SFCC: Fall Semester 2009

Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.

this is where I am enrolled as a student these days

http://www.sfccnm.edu  

taking FILM 140-01 & FILM 255-01, otherwise known as Film Crew Training 1,
& International Cinema

Santa Fe Youth Film Festival

Get Awesome Film Festival to be held Wednesday, June 3, 2009

featuring short films (as in under six minutes each)

7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at Warehouse 21 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.

http://www.sfyouthfilm.org/

Academy Awards

the first Academy Awards ceremony was held 80 years ago today, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, “a professional organization dedicated to advancing the art and technology of filmmaking”, the event was hosted at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,
Wings was awarded “Outstanding Picture” & Sunrise was awarded “Unique & Artistic Picture”, 2 uncategorized awards were given to Charles Chaplin’s The Circus as well as The Jazz Singer produced by Warner Bros.

also referred to as “The Oscars” (a name the trophies were officially dubbed with 10 years later) the Academy Awards continue to be held annually in the U.S.A., for more information check out: http://oscars.com/ & http://www.oscars.org/

Burt Lancaster

was born 95 years ago today, in New York City, New York, U.S.A.

“I am interested in being in pictures that I would like to see.”

“Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American Committee?”

“I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.”

1st Annual Metaphysical Film Festival

is going on this weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.

http://www.metaphysicalfilm.com/

I went to the screening of some of the shorts, kinda interesting

Vsevolod Pudovkin

passed away 55 years ago today

a film director, he was

“Editing is the foundation of the film art.”

Modern Times

a 1936 (black & white) film by Charles Chaplin, & a classic in my opinion
watched it again, a while ago
about humanity over machinery, & thinking particularly of the opening scene with the lone black sheep amongst all the white sheep, perhaps it takes a jab at conformity as well
also in the movie is actress Paulette Goddard
while the the theme song has no words to it in the film, the lyrics put to it later, the song “Smile”, has an endearing quality to it
as far as I know, it’s the only film featuring Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp character making sound (he sings a ditty in French towards the end)

3 Minute Film Fest

8th Annual in Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.

Friday April 18, 2008 – Sunday April 20, 2008

http://3mff.com/

edit: & that’s what I went to, Saturday night, April 19th, this year