director for community TV stations in Nova Scotia, he moved on to commercial/corporate productions. After a move to Moncton, NB in ’94, Rocky became involved with TV series work for the History Channel, Discovery Channel, CBC, SRC , etc. Rocky's true expertise lies in the roles of Director of Photography and Video Editor for TV Shows, Commercials and Digital Cinema Productions.
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SAINT JOHN - DOCUMENTARY: TELLING PERSONAL STORIES THAT MATTER
http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/documentary-telling-personal-stories-matter
(Intro – Theory)
June 3, Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm
Instructor: Matt Brown
Location: Saint John Free Public Library, 1 Market Sq, Saint John, New Brunswick, ROOM #1
Fee: $25 For Film Co-op Members/$35 For Non-Members
Class Limit: 8
This full day workshop is designed to provide the participants with the necessary theory to make documentaries that are intriguing, demanding and challenging.
The workshop will cover the four basic steps of documentary filmmaking step-by-step. At the end, participants will be able to take away invaluable insights to incorporate into their projects.
INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Matt is an award-winning writer, director, filmmaker and photographer. To date he has five short films to his credit. In 2006, his short film “Cold Day in Hell” won three awards at the Silver Wave Film Festival including: Best Short Drama, Best Sound Design and Best Art Direction. The film was also nominated in the Best Short Action Sequence in the prestigious Action on Film Festival in LA. His short film “Mountaindale" was selected for CBC’s national Internet
competition “Roots Challenge” in 2010.
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MONCTON - YOU OUGHTA BE IN PICTURES - ACTING
http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/you-oughta-be-pictures-acting
(Intermediate – Theory and Hands-on)
June 10, Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm
Instructor: Nicole Steeves
Location: Nova Media Production Services, 108 High Street, Moncton, New Brunswick
Fee: $45 For Film Co-op Members/$55 For Non-Members
(Film Co-op Members are required to take this workshop before they direct/produce their own projects through the Film Co-op)
Number Limit: 8
Ever sit there and wonder, what more can I do to score that role?
From an actor and director's combined approach, this workshop will explore preparing for that audition, leaving a lasting impression, building relationships, working with the director and other actors, and learning set etiquette.
Learn core principles of being a film actor while exploring the artistic and technical demands using a variety of discussions and exercises including on-camera work.
INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Nicole Steeves is a Writer/Director/Actor. She has written and directed six short films. She recently made her first feature film, “Head Space”, with producer Lynn Matheson. The feature was made possible through the 1K WAVE ATLANTIC program created by WIFT-AT and Ingrid Veninger of pUNK Films
Nicole was the winner of the 2015 WIFT Pitch Competition for her project “Getaway”.
Along with co-writer Struan Sutherland and producer Andre Pettigrew, Nicole became one of the CineCoup Top 15 finalists in Canada with their concept for Namas-DIE. Gnaw, a short film created for Cinecoup was picked by Telefilms Not Short On Talent Program and screened at Clermont Ferrand short film market.
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SAINT JOHN - HOW TO WRITE AND DIRECT A SHORT FILM
http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/how-write-and-direct-short-film-1
(Intro – Theory)
June 10 Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm
Instructor: Paul Erskine
Location: Saint John Free Public Library, 1 Market Sq, Saint John, New Brunswick, ROOM #1
Fee: $25 For Film Co-op Members/$35 For Non-Members
Class Limit: 8
(Film Co-op Members are required to take this workshop before they direct/produce their own projects through the Film Co-op)
This workshop will teach you the essentials of short filmmaking. Topics to be covered will include screenwriting, pre-production (costs/budgets/financing, gear, casting, essential crew, locations), cinematography, how to direct, capturing good audio, editing and post-production.
The workshop will include filmmaking videos and clips from award winning short films.
All participants will be provided a 10+ page workshop guide.
INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Paul Erskine is an award winning Director, DOP and screenwriter. He has directed six shorts, produced nine and been the DOP on ten. His shorts have screened at over forty festivals in Canada and internationally including Silver Wave, Canada International Film Festival, Toronto Short Film Festival, SoCal Film Festival and Los Angeles Cinefest.
He is also an avid screenwriter having penned six feature screenplays and numerous shorts. His latest screenplay placed in the top 1% of the Nicholl Fellowship screenwriting contest run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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FREDERICTON - PRACTICAL MAGIC - PRACTICAL EFFECTS ON A SHOESTRING
http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/practical-magic-practical-effects-shoest...
(Intro – Theory and Hands-on)
June 25, Sunday, 11 am – 5 pm
Instructor: Tim Tracey
Location: New Brunswick Film Co-op, 732 Charlotte Street, basement resource centre, Fredericton
Fee: $35 For Film Co-op Members/$45 For Non-Members
Class Limit: 10
In this workshop award-winning filmmaker Tim Tracey will explore the world of affordable practical effects. Tim will delve into his own experiences creating practical effects on micro budget films, demonstrate how he has crafted some amazing props and provide some of the tricks and tips he has picked up over the years. Tim will be happy to provide guidance for any concerns or question you may encounter on your own project so come with some ideas!
INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Halifax based Tim Tracey is a small town boy, who dreamed of one day being a fisherman, unfortunately a crippling fear of boats ended that dream before it could start.
Tim's next dream involved becoming a radioactive turtle, with his Ninja Turtle action figures in tow young Tim wandered around karate chopping everything in sight. Nothing was safe from this seven-year-old reptile wanna be. Soon the karate chops become boring and little Tim wanted a sai and nunchaku, in the time before the internet this would be a difficult purchase so the decision to make these instruments of carnage out of Styrofoam was an obvious one. This began his passion for practical effects and he has been creating his own practical effects since.
Tim is currently editing his latest feature film 'Canadian Ninja'.
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