2005 HANDS ON WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS Eastman Kodak Offers Pre-Festival Workshop
On Sunday, September 18, videographers and producers are invited to participate in a day-long workshop shooting beautiful images around Jackson Hole. These participants will be advised by experienced Cinematographers and will spend several hours shooting Super 16mm film. Participants must be attending the Festival on Thursday, September 22 to share their experiences and observations during a roundtable discussion that day. Space is limited, so sign-up early. Click HERE for more details! Apple: Introducing DVD Studio Pro 4
Showcase your HD content in HD resolution with DVD Studio Pro 4. Distributed network encoding allows you to quickly convert your source materials to a wide range of industry formats. Create professional-quality DVDs right away, developing more sophisticated commercial projects as your expertise grows.
Monday: 1:30 - 2:00 PM, Workshop One
Tuesday: 2:00 - 2:30 PM, Workshop One Apple: Introducing Final Cut Pro 5
Final Cut Pro 5 works with virtually any format, from DV and native HDV to fully uncompressed HD while offering you more creative options and technical control than ever before.
Monday: 10:30 - 11:00 AM, Workshop One
Tuesday: 11:00 - 11:30 AM, Workshop One
Tuesday: 4:00 - 4:30 PM, Workshop One Apple: Introducing Motion 2
Nothing like your old-school motion graphics system, Motion 2 ushers in a new paradigm, offering tru film-quality output, GPU accelerated real-time performance and an astounding tool set that lets you create advanced motion graphics with drag-and-drop ease, startling clarity and unprecedented color fidelity.
Monday: 11:30 - 12:00 PM, Workshop One
Tuesday: 12:00 - 12:30 PM, Workshop One Apple: Introducing Soundtrack Pro
Meet the next indispensible addition to your professional workflow. Sample-accurate and nondestructive editing in an intuitive interface make Soundtrack Pro the must-have tool for pro audio engineers and sound designers alike. Enjoy more than 50 effects from Logic Pro and over 5,000 Apple Loops.
Monday: 12:30 - 1:00 PM, Workshop One
Tuesday: 1:00 - 1:30 PM, Workshop One Apple: Advanced Tips for Final Cut Pro 5
Extra tips for the Final Cut Pro user. Final Cut Pro 5 works with virtually any format, from DV and native HDV to fully uncompressed HD while offering you more creative options and technical control than ever before.
Monday: 2:30 - 3:00 PM, Workshop One
Tuesday: 10:00 - 10:30 AM, Workshop One
Tuesday: 3:00 - 3:30 PM, Workshop One Book 'Em
Sometimes there is simply more to tell than is possible in a movie! Look around- a surprising number of your contemporaries are making the most of their time in the field. The beautiful images and incredible stories that never made it to the screen have a life of their own. How did they do it? Get the info. you need to jump into this important, and growing, ancillary market.
Thursday: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Workshop Two The Film Experience
On Sunday, a small group of Jackson Hole participants ventured into the wild to experience shooting Super 16mm film. Join Kodak for a discussion about the new hybrid imageing products available, and a review of the Sunday film acquisition workshop.
Thursday: 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Workshop Two Macrophotography Production Techniques
Close-up cinematography provides unique opportunities to produce creative and dramatic shots. This type of filmmaking, also referred to as macro or micro cinematography, directs the viewer to new types of subject matter and situations requiring special techniques and perspective. Gain some useful insight and insiders tips from wildlife cinematographers that use macrophotography in their work.
Monday: 4:00 - 5:30 PM, Workshop Two
Tuesday: 9:00 - 10:30 AM, Workshop Two Music and Sound on a Budget
Filmmakers are being asked to deliver more while being offered less money to produce their projects. For many, music and sound budgets are severely cut. Under intense pressure, are there still ways to have a quality soundtrack created? A panel of top composers and sound people offers advice on what makes sense and examine the resources filmmakers have available.
Wednesday: 2:00 - 3:30 PM, Workshop Two Panasonic Camera Workshop
Tuesday: 3:00 - 4:30 PM, Workshop Two Pitching to the Majors
Here is your chance to sell your ideas to some of the most sought after production executives from around the globe. They come looking for projects, you come looking for partners! The rules are simple, you have five minutes to make your pitch- then you must move on. Who knows, maybe you will strike gold!
Thursday: 1:30 - 3:00 PM, Workshop One & Workshop Two Polish Your Pitch
Seasoned pros will give candid advice about the project you want to pitch in this early workshop. Don't miss this opportunity for incisive critical input that could give you the edge you need for Thursday's Pitching Roundtable.
Monday: 12:00 - 1:30 PM, Workshop Two Save Our Seas Pitch Session
Have a project that focuses on marine environments or oceanic wildlife? Here is your chance to pitch your idea to the Save Our Seas Foundation- a non-profit very keen to fun worthy programming about the oceans. You have ten minutes to pitch your project to a panet of SOS members.
Thursday: 3:30 - 5:00 PM, Workshop Two Sony Camera Workshop
Wednesday: 9:00 - 10:30 AM, Workshop Two Sound Advice- Location 5.1 Recording
The difference between good sound and great sound is subtle, but undeniable. This hands-on workshop heads right outside, for a realworld practical on recording 5.1 audio under field conditions. From teh aesthetics of microphone placement to detailed logging practices, you will get tips and tactics to create extraordinary soundscapes.
Monday: 2:00 - 3:30 PM, Workshop Two Weaving and Untangled Web
How to adopt filmmaking storytelling traditions to this global, always on, increasingly pervasive mode of communication- and in the context of nature-related environmental storytelling, the power of the Internet to influence change in an audience's behavior.
Tuesday: 12:30 - 2:00 PM, Workshop Two
2005 SEMINARS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Behind Closed Doors: Demystifying Festival Judging
What were they thinking? Anyone who has entered a film in competition wonders how judges determine which programs rise to the top when others seem to fall through the cracks. Here is an insiderís view from some of this yearís Festival judges.
Friday: 9:30 - 11:00 AM, Workshop Two Big FilmsÖLittle Budgets
From HDV to portable, nonlinear editing systems, accessible tools make it possible to create high value programming on a budget. A userís guide that will include discussion on the formats commissioners will accept.
Thursday: 1:30 - 3:00 PM, Seminar Room CGI Reality
Using tools that are more sophisticated and accessible than ever before, we are erasing the boundaries between live action and synthetic imaging, fantasy and fact. In-depth conversation with the luminaries who are creating new worlds.
Wednesday: 1:00 - 2:30 PM Crossing Boundaries: Crafting the Coproduction
From style and substance to contracts and deliverables, coproductions have inherent challenges. Tighter budgets have made international partnership an economic necessity despite the often divergent tastes of the partners. Veterans discuss what the independent producer must consider to make a viable, and profitable, deal.
Tueday: 4:00 - 5:30 PM, Seminar Room Future Shock: Tech Talk
A session dedicated to the future. Some of the brightest minds and technological visionaries discuss what they see beyond the horizon. Where we stand, where we seem to be heading, and what is standing in the way.
Friday: 1:00 - 2:30 PM, Seminar Room Hitting the Big Screen
Natural history programming has migrated out of the living room and onto the big screen. The power of this move extends well beyond the marketplace with huge potential to influence public opinion and inspire action.
Wednesday: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Seminar Room Insider Trading: Stock Options
The new HD stock footage market is exploding and increasingly lucrative for nature filmmakers! Here is the information you need to compete from the pros who have forged the way; from format conversion to online showcase and delivery.
Thursday: 9:00 - 10:30 AM, Seminar Room Making A Difference
In the face of so many great challenges, we need to remind ourselves that there have been victories. Here are some success stories that promise great hope, and perhaps inspire new films.
Friday: 9:00 - 10:30 AM, Seminar Room Mapping your Production Pathway: Workflow
From format origination and post pathway to delivery format requirements and sound mix decisions, if you donít do it up front, you will pay at the end. What are the key decisions producers face in determining which road to travel? A producersí guide to project-driven production and post production pathways from a systems perspective.
*Thursday: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Seminar Room Market ReportÖIf We Build It Will They Come?
Fueled by amazing advances in production and distribution, HD3D and large format markets are exploding; museum consortiums, HD theatre networks, and satellite/cable cinema distributors are springing forth. HD-DVD distribution is around the corner with broadband delivery not far behind. By 2006, analog may be a broadcast memory. Where do we stand, and what does it mean to the independent filmmaker?
Tuesday: 9:00 - 10:30 AM, Seminar Room Mission: Planet Earth
Corporate responsibility or public relations opportunity? Insights from some who have taken global citizenship to heart, making a huge impact on a level that counts.
Friday: 3:30 - 5:00 PM Networking at the Festival: A User's Guide
No delegate should miss this interactive workshop! Learn how to network with ease and how to get the most out of the week ahead. Facillitated by Chris Palmer, Director of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University and former President and CEO of National Wildlife Productions, this session will be jam-packed with great ideas, useful suggestions, and great entertainment!
Monday: 3:30 - 5:00 PM, Seminar Room Our Last, Best Chance
From invasive agriculture and mineral extraction to deforestation and cultural extinction, the Amazon challenges are huge. But, there is room for hope because of creative, and proactive initiatives undertaken by local communities, progressive politicians and local and international NGOs. We look at both ends of the spectrum in this provocative session.
Saturday: 1:30 - 3:00 PM, Forum Room Reports from the Trenches
Story ideas from the people who are making it happen! From bushmeat trade and habitat depletion to the impact of war and the saving of a species, scientists and conservationists discuss their take on critical issues that need immediate attention.
Friday: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Seminar Room Richness Unmeasured: The Anatomy of a Region
The headwaters region of the southwestern Amazon harbors the greatest known richness of species on earth, along with rainforest communities living without trade, money, or metal. The survival of millions of species is dependent on retaining the connection from the vast and relatively flat Amazon Basin to the climatic diversity of the Andes. Our panel has spent decades discovering species, creating parks, learning about and protecting this vitally important corner of the world. They share some of the hidden secrets of the region they've come to know.
Saturday: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Forum Room Survival of the Fittest: Storytelling Techniques
Experiment and innovation in storytelling: blue chip or hip, real or not, and when does it matter? Fundamentally, it comes down to how well a story is told. Compelling discussion about the most effective examples of the craft and the ethics of storytelling.
Thursday: 3:30 - 5:00 PM, Seminar Room Technology of Image Origination
Just when you thought things were quieting down, there is still new technology to consider. Tapeless cameras, the latest flavors of HD, and HDV just open the box of creative possibilities. Technology itself has become a component in the creative process. Users critique the tools available, with a mind toward what isó or should beólooming on the horizon.
Tuesday: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Seminar Room They got game
The gaming industry continues to grow exponentially, with superb imaging and complicated strategies. How does this interface with natural history filmmaking? You may be surprised. Innovative storytelling merges with online gaming to create one of the most compelling market and paradigm shifts of our time.
Tuesday: 1:30 - 3:00 PM, Seminar Room Last Update: 12/14/06
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